August Garden in Connecticut

There's plenty of color in the final months of my garden's bloom. Over the next week I'll document a few of my favorite blooms and the jewelry they inspire...

 

 

Daisies!

Out in my backyard garden the daisies are in bloom...

So I felt compelled to make these:

They are available in my etsy shop now. I will devote much of today to making a new batch of rings but would love to incorporate the colors of these beauties...

I just love the combination of the azure-violet-blue and the sage green--perfection! Here's wishing you a wonderful summer day!

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Glittering Ice Frosted Hoops

Gem Weave Hoops

Blue Topaz Sunburst Weave with Keshi Clusters

Etsy doings

I'm working on a few more elaborate pairs of earrings for the festive season of parties and events coming up. Two of each so I can send a pair to a boutique in NYC...

All present and accounted for in my shop...

...and, I wish I did more sewing or I may just have to find a purely decorative way to display these amazing pin cushions and sachets from namolio... love....

square pincushion

and round with a flower!

Halloween Bouquet

I don't often incorporate orange into my decor, but went with the spirit of the weekend... store bought green mums and peachy orange tulips with sprigs of lace leaf maple from the garden and some lacey green plant from the woods. It's better than candy!

A smattering of branches and vines on my bench

Little branchy, vine-y "findings" I created today to wrap around some stones...

I'll be using one of them in a necklace with this beauty below...


I've been holding on to this 60 carat silver needled quartz since I returned from Tucson last February!

I'll post the finished pics when the piece is done... I still have a lot of filing and shaping of the branch pieces to do.

Special Edition Birthstone Earrings

My birthday is in September, and to that end I decided to create a pair of special edition flower earrings featuring my birthstone--blue sapphire.

I've been holding onto these sapphires for some time--waiting for a special project. They really are beautiful, high quality stones. I couldn't wrap them in anything less than solid 18 karat gold and wove the flowers with care--these stones are more petite than those I usually work with and weaving these flowers took some patience! Below each six-petal flower I've dangled a gorgeous concave cut of rock crystal quartz.

These little beauties are available now in my etsy shop! Happy September!