100% NICKELFREE!!!

My new announcement will please my customers with VERY sensitive skin!

Now, all my Sphaerae Vitae jewelry creations will be available in 410 Stainless Steel!

It does not contain any nickel at all!!! 

While most other types of stainless steel contain nickel which is bound and nonreactive, this one is ideal for people with very sensitive skin (like myself!)!

With this material I can proudly offer durable, sleek & unique jewelry that doesn't prompt any allergic reactions and will last a lifetime!

Launch Week!!!

So, finally my launch week has arrived!

Welcome to Sphaerae Vitae's launch party!

Those have been busy days and nights recently, but the important work of setting up shop has been done.

Now I invite you to come and browse through my new website plus store -
be assured that each piece of jewelry has been made with love and pure joy!

I want to celebrate with you and offer you a special - 25 % off any purchase you make in my shops during this launch week!

Come over to Sphaerae Vitae's website and
find your special coupon code!

There will be a couple more special deals and offers during this week!
So, take a look - I hope you enjoy!

http://www.SphaeraeVitae.com

Launch Of The New Sphaerae Vitae Site And Shop

Hello friends!

After all the hard work of the last weeks and quite a few sleepless nights in front of the laptop -

thinking about taglines, titles, shop colors, a new logo - 
writing article descriptions, "About Pages" and much more - 
updating and re-designing all my social media sites - shooting and editing photos -

I'm very relieved and happy to announce the launch of Sphaerae Vitae's new website and webshop on August 12th!

You will receive -25% off any of your purchases in the new Etsy-shop and the online shop on my website between Monday, August 12th and Sunday, August 18th!

Look out for special deals and announcements during this week!

Here are a few glimpses of what I'm currently preparing for you...

This will be my new stainless steel pendant collection! Enjoy!

Circle Of Life Has Become Sphaerae Vitae!

Hello y'all!

Busy times here in Austria!

At the moment I'm concentrating on a 30-day "Set Up Shop"-course,

that helps me rethink and define my goals and plans for my jewelry design label.

Finally, and after much brainstorming and consideration,

I'd like to announce the new name of my jewelry label:

From now on it will be

"Sphaerae Vitae" - Sleek&Unique Contemporary Jewelry - Handmade for Happiness!

Here you can come and visit me and my - soon - freshly styled shop:

http://etsy.com/shop/SphaeraeVitae

http://SphaeraeVitae.dawanda.com

http://facebook.com/SphaeraeVitae

http://twitter.com/SphaeraeVitae
http://pinterest.com/SphaeraeVitae

http://www.gerlindelanger.com

The name "Circle Of Life" has already been reserved by other users 

on Facebook, Twitter and many other sites...

So I wanted to come up with a lovely alternative, to give my various online presences a cohesive look.

In the end I've chosen the name "Sphaerae Vitae", because it offers a

beautiful Greek&Latin rendition of the former "Circle Of Life"...

The sound of the name immediately struck a chord with me.

It still represents my work with hundreds of tiny jump-rings... circles... sphaerae!

"Sphaerae" has an aerial and somewhat breezy feeling to it that suits my jewelry...

And on top, the word "sphaerae" can be found in Greek language, too, what holds a very personal,

special meaning for me, because I've lived in Greece for a long and intensive time of my life and

will forever feel the strongest inner connection with this country!

"Sphaerae Vitae" - my new meaningful, unique and personal shopname!

Let's celebrate a little :-)

Glossy jewelry...!

Hello again!

Today I want to share some pictures of one of my favourite devices for jewelry making with you!

After finishing a new chainmaille piece it looks quite lovely already, 

but the one important finishing work has still to be done...
And here is what I like to do:

I throw almost all my finished jewelry into the rotary tumbler!

The stainless steel designs remain in there together with abrasive material 

and deburring solution for about 6 hours - 

this takes away even the last tiny raw edges of all those closed jump rings!

Afterwards I take all the stuff out of the tumbler, give everything a thorough rinse 

and then the bracelets, pendants and other beauties go through another 12 hours of tumbling...

This time together with steel shot and burnishing solution that tumbles everything to the glossiest shine!

My sterling silver pieces are tumbled to shine for about three hours...

In case you are curious to see what all this stuff looks like - here are todays pictures:

from left to right - back: deburring + burnishing solutions - abrasive medium - rotary tumbler
front: some steel shot - shiny CircleOfLife jewelry

steel shot in various forms - glossy "Sleek Snake" stainless steel bracelet - cross + celtic labyrinth pendants

closer look on my freshly tumbled shiny pieces

from left: deburring + burnishing solutions - abrasive ceramic pyramid pellets - rotary tumbler

tumbler with freshly tumbled "Sleek Snake" bracelet and "Shiny Elf Weave" bracelet...

See you next time!

Busy Summertime!

A warm and sunny "hello" to you!

Finally summer has returned successfully to Austria!

Afternoons spent at our pool with the kids,

enjoying the garden, 

relaxing as much as possible with a 5 year old little whirlwind ;-)

Last week our very, very aged cherry tree received a "new haircut"!

Gone is a heap of old and dead wood -

our lovely tree with a beautiful new look remains...

work in progress... ;-)

froggy - looking somewhat bewildered at the mess... ;-)

 little Simon and my dad helped cleaning up...!

What to make of a rainy day...

Hello y'all!

I wanna show you my little bit of sparkle on a rainy day here in Austria!

2nd of June - grey clouds in the sky - rain pouring down on us...

... but...

let's make the best of this :-)

I simply had a super day today despite of the November weather! 

10:00 A great rehearsal with my dance girls at Tanzstudio Gerlinde Langer - rehearsing for our recital on June 14th! Looking forward to the show!

13:00 Enjoying nice food at a new and hip Chinese restaurant with my two sons! Rare occasion! I loved it!

15:00-18:00 Sunday playtime at home with my little one Simon - today I've been a Power Ranger, a Ninja, a Ninja Turtle, a Tyrannosaurus Rex and Miss Sally from "Cars"... :-)

Tough program!

18:00 In the evening the skies cleared up a bit and we ventured outside for a walk. 

Simon had a very nice time with two new friends at the playground - I enjoyed watching them!

19:30 Quiet time at home - reading a favourite story to Simon, preparing some Spaghetti Carbonara, putting Simon to bed and then treating myself to a nice yoga session in the livingroom...

What a great Sunday!

I simply had to craft these beautiful hours into something (almost) equally beautiful ;-) 

This is how I ended up creating my new "Shiny Elf Weave" bracelet two hours ago.

Delicate and quite precious to me...

I hope you enjoyed your weekend, too!!!

'til next time!

"Shiny Elf Weave" - silver filled combined with stainless steel

delicate weave "Shiny Elf Weave"

"Shiny Elf Weave"

"Shiny Elf Weave"