XIKI Notes

  • Gathering of the Guilds!

    Last year, a couple of months before this time, I was preparing for my first ever jewelry show - Gathering of the Guilds, hosted by a collection of...
  • The Erratics

    When I first starting making jewelry, I was frustrated by the lack of interesting cabochons cut in shapes that weren't "oval" or "a bigger oval". I...
  • Solar Eclipse 2017

    I loved astronomy since high school, but I was never really a "oh, let's get out our telescopes" kind of kid. I liked thinking about the big bang, ...
  • And we're live...

    <fanfare> <confetti> that's all I got.
  • New Store, New Name

    Part of the marketing blitz associated with kicking off the online store and getting ready for a show was deciding that I really didn't want to kee...
  • On hold

    Today was the day I was supposed to sell my jewelry in public for the first time. Portland's "Gathering of the Guilds" is a pretty big show, and I'...