A NEW WEEK!!!!!

Well,
Hoping everyone had a great two weeks and Mothers Day was celebrated with your mothers!
The last two weeks has brought me even more things to think about! I was out shopping with my daughter one night and I think finally she is swaying to my way of thinking regarding clothes style and so forth. Gotta, wonder how some designs ever make it to the stores sometimes.... I noticed racks and racks of stuff that had clearance tags and still weren't flying off the racks.

I guess I just believe that clothing can be simple its takes shape with the style we all put forward and accessories we feel express who we are.  I think if we taught our children to feel confident about themselves more often while they were growing and finding themselves instead of trying so hard to keep up with the Jones there just would be much more beauty around.

Anyway, getting back to accessories now, I unleashed new mens stretch bracelets this weekend still in the testing phases but gotta say I am liking what is transforming.  These like everything else will be one of a kind designs that wont be reproduced unless I have excess beads. Even men need to know that they can "rock" a look and not have to follow the crowd. When you wear something you like you bring personality to the accessories. Here's a few pics of what is forth coming: Great for young men and teens also. ROCKIN!!!!

NEW VENTURES!!!!!!!!!!

Well, hello everyone!

Testing the waters in yet another world... Amazing what can be done with today's resources to reach so many people all over the globe. For everyone who knows me "HERE I GO AGAIN", and for all who don't, I love designing jewelry,accessories, and even clothing in all my spare time which isn't much. I work almost full time, have three children who are very active in sports and school, and a mind that keeps me up nights thinking of new things to design, a blessing and a curse at times making it hard to sit still. I have been doing it ever since I can remember. I started by tweaking things I owned when I was in my teens to how I wanted them to look on  me, always thinking outside the box even thou I colored inside the lines.  I love to be unique and "NORMAL" is highly over rated in my book. But, as we all know sometimes life steps in with speed bumps along the way having to grow-up, get a job, marriage, kids,home etc..... and desires and dreams sometimes take a back seat, but I never stopped and hence that is how I formed Twisted Gems Designs.

I believe that anyone can do what they set their minds to you just have to try!  The words {I can't} are something I don't say often and when I do I know I have exhausted all my resources. At least I will always be able to say I tried and either it works or it doesn't. With that being said I figured this was a way to let myself talk and get out what I am thinking weekly on ideas and designs that stream in my head and around us all.

Step 1

So let's get started The last two weeks I have been working on new designs of resin interchangeable charms\pendants for my line. The line of course sparkles with quotes! Everything, I design are unique and one of a kind ideas & shapes with quotes that mean something different to all who own my pieces. When I started this venture with the charms\pendants as anything you see things around you, and I just didn't see what I thought expresses me but very simple cookie cut outs. Boring and way to expensive. What sets us apart is our perception on how we view things, style etc.  Most, don't have the ability and it is just easier to pick from the mass quantities that are out there, but to each his own and to the rest embrace it. At first my ideas of the designs flowed faster in my head then how to form them.  I thought of all kinds of ways to make the molds and couldn't but where there is a will there is a way I was sure of it. So with that being said I found clay that was flexible to make my shapes and made my own molds now the possibilities are endless. As with anything it is a trial and error everyday and does take time to design the pendant to it's destination of jewelry . I try to put all my effort into forming a piece I myself would wear. And trust me I am my worst own critic so if I wear it I feel others will too.

Well there you have it for this week a little look into how my mind runs and what it holds
Till next week.......... and lets just say it's full again
Andrea