Finished!

I finished my first sterling silver jewelry piece this week.  I'm taking a class and having FUN!  I can really get into this (as the newly acquired tools in my crafting closet can attest!).

The teacher calls this a Hopi-style pin, but basically it's an overlay.  Two layers of silver are soldered together, the top is 20 gauge and the bottom is 22 gauge.  The top layer has been pierced/sawed to reveal portions of the bottom layer, which was then lightly textured to add some interest.  The idea was to play with positive and negative space, and really show that by oxidizing the layer below. 

We were asked to choose a photograph as inspiration, and I ultimately chose a photo that I'd taken many years ago of a Dogwood flower in Yosemite Valley:

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Cataloging today

I decided to work on cataloging my photos today.  Not very glamourous work, but it needs to be done.  Have you ever wanted to find a photo that you'd taken years ago, say of a specific flower, but don't remember exactly where it is on your hard drive?  Did you ever find yourself thinking, "Now what did I name that folder?"  Well...

Cataloging/tagging/labeling your photos only way to find photos by keyword searching, rather than guesswork.

So that's what I'm working on today.  Whoo-hoo!

I'm using Adobe's Lightroom, because it plays nice with Photoshop.  But honestly there are many many other options out there.  If you're interested, do a Google search on "photo cataloging software", and see what you find.

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Just getting started....

...Mind the dust during construction.    ;-)