the coolest thing

Today my husband and I went looking for the new Silver Lake Wildlife Management Area, recently opened to the public near our home in Bainbridge, GA. Well, obviously NOT so near our home because we got lost trying to find it, but as happens so many times, the journey was worth the trip. We saw [...]

Fall leaves and Pink Rhodonite

I’ve been making a real effort to relax and enjoy the holiday season this year, not worrying about finances (ours or the worlds)– just taking in the beauty of fall, the changes in the air and night sky, the different flowers and now pecans are ready for gathering. It’s a blessing to have so many [...]

Creating- or not

I’m reading what I think is the best book ever on the subject of creating, and not creating because you can’t or think you can’t or you think what you create is no good or you hate your hair or whatever the reason of the moment is. It’s called “Fearless Creating” by Eric Maisel. I’m [...]

Cleaning Sterling Silver Naturally

My studio is “under rearrangement”, since yesterday. Currently disarray is winning but the upper hand will be regained, no doubt. It’s already starting to look like a place I can work more comfortably. A tragedy occured while cleaning some of my jewelry! It was a freak accident- I was rinsing a necklace someone had lovingly [...]

Beautiful jewelry art at Amberdox Treasures

My dear friend Shar never ceases to inspire me with her adventures deeper and deeper into designing and creating jewelry in different styles. From beaded jewelry to chain maille and wire wrap, she’s perfected it all. Take a look at this yummy warm copper chain maille necklace with turquoise drops:
 
Shar recently had a client return [...]

Hometown Homeless Pets Need Our Help

The small town where I live has a top-notch animal care facility and they are being overwhelmed with refugee pets from the current economic crisis along with the rising costs of just about everything. They used to be able to take in any animal but have sadly had to limit intake to only animals from our [...]

vintageworkshop.etsy.com!

If you need graphic design, Brieanne will make you deliriously happy. Well, she did that for me anyway, so it’s possible for you too! You can find her at vintageworkshop.etsy.com, or click on her blog link to the right. I’m so happy with the beautiful work she did that I would almost mail her my [...]

The Road to Etsy

Etsy.com really is my favorite place to shop. Somehow it’s like meandering through a cluster of small downtown cozy artsy shops, plus a few shops that supply artists with the things they need to create. While eating a banana-nut muffin. In your jammies.
This week my work will be complete to open my shop there. A [...]

some of my toys

This is some of the jewelry I’ve made along with a pic of just beads, cause I like to look at them. Beads, I mean. So much so that most of the table I’ve put up to make jewelry on is mostly covered with…. beads. My brother says an artist needs to have all [...]