Sunday, August 28, 2016

Greetings From The Mountains...


Hello BlogLand! Still enjoying my 'happy place' for the last trip of the summer. Will be home this week with new designs coming. I'm well rested and just itching to get back to the design desk! Here's a little peek at what I have been up to the past couple weeks...


Spending time at my favorite, (and in my opinion) the most beautiful national park in the country....


Cataloochee Valley...



Where the Elk roam free...and...very close to the camera...




...this old male elk just got finished fussin' at one of his many wives...


...he was herding his large family through the valley with these loud and bellowing howls, it was incredible to see and hear!
The picture below is me channeling my inner cowgirl....I really LOVE the country and could easily become a serious farmgirl if I had the critters and farmland! I think that is really what I love most about my mountain happy place..... it is very rural and rustic with lots of nature to enjoy.



We have been eating so good up here. This is the lasagna from one of my favorite Italian restaurants in the next town over...Talk about Good stuff!



We've also been doing a lot of this lately....


Laying around and rubbing some bellies!


Got to visit the casino in the town right next door to us, Cherokee...


Look what I got and look at what it paid! Great sight for not so much win!


I have also been antiquing and found some drop dead Gorgeous Victorian pieces!
I already have ideas swirling around for these pieces and will get right on them as soon as I get back home this week. Expect to see them all finished this coming weekend...



...and look at this Gutta Percha daguerreotype mourning case I found at Biltmore Village this weekend....


....I just love the detailed image on the outside (note the dog scratching himself) and really love the handsome fellow on the inside....




Have a wonderful week everyone. Au Revoir from the green lovely mountain tops....
See you back here very soon with new designs!!!


Sunday, August 14, 2016

Sacred Elegance...


Hello jewelry lovers! I have three new pieces completed this week and they all feature gorgeous antique treasures. Here's a look at what I've designed for this week's offerings....


















...and remember this exquisite piece I found several weeks ago?.....


...well, I actually got around to creating myself a very colorful statement piece...


 ....I am so in love with the facade of this beautiful antique English brooch and that yummy cranberry glass chain pairs so perfectly with it! She's a keeper and so very special!!!







The signed Meerschaum, the triple strand cross necklace, and St George and the Dragon are all available. Please email me if interested as I will not be listing them this afternoon in my shop. I will be traveling to my happy and cool place this afternoon, so I will list them tomorrow. But, feel free to contact me via my Etsy shop or my email to inquire about them. Happy Sunday everyone!

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Bees And Things....


Have some new pieces ready for the shop today...and they all feature 'little cute critters' on bangle style bracelets...











...these fun bangles make great "stackers"....






...all of these sweet little bangles will be available in my Etsy shop later this afternoon. Come see more of them there...Happy August everyone!!!