Greetings–just wanted to show off a new clasp we are using on our groovy Silver-on-Leather bracelets. We had been using bayonet clasps, but they are difficult to manage in a bracelet that fits more snugly like these. You can see this button clasp in the photo at right. The photo also shows two newly available textures: “dimpled” at the top and “diamond-etched” just below it (“organic”, currently on the website, is at the bottom). These upper two previously were sold only at our shows and not through the website. Remedied! I love all of these textures. Recently I created my own (seen below) for a Texas Tech bead I made…

Please see the comment attached to the previous post (Thursday, January 11, below). Thank you!

Here is a luscious li’l pendant. These look like a piece of candy, and everyone, girls especially, always have to touch them. It’s the glaze–the clear on top of that low-fire white clay is ever so creamy-looking. I am going to find some matching beads this weekend and see how those look, but this one is strung with braided white linen waxed cord. We call this one the Salsa heart after the name of the reddish-pink glaze. It isn’t a tomato red by any stretch, though; it’s nice and different.

Greetings once again. Why, it’s time to publish to the blog! Be sure to check our website for jewelry pieces that would be perfect for this next & sweet holiday..we have necklaces, earrings, and bracelets that fall into that category. I was taking a walk with the dog the other day (no, I was actually walking the dog–I am a Cesar fan), and musing about what my next blog post would be about. I am still somewhat foggy about the matter. Here are a few strays that are but surface observations and explanations that lack deeper meaning at this time…..We have new pieces that have been posted to the site:…

Greetings once again; now that the holidays have passed and our resolutions are in our faces it is time to set our sights not just to the future but to open our eyes to now. Our sister-in-law is undergoing her initial chemo treatments for breast cancer, and last night her hair finally let go–now she is bald. This makes one realize, and in her words, that for many of us the next 16 hours, the next stretch of awake time, should be the most important hours of our lives. Those exempt thus far from such huge and monstrous situations have to strive to appreciate our gifts, and I personally plan…

This is the necklace I am working on now; it is the partner to the Grasses bracelet that was previously posted. I am lengthening it because the beads are large at about 8-9mm wide. Some of the chain from the bracelet will be attached near the clasp so that the necklace will be adjustable. This isn’t the greatest photo because the detail is not apparent on the pendant. It is the same image as is on the bracelet, just stuck onto a bigger disk and embellished with my little star button. I am fairly pleased with the outcome but am reserving full judgment until it’s completed. I love the calcite…

We haven’t posted anything to the blog lately because life has been throwing us lots of the stuff. School, children, relatives, church, and the list goes on and on. Lisa is a working mom although she is lucky to work from home a few days a week; Shauna is a stay-home mom but that doesn’t mean she gets to work on jewelry every day. The bazaar is coming up at the first of December, the show we did last year as a first, and after that perhaps this blog will move a little bit more. The writing is fun and useful, so we don’t plan to abandon this part of…