Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Week 40

Welcome to week 40 of the Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge! We've been working on some terrific new pieces made using materials from our stashes, perhaps, or maybe reclaimed from other pieces. As always, we have some lovely work to show for the challenge. Please check back next week for more!

1. Sarah Hood 2. Sarah Hood 

  3. L. Sue Szabo 4. Hartley Studio 

  5. SCJ Jewelry Design

Members' News for the month of November

Hello dear blog readers!  It's almost November and I'm here to report the news for the Etsy Metal team.

Danielle Miller Jewelry has a lot going on in November!
She will be at the Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show in the Atlanta, GA History Center on November 7-8.

Danielle will be giving a presentation entitled "How to Stay on Top at Etsy" at SNAG's Forging Entrepreneurs symposium at the High Museum’s Walter C. Hill Auditorium in Atlanta, GA. The symposium is on Sunday, November 9 from 8:30-5:30, with an after party 6:30-8:30 at Signature Gallery.
She will also be at the Piedmont Craftsmen's Fair in Winston-Salem, NC on November 21-23. 

LjBjewelry will be participating in the Artisans Guild of Cape Cod art show on November 28 & 29 (Friday, 10-5 & Saturday, 10-4) in Nauset Middle School, Orleans, MA. If you are on the Cape for Thanksgiving weekend come by and say hello!

Hope your Thanksgiving is wonderful, and we'll see you next month!  Has anyone started their holiday shopping yet?
Sue

ETSYMETAL Jewelry Challenge: Project Runway Season 13.13 REVEAL "Finale Part 1"

 

Welcome to the reveal of last weeks' Episode 13

"Finale Part 1"

Project Runway Season 13 Episode 13 ~ Air Date: 10/16/14

MyLifetimevideo13.13 here!

 Season 13, Episode 13- Tim Gunn and the designers travel to Rome for inspiration and fabric shopping before heading home to work on their collections for New York Fashion Week. They were asked to present the judges with 3 looks from their collections for a pre-fashion week preview show. 

EtsyMetal Translation: Our EtsyMetal jewelry challenge was to create 3 unique charms, these charms should represent you and your individual style!

Anna Severina Fell

Here are my 3 charms for finale part 1!

Sterling Silver

 

Guest Submission by Leidi Jorge

Episode finale: Tornado Serie.    

Copper, thread, seed beads.

 

 "I chose the piece made in episode 5, was one of my favorite pieces of this challenge and used it as inspiration for this finale.

An interesting coincidence is that the original piece was inspired by winning outfit in that episode, a beautiful blue fringed dress designed by Sean Kelly who ended up the winner of this season."

 

Victoria Takahashi~Experimetal

"I wanted to share that I actually attempted to make 3 charms last week but only made this far!

It is an assemblage of "earth, wind & fire". The antler represents the earth, the abstract copper wing is air and the lava rock underneath I am going to cut a hand faceted cabochon and for all to be worn clustered together. So these will be my next project on my to do list to finish, if you are interested you can see the progress here ;)

 

I want to especially thank Anna Severina Fell & Leidi Jorge for working so hard and making some truly wonderful and inspiring pieces this season! You to ladies are troopers and thank you for playing, you really made it work!

 

I will wrap this season up with this being our final PR blog post for this 13th season.

Congratulations to Sean Kelly and runner up Amanda Valentine!

Thank you Project Runway, we love your show!

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's New!

Brew yourself a nice cup of tea, snuggle up on the couch and check out what's new this week from  some of our etsymetal studios!

 Sarah Hood Jewelry                                  Lichen and Lychee

 JazznJewelry                                                          lsueszabo

 LjBjewelry                                                           Amity Jewelry

                Michele Grady Designs                                          Prox

 Peggie Calame Jewelry                                            Juju By Sarah

 Lauren Meredith                                                    betsybensen

Victoria Takahashi                                      silentgoddess    

                 Gotham Atelier

     

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge 2014 Week 39

In this year long marathon of reducing, reusing and recycling many of us may well have 'hit the wall' (myself included) but we WILL keep soldering, shaping and sawing and we WILL finish.  No signs of fatigue in Sarah Hood's studio!  Please tell us your secret Sarah!  In the meantime, the rest of us will be taking on fluids, walking a few miles and then we WILL make a spectacular sprint finish!

