I’m getting better at this :) This is the front view of my latest bracelet. And a side/clasp view. With this one I used the same colour scheme for all beads but experimented with different forms and shapes. I discovered that flattened beads sit more…
This past weekend Tito and I went to BeadFX in Scarborough for my long-awaited birthday gift – an introductory course in lamp working. Lampworking is a type of glasswork that uses a gas fueled torch to melt rods and tubes of clear and colored glass.…
I’ve not had a lot of luck with this ‘making something for myself’ business’. The first bracelet I spent loads on, and it got lost on the subway. The second bracelet was just as lovely if not quite as pricey and I managed to lose…
Every Sunday for a few months now my mom and I have made a habit (quickly becoming a tradition) of getting together to design, make and photograph jewellery. Here are her latest! These adorable, bunchy little earrings were our main project. They’re made with 4…
Gone forever… The dragonfly bracelet is lost =o( not 2 days after I finally made matching earrings, I decided to wear it out of the house for the first time. Witness, the absolute madness that is trying to board a train on the Yonge line…
This weekend mom made a very cute bracelet, with super glittery large Aurora Swarovski beads. She chose to offset the beads with large silver balls, they worked perfectly with the sterling silver rope-textured toggle clasp she chose: Large, single drop earrings on silver chain complete…
Mom’s designs have come a long way since she started out, and last weekend she designed one of the best pieces I’ve seen so far. She went all out on this one: 8mm Square cut smoky quartz Swarovski crystal centrepiece 4mm Square cut aurora Swarovski…
At last! My mom has been at me for the fact that, despite all the jewellery I make, I’ve never made myself something. Well, here it is, the dragonfly bracelet. It’s very me; I promised myself that if I ever did this I would go…
Today I wanted to share pics of the birthday gift I made for my friend Kris – For my birthday gift this year, and also to celebrate 20 years of friendship we went to Hawaii, and thanks to her being willing to drive out (at…
Today I wanted to share a pair of bracelets I just completed for a friend. The request was for two matching charm bracelets in my ‘Iceberg” theme – to be given to a pair of ladies as Christmas gifts. Though the girls are not sisters,…
I’ve been working a lot with this idea of preserving the leaves from the absolutely stunning autumn we just had – and I won’t lie to you, there are so many piles of FAIL around the house from earlier versions that today I threw away…
So the show is only 10 days away – I can’t believe it. I’m still in production, though definitely approaching the end. Today I wanted to share the latest woven bracelet, this one is in delicate greens, yellows and earthy colours, inspired by a beautiful…