The Blue Brick | Inspired Yarns

Last weekend, Tito and I took a quick (and desperately needed) getaway trip to visit my cousins in New York City. We needed a break, for the end of the summer, and also I really needed to step away from the book. My editor had…

This is definitely one of my favourite projects from the new edition of the book. I actually got the idea from my work in polymer clay, and I wondered if similar techniques could be used to create a fake stone appearance in resin. I show…

Every year, for about 7 years now, Tito and I have had a tradition of going to the CNE on a work night. Some years we went on every single ride, some years we brought heavy DSLR cameras, and some years we brought heavy DSL cameras…

One of the new projects in the book is a resin bangle with an insert of lace. I cover how to ensure that you’re cutting your lace to the right size, how to get the lace into the mold and how to pour with no…

Today, I passed the entire book, in both Word and PDF form to my editor for review. A whopping 68 pages (up from the 40 pages in the 1st Edition) with tons of new photography, new ideas and 14 full-sized projects (up from the original…

The second bonus project in Resin Jewelry, 2nd Edition is definitely the project I get asked about the most, and that’s how to preserve an entire dandelion head in resin without disturbing the shape, or the fluff. The good news is, it’s not hard! There…

First off, I wanted to thank all the folks who have sent kind words my way, either via the blog or email, to encourage me and express enthusiasm for the new book. For a fledgling author like myself, this means the world! Here’s one of the…

I have been busy.  I am also loving every second of the experimenting, shooting, writing and innovating that I’ve done for Resin Jewelry, 2nd Edition. Every time I think I’m done, more inspiration comes my way. Clearly, the muse is working overtime. Resin Jewelry, 2nd…

September 18th will mark the 1 year anniversary of my book ‘Resin Jewelry’. In that time I have learned so much, about writing, about resin and about how much farther this versatile medium can be taken. I have also had a year to interact with the…

One of the treats that I brought home from Pearl Fibre Arts was 3 bags of luxury, roving, for me to try my hand at dyeing roving myself. That would be the ultimate for me – spinning my own hand dyed yarn and then weaving/knitting…

One of the first TFA palindrome skeins I managed to snag off Ravelry destash was a skein of ‘Prism’. It turned out that the colour runs on Prism were too short to line up easily, so after a few frustrating attempts I just warped as…

San Francisco is very awesome. We were sorry that we only had one day to explore it – and we decided (we’re not sorry about this bit) to leave the big cameras checked at the hotel rather than carry them with us. I couldn’t resist…