Eni Oken's Jewelry Journal: March 2009

Be Cleopatra's Jeweler!

Jodi and Franchezka, the hosts of JewelryLessons.com's Expressions monthly themed event, invite you to become the Jeweler for one of the most celebrated personalities of ancient history: Cleopatra. Learn a little about her life and work on a themed piece of jewelry during the month of April, 2009. Click here for more information: Be one of Cleopatra's Jewelers!

Learn how to make French Flowers

French flowers have long been a favorite technique of mine. You can learn how to make these very impressive flowers in no time using two tutorials by Albina: the first one is FREE and shows how to make the basic leaf; the second shows how to assemble the basic brooch. It's easier than it seems! Click on the images to see the tutorial descriptions.

BeadCulture tutorials at JL.com!

Great news for you seed bead lovers: JewelryLessons.com has partnered with Beadculture.com and is now going to start offering their wonderful tutorials here.
The best part are the high quality illustrations, which really show a closeup of how to do the work. The first two to be released are: Ring Bracelet (top pic) and the Netted Rope.

Hurry, hurry, Hippie theme for March's Expressions ending soon!

The first themed event JL Expressions Hippie is coming to an end (ends March 31, 2009), so please all participants post their pictures at the gallery under the category "JL.com's Expressions". Starting in April we will have a brand new theme, so hurry!
To see what others have posted, click here: March 2009: Hippie. Some REALLY fun entries!
To read more about JL.com's Expressions monthly event, click here.

Interview your favorite artist!

Haven't you ever wanted to interview your favorite jewelry artist? Now you can get a chance to choose the artist and ask the questions, at JewelryLessons.com. We are going to plan and conduct some "group interviews" -- participate!
Click here to see how to participate: Interview your favorite artist!

Redeem your points!

Redeem your points at Jewelrylessons.com for benefits -- amount of points required have been REDUCED: becoming a Featured Artist for a week costs only 100 points; featuring a tutorial on the home page for a week costs also only 100 points and finally, becoming the Artist of the Month costs only 250 points. These values are lower only during the months of March and April, but you can choose to be featured at ANY OPEN DATE.

To redeem your points, simply go to My Profile/Redeem points. Check mark the appropriate benefit and choose the date. Redeem my points at JewelryLessons.com (you must be a registered member for this link to work).

Story Teller Link Swap

Bobbi Maw developed the beautiful "Story Teller link bracelet", where each square link has a different interior, reminding her of a special person or story. Now, Bobbi is hosting the Story Teller Link Swap at Jewelrylessons.com. Participants of the swap create 4 links each and will receive in turn 4 links from different artists so they can make their own Story Teller bracelets. For more details on the swap, click here: Story Teller Link Swap, hosted by Bobbi Maw.

Flower Power -- Jewelry Tutorials!

Maybe it's because I want spring to come soon, maybe I'm inspired by the new monthly challenge Expressions, hosted at Jewelrylessons.com by Jodi and Franchezka, which has the theme "hippie" for March: here are four different tutorials dabbling in the "flower power" theme.
Enjoy!