Wire Wrapped Geometric Bracelet
Earlier this year (2006), I met a representative of Step By Step Wire Jewelry magazine . Of course, I had on a wire wrapped necklace and bracelet at the time. The rep commented on my pieces and asked me if I would be interested in publishing tutorials – um, that really seemed like a no-brainer – YES! So after submitting various jewelry pieces to the magazine for consideration, much to my complete amazement and delight, five pieces were selected for publication! To describe the happiness and excitement I felt at that moment would be overly-simplified to say that I was on top of the world! Go figure – little ole me getting published! With tears in my eyes, I jumped and yelled in glee after receiving the news of being published while my two dogs cowered in the corner (my cat took off down the hallway), with my dogs looking at me as if I had finally and officially lost it completely. And, well, yes I had.
So I got busy. I had a deadline to meet for my first tutorial – the Geometric Bracelet. First I collected my thoughts about going about writing a tutorial with step by step instructions and pictures and then dug in to get the job done. After what seemed like an eternity and picture after picture, I was finally done. Writing the instructional steps was a breeze but the pictures! But at last the task was complete and off to the magazine went the tutorial, pictures, and the completed bracelet. Now came the waiting.
And waiting. And waiting.
As I strolled out to my mailbox one September afternoon, never expecting to find my magazine to have arrived so soon in the month, I opened up my box and there it was! Dropping the rest of my mail in the dirt, I tore open the envelope (I received extra copies and they were sent bundled together), and there it was – my bracelet on the cover of a magazine. Frantically flipping through the pages to find my article, on page 49 was my Geometric Bracelet. Picking up the remainder of my mail out of the dirt, I ran up my long driveway and slammed into my house.
My mom lives 35 miles one way from me – not too far but we don’t see each other as often as we would like. Well, guess what? My Mom happened to be visiting me ON THAT DAY! What a great day it was – spending time with my Mom AND receiving my first published article to share with my Mom. It was a great moment that I will always remember.
Publications – Step By Step Wire Jewelry, Fall 2006
Geometric Bracelet, page 49