Happy New Year!!!

Despite some inopportune power outages and the loss of some roof shingles, I have survived December and the holiday season - and I hope you're well too. Don't forget to include some jewelry-making goals in your list of resolutions, and, of course, post in the forum ( http://jewelrymaking.bellaonline.com/Site.asp )if you need any help or advice (or if you have some to give!).

The latest article on the Jewelry Making site is my review of Mark Lareau's book Getting Started Making Metal Jewelry. If you haven't tried metal fabrication but would like to begin, you may find this book very helpful:

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art30497.asp

I should be back on schedule for a while with new articles and projects, so stay tuned - and keep the creativity flowing!

Until next time,

Chris

Chris Franchetti Michaels, Jewelry Making Editor
http://JewelryMaking.bellaonline.com

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