It is amazing what is possible to create with just a wire, without fire, without soldering, when I start a design most often I just get inspired by the gemstones and their shape. I let my creativity and inspiration guide my hands while manipulating the silver wire, wrapping and twisting it around the stones and be able to create beautiful jewels. I am very proud of this ring it is really beautiful on the finger, it a statement ring showcasing a faceted Rose Quartz and smoky Crystals it is one of my favourite rings I made recently for my “Among Nature Collection” I have one myself and when I wear it around I get a lots of compliments, so that alone make me proud of this wonderful piece of wearable Art.
I accept custom orders for this piece, it would be made in Limited Edition and each one would be slightly different to one another, to keep limited reproduction unique and as one-of-a-kind. I wont make many of them 🙂 don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!
For more please visit my ETSY shop
Announcing the First Issued STARLIGHT Blogger Award the light emanating from the stars…
During the month of May 2015, I have been nominated with a rain of beautiful Awards. My Blog is quite new I couldn’t describe the happiness and joy of how wonderful is all this kindness here in the Community. I did accepted and appreciated each Award with gratitude! It means so much to me knowing that my YesterdayAfter Blog is loved, inspiring and brings light to someone soul and to all the wonderful Bloggers that included me in theirs nominees. This is a great reason that inspired me creating a “Design for a New Award”. I want to celebrate the creative bloggers who have truly inspired me and others through their beautiful and original content, imagery, art, abilities, and wonderful personalities. That’s why I want to announce the first issue of the “STARLIGHT Blogger Award” a new Award to honor those individuals who are considered “The light emanating from the stars“ the bloggers that brings daily light into your soul with their creativity the blogs you love to read, listen and visit!
I wanted to create this Award as token of love, appreciation and encouragement so please spread the love and pass it to other deserved Bloggers!
Nominations Rules:
Nominate your 6 favorite “Starlight” Bloggers! In your nominees I would like for you to think at the light emanating from the stars the ones that truly touch your soul with their work, the ones that are the light for you a true STARLIGHT Blogger.
Rules for the STARLIGHT Blogger Award: 1) Thank the giver and link their Blog to your post. 2) Answer “First” the 3 Original YesterdayAfter questions and “never” change them. 3) Then answer the 3 “New” questions given by your Nominator. 4) Pass the Award on to 6 or more other Bloggers of your choice and let them know that they have been nominated by you. 5) Include the logo of the Award in a post or on your Blog please never alter the logo and never change the rules.
YesterdayAfter Original Questions:
(Never change them!)
1. If you describe or picture your inner soul how will you describe it?
“These are My Answers”
My soul is deep blue I don’t know why but if I have to imagine what color is I see it in all the shades of blue. My soul is very receptive and absorbing a lot from the outside. Is very balanced but sometimes can have some great picks on things I like and love. My soul has perseverance and takes challenges I am always been thinking “if you don’t try you never know!” I refer this quote to my Art and creativity! My soul fight for what I believe in. My soul wouldn’t ever tried things that would harm myself in a negative way. My soul is encouraging and positive to others and myself.
2. What are you working on right now?
Right now this year 2015 I am working mainly on my Jewelry Collection on custom orders and non! I am trying to promote my creations and online stores as I want to share them with the world. I am also working on designs for other future projects I have in mind. I always keep sketching and I take notes of any kind of creative idea pops in my mind. I also took a break for a while from watercolor painting and I would like to go back on it soon! In the main time instead painting I am more working on Digital Art who I love. There are so many things that my creativity lead me to want to do that I feel like I don’t have enough time during the day!
Update 2019 as today my Watercolor Painting is my primary focus, it is my life and daily work as a full-time independent Artist and Illustrator! Still creating Jewelry designs too! <3)
3. What is your creative Dream Project?
My Dream Project it is a real dream! One day I would love to be able to have my own Atelier Studio Gallery in a nice place, where I can work, display and sell all my creations of every kind together. This magical place will reflect my Art and taste in everything from the interiors to the products I design extends to my paintings, Fashion, Jewelry, Art and Interiors it would be so magical what I have in mind…for now my Atelier is virtually here on YesterdayAfter taking shape day after day… the future? Who knows never say never… 🙂
And my nominations for the STARLIGHT Bloggers Award are: I will link to these amazing Starlight Bloggers, I had quite few more than 6 🙂 please make sure to visit their Blogs because they are awesome!