1. 2. 3. and 4. Sarah Hood Jewelry
5. and 6. Hartley Studio

ETSYMETAL Jewelry Challenge: Project Runway Season 13.12 REVEAL "Who's in and Who's out"

Welcome to the reveal of last weeks' Episode 12

"Who’s in and Who’s out"

MyLifetimevideo 13.12 here!

Project Runway Season 13 Episode 12 ~ Air Date: 10/09/14

 Season 13, Episode 12- The designers challenge was to create a street chic look inspired by NYC and a new look from a losing look.

 

Our EtsyMetal jewelry challenge was to take a past piece  you made that you can revamp into something you can be proud of!

My apologies for getting this post up so late. Anna from Severin Metals made an wonderful transformation from a band style ring (as seen below) to a fantastic saddle style centerpiece as seen above, such a lovely upgrade Anna!

 

 

NEXT WEEK!

Episode 13: 
"Finale Part 1"

MyLifetimevideo13.13 here!

Project Runway Season 13 Episode 13 ~ Air Date: 10/16/14

 Season 13, Episode 13- Tim Gunn and the designers travel to Rome for inspiration and fabric shopping before heading home to work on their collections for New York Fashion Week. They were asked to present the judges with 3 looks from their collections for a pre-fashion week preview show. 

EtsyMetal Translation: Our EtsyMetal jewelry challenge will be to create 3 unique charms, these charms should represent you and your individual style!
>Due date is extended this week to Saturday the 25th at midnight PST.<

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*guidelines for guest participants*

The pieces you submit must be pieces that are made with intent for that weeks challenge. Then post your  Flickr, FB links (I need to be able to grab the photo) in this weeks comment area below, I will retrieve them as they come in before the deadline.
>Due date is extended this week to Saturday the 25th at midnight PST.<
We will post your name, link, description (you write) and a picture of your piece on this blog. Remember, the deadline for submitting your link is always on Thursdays, 12 midnight, Pacific Standard Time. This next week the blog post will go up on Friday. Sunday.

 

What's New!

Leaves are changing as the seasons come and go, but one thing remains constant, etsymetal jewelers keep turning out beautiful work week after week!

 2Roses                                                      Sarah Hood Jewelry

lsueszabo                                                                 LjBjewelry

 Prox                                                           JazznJewelry

        Victoria Takahashi/Experimetal                       Lauren Meredith 

    Christine Mighion                                Form and Funktion

 Juju By Sarah                                                     Amity Jewelry

Jewelry by Francine                                    SCJJewelryDesign

                        betsybensen

Etsy Metal 3XR Challenge Week 38

Thank you for checking in to see the 3xR challenge this week. Here are the pieces our team has made from our stashes of supplies and materials.

1. Sarah Hood 2. Sarah Hood 

  3. Virginie Martin 4. Virginie Martin 

  5. Cari-Jane Hakes

What's New!

Forget the Autumnal bonfire... this week's new work from etsymetal team members is smokin'!

 Jen Lawler Designs                                                  lsueszabo

 Peculiar Forest                                                       LjBjewelry

 Lichen and Lychee                                Nina Gibson Designs

 LauraRoberson                                                               Prox

       Lauren Meredith                      Victoria Takahashi/Experimetal

 Peggie Calame Jewelry                                  Z Leslie Jewelry

 Sarah Hood Jewelry                            Gotham Atelier    

    Anne Walker Jewelry                                  Kara Wheeler Design

 Form and Funktion                                                      rubygirl

Jewelry by Francine                           Michele Grady Design

ETSYMETAL Jewelry Challenge: Project Runway Season 13.11 REVEAL "Highest Bidder"

 

Welcome to the reveal of last weeks' Episode 11

"Highest Bidder"

 MyLifetime video 13.11 here!

Project Runway Season 13, Episode 11 ~ Air Date: 10/02/14.

For the challenge, working in pairs, the designers bid on storage units to gather materials for their challenge. When it comes down to the final two designers for elimination the judges throw in a twist and put them to the ultimate test.

Our EtsyMetal Translation:

Was to challenge you to make something out of the materials they had in their storage lockers! There was a lot to work with below and of course you can use Metal!

