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A Pretty Rock is a shop/blog with an inside look at the process of designing and creating handcrafted wire-wrapped jewelry. It features piece profiles and inspiration, with information on what it takes to bring a creation alive from start to finish. A Pretty Rock desires to grow your appreciation of the skill and technique behind creating heirloom quality jewelry.-
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Tag Archives: 52 Weeks
On Hiatus – Sort Of
By now you’ve noticed I missed posting my next 52 Weeks post for the week. Sometime this weekend, I decided it was time for me to step back even more. The thought may have formed between the swollen ankles and … Continue reading
Lesson: Learn to Step Back and Re-Assess
Ever find yourself trying to do everything at once? If you’re like me, it’s that overachiever streak in you. It’s so seductive, sometimes it’s just hard to fight it. Or, you don’t even realize what’s going on until it’s too … Continue reading
The Vacation I Won’t Have For At Least A Year
Obviously, while I’m so very happy Baby Girl is on the way, I’m mourning the future loss of many things. One of them is vacations. Not that we took very many, but when we did, we always went FAR AWAY. … Continue reading
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Tagged 52 Weeks, food, memories, Puerto Rico, vacation
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A Question or Two for You
As you know, I’ve been thinking more and more about firing up and getting back into designing jewelry. I realize I have a lot of things on my plate, but as I’ve mentioned before, I really miss the creative release … Continue reading
Inspiring Me Rainy
We were supposed to have a rainy week here in “Hotlanta”. Clearly weather.com is way off on this one, since I’m sitting at my desk considering closing my blinds because of the brightness of the sun. rainy days by marqos, … Continue reading
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Tagged 52 Weeks, cloudy skies, hot chocolate, hotlanta, jewelry supplies, labradorite, necklaces, photography, puddles, rainy day, umbrella, weather
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Studio Tour – Storing Materials in a Small Space
From the beginning, I’ve been a fan of attempting to organize my materials. Notice I say “attempting”. My best efforts fall short sometimes and I end up with workspace hurricanes. When it comes to supplies and materials though, I think … Continue reading
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Tagged 52 Weeks, freshwater pearls, gemstone beads, jewelry supplies, materials, organization, storage boxes
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Inspiring Me Colorful – Catie’s Blue
It’s very few and far between when you find someone who really gets an idea. For example – color. There are tons of artists online, but so many of them do not have a good grasp on color. I am … Continue reading
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Tagged 52 Weeks, artisan jewelry, Caties Blue, color, inspiration
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Weekly Failure Baggage
I feel I haven’t been very successful lately when it comes to the jewelry business. You may realize that already since you haven’t seen me post much jewelry or destash many supplies. Other things always end up higher on my … Continue reading
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Tagged 52 Weeks, artisan jewelry, destash, failure, jewelry supplies
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Success! One Lofty Goal Complete!
Success Watercolor – PRINT by stephaniecorfee on Etsy That would be me! ;) If you read my last post about lofty goals, you’ll know that I felt like I was a bit overwhelmed with them and my looming pregnancy deadline. … Continue reading
Lofty Goals – Update
While dropping off the face of the earth with this pregnancy, the lofty goals or lack thereof, that I set back at the beginning of the year have fallen through. I initially wanted to revise my 101 List, but as … Continue reading
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Tagged 101 list, 52 Weeks, destash, goals, jewelry supplies, lightbox, newsletter, organization, pregnancy
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