Back to School

by Judy Larson

Many of us work on multiple different projects at the same time. Sometimes we need to set a project aside for a while to think through the steps needed to complete it. Sometimes the project just seems to be going sideways at every turn, so stepping away from it and setting it aside for a while saves our sanity. Maybe we have multiples of the same small design and need to corral all the materials needed to make them so we don't have to hunt them down every time we want to work on the project. Whatever the reason, using small storage boxes may be a solution for you.

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After years of searching for small, thin storage boxes with attached lids, I was about to give up.

Attached lids were essential because my worktop has very limited space. I don't tidy up every day, but usually I try. Losing box lids around my workspace was incredibly frustrating.

Craft stores, hardware stores, and big-box retailers never had exactly what I needed. Then last fall, while buying markers at a dollar store, I spotted small, thin pencil boxes with attached lids right at the entrance like they were mocking me for never thinking of them!

I bought as many as I thought I'd need and quickly went back for more after realizing how perfect they were.

After using them for a week, I realized I needed to label the boxes since I couldn't easily see what was inside.

Even though the boxes come in different colors (I have four colors total), I could never remember what each color contained.

Judy Larson's Back to School - , Store Wire Jewelry, , multiple storage

I love making Bali-style jewelry.

This box holds all the components needed for a project whether earrings, a bracelet, a chain, or a necklace.

Keeping most or all the design-specific parts together reduces the frustration of searching for materials.

Having everything in one place makes starting and finishing projects much easier and faster.

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Wire Jewelry Tool Kit

G15-1

G15-1
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $49.97
Gold Club Price: $37.48

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10 Compartment Clear Plastic Organizer Case

G20-22

G20-22
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $4.97
Gold Club Price: $3.73

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18 Compartment Bead Box

G20-30

G20-30
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $5.57
Gold Club Price: $4.18

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Pencil boxes

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each

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Category: Storage
Technique(s): Storage

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Judy Larson

My philosophy has always been "I will never live long enough to learn everything I want to learn, go everywhere I want to go and see everything I want to see!" So, what I make and how I create it is always changing and evolving. I was born shortly after WWII to parents who grew up during the Depression. They always had a "we can do it, we can make it" attitude which rubbed off on my two younger brothers and me. My brothers are amazing and can make and do ANYTHING! When I was a little girl, my mother gave me an old carved cigar box, which I cherish, filled with pop beads, wooden beads and yarn for stringing. That was the beginning of my jewelry making journey.

On a visit to the Grand Canyon when I was a young woman, I was fortunate enough to help a Native American silversmith sand cast my first silver bracelet and bezel set a large turquoise nugget on top. I was in love, hook, line and sinker! While working full time and having a family here in northern Minnesota, my artistic endeavors slowed down but never stopped. I am an artist, scrapbooker, seamstress, woodworker and jewelry artisan. Now that I am retired, I am able to indulge in all my hobbies. However, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to do it all, but I try!

I have been teaching community education beginner and intermediate jewelry making classes since my retirement. Many of my students have been bitten so hard by the jewelry making bug that they say I have turned them into monsters-they just can't get enough. Making jewelry, seeing something take shape from small bits and pieces, is so rewarding that I hope it brings out the "monster" in you, too!

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