Forest Floor

Season, smesheason - I've you love a theme, symbol or charm - wear it whenever it's calling your name!  There is never a time I would snub an acorn - they are such great symbols of perseverance and how one person can make a difference! 

"From the smallest acorn grows the mighty oak."

I'd 'spring' up an outfit a little with some brighter colors, a cute cardi and capris. 

Throw a tree handbag and your ready to go!

spring mix by humblebeads

Southwest Sari Link Earrings

Gorgeous Lampwork Square Link looped with Sari Wrapped ring



http://www.etsy.com/listing/98537390/linked-sari-silk-and-lampwork-glass



Lampwork Beads by Outwest

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign

KristiBowman Design Blog

Summer of Love

With the unseasonably warm, sunny days up here in our alpine nook, I can't help dreaming of summer. And these long, swingy earrings, with their carved flowers, make me think of a certain song, and certain summer: 

If you're going to San Francisco,

be sure to wear some flowers in your hair...

If you're going to San Francisco,

You're gonna meet some gentle people there.

I wasn't actually there--I was just a few months old at the time--but it's fascinating to read about, and to ponder what, if anything, remains of that summer in our culture.

Heavy thoughts, over a pair of hippie earrings. But from what I can see of the pictures from that event, people were really into accessorizing. Right on.

You can see more at my Etsy shop, or at my blog.

Cream in My Coffee

I love coffee. I am completely addicted. Every day after I drop off the kids at their respective schools my car automatically steers itself to my favorite local coffee shop, Emy J's (do you have one of those, too? I hope you support your local coffee shop!).

I always order the same thing: 20 oz house blend with room for cream. Except on the days when they brew their fresh roasted Costa Rican. And the rare times when I treat myself to my signature drink: Erin's Vanilla Chai Zinger (chai tea latte with vanilla syrip and one to two shots of espresso - yum!).

{cream in my coffee - treasures for your ears - on Etsy}

These sweet and tiny lampworked beads from Pinocean are the perfect shade of creamer in my coffee. I know that it will taste right if it looks like this.

{latte art picture from Wikipedia}

And here is a poem that I wrote called "Ode to Emy Js"

This place is special

The roaster in the corner

churns out the burnt toast smell wafting out the door and across the parking lot

luring me in

Tables cozy and unique

with colorful tile mosaics

encouraging lingering

The churning and shushing of the

espresso maker

bubbling over with foam

delicious

liquid courage

to face my day

I cannot live without

They know me here by name

my special request

vanilla chai zinger please

This cup is

a frothy work of heart

helping me to face whatever comes next and

ensuring that I will

be back

tomorrow.

Erin Prais-Hintz invites you to go on a journey of inspiration at her blog Treasures Found :: Inspiration is Everywhere. You can view a gallery of her work at http://www.tesoritrovati.com/ or purchase her new line of 'Simple Truths' in her Etsy shop.

Black Birds

I am actually quite excited about these! Not sure what it is about these fun yet dark little birds that makes me smile :)
I am not sure exactly what inspired me to make these, I was making new tiles for my shop and realized that I just could not list these! They were meant for me to make them into asymmetrical earrings!

 So now, they can be yours if you are so inclined! You can find them in my ETSY SHOP as well as many other wonderful earrings just waiting for a new home! Want to make your own? Contact me at my Supply shop and I can custom make these or other tiles just for you...

Thanks for stopping by...

Marie

Embossed Earrings

 

Owl Earrings

I love embossing metal blanks from Vintaj.  It's super easy and a lot of fun to emboss and paint the blanks too. If you have yet to try this technique...it's a must! To learn more about it, check out this page on Vintaj.com.

 

Very Verde Earrings 

I just found this site (thanks to Pinterest, of course!) that has helpful info regarding alcohol inks and color combinations. Check it out!

Kristy Abner

Kristy's Kreations Jewelry

 

Leafy Greens

I had a really cool earring idea that I have been working on all week for today's post and last night after they were out of the tumbler, I put them on.....well, lets just say I need to go back to the drawing board...they didn't hang right and just didn't work in the way I had envisioned!  So, in a panic, I pulled together these sweet leafy green earrings!

I have been chomping at the bit to use new Czech glass beads I indulged in from ArteBella...if you read my personal blog, you know that I am a bit obsessed with them!  I have been focusing a lot on my torch-fired enameling as well, so I decided to use these brass leaves I had just gotten and enameled them with 2 of my favorite shades of green - bitter and mint!  They remind me of some variegated hostas in my yard that are just now unfurling their lovely leaves.

The combination of the candy-like Czech glass flowers and the enameled leaves just pops.  I used copper wire and some sweet little copper lever-back earwires, which are a bit of a departure from my usual style, but I thought these were so cute!

These and more of my designs can be found in my Etsy shop and my new website.