Starting Etsy

I have always wanted to try wire-wrapping jewelry, but somehow never got around to it with all the various other things going on.  So this summer, with nothing to do, I decided to give it a try.  I found it surprisingly easy and elegant after being warned that it was harder than it looked.  I began by using pieces of sea glass that I find regularly on the beaches of Rhode Island where our family vacations every summer.  The first pieces turned out well and came quickly.  After that I just began shelling them out.  Soon I was on the beach every day collecting more glass, and now I have my desk set up especially so that I can have space to work.  (Do you know how hard it is to keep a desk from piling up with papers and random junk?)

 

The desk has a nice lamp and extra space for the large terrarium that I use to store some of my sea glass, but more often than not I end up working at my trunk-turned-coffee table.  I’ll tuck my feet up under me, open my Netflix to an episode of How I Met Your Mother and just begin twisting away. 

 

And then while I was at my friends, Meli and Jeremy’s wedding, I thought I should freaking open an Etsy shop, then I’ll at least be able to tell people I’m doing something with my life.  And so, many hours of photography and oh so many internet pages later, I did.  Mostly so far I have made necklaces, but my latest idea involves braiding the wire together to make elegant rings with tiny pieces of sea glass.  Shout out to my sister and my dad for inspiring me in this latest idea. 

P.S. Check out my Etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/IndigoImmersion.  I haven’t listed the rings yet, but if you are interested shoot me an message with your ring size and I would love to make you up a custom order!