{"id":4859,"date":"2019-07-06T18:13:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T01:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/?p=4859"},"modified":"2023-05-25T16:30:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T23:30:51","slug":"no-work-weekend-jewelry-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/no-work-weekend-jewelry-making\/","title":{"rendered":"No-Work Weekend Jewelry Making"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4859\" class=\"elementor elementor-4859\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40fdc1f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40fdc1f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e807628\" data-id=\"e807628\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6658258 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6658258\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">I'll be making jewelry on the weekends...<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7b4ac5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a7b4ac5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">...but it won't be for sale.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a58020b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a58020b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I can&#8217;t believe I just typed that. Being a working artist, everything is always for sale, isn&#8217;t it? Well, I learned the hard way that that&#8217;s the fastest way to take something that you love and turn it into a j.o.b., which leads to b.o., I mean, burn out.<\/p><p>On top of that, if you&#8217;re like me, when you&#8217;re not making stuff to sell, you&#8217;re always thinking about new ways to sell it.<\/p><p>You may rationalize with yourself and say, <em>&#8220;But really, I *do* like doing it all.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>And I wouldn&#8217;t argue with you. I love being immersed and as passionate just as much as the next guy, and it&#8217;s all good&#8230;until it isn&#8217;t. It creeps up on you and once you get to that point, it&#8217;s H-E-double-hockey-sticks getting out of it.<\/p><p>So, this weekend, I proactively said no more. Or in the wise words of Beverly Hills Chihuahua: NO MAS!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f0e8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"58f0e8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/wm-VyenXzDQ&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ddb60d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8ddb60d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I declared a no-work weekend.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d601d14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d601d14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I argued with myself over this, and whined a little, &#8220;<em>But I looooove making jewelry&#8230;I don&#8217;t want to stop on the weekends.<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0So, I came up with a compromise I could live with.<\/p><p>I recently took a class with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbeads.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cynthia Toops<\/a>, the master of the polymer clay micromosaic. Y&#8217;all know I love me some micromosaics. Did you know I used to do polymer clay? Yep. Back in the day that was my first bead making and selling gig, before I got into glass.\u00a0I feel like I&#8217;ve come full circle.<\/p><p>Anyway&#8230;spending time making something that someone else taught me will guarantee that I won&#8217;t turn it into a product line. Why? Because that&#8217;s just damn tacky. Cynthia is right when she says that the technique isn&#8217;t hard, it just takes a lot of time. Just how I like it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f150635 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f150635\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/micromosaiceyejewelry-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4870\" alt=\"clay micromosaic sterling silver ring\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/micromosaiceyejewelry-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/micromosaiceyejewelry-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/micromosaiceyejewelry-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/micromosaiceyejewelry-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/micromosaiceyejewelry.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c89baf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c89baf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I had this setting laying around from a failed glass stone setting attempt so I used it for my second polymer clay micro mosaic. The one below is the first one I made, in class, with another bezel that had a snafu with the stone I was going to set.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8478157 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8478157\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cynthiatoopsmosaicclass-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4872\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cynthiatoopsmosaicclass-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cynthiatoopsmosaicclass-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cynthiatoopsmosaicclass-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cynthiatoopsmosaicclass-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cynthiatoopsmosaicclass.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8cdecfa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8cdecfa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d70ace\" data-id=\"6d70ace\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32248b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32248b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So, Friday came and I thought, I need to get a bezel made for my no-work jewelry making weekend! I&#8217;d spent a lot of the week working on designing an upcoming collection and I didn&#8217;t have it in me to toil with more. So, if it&#8217;s not dots I&#8217;m falling back on, it&#8217;s eyes, of course.<\/p><p>I liked the setting I&#8217;d already worked on so I set out to create one that was similar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8748e7b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8748e7b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87440d0\" data-id=\"87440d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f07b82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f07b82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lg0705sterlingsilversetting-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4873\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lg0705sterlingsilversetting-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lg0705sterlingsilversetting-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lg0705sterlingsilversetting-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lg0705sterlingsilversetting-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lg0705sterlingsilversetting.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c649a82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c649a82\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63cf8a9\" data-id=\"63cf8a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67d585d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67d585d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I realized that the method I use for creating the decoration around the edge is also mosaic-like. At this point I&#8217;m thinking I can probably relate anything in life to something to do with mosaics. Art mirrors life. Or the other way around?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08c1181 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08c1181\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e859e9\" data-id=\"1e859e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2755bf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2755bf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lg0705micromosaicsilverring-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4874\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lg0705micromosaicsilverring-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lg0705micromosaicsilverring-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lg0705micromosaicsilverring-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lg0705micromosaicsilverring-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lg0705micromosaicsilverring.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f841ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f841ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-871bfc9\" data-id=\"871bfc9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbc650f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbc650f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I like it. 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I can&#8217;t believe I just typed that. Being a working artist, everything is always for sale, isn&#8217;t it? 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