This is a mixed necklace to go with Saturday's bracelet.  I love the combination of blue, purple and green with a purple/red spacer.  Hope you enjoy it.

This is mixed turquoise, sodalite, blue quartz and garnet with pmc charms and a pmc toggle.  It is fun to make.  I like a mix of things although there has to be an overall design that makes a mixed piece go together.

Skied again today and worked.  I am very tired.  This real work is hard!

Third piece/third day

I am feeling lazy today so I am submitting this as my piece.  Not very complicated, but it will keep me on track.  It is a Dictamnus seed pod (Gasplant) filled from the inside with PMCIII paste.  One side has a dichroic glass cab and the other has a cubic zirconia, so it is reversible.

Skiing on the golfcourse

This morning my husband and I went skiing on the golfcourse.  Eight degrees F., partly overcast with a beautiful view of the Wind River Mountains.

This piece is called 'Little Leaves and Pearls" and has 'Bette Corning' Clematis, Campanula carpatica, Geranium himalayense and Nepeta mussini leaves with silver beads and pearls.  

I installed an Altered Books show today on my first day at the Art Center.  It was fun and a fascinating exhibit but I'm tired now.

Ruminations in the morning

Well, got this off to a good beginning.  It shouldn't be too hard to make one thing a day, considering I have lots of components built up.  This will help me get some things done.  The bigger problem will be photographing it and getting something up here, considering that I hardly have the consistency to brush my own teeth on a daily basis.

On other subjects, I am reading "The Other Boleyn Girl" and it is delicious.  Today is my first day as Acting Director at the Lander Art Center--wish me luck.  I am sending out a grant and setting up an Altered Books show!

I am attaching a picture of a piece that I sent off as a custom order this Xmas.  I sold one like this and then I got someone asking for it so I had to make another.  They are all one of a kind.  The leaves are PMC fine silver Amur Maple leaves with 23K Keum Boo, pearls, swarovsky crystal and a PMC fine silver handmade clasp.  I charged $110 for it.  I am aware that it is too cheap, but I have a hard time asking alot for my work (more on this later). 

My first posting

Hi, whoever is out there.  This is my new blog to show the world my "stuff".  I make art (or sometimes craft, or a mixture)--metal clay jewelry, pastels, garden...and anything that strikes my fancy.  I am going to try to make a piece of art every day this year.  I will soon be starting my website, but I think this is a good way to keep a running record of my little resolution.  So many websites, especially in jewelry, are out of date or don't change enough.  I guess I have a restless spirit, but I like to see new stuff.

This is a simple but pretty necklace that I made today, a PMCIII (fine silver) aspen leaf with enamel, freshwater pearl and swarovski crystal beads and a sterling silver hook clasp.  Shown in a bit of our lovely Wyoming snow.