Update June 2, 2014-  On 8/26/2013 I blogged about a great new website market place for handcrafted arts and crafts items.   The site wa...

hand embellished Sodalite Pendant necklace For the past few days I've been trying to figure out the whys and wherefores of Etsy ...

  Finally the end of the week And pleasure is all that I seek Please let it be sunny And spent with my Honey So co...

Had to share these with you.  Hope I don't turn anyone off because I'm hyping my jewelry, but  . . .  well I am just so tickled with...

This is the project I was working on.   We've all had them, those days when nothing we do goes right, those "Days of the ...

Anyone who has made jewelry for the purpose of selling, probably knows just what I am talking about. You fuss over an idea, fidgeting...

  Photo above - my handmade felt "Welcome Bear" goes up on my front door ever Christmas. Okay, blogger is going to give me ...

    Today I looked out of our dinning room patio doors to see this sight.  A Florida Sandhill Crane. Not wishing to frighten the bird...

Well, to start off with I'm going to be away for a while.    About 3 months ago I broke down and finally made an appointment with the ...

Photo above ... The Meditation Pond at Our Lady of the Angels church.  A place I perhaps need to visit again as I've much to think about...

Recently I've had the honor of working with a very imaginative and creative Etsian by the name of Ros whose shop, designsbyros , featur...

Photo above...Scenic mountains of Santa Barbara, California. Just above the Santa Barbara Mission. The one draw back with traveling is that ...