Hand-Carved Design Pendants

I'm really excited about these hand-carved design pendants I've been doing! You can find these listed in my shop here. I will also be adding a few leaf pendants and some leaf charms in the coming days, so check back soon!

Winter Wonderland & Happy Holidays!

This is the view outside my front window. We've gotten a lot of snow here in New England! It's a little difficult to get around but, it's beautiful! Happy Holidays and best wishes to all my friends here! I wish you all a wonderful holiday break! Love and light to you and yours now and in the New Year. Enjoy!

Blessings Exchange 2 - "Home Address" Bracelet

I have the second piece of jewelry made from the "Counting Your Blessings" Bead/Charm/Clasp Exchange! If you missed the first piece, you can check it out here. To see all the beads, charms and clasps made by all the participants in this exchange, check out Lynn's post here.

Here we have Cristi, Lorelei and Lynn coming together in this bracelet called "Home Address". House and home are blessings indeed. I love this bracelet! I had a lot of fun making it and I like the idea of this theme. I never would have made something like this if it were not for this exchange and these talented ladies. Thank you so much, Ladies!

"Home Address" Bracelet

Cristi's antiqued wooden number bead

Lynn's brass number-stamped connector

Lorelei's home charm

When I first saw Cristi's wooden number bead and Lynn's little brass number-stamped connector, I thought they looked like house numbers. Worn and weathered address numbers on the exterior of a house or on a mail box. I paired these pieces together with Lorelei's home charm which also has an antique, weathered feel to it and it even jingles like a set of house keys! The bracelet practically made it's self. I was just kind of in the room! The pieces just went so well together. Not only in theme but in color, material, finish and style! Amazing! All of the components were there. I threw in some wood round beads, brass wire and a brass swan clasp. I had made that clasp quite awhile ago, holding onto it waiting for the right project. This was it!

Winter-Inspired Offerings

Winter Berry Leaf Pendant
The colors of this leaf pendant lend itself well to a winter inspired design. Red, green and white. The white porcelain peeks through the glaze of light and dark green variations with a cranberry red around the edges. It reminds me of a snow-covered evergreen shrub that holds red berries in the winter time.


Rustic Impressed Pine Pendant
This porcelain pendant features an impression of a real pine branch. The pendant has a rustic, winter feel of a snowy day. I love the contrast between the deep ever-green color stain in the pine impression and the exposed white of the porcelain.

Glossy Silver Leaf Pendant
This pendant looks like a leaf frozen in ice! The silvery, gray glaze on this porcelain leaf pendant glistens in the light and reminds me a bit of silver!

Here are just a few of my porcelain pendants that would make great center pieces for a winter-inspired jewelry piece. You can find these and more in my shop here. Thanks for looking and Happy Winter, everyone!

Jewelry Display at the Holiday Show

This weekend I did my first arts & crafts show with my ceramic jewelry! I did pretty well at the show and I got nothing but complements on my work and my display and set up! I'm very happy with the reception I received! And my friend, the event organizer, was very impressed! Above you can see my table at the show. I still need to work on this display I think but, not bad. I used what I already had in my home as much as I could. Both to save money and to achieve a homey kind of look. Which, I think works. What do you think? I'd be happy to hear any suggestions!

Basket display of my ceramic pin/pendants

Let me know what you think! And let me know if any of you have questions on what I did here for my display. I'd me happy to share! Just leave me a comment!

Holiday Art & Crafts Show

Hi friends, I'm getting ready to do a big show this weekend! I'm still busy making jewelry for it! I need to make at least 6 more bracelets and some earrings. Aaaack! I'll get it all done but, I think I'll be doing last minute preparations up until the first day of the show! I'm really excited about it though. It is a fabulous show! It has quite a reputation for excellence and many people look forward to attending each year. A friend of mine started the show 6 years ago and she is impeccable! Only the finest are invited to show, so I'm so honored she asked me if I wanted to do it this year! I want to look really good for her, so I've been working hard on my display and set up. Wish me luck on that one. I'll posted some pictures of my set up and display next week. Please stop by if your in the area at all! Thanks everyone!

Blessings Exchange

Yesterday, I received my beautiful package from the "Counting Blessings" Art Bead/Charm/Clasp Exchange! I participated in this exchange with 7 other bead-makers and designers. The participants are: Me, Cristi, Gaea, Heather, Lisa, Lorelei, Lynn, and Mary. Thank you to all of you! Please visit their blogs also to see what they are doing with their pretties. Special thanks to Lynn Davis who not only participated in the exchange, but organized the whole thing. Thank you Lynn for running the exchange and making it such a delightful experience!

As soon as I opened my package, I first marveled at the beautiful handmade pouch made by Lynn. Then, I dove right in and oohed at all the amazing handmade beads, charms, clasps and findings! I plan to make a piece of jewelry with all of them. I started by breaking them down into groups and immediately started creating!

First up, Gaea and Heather of Humble Beads come together in this beauty of a bracelet! Gaea's Heart Charm and Heather's Focal Bead work perfectly together! As soon as I saw them, I knew I wanted them in a piece together. Playing off the color scheme in the focal bead, I knotted them up on some waxed linen cord with some Blue Lace Agate, Blue Kyanite, wood and glass seed beads. This bracelet is fun, casual, and pairs great with jeans! Yeah, my kind of jewelry! Thank you Gaea and Heather!

Gaea's Ceramic Heart Charm

Heather's Focal Bead

Owl Beaded Charm by Humble Beads

Heather's package also included this adorable Owl Beaded Charm. So cute! I love him! I strung this guy up on a simple silver chain for immediate wear!

That's it for now, until next time, I had loads of fun participating in the exchange. I can't wait to see the next jewelry piece come together and I'm looking forward to seeing what the other participants do as well! Thanks for looking!