Showing posts with label jewelry book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jewelry book. Show all posts

Thursday, May 14, 2015

A New Arrival On My Doorstep!


I had a nice surprise the other day when I found this box on my doorstep! 

It was a case of my new book, 
Soldered Alchemy: 24 Jewelry Projects Using New Soft-Solder Techniques

The release date is June 12, 2015, so stay tuned! 









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Friday, November 21, 2014

My New Book, Soldered Alchemy, Now Available!


I'm excited to announce that my new book,



Inside this book, I take soldering in a completely new direction, and I am SO EXCITED 
to share these brand new techniques, designs, and creative projects with you! 

Each project is explained in detail from start to finish alongside of beautiful 
images to guide you through the projects every step of the way! There are projects 
from beginner to advanced, and I organized them with skill-building in mind, so
whether you are new to soft-soldering, or are an experienced solder artist, this book
has something for everyone and is sure to get your creative juices flowing!

Inside I share all of my techniques & secrets for creating unique soft-soldered 
jewelry, including  all of my soldering techniques, so that you can become a 
soldering pro too! 









  

    


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Laura
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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Soldered Alchemy: My Second Jewelry Instruction Book!


I'm THRILLED to announce that my second jewelry instruction book,
Soldered Alchemy: 25 Jewelry Projects Using New Soft-Solder Techniques 
will be published by F+W Media, Inc. and will be available May 2015! 

This new book focuses on soft soldering, and inside I share lots of brand new 
ideas, tips, techniques, and designs, complete with beautiful full color photos and
easy to follow step by step instructions. There are projects for all skill levels from
beginner to advanced, so whether you are completely new to soft soldering or are 
ready to take your soft-soldering to the next level with new techniques, ideas,
and inspiration, I think you will find Solder Alchemy to be the perfect companion!

Stay tuned to my blog and Facebook page, where I'll be announcing when 
Soldered Alchemy is available for pre-order!


design copyright Laura Beth Love 2014



design copyright Laura Beth Love 2014






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Thursday, July 10, 2014

I Have An Exciting Announcement To Make...


I haven't had time to blog lately because I have a lot going on over here...
...so much in fact, that it is almost dizzying! 

Since the release of my jewelry book, BoHo Chic Jewelry,  I have been very busy 
trying to carve out time to create new jewelry for my Etsy shop, basically trying to 
play catch-up, but I don't feel like I am making much progress because it always seems 
that by the time I finish up a new piece of jewelry or two (and it is time consuming!), 
photograph it, and list it in my shop, it is sold! Of course that's a good thing though, 
and I am so grateful to all of my wonderful customers who enjoy my work, those of you 
who want it for yourselves to wear, or as gifts for friends or family. I thank you :)
Know that I make every piece just for you. 

That's where I have been, and I promise, very soon, that I will be back to creating
lots of new pretty pieces of china jewelry as well as stirring up some fun new blog
posts in the near future. But!!! I have an exciting announcement to share! :)

The reason I've been so busy is that I recently received my second book deal to write 
another jewelry instruction book - Yay! So I have been very hard at work writing and 
creating new projects to share for the new book! I can't give away too much top
secret information about it just yet, but I will tell you that the projects are so
unique and beautiful, and I am so excited to share these new ideas and techniques! 

Title to be announced soon! Stay tuned! 
...and as always, thank you.









Check out my new book, BoHo Chic Jewelry


I hope you have a great week 
Love, Laura


My broken china jewelry is always available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns





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Friday, March 14, 2014

Writing A Craft Book: The Fascinating Rewards That Come From Sharing What You Know



In my last post I wrote about why I think it's so important to share your ideas. 
I explained how for me, it's all about teaching other people and inspiring others to create. 
 When you pass on what you know, whether it's a skill or trade, 
or just something  you know a lot about, not only are you helping 
others by teaching them, but you are giving them the ability to learn and do something new. 
After all, good ideas are meant to be shared, and I think people should inspire other people.


Book process photo: Choosing coordinating components for a project



 But I also discovered - unexpectedly - a fascinating reward throughout the whole process of 
writing my craft book. What was this reward? I found that as you give away what you know, 
out of nowhere, completely new ideas come to you, and you discover brand new things. 
The reward was, in giving, you open yourself up, and you open up your mind, to new and 
different ideas. It's almost like a blossoming. 


