tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80116642945488715582011-10-06T11:29:43.895-07:00My journey in creating jewelry and a life worth livingCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701458069566597503noreply@blogger.comBlogger581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011664294548871558.post-15612360353364718542011-07-22T11:43:00.000-07:002011-07-28T10:09:10.306-07:00

There is this scene in the movie "Maid in Manhattan" which stars Jennifer Lopez in which she plays a young single Puerto Rican mother walking through the streets of the city with her young son and his over stuffed back pack. They are rushing, trying to get to work and school. She has her hair pulled back in a pony tail, wearing jeans and a frumpy sweater; the weight of the world on her pretty

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Ahhh, I love that word transparency...see through,,nothing hidden,truth, clarity...How lovely it is to live in a world where there is always absolute transparency. No need for questions, long drives home thinking, replaying incidents in your mind trying to figure out the sides of an argument. I always admired those type of people who lived with a sense of reckless abandon regarding their

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I am doing a blog hop on "Welcome Wednesday" first time so here goes...Anyone new to my blog WELCOME :)

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I had bought this gorgeous amazonite stone from Singapore about a month and a half ago...It was EXPENSIVE and took four weeks to ship here to NYC. I was overjoyed when I finally received it in the mail and had big plans to wire wrap it in silver as a pendant...Here is what the stone looked like when I first bought itNow I am a true believer in doing your best to maintain positive vibes,

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Some of my wire work with Blue Chalcedony:a gorgeous quartz stone made up of many different minerals. Considered a sacred stone by the Native American Indians, chalcedony nurtures and promotes brotherhood and good will. Absorbs negative energy and dissipates it. Harmonizes mind, body, and spirit.Instills generosity Wire wrapped Jade: Known as the stone of wisdom and prosperity, I need wisdom and

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Hello, everyone, I am very excited to be part of a fabulous give away...Take a hop on over to Godsfavoriteshoes.com and check out Reiko, an awesome woman with SICK taste!!! she puts this city girl to serious shame. I love her style and fashion point of view...Any how, I am giving away a FREE handstamped necklace. Become a follower on her blog...I guarantee you will be inspired to vintage shop and

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It has been a great year for me in regards to moving forward in my jewelry designs and I am learning so much..next stop, precious metal clay,,,hmmmm. I would say that most of my work this year focused on alot of blue semi-precious stones wrapped in silver. I also loved creating many spiral designs. This is my year in photos :)

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Yesterday was seriously crappy weather. I don't know what it is about this Winter that has me feeling soooo blahhhh. It's not even like I want to go to a warmer climate, I just want my New York City in the Spring! AAAhh I love that first warm breeze and the scent of cool rain that first hits me around March..It is usually in the evening, I will be standing outside looking at the moon or(taking

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There are mountains in my life right now that seem impossible to climb. It has been months now of tears and sadness. I have watched relationships deteriorate, mental illness and depression overtake people I love, one of my best friends lost her mom to cancer a few days ago,,,and we are all struggling financially, spiritually,,you name it, there is pain and sadness everywhere. Like a soldier who

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I am at a crossroads in my life. Like Tracy Chapman sang: " I look to my left I look to my right, hands, they grab me on every side"...So much to do and I am wondering what direction to take my life in now. I am glad that jewelry making for me quiets my mind and keeps me focused on a task. The finished outcome is always a good release of energy for me. I am proud of what I make, even when it does

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Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.I remember reading "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton and of course this poem has stayed with me for years. Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny, who remembers them?

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What I am looking forWhat the world needsWhat you need....

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What I hoped would be impossible. My creative energy has been at a stalemate for the last few weeks. I broke my ankle and then someone broke my heart. So now I am dealing with fixing things both physical and spiritual. Trust me when I say I had days when I wanted to give up. What is it like when you are faced with blatant rejection and serious disappointment? I've done the pajama and uncombed

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Long Island Bead Festival, 09/27/10The pictures say it all. I should have known better than to walk in there with less than $50.00. Upon entering the Long Island Bead festival in Islandia, Long Island I felt my heart sink into my chest and my brain quickly started calculating what I could do without for the week (like lunch, gas, coffee and what the heck, Kylee does'nt need lunch either, ok, ok

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Ladies Birthday weekend 2010...this is what over 35 looks likeToday is my birthday....Wow. I am 39. One year away from 40. Is it time to create a bucket list? Well, maybe not yet. This morning I actually pondered on how I should approach this day. Should I be grumpy, quiet and ignore this day in hopes that the fact that I am 39 will disappear into a quiet abyss. Unfortunately, Facebook makes that

