Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

Last week I shared my first attempt at a video with titles and music.  We agreed it was fun but not effective for getting viewers to notice the jewelry.  I tried again.  This time I changed the background to a much simpler white with glitter and faceted jewels for a mardi gras theme. I chose the mardi gras theme because of the colors - green for faith, gold for power and purple for justice.  The handcrafted pieces of jewelry have some shine and gold sparkle.  The pieces could be worn for a party, for day or evening wear or just for fun. I found some New Orleans music and paired it with my video, added titles and thought I'd share the retake with you!  The 'Carnival Collection' will be in my etsy shop October 25.  Don't forget to look for it and YES!  I'll remind you again.   www.lindabrittdesign.etsy.com As usual, I'd love feedback on the video.  Each time I do one, I'll get better and your comments will help me.

Have you noticed that learning curves vary with content and with age?  I've spent hours learning to set up a scene to take a video and then get the lighting correct.  I've learned to use new software 'Wondershare Filmora' (which by the way is really good software for putting text and music to a video).  Since it is new to me, it has taken more hours.  And then when I got the video like I wanted it, I had to get it in a format to put in my blog (Filmora helped with that).  I had to put it on YouTube first.   Lots of learning with a big learning curve.  I think my age may have something to do with all that or it could be I'm just determined!  Why did I make the video?  Good Question!  My new jewelry collection is coming to www.lindabrittdesign.etsy.com on October 25.  I wanted to learn to make a video and this seemed like the perfect time.  A little teaser for everyone to get excited about the jewelry!  This first video came out close to my idea of  'Let the G

Perfect time for a fall road trip and going to Southern Utah seemed like a great idea.  Got the map and planned the trip to several places - some we've visited and some new.  At each of the parks. reserves and monuments, my eyes went to the rock formations.  They were very different in each of the places.  And yes, I took lots of pictures and it will take me a while to edit them for viewing.   When we returned home I simply had to let the formations inspire me.  What better medium to use than copper and what better technique than foldforming?  So I'm sharing my rock formations and the copper cuffs I made.  Just enjoy them!

This week I've been seeing many small polymer bowls being made and not to be outdone, I've made my own.  I started to look for a tutorial on making polymer bowls and there are several but I decided to make them my way!  There is a movie at the end of this blog showing both sides of the bowls.    polymer canes I have a small 4" dia porcelain bowl I used for the basic form and selected some of my finished polymer clays.  There are small to large canes in a variety of patterns.  I think this is a great way to use my old canes.  I wanted to see the same pattern on the outside and the outside of the bowls.  And I wanted my frogs that have translucent clay surrounding them to stand out.  When you pick up the bowl and look through it, two of the bowls remind me of stained glass. The difficult part was finding the correct thickness to cut the polymer.  Too thin makes a very flexible bowl.  Each of these three bowls are different thicknesses.  The yellow one is the