Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Gladys Magazine "Thank You"


The summer issue of Gladys Magazine finally arrived in the mail a few minutes ago. I say finally, because I have been anxiously awaiting its arrival so I could see the editorial coverage of my jewelry.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Grey Skies and Inspiration


Yes, all of those clouds and rain actually inspired a few designs this past week. While in Tucson I bought the loveliest large silver-gray mother of pearl beads.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Happy Father's Day!


Well, here we are on Father's Day and once again...would you look at the sky? It's 55 degrees out with rain overnight -- so I guess I should be happy that the rain stopped. I wonder what the weather is in Nova Scotia -- do you think they have sunshine?

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

June 15 -- Life in the Pacific Northwest

There simply aren't words. That's right, the headline above says June 15th -- JUNE 15th. Oh and I forgot to say...it's 54 degrees. Yup -- 54 -- June 15th.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Victorian Twilight


I just finished playing with some poppy red jasper bricks and some bold black chain. This is the end result. I so wanted to do something different for me this afternoon -- so when I stumbled upon the jasper bricks I immediately thought that they would look interesting just randomly linked with the chain.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Another Ah-Ha Moment


I had another ah-ha moment over the weekend. I spent hours in the studio working on several pieces in this mother-of-pearl collection. The entire time I kept thinking that the pearls were very interesting, the light chocolate brown and black mother-of-pearl beads were exquisite and the gold vermeil beads were a terrific complement to the other beads.