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I have been a gypsy for Halloween atleast 20 times in my lifetime. I love the mystery of the woman. The long hair, smoldering eyes, deep ruby and amber colored jewels. She has hidden powers that we know nothing about. She is free, has no ties and is a maiden of the moonlight dancing with her tambourine....Rich velvet dresses and beautiful scarves. I have dedicated a part of my designs this fall

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It was a Sunday morning, I was sitting in my bedroom reading the New York Times. I was 17 years old. An article was written about an exhibition for Georgia O' Keefe at the Metropolitan Museum of Art....enough said, I fell in love with her work. Georgia O'Keefe spent a few years here in our lovely city working in a gallery with her beau Alfred Stieglitz. Only a true lover of all things Georgia and

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The first thing I ever wire wrapped in my life were birds nest rings. I ended up making a HELL of alot of them because they are so fun to make. Birds nest rings are simply done by taking one large focal bead and taking a fairly large amount of wire, threading it through the hole of the bead and then wrapping that bad boy many times around a ring mandrel until you get the desired shape and size of

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I want to give a shout out to Chennifer a fellow blogger who I had the honor of meeting through thesitsgirls.comShe is a Latina living in Sweden and she writes beautifully about her life's experiences and as her blog states she is a Latina on a Quest. Presently she is working on the "More than Latina Project". Along with her friend Libby Julia Vazquez this project was born of an idea of

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The window of opportunity that is!!!I have been hand stamping away and unfortunately I still don't have my camera but these are the latest necklaces I made...one has a sterling silver hand stamped disc with four names and a small heart charm, the other says "Live, Laugh, Love"...I like!Hey ladies, also soon I should be having a guest blogger visit our wonderful community...from the UK and I

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There is a very special movie that I watch whenever I need spiritual encouragement, academic inspiration, or just a plain kick in the pants to not wallow in self-pity, It's called " The Great Debaters", directed by Denzel Washington. The movie is about young African American college students in a southern college during the depression era. These young students, all brilliant, made up the Wiley

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Hi everyone, Today I woke up and out of the blue decided it's time for some change....I have on sale in etsy.com beautiful handmade jewlery which I would like to sell in order to add new things. I have a beautiful pair of copper spiral earrings with amethyst beads, two spiral wrap around rings, and a copper tree of life with real amethyst beads...I am taking 1/2 off everything in order to set up

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I have been practicing my metal stamping and I'm having so much fun, except for a few times when I hammered my thumb instead of the metal! ouch! BTW sparklingshamrock.etsy.com has EVERYTHING you can think of to begin this hobby yourself. Metal stamping kits for beginners, metal discs, designer stamps and they all come with instructions. This is an awesome website if you are interested. The

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I started working at a pre school two weeks ago. I have the two year old class. Everyday I come home with a new sauce on my pants and crackers in my hair...I still have my other job so working at the pre-school makes two jobs. So as you can guess I have been exhausted! But the dreamer never stops dreaming and the creative spirit never stops creating. In between the cracks and crevices of time I

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I want to thank my dad today. I know it's not an awards show or anything but there are days when I think about him and I am so grateful he is my old man. My dad came to the United States when he was still young from Puerto Rico. He grew up in El Barrio, and then went off to fight in Vietnam. As a young man he was a correction officer, taxi driver, security manager, and probably so many other

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I feel this eagerness to change many things today. It's like this whirlwind of anxiety came over me and suddenly the world needs to comply with my every whim! I want to be thinner, I want a perfectly normal relationship. I want to make more money. I want to buy a condo in Long Island City overlooking the most fabulous city in the world. I want to go out dancing every night.I want to not be

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You know sometimes, you have those off days...everything seems to be fine, your working, doing what your supposed to do, even hanging out with friends. I have been busy this week both with work, being a mom and trying to maintain some form of social life... so I think I have the best of many worlds. It's just sometimes you lose focus of your spiritual/creative side. When I feel like I just

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Have you ever noticed how fashion designers can create these awesome pieces of colorful vibrant, fashion forward inspirations and yet they only ever wear black?or the hair stylist who can cut color and blowdry hair within an inch of it's life but wears their own hair in a simple pushed back ponytail?or the artist who paints all the colors of the earth and lives a life of vibrant expression, yet

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I was about six months pregnant when I decided I wanted to go back to the teaching profession. Rewind 8 years earlier when out of sheer luck I was hired to work in a public school in the South Bronx teaching first graders who spoke no English. At that time NYC was DESPERATE for teachers and they would hire anyone who had a BA and a pulse ;) My first few weeks were awesome and nerve wracking at

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When I first started making jewelry, I knew immediately that I wanted to work with natural metals and semi precious stones. I do believe in the healing properties and symbolism of various beauties such as amethyst, turquoise, ametrine, citrine, amber etc...you get the point. As you can also see alot of my work lately has been done with spirals. I remember doodling spirals during class in High

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Yay, I finally have my etsy shop up and running. OK maybe I am too excited but I have had about three cups of coffee already and hay dios mio! I have my little etsy shop!So far as you can see I posted the spiral rings and earrings on etsy. I will have the Tree of Life pendants to follow.

