Mothers On The Mountain Jewelry

Mothers On The Mountain Jewelry
Kelli Mayer, Silversmith & Lapidary Artist

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Catching You Up! The Journey Continues.....

This is ME now! 

Hi! It's been a while since I've been on this blog.  So much has happened since my last real post in 2015!  For one, it's been 8 years TODAY since I started Mothers On The Mountain Jewelry! I've come so far in my journey!

First off I'll start with the AMAZING Jewelers Bench my hubby built for me in May 2015!! You can see in a previous post, he started off by building me a Soldering Bench.  (yes, I'll admit I'm spoiled having a carpenter for a hubby!)
It's beyond anything I could've imagined! I know I earned this wonderful tool! I just love it! I've tried so hard not to beat it up too much so she's stays gorgeous.  Currently I've updated it with new tools and such and moved it inside so I can stay warm working in the winter.

The construction of my bench...


This was by far the coolest thing anyone has ever built me. I just love looking at it or just sitting at it. It gives me great sanity!
So this has jumped my game up a lot. My old bench wiggle to the music it was so unstable!
Here's my original "bench". It was an old work table of my hubby's he let me use!
I barely had tools and just attached my bench pin with screws to the table!




While I had my bench in the garage, I'd often be visited by my chickens who love to free range. I'd often look up from a project and find them all asleep around my feet. I do miss that, but I don't miss the cold now that my bench is inside. That's Rosie who always tried to steal my chair!


I left my soldering scene in the garage for safety reasons and ease. This is how it looked before I moved my bench inside.  Now that area is full of lapidary rock saws!!  I'll show that in another post!


All in all, the past 8 year in this journey have been so wonderfully eye opening into a world I never could've imagined being in and being good at it! I love those kinds of surprises!