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My design philosophy is to create pieces that beautifully balance simplicity and femininity with a modern aesthetic. I create each design with a unique combination of colors, textures and metals while at the same time retaining simplicity. |
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December 2009
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Ahhh…..quiet.
I hope everyone had a happy, happy holiday! We had a houseful over Christmas and it was a lovely time. Everyone is gone now and I’m kind of enjoying a little quiet time. It’s back to reality and I really can’t tell you how excited I am for 2010. Have I already said [...]
Secret
If you are my husband, stop reading! If you know my husband and can’t keep a secret…stop reading! Unless you want to ruin Christmas.
OK, now that they are all gone, I can tell you about a couple of my husband’s gifts. I usually stay away from handmade gifts for the hubby – [...]
Where have I been?
I guess it’s not too unusual for me not to post for several days, but I’ve been trying to be better about it and getting one out every day or every other day. Well, anyway, things have been busy and I’ve been yucky sick. Ugh. I’m not a good sick person. [...]
The making of a Ruffle Ring
I’ve been making a few Ruffle Rings lately. I love making this ring. Each one is just a little different and I fall in love with each one. Yesterday while making some, I decided to take some process photos. It’s harder than I thought! I really have a hard time [...]
A day in the studio feels good
Ahhh, finally I have a full day of jewelry making! Such a great feeling. A full day only because I have a cold and am moving about 30% slower than usual. I have a little cloud in my brain today and I’m trying to listen to fun music to get me moving [...]
A weekend of holiday goodness
Oh, where do I start?! Our adventure cutting our own pesticide-free tree down at Miss Becky’s? Vanilla extract making with my sister? We did it all this weekend! Tree decorating. Wreath finding. Dog bathing. Christmas baking. Recipe testing for Christmas dinner. I’ll just share a couple moments…
It was our first time cutting [...]
Christmas cards
I got my Christmas cards the other day! I’m so excited. They are beautiful and made by Smock Paper, they also have an Etsy shop. Smock prints on sustainable, pesticide-free bamboo paper and run their shop on wind energy. 1% of their proceeds goes to For the Planet – so it’s [...]
My adorable advent calendar
Ok, so it’s not fancy, but I think our advent calendar is adorable. We put it on our fireplace so we see it everyday.
Here’s what we did:
1. Cut 24 3″x6″ pieces of X-mas themed papers
2. Fold them in half
3. Put the dates on the front – I found some stick on [...]
A treasury…now front page!
My beautiful ruffle treasury made it to the front page early this morning! How cool is that?! I’m sorry I slept through it, but one of the designers that I featured was nice enough to tell me about it. I don’t have a screenshot yet, but I do have an archive so [...]