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I have been working on my etsy site however it may not be up and running in time for mothers day (working on the images, etc) ANYHOW, if anyone is interested in any items please e-mail me @cindygutierrez71@yahoo.comI Have paypal links set up for the tree of life pendants and small spiral wrap rings on this blog, however, I can set up paypal for any individual item that you are interested in.

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"Have you ever written a graduate paper before?", "Have you ever gone to a writing workshop?, maybe you need to"...." This paper is just scattered and a mess....." "Is this your first time writing a paper?" Hi everybody, This is what my professor told me yesterday as I sat on a chair feeling about two inches tall. We were just going over a term paper I had written on Latino children in early

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I feel honored that many of the followers on my blog are crafty chicas themselves. I love knowing there are other people out there who love to make things whether it be jewelry, pictures or arts n crafts. You are my creative sistas! I posted some pictures of works in progress and I thought it would be a fun idea to see some pictures of your work in progress. Comment on this post if you have some

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A great friend of mine came over my house yesterday with a huge load of beads and used jewelry pieces that she thought I could use. I was looking at all of my bins filled with beads and findings and really, I have been using wire for a while now and I kinda lost that desire to make necklaces out of beads, earrings etc...But...these are nice! alot of the beads are tiny seed beads in deep oranges

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There is something so amazing to me about art jewelry. It's creator perhaps is more concerned with form, craft and expression rather than the ability for the piece of jewelry to go well with a T shirt and pair of jeans. Lately I have been scouting the web specifically for Latina jewelry designers who bring that special touch that is so us..whether it is vibrant colors, jewelry with deep cultural

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I am giving away three pairs of earrings today;) That is why I love this blog.....I actually like to give stuff away. Spring is here, the birds are singing, The sun is rising right now, I think I woke up way too early.So here it is: Show a little love by becoming a follower of my blog and add two comments to any post you choose..and you can choose a pair of chandelier earrings for yourself, as

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Hi, so these are the earrings Kelly and I made during our venture into wine and beads. Hmmm, wine and beads, I like the sound of that ;) anyhow take a look if you like them let me know, plenty are made. and they are just $10.00 e-mail cindygutierrez71@yahoo.com.. One style comes with fresh water pearl coin beads in a salmon color, the other are chalk turquoise and seed beads.

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Some of you may know that upon returning from a great vacation, I found myself in a relationship which for now, has ended. I find myself desperate to move on to the next chapter of my life. This weekend I imagined myself in Miami, Connecticut, Spain, anywhere to be able to be as far away as possible from this heart that is stuck in this body of mine. Like Paula Cole (who by the way is just

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These are some of the rings I made in the Dominican Republic, sterling silver. The stones are big and they remind me of a very talented soul singer Erykah Badu...The size of the stones and the wire wrap remind me of Erykahs lovely head wraps which she wore in her early days as a performer. She is well known for wearing a huge Egyptian Unk ring and wearing other large natural jewelry so,,I guess I

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Years ago I took this art class at School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. I wanted to learn how to figure draw so I signed up for a class and two weeks later I was sitting in a large sunny studio on the third floor of one of the most exciting schools (in my opinion) in the world. I would take the train home after class with my shirt completely dirty from charcoal and pastels, a big drawing pad and I

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My neighbor sent me a text message while I was away on vacation with exciting news about new earrings she made and how she needed gold head pins to finish one of her designs. Kelly is one of those people who knows everyone on the block, very friendly, outgoing, crafty and creative. She has two young children, her son goes to school with my daughter. What I found so exciting was that she chose to

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I just came back from the Dominican Republic. I am as dark as brown sugar, well fed and HAPPY! Of course this morning when I was driving to work in the rain, sitting in traffic, I kinda forgot about the crystal clear blue water, gentle waves, tropical drinks and mamajuana (a dominican liquor). However, I looked in my rear view mirror, got a glimpse of my sunkissed skin and smiled....Life is good.