Please note:
No one should feel obligated to accept this Award or to link back. I just wanted to share with other’s in the community how inspiring and amazing you and your Blogs are. Please If you do decide to accept this Award, that’s great and greatly appreciated!
New Questions from the Nominators:
1. 2. 3.
I hope that you had enjoyment answering the 3+3 special questions formulated for you having the opportunity to share your words as well as nominating 6 others to you Special STARLIGHT Bloggers! If you accept this Award please put a link to the post in my comments. I would love to see it! Love and thanks to all!
Especially here on WordPress with the +50 Milestone, all the Awards given to me from amazing and inspiring people who I enjoy to share thoughts daily, and the surprise to discover new followers and their kind comments about my Art and my Blog! All this is very motivating and encouraging thanks for all the great support. I always wanted to share with the world my Art this is the purpose of starting this Blog.
My design in any form is my way to be in the world, and my job, where I am focusing on right now. I would love for this business to grow being able to provide all my creativity and high quality craftmanship always.
I have been working daily on organizing my online store and promoting my Jewelry Collection.
For who don’t know, I have an Etsy Shop where I sell my Jewelry online. Is for a while that I wanted to be able to sell here on my YesterdayAfter Blog and have the complete control and direct contact with my customers.
Well..great news!
I’ve been working really hard on this feature and I am pleased to announce that have added a few brand new pages here on my menu that will guide who is willingly to purchase my Jewelry.
First of all I added a PayPalBuy Now button on my side bar
On the menu there is a drop menu when you click on Shop you will find several pages to help you. Click on How to Order this page will guide you
Click on Custom Order form this is a form to fill in if you would like to place an order.
Click on Shipping and Policies here you find important Policies and Shipping info to absolutely read if you intend to place a Custom Order.
This is all! I just wanted to let you know about this new feature, for any questions you can always feel free to email me via my contact form here
I have a big celebration to announce and it means a lots to me!
Today a great Milestone came to my way… #50 Followers! I am very happy and a tanks goes to all of you that in a way to another came across here stopping by YesterdayAfter Blog and decided to Follow! I really appreciate all your kindness and beautiful words of compliments and encouragement left on my comments!
I started to work graphically on this blog at first as website only in August 2013.
I wanted to create mostly a portfolio website for my artistic creations and display my Art. I enjoyed creating all the graphics collages and images you see on here like the header image on the front page. Life events came on my way and I had to take a break for a while.
I never posted as blog anything until this year on the 03/24/2015 with my “New Update” very short post, from that day as today over only 2 months later I enjoyed this Blog very much!
I came across amazing people creative artists, musicians, writers, other jewelry makers and amazing photographers it is very inspiring be able to share thoughts on a daily basis with amazing people I am so grateful for all the amazing journey here in this great community. Many of you become friends which I love to interact with.
I know 50 followers are not 500 or 5.000 or 50.000 but it has the same meaning to me!
It is the start of something great coming that can only evolve more and more….
Enjoy with me as you will come along the way of my journey….
This is one of my graphics featuring a girl travelling over the antiques maps of Italy to California
who is that girl???
🙂
During the past days I have been working on several Artistic projects beside focusing on this Blog!
I have been working on Photography and Digital Art, Sketches and my Jewelry. Last week I did bring to life a new design I create hoops earrings with amazonite and red coral gemstones. I named the earrings “Life of Courage and Truth” I like to write little stories for every jewelry I create. If you are one of my followers you probably remember my post otherwise you can read it here.
This is how my creativity extends from a starting hand drawing sketch, to other visual way of expression. I had several visions for this design. Created and born as jewelry sketch that become a tangible product bringing to life the beautiful earrings, and turned them in several photographs that I have been staging and shooting. Right now one of the photos inspired me to become this interesting Digital Art painting…creativity never ends!
