Market & Shop up-dates!

Here are some photos from the Eugene Choo Market that I did on the weekend.  It was a dreary Saturday with rain on and off, but it was good to pull all my new work out of the studio.  Here are some pics of one of my new designs- I started working with a stem design with floral shapes coming off of a stem in various shades of turquoises, greens and yellows.  It's similar to my current work yet different.. which is always good.

I finally have my cross stitch necklaces up for sale on my Etsy shop, along with an up-date of my regular work, which is now in stock again!  My new work will be photographed for a website up-date in early October, so I'll keep the rest under wraps until the big reveal:)
Hope your weekend went great!

Take 3: Cross-stitch jewelry

After attempting a few different underglazes (charcoal/turquoise- much too pale, black/prussian blue- much improved), I finally feel like my cross-stitch porcelain pendants are starting to come along. This is one of those projects that's been on hold for a few months while I've been plowing away on all my summer orders. I'm in the final stages of getting the right clear glaze so the 'black' doesn't turn out brown instead of charcoal, and then comes some silver chain experiments. 
I'd love a silver chain with these, but I've completely customized these chains and silver ain't cheap.  I'm no jewelry designer, but hopefully I can come up with a really lovely and not to expensive (ie low time/cost on my part) option for these.  More to come soon...

Charming Phaulet

I first met Paula Gonzalez from Phaulet this past March at a 2-day show that we were in together and right away noticed her warm smile and her beautiful jewelry.  We keep bumping into each other around town, and then I found her on Etsy the other day and asked if I could feature her on my blog! Her resin pendants and earrings with collaged images from old books are different and lovely- I think the pairing of the modern format and the classical or vintage imagery is really feminine and playful.  There are two sides to each pendant, with two different images that seem to tell a story when put together.  Phaulet recently got featured in the Georgia Straight in an article that describes how her concept and background from Columbia play an important role in her designs!

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