CRUST

If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me 

why we would move from Newburyport to Worcester... 

I'd have a lot of nickels! 

We've been here for almost a year and find more things to love about Worcester every day. I've often thought about sharing some of the awesomeness we've found in our new community, but since we're still unpacking it's been easy to put it off. Until, that is, today.

Today, I went to Crust. Crust Artisan Bakeshop, to be exact. Although hunting for a place to park was not very awesome, I persevered and was rewarded with this supremely delicious multi-seeded muli-grain bread and croissants. Simply dee-lish!

Fortunately, I was wise enough to take a quick pic before my son discovered Crust was in the house because there is nary a croissant and only half a loaf remaining.

Since Crust opens at 7am I'll be sure to get there early for 
the best selection and an easier place to park!

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Art Jewelry Magazine~ Tin Challenge!

Well, the wait is finally over! 

In March, Art Jewelry Magazine challenged ten subscribers to create at least one piece of jewelry from an assortment of beautiful tins. We had three weeks to design, construct and then send the finished pieces back to AJM to be photographed for the reveal.

It was great fun designing and constructing the three pieces I sent to AJM. The toughest part was choosing from the deliciously colored Harney & Sons tea tins...

I decided to send three pieces to AJM. 

Since tin can't stand the heat of soldering I chose to construct all of my pieces using cold connections.

The first is an adjustable Lemon Swirl ring. It's made using two colors of tin and scrap nickel sheet. It was punched and domed and connected using a mini brass bolt and stainless nut.

The second piece is a Poppy! brooch. This piece was the most fun to make! The stem is cut from a vintage silver plated children's fork. The flower and leaf are punched, domed and cut from tin and reinforced by scrap nickel sheet and connected using a mini stainless nut and bolt which has been filed down to create the tin stem.

The third piece is a Dolci Cuoricini or sweet little heart. The heart is formed using a hydraulic press and is then cut and riveted to a scrap of roller pinter brass sheet. It hangs from gunmetal steel chain and a handmade gunmetal steel hook.

As soon as I receive the pieces back from AJM I'll be listing them in my shop. Until then, I'll be working on similar designs. If you're interested just send me a note!

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