Jewels, Jools, Jules

Hello all,

Hope the last week has been good to you.

Seems spring has been a busy busy time for most of us!

Petra from Jewel Identity has rebranded her store.  Please go take a look at her great new banner, loaded with lots and lots of her beautiful ceramic work.  This is her new store name which fits her work perfectly...Scorched Earth.  Love it! 

Marina from fanciful devices is back from her trip with her astounding Uruhaul and is already cranking out tons of cool new  jewelry.

Tracy from pipnmolly has been blogging about her amazing step by step bakelite carving process.  If you want to see an amazing artist at work, you won't want to miss this!  Truly incredible!

Kim from numinosity beads will take you on a fascinating tour of her Alaskan Garaj Mahal if you stop by.  Did you all know that Mr. Coryosity sells gems, collectibles and curosities?  What?!  Who is Mr. Coryosity?  hmmm, go check out her blog and you can find out!  And see just how many different mediums Kim works in.  Wow!

For the latest adventures of Stanley and Cinnamon, you'll enjoy a visit with Melinda over at Bees on pie.  She's been playing with her new kiln in her new greenhouse.  And making fabulous new book necklaces.  Also she's been testing new products from Jacquard.  So fun to see what's she's coming up with. Cool stuff.

Let me apologize in advance to those whose wonderful posts that I'm spacing out on.  Remember the Far Side cartoon where the kid raised his hand and asked his teacher to be excused from class, because his brain was full?  hahaha- well, you get the picture.

I do have a few pics of new jewelry to show you.  Not as many pictures as I usually load you up on.  So this might be the first normal length post I've done as of yet. 
I've made a whole new batch of my Turkoman Goes Modern series of earrings.  Some have been listed and sold, some not yet sold, some not yet listed.

Turkoman Goes Modern

Medieval Shields

Turkoman Goes Modern

in Soho

actually, there's no Turkoman in these.

but there is turquoise and filigree to pretty them up.

Turkoman

Blue Skies Above the

Ebbing Red Tide

those little round stampings

are vintage Turkoman.

Turkoman Mixes it Up

Roller printed and flame painted copper

Turkoman Goes Modern

in the Bahamas

love the cool pastel colors against the grungy black.

Turkoman Goes Modern

Drifting Along

the

Venetian Canal

Turkoman Goes Modern

Desert Sunset

Turkoman Goes Modern

Lightning Strikes

the

Clear Blue Sky

I'm wondering if these need grunged up more.

What do you guys think?

Then they could be called

 Lightning Strikes the Stormy Grey Sky.

Thoughts?

Turkoman

Vacation in Paradise

where I would like to be right now.

Uptown Turkoman

That's a whole lot of Turkoman going on, eh?

I actually do know how to make jewelry without using vintage Turkoman stampings. 

 Wanna see?......

Trail of the

Mermaids Tears

and another view

these intentionally mismatched assemblage earrings are anchored by vintage rhinestone wreaths, festooned by a cascade of shimmering opalite beads,

silver-foiled lampwork beads, mother of pearl beads, silver beads and cones

adorned with a tangle of blackened wire which made me think of a mermaids tears entangled by seaweed,

 swirling endlessly in the oceans current.

A really bad picture, hmmm.  Will have to retake these. 

 this one might give you a better idea

ooo that's a bit better, still not great.

Deep Forest at Night.

I wanted the feeling of foliage and layers of organic materials with

the absence of color, much as you would find on a moonlit night

in the deep forest.

What?  You thought you were going to get to get to look at jewelry and nothing but jewelry?

Bwahahahahahahahaha

Nope!

check this out....

RASPBERRIES!

Guys, these were picked on MAY 30th!!!!!

We've never had raspberries ready this early. 

 Granted, there's not a whole ton of them ready, but it won't be long. 

Extraordinary!

and yes, they were good. 

Queen of the Amazons

slabs of amazonite with pyrite, copper and onyx beads.

Bronzite slabs, smoky quartz and sterling silver

Flame painted hair adornment

Love those colors!  It's hard to see how deep and rich they are with the glare.

and here's another hair doodad

and again....

flame painted as well.  quite a different effect.

right about now you're all wondering where you are, eh? 

lots of pictures of jewelry,

 not so many of houses or gardens

or faces or hands. 

 What's going on here?

hahahahaha.  it's coming......

You know how I'm always talking about my favorite store?

The reuse store where people donate things.

Yup that one.  Want to see where I buy my funky things.

Like these....

and this

hours and hours of fun, I tell you!

This is where I find my unusual props

and cool background maps and papers for photographing  jewelry

and sometimes even usuable things for jewelry or

presents for Stanley and Cinnamon.

You never know what you'll find on the

seriously, that's what it's called.

and it is.

in case you don't find something there,

you might find something here

or here

or here

in buckets of stuff

or how about a new mascot or two for your studio?

inspiring words and materials at every turn.

like T.J. Maxx, it's never the same store twice

here's the wonderfully helpful and always cheerful ladies

 who make it a pleasure to shop at

 The Idea Store

Ning and Gail

THANKS LADIES!

When you hear coffeefreak or me talking about our fav store, that's the place!

 that does it for this week.

almost.....

awwwww

have a great week everyone!

Donadagohvi (Cherokee)