YOJ Week 7 - Jangle Bangles

On the plane ride home I sat next to a kindred spirit and we had a nice chat about jewelry design. She was wearing this gorgeous stack of 12 bangles, similar to the ones show above and shared with me that as a breast cancer survivor, she makes one every year when she gets her mammogram. I love the idea, the inspiration and the motivation, and as a cancer survivor myself, decided to co-opt the idea. I have been cancer free for 23 years...guess I better make a few more.... :-)

YOJ Week 2 - Emerald City Rings

Two different versions of a coiled copper ring with emerald swarovski insets...I call that a productive day! :-)

First Post for Year of Jewelry 2012 - Birds Nest Ring

"The Year of Jewelry Project  (YOJ) was conceived in 2004 by the Creative Wire Jewelry Forum as a personal challenge for members of the forum.  The challenge was to create one piece of jewelry per week, photograph it, and post it to both a personal and group blog.  Each week had a different “theme” which the participants could choose to use for inspiration; alternatively, they could follow their own goals and creative impulses."



This is my 4th year of participation and I can honestly say it has been one of the most creatively stimulating and enjoyable challenges and I look forward to doing it again in 2012!

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