Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Holiday Time

It'a already time to get all dressed up in glittery jackets and show off the spectacular holiday jewelry.
The year is flying by! I made several new pieces to post on my blog, and then sold them at my last show! I like that.
I'll be at a few local events:

Nov. 6 & 7: All Saints Episcopal Church - 4033 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland Oregon 97202
Nov. 13: Save this day! I'm waiting for details from a new venue!
Nov. 20: Ardenwald School - 8950 SE 36th AvenueMilwaukie, OR 97222
Nov. 27: Heritage High School - 7825 NE 130th Avenue Vancouver, WA 98682
Dec. 4: Mary Woodward School - 12325 Southwest Katherine StreetTigard, OR 97223
Dec. 11: Aloha Huber Park - 5000 Sw 173rd Ave. Beaverton, OR 97007

I'll be bringing my tools, so come and get your new mother's rings and birthstone rings. I'll have the silver wire and Swarovski crystals and you can choose your colors!
I'll be in the shop making hammering some new earrings since the ones I made in the fall are all gone. I'll also have some of the feather-light flower branch earrings that are so popular. I'll make some in holiday colors too!
I'm going to try to publish some pictures before I add these new things to the inventory. Wish me luck!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Artistic Elegance at Charbonneau

What a wonderful weekend we had at the lovely Charbonneau Country Club Art show. Leslie does an amazing job organizing this event every year and this was no exception. The food was terrific. (Curry's Landing catered) I hear the wine was fine and the art was nothing short of spectacular! Robert had five paintings on display. He had several conversations about the depth and beauty of his work. "Soul Energy" seems to touch a lot of people in a special way. He also drew caricatures. There was often an appreciative group around him watching art being made.

I was so pleased to see all the inventive, interesting new things people created over the past year. As usual, there were several jewelers but artisan jewelry is all so different that we actually complemented one another with our variety!

I will be hurrying to make new rings as they seemed to be pretty popular. (A great excuse to get out the torch.) There's only one dome ring left and I think that's because I accidentally put it on my finger and forgot to get it to the display! There are several people sporting new wire-wrapped birthstone rings now. Everyone loves to choose their own colors and watch me turn a few Swarovski crystals and a piece of sterling wire into a personalized statement just for them in under 10 minutes. (It doesn't hurt that I make them matching earrings too!) They started out jewelry lovers and became jewelry designers!

The gorgeous green corn-flake pearls with the gold dreamcatcher pendant found a new home. There was a lady that 'visited' them several times Saturday evening, I wish I could see the look on her face when her husband hands her that little silver bag!

I'm going to publish some new photos of jewelry soon. The ones I took last week sold before I got them on the blog. (I know. It's a quality problem!)

Thursday, August 5, 2010

We're ready for fun at the Elephant Garlic Festival!

I can't believe that I was so busy working on new designs that I missed posting about the lovely Yamhill Lavender Festival. It was heavenly! Gentle scents wafting through the air... Sonny Hess, Lisa Mann & Jesse Samsel singing and making guitar magic... ahhhh. I am already anticipating next year!

But now, it's a whole new weekend. It's Elephant Garlic time in North Plains. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 6,7,8. Art, music and garlic everything. Come on out. Robert will draw you, I'll adorn you, and you'll have a blast. What could be better than that!


Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Many gemstones have myths attached to them. The stories told about labradorite are as varied and lovely as the stones themselves. Labradorite is never the same when you look at it, and it's said that the people attracted to it are able to see things from many points of view. People that are pulled to this mysterious stone are sometimes said to be called by the stars to do strange and wonderful things.

This is actually two different length strands of beautiful various shaped labradorite beads. I've wire-wrapped them and then added identical toggle clasps to each necklace. They turn into one piece when you attach the toggles from one piece to the other.
The earrings are forged sterling spears with a dangle of labradorite at the end.

Spring's Slipping in under the Clouds

It's spring... and it's pouring rain! But no fear... flowers are growing and the sun is on it's way. No matter how big the raindrops, I know that Festival season is just around the corner. I'll be ready too! I'm pounding silver, weaving wire and wrapping gemstones. Dazzling new pieces of jewelry will be revealed soon!

Here's a little sneak-peek.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Winter was fun...

... I hope it was as interesting and eventful for you as it was for me. So many changes... isn't that what makes life fun?

I listened to dozens of 'talking books' while I snuggled in and worked on the new spring line. I hope that some of the romance, mystery and adventure I 'read' about translated into the pieces I created.


I made a stack of new rings... some fancy and some just for fun. I made simple copper necklaces to wear with jeans. I made fashion-forward chokers for work days and some fabulous multi-strand gemstone sparklers for the special moments in your life. You asked me for more silver cuff bracelets... I heard you. And the earrings! From simple, elegant little drops all the way to fantastically bold silver geometrics.


Make sure to save July 10-11 for the Yamhill Lavender Festival. This is one of my favorite events. I was there last year and I'm already hearing from some of the people I met there. They can't wear for this year's festival. The music was incredible and word is, it will be again.


I'll be adding the dates of my other art festivals as soon as they're confirmed.

I have been hoping to get so good at photography that I could put up photos of all the work I've done, but I just can't seem to stop making jewelry to master the camera. So, I'll do the best I can, and you can just come see them in person!