Well, we’ve been in the neighborhood for about 2 months now and we have started to develop our favorite spots for food and shopping! We all love to support local so we have started a Pinterest board of some our best picks from the Roncy area thus far!
Check it out here: Pinterest board for favorite Roncy businesses!
If you’re in the area and have some favorites yourself please let us know! 🙂
*Kathryn Rebecca
It has been ages since I have gotten around blogging in these here parts. I am going to go ahead and blame my neglect to be due to the fact that I am a creature of habit. Change things up and it throws me out of whack. I just have to get used to using the computer and working in our new location. I have to say I am in love with this neighborhood. Roncesvalles is such a friendly part of the city and I have been enjoying discovering little shops and cafes nearby. The 7th Sister has quickly become one of my staples, I love dropping in for a coffee, snack and a chat with the lovely Liz or Penny. Otherwise I have been getting REALLY excited and working hard on several pieces that I am working on for calls for entries as a part of the SNAG conference in the spring.
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| Me hard at work pre-holiday. |
I hope that 2013 is going swimmingly for all thus far – be sure to visit the big blue house in Roncesvalles to come check our work or take a class.
-Alexis
I’ve been working on introducing some gold in my work. Here is a necklace and earring set I made using a Japanese braiding technique in 14k gold-filled wire. More of this braiding technique is found in my Okta sterling silver jewellery collection!
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| Close-up of the earrings |
-Theresa
First week back to studio after new year. 2013 has been a good start so far! I hope you all are feeling the same. I opened my jewel box and see what I get and what I want to make. These three jades caught my eyes! I bought them on a trip back in Taiwan. I love their color and unique cut. Now I need to think how I am going to make it into beautiful pieces.
ChiaChien Tsai
Lots of new and good things have been happening in the new studio. I am
here today to finish up my last custom order before Christmas. It’s an
anniversary gift. There are different objects represent each year, but
why so cliche and following the tradition? My customer decided to have a
bookmark made for his girlfriend. Its a paw symbolizing their cat,
Mellon with a blue gem in 10K White Gold. As I was saw and piercing out
the paw, I discovered that it could be worn as a pendant! It wasn’t intentional so doubled thrilled! Now there is
no one she would loose the bookmark.
If you haven’t seen my website, here it is. www.ellolite.com
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
ChiaChien
For those of you who couldn’t make it to the Toronto International Jewellery Festival online exhibition launch last month, here is the website where you can check out the online catalogue! Mark your calendars for all the jewellery exhibits happening in Toronto in May 2013, and drop by Jewel Envy as one of the 18 exhibition venues!
“Just wear it!”
-Theresa
Hello there!
This is Amanda! Nice to meet you. I started at Jewel Envy in August, and, how rude of me, I haven’t introduced myself. I like pizza, cats, and long walks on the beach… No, but really, I am the designer/goldsmith of Jewelust. I make mustache-themed jewellery, called Sweet Movember, and I donate a portion of all sales to Movember for prostate cancer research and support. I also make a line of Whirl jewellery, it’s kind of like curled ribbon on a nicely wrapped gift, only made out of silver!
I was fortunate to start at Jewel Envy just before the exciting move to 151 Marion Street. We are now set up and open for business! And what an exciting time for it to all happen. I’ve been meeting the local LoRo residents and, while our Spadina location was right in the middle of the bustling downtown activity, Roncesvales is proving to be a friendly, welcoming neighborhood.
Do you know about the LoRo Block Party? This is just one example of how great this neighbourhood is! On Thursday, December 13th, Lower Roncesvales (LoRo) – that means Roncey south of Galley Ave, is having a block party. Stores will be open late, until 10pm. We’ll be here with special treats. So come on by, say hi, finish that gift shopping, and have a treat!
See you Thursday!
And I can introduce myself properly, in person.
During the summer I spent a lot of time perfecting my spray painting technique on my Instinct series. I was lucky enough that at our old studio on Spadina we had this giant encased fume hood that was already messy so I didn’t have to worry too much about getting spray paint everywhere. Here in the new studio, it’s a different story. We ended up having to leave behind our large encased fume hood and trade it in for a smaller one that lays flat on the table. This is still perfect for other types of chemical finishing but doesn’t give me room for the sweeping range of motion used in spray painting. So, what’s a girl to do? Turn to the Pinterest Gods of course! I found two different solutions, one using a portable canvas wardrobe (too big!) and one using a cardboard box (bingo!). Now to test it out and try not to make a mess in the shiny new studio 🙂
-Lauren
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| Pinterest’s suggestion – My solution |
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| Instinct series with spray paint |
