WOYWW: Rings & Rings & Rings For Love On V-Day

People can be so sweet!  I got the most wonderful orders for hand stamped rings over the last week and a half.  Here are a few of the requests people wanted stamped on rings for their loved ones:

"No Regrets"
"Try"
"I Love U Gramma"
"Forever & Ever"
"My Dear"
"There Is"..."A Tide"
"Love You"

And this is just a sampling...Tarnished & True was very busy all week!  It was so touching chatting with these people and making sure their orders were just right.  I got to hear some sweet stories!  And here is what my shop has been looking like:

Working Having Fun

Ring Prep

Rings In Progress

My hands are a bit sore from sanding and filing.  But I've taken up some weights to compensate.  I just love making these little rings.

I hope you all have a fabulous Valentine's Day!  And you can see more artist's desks here.

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Don't forget to enter my **GIVEAWAY** over at Clussster for a pair of dainty heart earrings made by me!

Gratified Fridays

>>>P.S. (at the beginning):  Come ***WIN*** a pair of my earrings over at Clussster!  All you have to do is be a follower of my blog and you can even get extra entries!  I would love to see one of you be the winner!  AND....you should follow my friend Fi at Clussster because she has a beautiful blog, and she just combined her old blogs into her new blog.  So go give us both some support and GOOD LUCK if you enter!!

Back to the regular post...

Good news, everybody!  I finally got a new Iphone, so you can expect better photos on my blog from now on!  Really, I got the phone just for you, sweet readers.  See:  Here are two really good photos of all the work I've been up to this morning:

Much improved, no?

On to being grateful for things other than the latest material gains...I want to talk about how great my customers have been.  Seriously, they have the best ideas sometimes!  I have listed three new things this month that customers came up with.  I know if I just listen and take these great ideas to the bench that  my shop will continue to grow.

#1     I got an order for my Isis Hoops, but she wanted them a bit smaller...totally cute that way!
#2     Instead of copper, these rough diamond studs were requested in golden brass...bling!
#3     Over Christmas a customer turned my copper dot ring into a copper heart ring...so cute!

And then there's these two:  Matt & Ruby  *LOVE*

Happy Friday all, I hope everyone has a lot to look back on and be grateful for today too.