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Some people come into your life for a brief moment, but leave an impression on you that can last a lifetime. I always have had a fondness for people who not only create beautiful things but live their lives creatively. They are the walking breathing artists. Everything they do or make has their name and heart written all over it. For me, Ann Peden is one of those people. She is based in Atlanta

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Take a deep breath in.....Do you feel it? Spring is almost here. New York in the Spring is so special to me. Usually around late February late in the evening you can feel a shocking warm breeze that catches you in an instant.. It's like a message in the air reminding us of it's soon arrival, and the air begins to smell like cool rain. You hear the sounds of handballs hitting the concrete walls,

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The sunrise this morning was awesome. I went to bed last night tired, like anyone would be, but also with a small feeling of sadness within. Life is always going to throw things at us that are unexpected and I am not talking about the big stuff like death, or some type of grave loss. What is this unexpected??? Suddenly finding yourself with someone who doesn't make you laugh anymore, or realizing

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I'm leaving for the Dominican Republic in one week. Yay, sun, sand, all I can eat yada,yada.... However I find myself a little less than enthusiastic.I think my lack of enthusiasm lies in the fact that I had set a goal about 4 weeks ago to lose 40 pounds by now. How can I ever enjoy parading around the resort when I feel like I am not swimsuit worthy? ;( I have failed to exercise, low carb and

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I had the pleasure of spending lots of time in Manhattan this weekend. I have to say Alicia Keys and Jay Z know what they are talking about! This IS a concrete jungle where dreams are made of...Now I didn't always feel this way. When you are standing on the 7 train platform on an icy rainy Monday morning just to enter a train car where people have their faces jammed against the door window...well

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Out here in cyberspace I think there may be one or two people who may like to start learning how to make jewelry AND the first place u will instinctively think to start shopping for supplies and how to books is Michaels, the Arts and Crafts version of Walmart... well, don't. There, blog done for the day...Just kidding. Let me give you an example of why doing a little research online is worth

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I think it's safe to say I'm not the first one to be "slightly" inspired to blog by the movie Julie and Julia. It took me forever to see the movie because I never really had an interest in Julia Childs. After I watched the movie I was so pleasantly surprised at the lessons I learned. I was inspired by both Julie and Julia ;-)Lesson 1 : Passion has no age limitYou are never, ever too old to find

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Her name is Asta Remeikaite, designer of Aenigmasoul. She has been wire wrapping since 2007 and as she states on her website she is inpired by "colors of nature, senses and objects that are everywhere around us". Her work is intricately hand made. Take a look at the detail, her choice of colors and crystals...LOVE IT. I posted on her FB page that I just wanted to dive in and melt into one of her

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I woke up this morning around 6 am trying to beat the sunrise. I do this often. For some strange reason I feel the need to beat the sun at it's own game and rise to meet it's pre-dawn glow before it wakes me up. So fidgeting around so early today I felt the need to grab a small piece of wire, spiral it around a highlighter marker and then take it outside with my ball peen hammer and steel block.

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I feel sick to my stomache...you were my first, my favorite, so comfortable and flexible. I showed u off to everyone. I was proud to have you around with me everywhere. But like all good love affairs, the time has come for us to part... Good bye my wrap around ring......Most artists have that one painting, photograph, piece of art that they just can't part with. Perhaps it was their first

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It was around 7 am on Valentines Day when I decided to break out some 18g dead soft silver wire and make my boyfriend a ring I had promised a while ago. I was going to use a huge pewter skull bead as the focal and TRY to do an intricate wire wrap around it. Needless to say about 2 hours later, hair all frizzed and fingers numb; the ring was about 4 sizes too big and the wire had hardened to the

Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701458069566597503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011664294548871558.post-24377267576169245922010-02-13T06:55:00.000-08:002010-02-13T07:02:22.016-08:00

So I have this Fashion Journal Event on Tuesday and I don't have a clue what to wear. I am not a small girl....nope; so being in a sea of size 0 fashion divas ( and that's just the men) I am wondering if I can just wrap myself in a black blanket and cover myself with handmade jewelry??? What do you think? I'm thinking black calf length high heel boots, black jeans, black shirt,,,black, black,

Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701458069566597503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011664294548871558.post-21965657510667314172010-02-11T16:33:00.000-08:002010-02-13T07:27:20.294-08:00

There are times when I go to work eager to jump on the computer and check my Facebook page. I know, I Know,,, shhhh but don't tell. Anyhow one day I'm on FB and I decide to become a fan of Foxy Fusions. Awesome glass art jewelry by Kerri Lawnsby, check out her page Foxyfusions.comShe needed someone from NYC to go on her behalf to the Fashion Journal Magazine fundraiser in NYC on 2/16/10...Kerri's

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It was 2007, recently seperated, broke, welcoming my new life as a single parent in this cold concrete jungle; I often found peace, commraderie and joyous drunken fellowship with Claudia and Lisa my two best friends. Anyhow, when the last of these two friends moved back to Florida, I was stuck. What the hell do I do with all this time now? Two things encouraged me to start making jewelry. At this

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