Solid Foundation

I finally got my act together the last two weeks and put my rear in the saddle again.  I've been busy assembling pieces that I made at the beginning of summer, photographing the finished pieces and loading them onto Esty.  My creative juices are flowing again.... I'm sketching, pulling out my beads and ordering more findings and clay. And, I sent my first order to a jewelry fabricator to have some of my original pieces duplicated with molds and the lost wax technique so I can create more elaborate pieces with better price points!  I can't wait to see the results.


Considering I've been under the weather the last week it's a miracle that I've been so productive .... maybe it's the new birthday year cycle getting in gear (my birthday was Monday the 20th).  I'm 44 years young now and I've heard that 44 is a powerful number. The number four "vibrates with paying attention to detail and building a solid foundation for the future.  In 44, the effect is doubled".  Well, that's what I'm doing!

Here's some of what I've been working on... all available on my Etsy shop...

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
 ~ David Brinkley ~

June Birthstone - Pearl

You've seen this necklace before.  The first one was for my mother, the second was for my son's school fundraising auction and now this one....which is for sale on Etsy!  This fine silver pendant is made with metal clay but this time I've used a real wired wrapped Tahitian pearl drop at the bottom.  The pearl is not perfect but it is lovely.  After I listed the necklace I realized that the birthstone for the month of June is the pearl!


The pearl has symbolized many things thoughout history..... sacred power, water, creation, woman, goddesses, the moon, birth and rebirth.  The pearl is also a symbol of a bodhisattva named Ksitigarbha who is "especially revered in Japanese Buddhism by pregnant women and young children as the protector of all weak and suffering humanity".  

The pearl in my necklace is similar in color to the pearl earring in Vermeer's painting....

The Pearl is also a fabulous book by John Steinbeck....

"I must go seek some dew-drops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear."

~  William Shakespeare ~