planning for warmer weather

I'm trying to stay warm inside and work on summer and warm weather jewelry


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snow bound and keeping busy

Keeping busy while snow bound, I've just updated one of my most popular designs " Black Webs", with new photos and more silver.
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still dreaming of sunny Italia

Still dreaming of sunny Italia.

dreams of sunny Italia

Why do all Venetian made beads look like something good enough to eat ?
Maybe it's because Italian life centers around food.

I realized when up -loading new items made from Venetian glass, that I always describe them in terms of fruit or other gastronomic terms . They're just luscious. The intense colors, the smooth texture. A pleasure for the senses.

Of course I do know that winter in Venice is also grim, gray and rainy, and very depressing, not sunny. But in my memories it's always sunny.

Or, maybe I'm just dreaming of warm climes and summer time fruit. After the second 2 foot snow in 2 months I'm looking for an escape.
And more snow is predicted!
It's not supposed to be like this in eastern Maryland.
Yes I'm trying to be inspired by my work , but it all seems to be reminding me of sunny Italia.

surviving winter, with creativity

Alas .... winter. For me it's always been an agony to endure, but this year I'm filling my world with lot's of color in my studio. One way to survive these gray days is to begin to work on the gorgeous colors awaiting me on my work bench. I've begun preparing early for spring and summer crafts festivals, mostly because we've really been snowed in so much this winter in Maryland. When you're not a "winter person" you need to focus elsewhere and to keep something WARM and nurturing to look forward to. I love my work. I love making jewelry, the whole creative process. Finding inspiring stones or materials and then dreaming and imagining how to celebrate their uniqueness and have them fit into my artistic vision is a perfect occupation for me. I'm already applying to local regional shows. When I first started, they were a bit overwhelming, but now "Shows" are becoming an exciting prospect. A chance to share my work with others, and talk about my design process is really a great feeling. I really love interacting with customers, whether they're "just looking "or seriously buying. The feed back is really important and it's really a great to feel the positive energy they give freely. Makes me understand, on a very small level, that buoyance that a performing artist receives from the audience. So this creative window is what I am trying to focus on, while we await the oncoming 2 feet of snow the DC region has been promised for the second time since December. These storms are supposed to occur only about once every 10 years.
Maybe we won't have any snow now for 20 years!