I just had to share...

a custom order for a delightful and most treasured new client...

 I love the combination of rainbow moonstone with the tanzanite. In a future post I really should address my policies on custom work. This piece is an absolute pleasure to create.

And outside the back door, the pool is closed and dusted with the first fallen leaves, but the lanky anemone's are poking through the gray cedar patio furniture and I think it looks just great--one of those happy accidents...

Asters and Monarchs

I have an aster in my front garden that was swarming with monarch butterflies this week. Unfortunately, the monarchs didn't like me around and took flight each time I got too close with the camera but I was able to capture a few. The greens, violets and orange inspired a cuff bracelet I completed yesterday.

A few other items that will go up in the shop today are below. Moving along through fall...