For your pleasure ( no licking please! )
Tasty looking, no ?
Friday, November 20, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
More Newies :-)
Some more pretties to gander at :-)
SECRET GARDEN KEY Necklace
RAINDROPS Ring
TIDE POOLS Earrings
GRASSY KNOLL Necklace
Its been a few really miserable rainy dark days around here - thankfully I have had some good inspiration to keep me busy at the bench. I really only got today off this week, as I had a mandatory staff meeting to go to yesterday morning at 8am ( I know, what kind of meanies make you come in on sunday morning at 8am for a staff meeting ? Apparently the kind I work for...) I have been making the most of my spare time ( can I even call it spare time ? It doesn't really even seem to exist!) and have one piece in the tumbler right now that I have a feeling may just knock your socks off!
I also got some of my Christmas shopping done ( yes, I am an eager beaver) check out what Tuckie is getting this year :
C'est cool non ?
I'm guessing he will like it better when it is filled with food, but I think it is adorable all on its own.
You can find more of the like ( including some made for kitties hint hint Care!)
I also have another slew of stones coming my way - druzies, jaspers and agates - oh my!
Just a little reminder for those looking to have something custom made in time for Christmas - get your orders in before November 20th!
Ciao for now bellas!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Gardening Ain't My Gig
OK, I am going to admit it - I can't keep a plant alive for the life of me.
Phew! There said it.
I know many of you thrive in your gardens, love the soil beneath your toes and eat your own home grown fruits and veggies.
Not me.
Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE to. But Can't.
Living where I do I have no access to a yard - no soil to plant my seeds in and watch grow. In my home it is kinda dark, not a whole lot of natural light.
I have killed every plant I have brought into this home.
Bamboo - dead
Basil plant - wilted to oblivion
fresh cut flowers - one day max life span
Do I wish I were like many of you ? With a garden of my own to grow cherry tomatoes like my grandma did and roses like my grandpa - you betcha I do! But until I get my hands on my own plot of earth, to grow my wildest dreams this little planter box will have to be my crowning achievement in gardening :
PLANTER BOX - Flora Collection - Ring Size 8.25
Not to be outdone with the fanfare for my Planter Box ring, I have one more goodie to share with you all :-)
This one perhaps more simple, but more dear to my heart. I spent many nights in the back yard at my cabin gazing at the stars. It was soo dark ( no street lights) so quiet, so peaceful. Those were the happy moments I will always remember - like seeing my first shooting star ( Do you remember the first time you saw one ??)
A way to wear your wishes upon a shooting star :
CONSTELLATION Ring Size 7
Toodles till next time!
LEST WE FORGET
In memory to all those who have fallen.
In memory of my Grandpa who wouldn't speak of the horrors of WWII.
In memory of those who survived the horrors of Nazi Camps - and those who didn't.
In memory of all the women who went to work in the mills and factories at a time when a woman's place was the homestead to keep the country a float while the men were off at war.
In memory of all the wives and children who grew up without fathers because WWI and WWII claimed them.
In memory of all the families torn apart by hatred - from wars past, and present.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Monday, November 9, 2009
WILDERNESS
As a child I spent plenty of my time exploring through wilderness that surrounded my parents summer cabin. We were the only house for blocks went we first built there, which gave plenty of landscape for my brother and I to use our imagination. We were always on some trek, building fort cities,hopping fallen trees and climbing up big boulders - we spent endless hours outside.
(My Brother and I draining the pool in our dirt backyard. Dad cleared us a space so we could put the pool there, and mom put out a tarp red carpet so we wouldn't drag our muddy feet into the house. Notice the Seesaw/Teeter Totter - My dad made it from a slice of a giant log - we played on that thing for years until rot got to it.)
It is amazing what grows in the wilderness, all on its own, with no one to plant the seeds and bulbs. Tiny mosses and buds and little teeny flowers - things you may only notice as a child.
Wilderness Necklace reminds me of those times. I have fabricated it around a stunning flat top orby Ocean Jasper. Around it are tiny leaves and buds, growing just like they did around the boulders in my wilderness. At the top I have flush set a 3mm Swiss Blue Topaz, blue like the reflection of the sky in a puddle. The entire piece is fabricated from sterling and fine silver, and I have intricately cut out sporadic petals and leaves. At the bottom of the piece a small ferns curls around the stone - just like in my wilderness.
WILDERNESS - Flora Collection Necklace
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