Silver Drops Blog

An Exploration of Silver Jewelry Design and the Life of a Designer

Browsing Posts published in November, 2011

Introduction At this point we had agreed to a general design and for the next few steps the client really didn’t need to be consulted.  It is hard to explain to clients what a final piece will look like when it is giant hunks of blue wax.  The most important thing that he wanted was [...]

Introduction About a year and a half ago I was approached by the boy friend my best friend from college.  He wanted me to make an engagement ring for my friend.  This was not a normal commission piece because I was making a ring for one of the most important people in my life and [...]

Introduction Sorry for being a bit MIA lately from the blogging world.  The last six months have been a bit intense.  I finished my graduate degree in Library Science, relocated from Indiana to Chicago then was offered a job and I am now living in the southern Ohio town of Portsmouth.  I have a wonderful [...]

Introduction Google analytics is a great tool to figure out how your shop is used.  This is important for holidays for two reasons.  First, if you have seasonal items, such as Halloween items or Christmas items.  Second the holiday’s can affect the flow of your data and statistics and you need to adjust your conclusions [...]