Grace Gundlach

 Wow, week 5 of genius hour went really well! Welcome back to my genius hour. This week I made a necklace for Harley Meged, an all black necklace with a cactus charm/pendant in the middle! I really liked making this one, and it was probably the easiest one I've made so far. This project took me about 15-20 minutes I'd say which is very fast. The only little whoops I had on it was getting the pendant centered so it would lay right once the necklace is being worn. I have been going along with my action plan as I should be which was adding a new charm to my necklaces, which indeed was the cactus. I was nervous the charms and beads I ordered would not get here in time, and my action plan would go all out of wack. I am even a little bit ahead of my action plan because I've put pendants on my necklaces before, yippee! This about all that happened this week and I'm very excited to see what is ahead for me and making this jewelry! Next week I'll be making a sort of pattern ...

 Hello, and welcome back to the fourth week of Genius Hour! This week I made a variety of lengths of necklaces. I made a choker for Ilyssa Avitabile, and a regular length necklace which I believe was between 16-18"for Kiala Hirsch. This allows me to still be going along with my action plan how I should be. I actually didn't have any problems this week, so I'd say it went pretty darn smooth. Ilyssa had a 4 bead pattern with maroon, white, silver, and one black bead in between (pictured below). Kiala also had a 4 bead pattern with light pink, violet, and blue (also pictured below). With the progress I'm making hopefully I will be able to sell my jewelry very soon! I haven't gotten any criticism on my jewelry so I have no idea what needs and doesn't need to be fixed. With my action plan being caught up this far I'm very pleased and hopefully that will lead to many more accomplishments.  Next week I will be making jewelry with pendants on them in order to stay ...

  Hello, and welcome back to the third week of Genius Hour! My action plan is still going accordingly, and I'm very happy about it. This week I made Rachel Kelly a set of jewelry including a necklace, earrings, and a bracelet/anklet. She had a 4 bead pattern with a star pendant in the middle for a little something extra (pictured below). This one was really fun to make except on one of the earrings I dropped the wire and all the beads fell on our floor. My mother was not very happy about that one, but overall that task of making the set took about an hour or more. It helps to make the wire longer than you need because you never want to be short and that's what I experienced with the earrings. Well, that is it for this weeks genius hour, see you again next week!   Last week when I made Skyler that necklace she had told me that the ring and clasp had broke off which should be an easy fix. This had been my first mishap with the necklaces, and it probably won't be the last, b...

Welcome back to another blog this week! My action plan is still going accordingly by picking out patterns, and of course making the jewelry:) However, I've found that my clasps aren't working very well. I have been using lobster clasps, and I think that I need to switch to twisting clasps. The lobster clasps are nice and all, but trying to hook them onto the rings on the other end is a challenge and gets easily stuck. This is because once I bend the ring so it doesn't fall apart the part bent together gets stuck. This causes it to be difficult to latch the necklace. Anyways, I had a really fun time making Skyler a necklace (picture below). The pattern was really nice, and gives me a good combination of what colors can really look good together. Hopefully she will give me feedback, and let me know what I can do to improve my jewelry making skills. That was about it for this weeks genius hour and blog, see you next week!  Next week I plan on making a full set of jewelry! ex. ...

             Hi! Welcome to my first blog, currently I've been working on beaded jewelry. So sad story, nothing has came in the mail that I have ordered yet, so I'm a little behind. However, I have other materials that I have used previously with beading projects, so I was able to use that. My action plan has been going accordingly to plan, and I have the things ordered so hopefully they will show up. I have been tinkering with my supplies, and trying to figure everything out. I have my first pattern figured out and it's just a regular serape color such as turquoise, yellow, orange, and white.This project will allow me to be able to give gifts to people that I've made myself which adds to the value. I have always admired boutiques and the things they entail, and starting with this can help me get one step closer to having my own western boutique.           I am so excited to see what this project has in store for...