Im in the second week of my collage drawing class..this has been quite an interesting challenge for me. The people in my class are a different  breed of people, that i am un-use to. I don’t think i fit in very well.

Last week i was pretty frustrated, i felt i didn’t quite understand what i needed to do, felt like maybe i am not cut out for this. pretty much a failure in my mind. But this week, i felt better, the contour drawing the teacher had us do, turned out better than i had hoped, He even said it was up there with the drawing a guy did, who is the best in the class…wow that made me feel so much better, i really need this kind of affirmation, makes me feel like i can go on.

Heres to more contour drawings….Yippie

Yes as i wrote that title it makes me want to watch that video ‘Its a new day’ by the guy from the ‘black eyed Peas’  haha good stuff.

Well here it is, 2012….I know this year is going to have some amazing things in store for the Korv Family….what those things are i don’t exactly know yet.

School is one of them, my silversmithing is another. the sky is the limit really!

Im praying theres some traveling in there some where…

So yesterday we went to look at a house thats up for rent…now we are happy with our house that we are in now, but I’m always on the look out for a house closer to the kids school. We sent in our application to the owner and now we leave it in God’s hands. If it works out we know its Gods plan, there are a lot of variables involved. The owner will really have to like us to work with us…so we shall see.  :)

Its almost time for church, the 9am service was canceled and I LOVE mornings like this, we can have a nice morning together as a family, not rushing from the moment we wake up. R. has P & W from Bethel on t.v…the boys are being boys playing some sort of plane/gun game.

Adia spent the night at Aaliana’s house last night, so she will meet us there.

Im not going to make a whole bunch of resolutions about things i want to accomplish or feel like i need to do this year. instead i want to make a list of GOALS i want work towards. Some won’t be completed in a years time, but it will be a start.

• Getting an AA degree in Art
• Setting up my Silversmith studio
• being creative on a daily basis
• encouraging my children to be creative
• making wholesome dinners
• sticking to the ‘eating right for your blood type’ diet
• being more active – walking – bike riding
• reading a book a month
• making a kids ‘school’ lunch cookbook – 365 days of school lunches
• packing creative lunches EVERY day for the kids
• taking the kids to the park, library & other activities more
• treating R. like when we first got married. showing him he’s my hero on a daily basis
• playing my guitar & Ukulele ALOT MORE

The middle of january can’t come soon enough….this is when my school money gets deposited into my account.

I’m so restless to get my workbenches built, to buy my tools, and GO TO QUARTZITE!!! to buy ROCKS!

aaaahhhhh im SO anxious to get started.

I have also decided, along with purchasing this beautiful beauty.

I will be getting dandy little item.

I can hardly contain my excitement!

OOHHH and on another note, my sweet man designed & ordered my business cards..i am SUPER stoked about this..ordering cards makes it feel real.

Their beautiful don’t you think

by next week they will be in my little hand.

Goodnite my lovelies

I am so proud of these little beauty’s…they are simple, yet say so much.

These are up for grabs in my Etsy Shop

Thursday i had my last silversmith class, its amazing how much i have learned in such a short time. i was in the studio for 7 hours and completed 2 simple silver bands, and one large pendant. it wouldn’t have taken me so long, but A&B supply hasn’t filled the Acetylene tanks yet, so we were sharing one torch, so it made it difficult having to wait, till others in the class got done.

This is the pendant…

I like how this turned out, however i don’t think it is completely a ‘Sparrow’ piece. When i sat down to think of what to make, ‘Mark’ & another lady in my class, put in their input as well…so it has a touch of them in it.  I will be putting this one in my Etsy shop…

I do have some good news, Mark said in January at the balloon festival he is going to have a booth set up, and he told me i can put any items i want to sell with his stuff. How cool is that!!!!! so hopefully i will sell them and get my name out there. Rudy and I are going to sit down and design some business cards. Plus i ordered my first bundle of ring boxes which I’m super excited about.

Its such a grand adventure, I’m so thrilled to be on it.

Also if anyone has any feed back or ideas that they think will help me i would greatly appreciate it.

jaccalyn

Be Natural, Be Creative, Be Free

Me & my man are sitting on the couch, sporting our Mac’s…our 2 boys are in their little man cave their daddy set up for them in the garage playing video games, & Adia is watching ‘Good luck Charlie’ in the living room. This is a typical evening in the Korv household…

This is the newest addition in my Etsy Store…the Midnight Sky Ring

Today i started on my second ever piece in my silversmithing class, and i have to say i am utterly amazed. my first plan was to make 3 rings i would wear together, but as i started setting everything out, i decided on something a little different.

Every time i look down at my finger, it takes my breath away. To some this might not seem

like such a big deal, BUT i fabricated this piece entirely myself, save for 2 times my teacher helped out…

My spirits are soaring today, not only do i feel accomplished, but also my amazing teacher Mark Payne said i really have talent and i will do very well in this line of work. That for a second piece he is amazed at how well i did.

EEEKKKK! a person can love something he or she has made, but to have someone else who has been in this line of work for 15 years tell you how great of a job you did, it’s the cherry on top.

The only down side is i made it a tad to big for me…it needed to be a quarter of a size smaller, but it could be that its pretty cold today, so i will see, it might be a summer ring. If thats not the case, i might be willing to part with it.

on a side note, my class is a 4 hour class, and because I’m an over achiever i stay an extra 2 hours…hehe I’m addicted

Thanks for stopping by

Be Natural, be creative, but most of all be FREE

I LOVE mornings like i have had today, where i can get ready at my own pace,

drink my cup of ‘constant comment’ while checking my emails.

Where my house is quiet save for the blues station playing softly in the background, and

Penny snoring beside the couch ( i think she might need a C pap machine) haha

I called someone i love today to see how their week was treating them, some days its nice to chat with a person you know really, truly loves you in return. To hear those words, i love you jac and the end of the conversation brings tears to my eyes, knowing there sincere.

I completely forgot to post my photo of my necklace i made in my silversmith class…

TA DA!

There it is in all its glory, I’m pretty proud of that….the process of designing it, fabricating it and polishing it to a fine sheen, was simply breath taking. we had a week off of class because of Thanksgiving, i am antsy to get back in the workshop and work on my next piece.

I think i could excel further in smithing if i had my own equipment, so in my spare time i could practice. I’m getting close, i am now the proud owner of a huge rock tumbler, and some lapidary grinders. next i need a torch, flux, and polishers.

My morning is almost to a close, i must go pick ian up from Kindergarten. i am going to be so happy when he’s in 1st grade and gets picked up with the other two..

Have a blessed day,

Be Natural, be Creative but most of all BE FREE

i woke up excited to start my day, thought i woke up early enough, but alas there never seems to be enough time…in the end it all worked out.

Today the Man and i are taking out orientation class at MCC, Then we will be free to register for classes…hopefully our FASA funds come in soon, so i am able to purchase my bike…:)

Im still debating on wether i should take 2 classes or be brave and take 3…

the Two that are for sure are ART121 & ENG101, and the 3rd i am considering is HIS131 which is a online course…decisions, decisions

Finally up are my first 4 listings in my Etsy shop….please, please go check them out.  This is just the tip of the iceberg. http://www.etsy.com/shop/jaccalynkorv