Locker 1: Upholstery Fabric

Locker 2: Children's toys

Locker 3: Blue movers blanket (like Chars winning look)

Locker 4:  Japanese Shoji screen or Dolls

 Locker 5: Leather or Astro Turf

Anna Severina Fell

Picked Locker #5 and made a leather and pearl choker.

Guest Submission!

Leidi Jorge 

Picked Locker #2 and made "funny necklace"

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NEXT WEEK!

Episode 12: 
"Who's in and Who's out"

MyLifetimevideo 13.12 here!

Project Runway Season 13 Episode 12 ~ Air Date: 10/9/14

 Season 13, Episode 12- The designers challenge was to reate a street chic look inspired by NYC and a new look from a losing look.

 

EtsyMetal Translation: Our EtsyMetal jewelry challenge will be to take a past piece  you made that you can revamp into something you can be proud of!
If you do not have any old pieces to reconstruct, then try going through your history and remake an old design into a current one! Have fun!

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*guidelines for guest participants*

The pieces you submit must be pieces that are made with intent for that weeks challenge. Then post your  Flickr, FB links (I need to be able to grab the photo) in this weeks comment area below, I will retrieve them as they come in before the deadline.
We will post your name, link, description (you write) and a picture of your piece on this blog. Remember, the rigid deadline for submitting your link is always on Thursdays, 12 midnight, Pacific Standard Time. The new blog posts will go up on Friday. 

 

Blog Carnival

Welcome to our EtsyMetal monthly Blog Carnival!

Blog Carnival is about a group of our members sharing their experience on a common topic

THIS MONTH'S TOPIC:

Favorites

What are some of your favorites pieces that you have made and the inspiration behind them?

2Roses: 

LjBjewelry :

Fenton Design

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge week 37

Here in the Etsy Metal Challenge group we have been making all kinds of beads and baubles for intrepid, independently minded women (no mass produced imports in our Etsy shops).  This week though, the Men get a bit of a look in as we get busy creating some completely unique cuff links that would give any sharp dressed man an independent edge.

1 and 2 Sarah Hood Jewelry 3 and 4 Cari-Jane Hakes 5 Virginie Martin Studio

Members' News for the month of October

Fall is here and it's my favorite time of year!  Hope all you readers are enjoying these lovely temperatures and great fall days.
Here's what some of our etsy metal team is up to this month.....

One of our new members, Wendy Wetherbee of Pure Dichotomy wanted to make an announcement-
"I am happy to announce that I was accepted into a juried holiday fair that I've been looking forward too. It will be my second year there and its the best show I've done to date. Hoping this year will be just as good. They have a Friday Adult only Shopping evening (this is key and a great idea) and then an all day family oriented holiday festival on Saturday. I set up Friday afternoon and can leave my booth set up for the next morning. The crowd is fantastic and a perfect match for my work. It's a Waldorf School and they are a very earth friendly crowd that appreciates art and handcraft. Pine Hill Waldorf School, Wilton, NH. December Friday December 5 & Saturday December 6."
Please mark this on your calendars if you plan to be in the area.


LjBjewelry will be at By The Bay Art Show in Brewster, Ma. at the Lemon Tree Village on October 4-5 2014. Show times are 10:00-4:00 each day. If you are on Cape Cod come by and say hello!!


Danielle Miller Jewelry will be at The Craft Fair Of The Southern Highlands in Asheville, NC on October 14-19


LPJewelry is proud to announce she won the Peoples Choice Award for Accessories at the recent On som bel runway show at Water Street Studios. 
Congrats Lisa!

Finally, Meg Auth of simplyMegA will be away her etsy shop from Oct 11 to Oct 24 to travel in Italy with 2 college roomates. She will be happy to come back to ship out orders the following Monday Oct 27.


Happy October everyone.  See you next month,
Sue






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What's New!

Ooo la la! That's all I have to say about this week's What's New!

 Jen Lawler Designs                                                  lsueszabo

               Danielle Miller Jewelry                                             2Roses

                  Sarah Hood Jewelry                                            LjBjewelry

 LauraRoberson                                        Lichen and Lychee

     Panicmama Jewelry by Renee Ford                  Fenton Design

 sudlow                                                             rubygirl

 bluepiranha                                             JazznJewelry

 SCJJewelryDesign                                                betsybensen

LPJewelry                                                        KSkilesJewelry

                  Peggie Calame Jewelry