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You can follow me on Twitter

11th March 2009 | 0 Comments

I’ve now joined all the twits tweeting on Twitter, so if you’re into that sort of thing, you can follow me by clicking on the icon above. Updates will be about my jewelry, my jewelry-making schedule, and my jewelry-related endeavors (such as the book coming out this Spring which will feature some of my work). [...]


Celtic Crescent Moon Knot

5th March 2009 | 2 Comments

This is my own original Celtic Crescent Moon Knot design. I was selling it on shirts, mousepads, mugs, etc., through Cafe Press for several years. I’ve also had some people ask if they could use it as a tattoo design. Nate sent me a pic of his finished tattoo (below). It looks awesome! I love [...]


Radium caution

30th January 2009 | 1 Comment

I just found out that some watch faces and hands were painted with radium in the early 1900’s, to make them glow in the dark. According to a thread I found at the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, another on eBay, and an Australian government website, the radium is not a problem so [...]


Wow, I’m famous! (sort of)

17th October 2008 | Closed

Today I discovered that I’d been mentioned in TWO different places online… My Steampunk Machine Necklace was featured in ceramic artist Elaine Ray’s blog… AND I just found out that I was mentioned in a Rings & Things article about steampunk (click on “Steampunk: The Ultimate in Vintage Fashion” August 2008), along with such notable [...]


Im in ur Firefly … makin ur lolcats

31st December 2007 | Closed

I know this has nothing to do with jewelry, but I’m a fan of both Firefly and lolcats so I had to make a few of these!


I’ve been seen at Art Bead Scene

3rd October 2007 | Closed

Elaine Ray just let me know that I was featured on the Art Bead Scene blog.

It’s an interactive blog for bead artists and jewelry designers, with product reviews, monthly creative challenges, and the latest news about the bead scene.
Elaine herself makes some of the beautiful “pieces of earth” (ceramic pendants) which I have turned into [...]