This week has been pretty full of nice things, I had new amazing followers, I have been nominated with 3 Blogger Awards, I am thrilled and I really appreciate and I am grateful to anyone that included me in these nominations! I have accepted all of them of course, but I had not time yet to complete my acceptance for “The Creative Blogger” and “Liebster blog Award” I will soon!
During the past days I have been working on several Artistic projects beside focusing on this Blog!
I have been working on Photography, Digital Art, new sketches and my Jewelry, bringing to life a new design “Hoops earrings” I like hoops I wear them all the time and I love how this design turned out they looks amazing on!
This design feature a large Silver wired, hammered and forged hoops having a charm made with natural powerful gemstones I used Amazonite, Red Coral, and faceted Crystal. I love the combination of colors of these three gemstones and their great meanings.
Amazonite takes the name from the Amazon river it is the stone of Courage and Truth. This gemstone it is used in Jewelry from way long time since the Mesopotamian Cultures. The wonderful light blue-green color remind the water it is soothing and calming for the soul. Emits powers of strong energy. Was often used as talisman for protection. This beautiful stone is believed to be used from the mythical Tribe of the courageous and strong Amazonian women warriors. Red Coral the beautiful Red Coral gemstone symbolize Life and bring messages of peace within self, emits positive energy and protection. Crystal there is an interesting message for clear crystals and it is that Clear Crystal has the property to amplifier the powers of other gemstones combined with it, in this case it will empower more the Amazonite and Coral.
I named the hoop earrings “Life of Courage and Truth”
During this week I have been working on two beautiful custom orders!
I love the process to create a new design, from the starting idea, to the sketches to the end, every time it is a new challenge that I like to address at the best of my ability.
I had a request to design and create jewels matching with other designs I previously made. Most of my designs are created with a combination of gemstones, metals, leather and more natural elements. This way all my creations allow the possibility to combine and stack multiple jewels together.
I give my customers the ability to create time after time their on set. Each design is unique also when it is worn by itself.
My first request was for a pair of dangle earrings with Rose Quartz and Mother of Pearl matching with the Rose quartz heart necklace…
The Rose Quartz heart necklace to match…
My sketch was inspired by the shape of a half heart.
I love how my design turned out, the earrings are just like I had vision them in my mind.
Earrings are Limited Edition and avaiable for sale only as Custom Order in my Etsy Shop.
My second custom order request will be in my next post…
One more item for my “Among Nature” jewelry collection.
I have been working on this design for the last couple of days. I don’t let go public a design until I am totally satisfied with it. I named this necklace “Strength and Harmony” because the beautiful meanings of the Agate gemstones.
I wanted to create something different and unusual, my design future a vertical silver wired 6″ long pendant made with two clear rice shape Agate and a rectangle shape “red lace” Agate combined with Czech beautiful faceted crystals. This pendant has a finish touch with an hanging wired piece of authentic Mediterranean red coral and a crystal.
A tan color suede leather is wired around the pendant, giving to this necklace a tribal and bohemian accent. The leather is knotted and it is adjustable in lenght wearable long or short eighter way looks beautiful.
I love this necklace!
It would be made to order on my Etsy Shop and only in “Limited Edition” as one of a kind because each necklace will be slightly different due to the nature of the gemstones, they are all different and beautiful.
This necklace is a stackable with other coming soon new designs…
It is amazing what is possible to create with just a wire, without fire, without soldering, when I start a design most often I just get inspired by the gemstones and their shape. I let my creativity and inspiration guide my hands while manipulating the silver wire, wrapping and twisting it around the stones and be able to create beautiful jewels. I am very proud of this ring it is really beautiful on the finger, it a statement ring showcasing a faceted Rose Quartz and smoky Crystals it is one of my favourite rings I made recently for my “Among Nature Collection” I have one myself and when I wear it around I get a lots of compliments, so that alone make me proud of this wonderful piece of wearable Art.
Carolina Russo Art 
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