Some Ideas Are Right in Front of You

by Judy Larson

I very seldom go looking for ideas for a particular project as my mind is already too full of ideas yet to be made. But this one jumped right out at me!

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I already had five snowflake ornament designs in different sizes that I wanted to make. However, when wrapping presents for the grandchildren a while back (shipping overseas can take several months these days), something jumped out at me. I loved the snowflake design on the garland that I cut up to tie to Christmas packages as decoration. After sketching up a design, I cut out three, one for each grandchild. But seeing them overlapped on my workbench changed my direction. I love how this triple ornament turned out.

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22 Gauge 0.025 Dead Soft Nickel Silver Sheet Metal - 6x6 Inch

MET-703.22

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
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Price: $25.24
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Deluxe Soldering Kit

G15-5

G15-5
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Price: $116.97
Gold Club Price: $87.73

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Basic Sawing Kit

G15-7

G15-7
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Price: $34.95
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Category: Holiday Designs
Technique(s): General Education

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Judy Larson

My philosophy has always been "I will never live long enough to learn everything I want to learn, go everywhere I want to go and see everything I want to see!" So, what I make and how I create it is always changing and evolving. I was born shortly after WWII to parents who grew up during the Depression. They always had a "we can do it, we can make it" attitude which rubbed off on my two younger brothers and me. My brothers are amazing and can make and do ANYTHING! When I was a little girl, my mother gave me an old carved cigar box, which I cherish, filled with pop beads, wooden beads and yarn for stringing. That was the beginning of my jewelry making journey.

On a visit to the Grand Canyon when I was a young woman, I was fortunate enough to help a Native American silversmith sand cast my first silver bracelet and bezel set a large turquoise nugget on top. I was in love, hook, line and sinker! While working full time and having a family here in northern Minnesota, my artistic endeavors slowed down but never stopped. I am an artist, scrapbooker, seamstress, woodworker and jewelry artisan. Now that I am retired, I am able to indulge in all my hobbies. However, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to do it all, but I try!

I have been teaching community education beginner and intermediate jewelry making classes since my retirement. Many of my students have been bitten so hard by the jewelry making bug that they say I have turned them into monsters-they just can't get enough. Making jewelry, seeing something take shape from small bits and pieces, is so rewarding that I hope it brings out the "monster" in you, too!

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