handmade resin jewelry by Katherine Swift

Finally!  I am ready to teach some resin jewelry making classes.  I will be teaching classes in the upstairs loft of Florida landscape painter Linda Blondheim , which is in the back (and upsta...

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While my goal was to make an informative video about the resin bangle bracelet molds we sell on resinobsession.com (my other business), studio kitty Karma had other ideas. You can see her grand ...

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Spring is in the air!  Part of what I've been working on for the past few weeks have been more than just scrabble tile jewelry.  I've been working on custom scrabble tile jewelry for the Harn...

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I went to ship out an order the other day and found studio kitty Karma guarding the pile of boxes.  How kind of her.  The problem is that she was napping on the job. I have the proof. Sh...

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So I decided not to be slacker 'wait until the last minute' mom this year and helped my kids make Valentine's Day goodie bags.  (I was just trying to show up the other moms, but I digress....LOL...

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A couple of weeks ago, I spent a few days in Orlando, Florida, meeting other gallery and boutique owners interested in my jewelry.  Here are a few pictures from the event with my booth and jewel...

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Boy this post has been a long time in the making.... Once upon a time, there was a jewelry artist.  A jewelry artist who needed to create something splash for a booth at a wholesale art show.�...

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Seriously.  I'm not making that up.  My new resin obsession is the business, Resin Obsession . Hmm.  Like didn't you have enough to do lady?  Why would you want to do this?? I would coun...

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Okay, so it's been a while since I've posted (that will get discussed in tomorrow's post), but I wanted to share what I got for Christmas. This year, I put something on my list that I would never...

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*This is post was originally shared in November 2010 and is reposted as a reminder to myself on how to make the table look pretty.* I was browsing You Tube this week looking for Thanksgiving cr...

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It was a beautiful and busy time last weekend at the Downtown Festival and Art show!  I enjoyed talking with so many people and getting the opportunity to help people with their holiday gift giv...

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I'm trying something new for my art jewelry booth this weekend at the Downtown Gainesville Festival and Art show.  Since I will be doing everything by myself this weekend (no hubby to help), I w...

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It's a little hodge podge of everything going on in the studio right now. I snapped some random pictures yesterday. These bottle caps have had their magnets glued and are drying.  The magn...

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We all have a guilty little seemingly insignificant pleasure.  I am no different.  Curious as to what it is? It involves twitter, my DVR, and the afternoon soap "Bold and the Beautiful".  ...

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Warning! There are going to be LOTS of pictures in this post. I took a day with my peeps last week to take them to the Florida Aquarium .  I had heard it was a super nice aquarium and the fami...

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If you've been following me for a bit, you know earlier this year I asked you to save me your used up gift cards . I finally had the opportunity to get the collection of gift cards out and be...

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Sometimes my kids are up and active when I'm trying to make jewelry (as opposed to how I used to do it -- when they were napping -- but those days are seemingly long gone). I do my best to keep t...

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I follow the art business blog of Alyson B. Stanfield .  If you're an artist, regardless of the media, I think you can find value in the information she shares.  One of my favorite blog posts...

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Food is more than just food in this house.  It's been a way for me to connect with my family.  I never would have guessed that 3 little boys would love helping their mom in the kitchen, but t...

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I've been working on a new resin project using bottle caps . It appears as though the resin gods though I had forgotten the first rule of working with resin: the resin always wins.  It doesn't m...

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Our new babysitter (whom we just ADORE) is a recent transplant from Colorado to Florida.  She asked the other day if this (picture at left) was an orange tree.  I said it was then realized it...

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I've decided we all have something we hoard.  I just try to hoard stuff that's worthwhile (at least to me anyway).  In looking at my bookcase this week, I decided I am a jewelry book hoarder. ...

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What happens when you hoard stuff without knowing what you're going to do with it, only to find it years later and have the perfect idea? Pure.  Dumb.  Luck. I found this stash of bottle ca...

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I had to go to Washington, D.C., for the day last week for a non-profit group I'm involved with. I had a couple of hours from the time my flight arrived until I needed to be at the purpose of my ...

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I am FINALLY getting around to getting pictures up from the Thornebrook Art Festival this past weekend. What I've been so busy doing the last few days will be in a few future blog posts. I comp...

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