Love for Green

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; 

but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
― Ernest Hemingway

 The reason I use so much green and brown in my work... Earth. I just came to realize it. I always go back to the green. It doesn't sell well, it's not popular, but it's what I love. 

I stopped in a bead shop in Portland the other day. Not intending to SHOP but I did, shop. Found so many beautiful dirty, matte, rustic strands of really old looking new beads. I don't think these will last long for me- I have ideas for all of them already. 

My first set, a pair of earrings with African glass, Tibet agate and some California beach glass I picked up earlier this year while on vacation. 

I don't know if it's PC to like your own work, but I love how these turned out. Really love the GREEN and *Earthy brown agate together. 

 Just listed these today on my new website at www.ArtandSoulJewelry.COM 

What's your favorite color for jewelry? 

Do you pick out the outfit first or the earrings? 

☮ Cindy

Calling all mermaids!

My hubby and I were recently on one of our road trips (yay!) and of course, we were blessed to see some beautiful scenery all along the way. This always inspires me :)

I always enjoy taking the ferry to cross from Vancouver Island to go to the main land. 

I love the sight of the ocean, the water, the sailboats, the whales, etc... 

Sometimes, I wish I could be a mermaid :)

So, of course, I was itching to get back to my bench and make some sea glass jewelry!

I made a few necklaces and I found a couple of chunks of glass that went well together,

enough to make this cute pair of earrings:

I love that they sort of match, but not fully match.

I added some cute sterling silver fish charms that I found in my stash,

purchased many years ago from FMG. 

(they were links originally,  but I removed the bottom rings to turn them into charms instead)

I wrapped them up to a pair of large rings and suspended them from

one of my pairs of handmade ear wires.

You can find these earrings HERE as well as other sea glass jewelry on my website.

Thanks for having a look!

Nathalie Lesage, Metalsmith/Jewelry Artist

http://www.NathalieLesageJewelry.com

Come on Summer!

I am so exited for summer to get here! I live in WA state and we've had such a wet cold winter. The weather forecast says we are in for a treat with high temps all week! I'm treating myself to a few days off at Long Beach.

Instead of sharing a pretty outfit to match my earrings I am sharing some beach pictures. Not the sunny white sand beach with the blue ocean. But OUR beach. Our beach is windy and cold (mostly) and sunny warms days are a rarity. This week promises to be amazing. I cannot wait. 

These pictures were taking a few years ago. I went to this spot with my daughter looking for something special to convert to a bead or bauble. Unfortunately we just found a lot of driftwood. However it was a beautiful site- the ocean rolling in, the waves were huge. Kind of scary but a rush at the same time.

My beach inspired earrings~

Peruvian Opal with Frosty White Beach Glass 

Wrapped in Fine Silver wire

Finished with Hand Crafted Ear Wires.

Available on Etsy from Cindy's Art & Soul 

Peace & Blessings

Cindy