Monday, December 6, 2010

Holiday Jewelry Party at GRACE in Fort Worth


Special Holiday Jewelry Show featuring SHAYNA WEEDEN JEWELRY DESIGNS.
JEWELRY SHOPPING AND WINE TASTING at one of Fort Worth's finest restaurants - GRACE
Date ; Dec. 8th (Wednesday)
Hours : 5 PM to 8 PM
Address :777 Main Street Downtown
(in the Carter Burgess Building)
Valet Parking Available
Kristin Beshears from Hahn Estates will be on hand to serve and discuss Santa Lucia Highlands Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meritage.
$10.00 per person for wine tasting includes a plate of "small bites". Complimentary iced tea.
Men are Welcome at this event !
[http://www.gracefortworth.com]

Any questions that you might have feel free to contact me on my cell phone: (512) 689.6561

Monday, November 29, 2010

Sterling 45 Record Insert Pendants




The perfect gift for your friends who collect records !

If you feel like seeing this pendant on an extremely talented DJ
and handsome model for my pendant go to :

WWW.REDABRIKI.COM

Check it out-
You can listen to some great dance music while you browse my blog !

A repousse piece to be proud of




I made this owl last year with a little help from my teacher Nacho Gomez.
www.taxcosilver-nacho.blogspot.com

I love it so much and it is a locket- the owl head opens and closes on a hinge!

I am posting it again to remind myself of what I am capable of - I love repousse and I am happy to say that my friend Lindsay loves it as much as I do. Here is a photo of her styling out my power necklace and my favorite cowgirl shirt in Argentina! Once you learn some basic steps and start making your tools you are set! It is how I would like to spend ALL my hours - each and every day !

More silversmithing in Argentina





These photos are of me in jewelry making action. Once Lindsay and I finally got settled into our apartment and got to work we were busy hammering metal. It was a challenge - trying to keep up with our work at the farm and still find time to be creative and have somewhat of a social life!

My favorite picture is of the pitch bowl- it looks so fresh and ready to have a piece of metal plunked in there and be hammered into - repousse style !!!

The bird pendant is still not finished and I just wish that I was sitting beside my teacher Nacho (www.taxcosilver-nacho.blogspot.com) when I pick up the hammer again as I have a few questions about wing-making to ask him- He is such a pro and makes it seem so easy when you are watching him but I will try to get back to my piece within the next few weeks - Then I will post a photo of the finished piece !

Silversmithing in Argentina with Lindsay






You are probably wondering what has been going on with my jewelry life since I have been traveling so much lately...

I went to Argentina to take care of some things for a friend and her farm there . After spending time on the farm - which is a 30 minute drive from the city - my Texas friend Lindsay and I decided to rent an apartment in town. We only had three weeks left but we set up a small makeshift jewelry studio on the balcony and tried to get to work. Since I had traveled from the USA with two suitcases and only half of one of them was full of jewelry tools we were forced to improvise in certain situations. One is that a silversmith needs sulfuric acid or something similar- often referred to as "pickle". The USA provides many other safer options but as we were in Argentina our only option was the real deal. So I set out to find some sulfuric acid- What I came home with was a 25 LITER JUG FULL OF THIS TOXIC ACID !!!!

I only needed a tiny amount but this was the only quantity that they would sell me !
Since neither myself, or three friends (one with a wrench) could get the lid off I ended up taking the whole thing back to the "agro-chemical" company where I bought it. It created quite a stir when two Texan women came in with this HUGE thing of acid and didn't even care if we got the money back - we just wanted to find a safe place to leave it before we had to leave Argentina ! They were very nice and traded us for some gloves but it is an experience to laugh at as trying to explain to them why I had bought it- how it was impossible to get the lid off of it and how I now needed to return it - all in Spanish and with a straight face- funny !

As for the other little hiccup I ran into was the search for flux...
A silversmith must have flux in order to solder . Soldering cannot be done without it and I set out one day to track some down. Not an easy task. After two hours of ducking into various jewelry stores and asking for a tip as to where I could find it I was finally sent off on a 10 block-walkathon to look for a dentist lady who also made jewelry. Just as I thought I had been misdirected and was about to give up I came to the door of a lovely Argentininan woman who had a big white feather in her hair ! She gave me some flux and told me where I could buy some more - at a dentist supply store !

After two days of trying to nail their work schedule down (the people in Argentina take loooooong naps in the middle of the day and the schedules are always erratic). I finally got my flux- a tiny amount but enough to finish the pendant I was working on !

It was a great experience - all of it . Lindsay got to learn a jewelry technique called repousse and I definitely learned that if I return to Argentina one WHOLE suitcase will be full of jewelry tools and all necessary work materials - including a powdered pickle !!!!

I didn't get much finished in terms of jewelry pieces but I made some headway with a repoussed bird pendant and finished one other pendant only .

Lindsay is still working on her piece but I love her design and she did GREAT !!!!
She is a pro already - obviously some more things to learn but she was a great student - and we had a BLAST of course !!

PS- The photos are of the ridiculously HUGE amount of acid - the ridiculously TINY amount of flux and my friend Lindsay in silversmith mode !!!!

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Coin Pearl Earrings with a turquoise "shinka" cluster



White Coin Pearl Earrings with Turquoise Shinka Clusters.
Sterling Silver Findings and Bali Flower Beads.

These earrings measure 1 3/4 inches from the earring finding to the bottom of the last bead.

Look great against light or dark hair.

You can buy me on www.shaynaweedenjewelry.etsy.com

Turquoise and Coin Pearl Necklace



Simple and Sweet ! Measures Sixteen inches - Choker length...

You can buy me on www.shaynaweedenjewelry.etsy.com

Rectangular Turquoise Bracelet


Great color for Summer!
This bracelet will fit up to an Eight Inch Wrist.

You can buy me on www.shaynaweedenjewelry.etsy.com

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Lovelies !




I have been photographing my jewelry with a new background.
The background is handmade paper that I picked up at the art supply store.
I really like the way the jewelry looks against it.
What do you think ?

More Random Earrings-just in time for Mother's Day !





Random Earrings






Some earrings that I have in stock- Just in time for Mother's Day .
I can also custom make something for you or your loved one
AND I will ship it for you !

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Jewelry Show at Stella's Feb. 27 from 11 - 6




I will be showing my jewelry at Stella's Boutique this Saturday
from 11 -6. It is a really cute boutique that some of you may
already know.

Mickie Cooles (the fabulous owner) has curated a wide selection
of apparel and accessories for woman of all ages and kids too !

It is located at 3460 Bluebonnet Circle Fort Worth 76109

There is an in-store sale already going on from some of the
other girls booths and I will be offering a free pair of
Swarovski crystal earrings with any purchase from my collection
over $50.00.

These items will be up for purchase as well as lots of other
interesting pieces priced just right !