The Elves Are Fired, or, Day 8

This is what our studio desks look like this time of year. A festive sort of overwhelming mayhem where each day is a scramble to keep up. Not a bad feeling really as we're grateful to be busy crafting these sparkling labors of love. The morning of the 25th we always imagine people opening our boxes & the joy we hope it brings.

Studio

Yesterday while we were busy working on a bunch of new Fall styles to wrap up for photographing before they can head to the stores, our production manager Becky showed me some of the impromptu images she's taken with her phone of 'production-in-progress'. I really loved these & asked her if we could share some of them on the blog - and here they are! Though the finished jewelry looks perfectly put together there is alot of work, time & skill that goes into crafting our lovely adornments.

 

* handmade circles being soldered on the fire brick

* in-progress weave of a white pearl & lattice bracelet

 

* handmade castings fresh out of the tumbler

 

* gem pastel topaz necklace in the sunlight

 

* silver bead & pearl segments for a bundle necklace

                                            * just finished special order vine necklace with sapphires