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❣️ Call for ring sizes! ❣️ Last year I ma

❣️ Call for ring sizes! ❣️

Last year I made a handful of these rings, but I didn’t make quite enough, and so I promised I would bring them back in a year.

And I have found that this January has brought a little bowl of faceted, Hessonite garnets to my bench.   I am in the early stages of fabrication at the moment: choosing the right stones, wrapping the bezels, making the circlets. I haven’t made the ring bands yet, so I thought I would put out a call for sizes.   So, if this ring design is one you’d like, let me know your US ring size in the comments below and I will write it down! (These fit true to size.) They will still be first come first served, but if I have all the right sizes, hopefully everyone who wants one can catch one. ❤️

All the ravens are in the mail and winging their w

All the ravens are in the mail and winging their way to you, feathered friends!

(And keep an eye out here for a call for ring sizes for some upcoming sweet, little January garnet lovelies! ♥️)

It is a whirlwind of packaging in my studio today!

It is a whirlwind of packaging in my studio today! I am tying paper ribbons and tucking ravens into cotton fluff. I am hoping to have all your orders in the mail by this evening, and then the ravens will be winging their way to you all. 🪶✨

Oh! I wanted to mention as an aside that a few of

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the collectio

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the collection release yesterday! I opened up the windows, and nearly the entire flock of ravens swooped out into the night.

It feels strange to tuck the ravens away knowing I won’t be revising them for a few years. I so looked forward to seeing them hopping around my studio every late autumn and winter. But their hibernation will give me time to wander into other ideas (I have so many!).

Today I will be going through and refunding shipping overages and responding to any messages I might have missed. Thank you, sweet friends, from the end of my beak to the tips of my feathers, thank you.

I tried to make as many of this original Waiting R

I tried to make as many of this original Waiting Raven Necklace design as I could, not just because I won’t be revisiting the ravens for a while, but also because it wont be available for custom requests during the Presold collection.

So I hope that if you’ve had your heart set on one, you catch the perfect little raven as they soar by!

To make it easier to to quickly choose the right necklace, I split all the necklaces up into the following size ranges, measuring from top to bottom of the pendant, not included the loop.

Small – 25-35mm Medium – 35-45mm Large – 45-55mm Extra Large – 55mm+
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✖️(Last) Waiting Raven Collection: TONIGHT, January 9th at 7pm EST in the Etsy shop✖️

A few things to keep in mind!
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🪶 Please double check your shipping address on your Etsy account before the release to make sure it is correct before you place an order.

🪶 Remember! Etsy won’t reveal my new listings for you right at the release time, you have to refresh and reload my shop page, sometimes a few times, before they all show up. It even does that for me to see all my new pieces!

🪶 Etsy is often slow with populating my shop after I publish my listings, I believe because I list so many pieces at once! I have been told this is because they work out of the cloud now rather than dedicated servers.

So if you want to try for a piece at release time, start on the home page and move through the pages from there. If you click on the collection section on the left, sometimes it takes 15 minutes or so for listings to show up. A very strange glitch, but it happens. Refresh often!

🪶 Make sure you look at all the photos of the pieces you are looking to purchase, because I try to photograph these pieces from every angle, in my hand for size reference, and in natural light, so you can see exactly what you will receive. I want you to be sure you are purchasing the perfect pieces for you!

🪶 That being said, an item isn't "yours" until you complete checkout. Meaning that other people can purchase items you are looking at, or that you even have in your cart. This is an Etsy feature that I cannot change.

🪶 My advice is that if you have a piece you have your heart set on, complete checkout with that item first. If you click “Buy It Now” the listing’s page, you can purchase much quicker. And then go back for the other pieces you want. Checking out separately allows you to claim your pieces more quickly, and you have less of a chance of a piece being scooped out of your cart.

🪶 In the days following the release, I will refund any shipping overages for those of you who place more than one order.

Cheers!

🪶 All autumn I watched the corvids in this clum

🪶 All autumn I watched the corvids in this clump of trees by the river, there was one particular pair that would snuggle and preen each other for hours. I am going to miss seeing their silhouettes in silver. 🪶

Hammered ring bands remind me of textured, twisty

Hammered ring bands remind me of textured, twisty tree branches... and then that makes me want to texture every single ring I make!

🪶 One more day, feathered friends. 🪶
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✖️(Last) Waiting Raven Collection: Sunday, January 9th at 7pm EST in the Etsy shop✖️

Can I just tell you how much I blush and melt when

Can I just tell you how much I blush and melt whenever someone tells me they collect my work?

Lately, I have gotten a handful of messages and comments of excitement about how with this release some of you will be completing your own collection of my Raven work. And goodness, how that overwhelms me with gratitude and wonder.

To know that some of you have been with me for years (!!!), long enough to have carefully selected and caught a full set of Raven pieces as they’ve flown by. Gosh… what a fine compliment indeed, and what a gift to my soul.

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✖️(Last) Waiting Raven Collection: Sunday, January 9th at 7pm EST in the Etsy shop✖️

✨ Corvus Rings ✨ Smooth onyx, sleek black as

✨ Corvus Rings ✨

Smooth onyx, sleek black as a raven’s wing. A beaded circlet. And a toothy serrated bezel holding the gemstone in place.   There will be a small handful of these rings, sizes ranging from 6 - 9.5. (I will post the sizes as soon as I finish up the listings for them.) Since these are simple half-round bands, they fit true to size.   (I am currently working on photographing everything and writing listings, and I am hoping to have a blog preview up soon! And if particular ravens or feathers catch your eye, I hope you catch them as they soar by.)
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✖️(Last) Waiting Raven Collection: Sunday, January 9th at 7pm EST in the Etsy shop✖️

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