Round the corner

..round the corner there may wait, 

a new road or a secret gate.

 Can you guess which famous author  wrote these words?

no peeking!

You can find Round the Corner in my Etsy shop.

The Enlightened One

Here is a little copper cuff I made the other day....I used some copper tube and hammered away. I messed up on my lettering as it is not centered on the cuff...but I like it anyway. 

What do you do with your mistakes...toss them out and start over or make do and work around it? There is a uniqueness that comes from a letter perhaps stamped backwards or different size links...whatever it is, it may be a mistake to you but not to someone else.

"in time of Emergency"

I wanted to share with you this treasury created by Thispage on Etsy. It is called "in time of Emergency",  it certainly is fitting considering the many weather disasters our country has been suffering through. A necklace of mind called "Nashville Rising" is included. I created this piece last spring after Nashville and its surrounding areas were severely flooded.

You make me look so good BT!!

I am so honored to be Bead Trends designer highlight this month. I was thrilled when they asked me and now I am just tickled pink to see how they showed my work. I lived for weeks camped out at the front door waiting for the UPS man to arrive with my Bead Trends package and it finally arrived this past Friday.

 

I just LOVE how this photo came out.....I was like "WOW" who made that?....

yeah...I actually forgot what the pieces looked like.

I made these pieces way back in December....a wild and crazy month for us. I just had major surgery on my leg and we went to Connecticut to spend Christmas with my husbands family. 

I remember now,  that I almost did not send this piece in.

I would love to thank the kind folks who sent me emails about the issue and to my facebook friends for their kind words.

 

ArtFusion

I am taking it easy today after exhibiting at a two day Art show.  It actually involved three days as one day is set-up only. My set-up takes forever....hours and hours actually. The show is about an hour from our home so we put quite a few miles on the car going back and forth, dodging Cicadas as we went. (they are everywhere!!!) It was like bullets hitting the car!

Artfusion was at The Factory in Franklin Tennessee a really cool place to eat and shop. I have to praise the promoters of this show as they know how to treat their artists. Since the show was on Friday from 1-9pm, lunch and dinner was provided for us as well as breakfast the following morning. A vendor room was available all day with cold drinks, fruit and snacks. Booth relief was provided if anyone need it. Live entertainment was enjoyed all day as well as a wine reception on Friday night. Tell me the last time you ever did a show where you enjoyed wine and sushi? It was delightful I must say! Since I sent out a newsletter prior to doing the show many of my customers came and purchased from me, it was great! My darling hubby stayed with me and we enjoyed such a great weekend and had some great sales, I could not ask for anything better!

We  met some great folks and learned about some other shows, I love this part of doing a show!

I hope everyone has had a super weekend!

Treasures

Here it is Thursday and I am just getting to show you my flea market finds from Sunday! Where has the week gone!  Check out these awesome boots I found...these were made for a store in Ashland City Tennessee and are marked as such inside...way cool!

 can you imagine your foot fitting into these....so very narrow.

I love old jewelry boxes....and especially when they have velvet inside. These are tiny and can only hold little bits. I am going to use them in my show display this weekend.

I was so lucky to come across these old tokens. There were so many different varietys that I have never seen. These will be just perfect in my jewelry designs. 

I also want to share with you one of the pieces I finished the other day. I am so happy with it! It includes one of the old brass findings that I have in my shop.  

I am off to set-up for a show today, although I am in a daze. We learned yesterday that a tornado went through the town we use to live in, Wilbraham Massachusetts. Here we live in tornado alley and this little New England town gets hit with a tornado. Freaky! All my old stomping grounds were devastated. My heart goes out to all my friends.

Wishes to you all for a blessed day!

Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day to everyone as we remember and honor those who have lost their lives serving our country and give thanks to the men and women who protect our freedoms everyday.