What to do when it rains.

When it rains like this, I can really get in a zone making jewelry. Creative spurts abound along with the raindrops. this set reminds me of rain falling from clouds...

New Design of the Week!

Falling Water Pendant and Earrings

Sterling Silver, Orange CZ, Handmade findings and chain.

This Fluid yet sturdy design was inspired by the architecture of Frank Lloyd wright, one of my favorite artists of all time.

New Design of the week!

Sterling silver Scheherazade Necklace and earrings, in Sterling Silver and dark blue apatite.

I love the sky

I've always been one of those kids that plops down on the grass on a clear starry night and gets inspiration from the cosmos. I've tried a few different things to express this and am very happy with my latest attempt at capturing the night sky.

It's almost impossible to mimic something so natural and perfect.
We have it in us though, the universe createdus and everything in it. We are made out of it.

Lets see wear my spacewalk takes me.

:)

My daughter's Etsy shop.

My daughter Dana has her own Etsy shop. The chirping began a bit before the summer, she had hand painted a tshirt and decided she wanted to start a tshirt business on Etsy. Summer was coming and I had planned nothing for her. So I figured we would get creative.

She really took to it wonderfully. I thought she would lose interest after a few weeks, but she didn't. She made so many images I still haven't been able to scan them all to the computer. She designed a business card, and I found a special offer for free cards, just paid shipping. She got into our local newspaper, the headline read "Young entrepreneur combines her love of art with desire to help animals".

The reason for this headline is I also figured I could teach her a valuable lesson about giving back, in particular to her community. I told her to pick something she loved, cared about deeply. She said animals and I suggested our local animal shelter. We both agreed it was a great idea. So we decided to give 1 dollar from each sale to the shelter.

I am very happy with the results so far. She's using her talents to create something people like a lot. She's learning she can make money doing something she enjoys and loves doing, drawing. She's told me she wants to be an artist when she grows up. She has new ideas for other products, soon to be revealed for the holidays. She is even doing a show this weekend! She'll have her very own table at our Block Party in Canton, MA on Sept. 26th.

I could not be more proud of what she is acheiving with such a small, cute idea- an idea which began with her watching me work on my own shop.

Like mother like daughter, I guess!

If you would like to see Dana's designs, go to http://www.scribbyworld.etsy.com/

My new idea/collection is on track!

As I always love to say, I've been chained to my bench lately. Not physically of course, just metaphorically, working away at all my commisions and projects. What I'm also doing is trying to bang out a few new designs.collections for the holiday season, and this is one of them.

I've always loved fluffy fuzzy soft things, whatever they may be, anything in nature that had some sort of tactile feature that made them touchable and fun. Like a rabbit ear- you know, those plants with fuzzy leaves on them. Don't get me wrong actual rabbit ears are cool, but those leaves are SO cool My daughter and I stop and feel everytime we see them.

I also love all the feathers i find on my morning walks. I don't keep them, but i almost always pick them up and feel them. This inspired my new collection. I hought, "how would one actually feel a piece of jewelry?" Now I'm sure many successful artists have pondered this question, and made wonderful pieces, with texture and bumps and whatnot. I wanted fuzzy jewelry that wasn't silly.

So I think I came up with a successful solution and I am very happy with the results. With the thread, I can do any colors that i want, and i hope as I go that they become more elaborate and rich with varying colors, like a Monet, or a Vangoh. I love color too and I've always wanted it to be rich in my work but not with an abundance of beads, and I'm not a very good enameler, so that was out.

:)

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A new Idea

I have not been at the computer too much, or the bench recently either for myself, but now I am back on track with my work and working on new ideas. Here is my most recent. I am pretty happy with it and it looks different from my metal work up to now. I have wanted to experiment with different materials, for color, other than stones, beads or enamels. I love the feathery feel of this pendant. I'll be working on more of this line and putting it up soon.