New For 2016

The start of 2016 has been busy, busy!! For 5 years my business has been scattered all over our house, it was more like we lived in my business rather than having a business in our home. So as we rolled into the New Year, I decided it was time to take back my life (and our home) from my business. We are blessed to have a very large room that used to be our kid's playroom and while the conversion started over a year ago, I never finished organizing and settling in, so the mess had grown exponentially. I'm thrilled to say that other than painting, it is done! We have our dining room back (it has been a jewelry showroom for 5 years) and my bead room is a joy to work in now!

Different work areas for beading, metal stamping and polymer clay and not seen in this picture is an area for metal working. 

The "showroom" is now upstairs and there's even a corner for photographing jewelry so hopefully it will get me on track for keeping the website more up to date!

My bead wall! I love having beads hanging so I can see them, it helps tremendously with the creative process. And the back wall is the metal working area. As you can see though, there's still a lot of painting to be done.  Ugh, not my favorite part!!

In addition to getting organized for 2016, I've been working on metal stamping! This is the new monogram bracelet (it's available to be ordered!).

And here is a tree of life stamped bracelet. Some of you may have seen this, I had it at a couple of shows at the end of last year. More designs are coming!

And something I've wanted to learn to do for a LONG time is enamel. I really wanted to add some color to my earrings and this is the perfect solution.

Enameling over brass

Looking forward to what 2016 holds!!

Happy New Year

I can hardly believe it's 2016! I have been in business for a little over 5 years and it still amazes me that I get to do something I love for a reason that I love so much...  Jewelry and Swaziland!

First, thank you for an amazing 2015!! It was my best year yet! I was overwhelmed by how many of you return year after year and how so many of you have become friends. It made my day when I received a Christmas card from a customer! I have been privileged to hear so many of your stories and become a part of your life, far beyond simply accessorizing your favorite outfits. Thank you for allowing me into your lives!

As I look forward to 2016, I am excited and as always, a little anxious. As a jewelry designer, I always want to keep things fresh and new and unique. It can be a little daunting season after season to come up with something new and different. But the challenge is fun, so bring it on!

In 2016, I am adding some methods of metal working! The first, that I'm the most excited about is metal stamping! I tried a few pieces at shows at the end of last year and they were a big hit! I'm also experimenting with metal etching, enameling and riveting so I can layer pieces... stay tuned!!

Every year I say I'm going to do better at keeping up the website and while I haven't met that goal yet, I'm entering 2016 with a renewed commitment! Feel free to nudge me if you're not seeing new pieces from time to time!  For the next week I'm reorganizing my work space and then I'll take on updating the website.

Thanks again for being the most AWESOME customers anyone could ask for!