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Another singular sensation {green}

Hello!  So happy that you are stopping by!   Today I’m sharing another piece of jewelry inspired by a single color palette.   A “singular sensations” sort of series. 🙂  In a recent post, I shared how I enjoy working with monochromatic color schemes.  I asked about your favorite monochromatic color scheme as well.  Do you […]

A little pink, pretty please.

I {heart} pink these days.  When I think of Spring, pink certainly comes to mind.  The National Cherry Blossom Festival opened this weekend in DC and the blossoms are blooming everywhere.  This event is so timely as our hearts go out to the people of Japan.  I hope we are able to attend while the blooms […]

Mr. Postman

Hello friends!  Today I have a few special things to share – all hand made with love and brought to me by Mr. Postman. First up is a sweet little gift from Kristin Robinson.  You may be familiar with Kristin through her contributions to the Stampington magazines, including a recent cover of Somerset Life.   Kristin is […]

The Thrill of the Hunt {Beads and Beyond}

Time is flying faster than ever it seems.  Maybe its the deadlines.  Maybe it’s simply juggling life in between each night of homework.  By the time I post this, it will be Tuesday and I still haven’t told you about Friday!    This past weekend I went to the big Gem and Jewelry show that […]

Hot off the press: Wire Style 2 {and a give away!}

I am so thrilled to introduce Wire Style 2,  a brand new book full of inspiration from NINE top jewelry designers, complete with an instructional DVD.  Wire Style 2  by Denise Peck  is packed with 45 new and phenomenal wire designs!   You may know Denise as the remarkable editor of Step by Step Wire magazine, and author […]

The Snow Miser paid a visit

Did you happen to hear?  Winter descended upon us late this afternoon with a vengeance.  The DC area experienced what they are calling “thundersnow” and “thundersleet”…it was incredible.  Flashes of blue in the night sky while the snow came down.  Rush hour was a nightmare. When my husband attempted to come home for the second time, it took him […]

Tarnished Treasures

How about a little Show and Tell?  I read a blog recently in which the writer noted, “if the children have Show and Tell at school, why don’t we do the same here on our blogs?”  I think this is a big part of what our blogs are about.  And for non-writers like me, it’s  […]

Big Announcment: an ArtBLISS workshop featuring Stephanie Lee!

Jeanette and I are happy to kick off the ArtBLISS year with Metal Magic, workshops featuring Stephanie Lee of Semiprecious Salvage! Have you ever wanted to work with metal in a unique way, a way that revs up the imagination? Come join Stephanie Lee and ArtBLISS  for two very special classes, “Handbook of Elements” and […]

The Birds and the Beads

Any one hear of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Beads?? Yes, You got it!  I AM talking about that amazing Give Away initiated by Heather Powers of Humblebeads.  Heather gathered up ALL sorts of beads from her studio, and put them up for grabs in a give away that is like a bead round robin  – truly a creative idea.  […]