Book process photo: Choosing plate patterns for projects

As I created the projects for my book, BoHo Chic Jewelry, not only was I designing and 
making the projects with my hands, I was also writing out all of the step-by-step 
instructions, and at the same time writing down little notes here and there about what my
 inspirations were for each project, snapping photos of each step so that the photographer 
would have a reference point for what photos were important to take during the actual 
photo shoot, etc. That was the work. So I began with project number one and worked my 
way through; thinking, making, writing, and taking photos. Sometimes re-thinking, 
re-making, and re-writing, and re-taking photos! But I was working my way through.


Book process photo: Choosing flatware patterns for projects
And then, while I worked, a wonderful thing started to happen. New ideas came. 
First as a trickle. Then as a flood. 

 And let me clarify: these new ideas had nothing to do with the wonderful projects I had 
already designed and created for BoHo Chic Jewelry. These were new, unassociated,
completely different ideas. And they wouldn't stop coming. So every so often when I would 
take a break from working, I would jot the new ideas down, and set them aside. 
As I gave away, I received. 

 I'm not sure how or why this happened. Where did these new ideas come from? And why
did they keep popping into my head when I was working on something else? I honestly 
can't answer that. The closest thing I have to any kind of explanation is that maybe that is 
just the nature of giving. Maybe it is universal flow. I can't explain it, but I can say, with
all honesty, that this is what I was meant to do. 

 May 14, 2015....
...fast forward one year later and those new ideas have been collected and organized, 
polished off and perfected, written down and submitted to my publisher, put into a 
new book and offered to you, the reader, the jewelry maker, the artist. My second book, 
Soldered Alchemy: 24 Jewelry Projects Using New Soft-Solder Techniques, 
is fresh in from the printer and on its way to a bookstore near you! And that was 
the gift that I received from giving my ideas away to write my first book, BoHo Chic Jewelry. 
What a fascinating reward for giving away what I knew and sharing what I learned. The
moral of this blog post? If you discover or create something new and interesting, a new
 technique or method, a new style or idea - share it. Don't keep it in. Once you give it 
away, so much more will come to you. 




What do you think?



I hope you have a great week 
Love, Laura


My broken china jewelry is always available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns


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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Writing A Craft Book: Why It's Important To Share Your Ideas


(Note: I originally wrote the following blog post on March 3, 2014...since publishing this 
post, I have now published my second book, Soldered Alchemy):

 A few days ago I got an advance shipment of my new book, Boho Chic Jewelry,
and I couldn't be more excited! Yay! It's finally here!
Hot off the press!

Writing the book was tremendous work, but so worth it. To be able to share ideas
and inspire other people to create is priceless. I know that many of you who follow
this blog are artists of one medium or another, so I think you can understand what I 
mean when I say that you can't rush creativity. Working under writing deadlines
is hard work and can be very stressful, but the rewards of having a finished book in 
your hands are greater than you'd think. It's all about sharing what you know 
with others, so that they can learn and create too!

Back and front covers of BoHo Chic Jewelry book

 When my publisher first approached me about writing the book, it was a lot to think
about. A couple of friends and relatives asked me things like, "Do you really want to
give away all of your secrets and techniques?" and, "You worked so hard to build
your business up to what it is today, why would you want to give all of that away to
strangers?" But I didn't have to think about it for very long at all. 



First of all, writing a book is a huge opportunity, and most folks go about it by putting
 together proposals and approaching publishers on their own. Because the publisher 
approached me instead of vice versa, I actually felt completely honored that they thought 
my work, designs, and ideas were good enough to warrant publication. I had been creating
 my china jewelry for many years. But I also create other types of jewelry too!




Probably the one thing that ties all of my work together is that I use unusual
materials in most of my designs. I saw this (publishing a book) as not just an 
opportunity to show others how to create jewelry from broken china, but to 
show others how they can create jewelry from all types of other materials too. Writing 
this book was a chance to help other people explore and use their own creativity! 
What could be better than that?


Pendants made from an antique glass buttons by Laura Beth Love - DIY instructions  can be found
 in the book BoHo Chic Jewelry
 For this book, I had to put together twenty five different projects...that isn't just a lot 
of ideas, it's also a lot of different ways to give people to look at things creatively! 
So most importantly, in writing this book, I had the opportunity to inspire others.
 That was reason enough for me.

 But little did I know of the rewards that would come once I started writing and putting 
 the projects together. They were greater than I ever could imagine.
(continued...)




Read on to the next post in this series:
Writing A Craft Book: The Fascinating Rewards That Come From Sharing What You Know


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