Pretty Things

This weekend we braved the heat to take in the local vegetative goodness at the Lawrence Farmers' Market. We came home with an armload of peonies. 

They're downright obscene, lounging about in the dining room, flaunting their garish colors and ridiculously large blossoms without shame.  I'm almost embarrassed to look at them.

But we couldn't resist their charm.

Anyhoo...

In shop news... I will have a small shop update tomorrow consisting of these three items in varying shades of green:

(From left to right: turquoise, sterling, feather & jade, chrysoprase & amethyst)

I'll be adding these little ditties to the shop tomorrow morning (once I've photographed them). But they won't be there for long. I'll be closing the shop and pulling all of my inventory at the end of this week so I can start building my inventory for the Strawberry Swing on June 1st and 2nd. So if there's something you've had your eye on... now's the time! 

See you in the shop in the morning!

xo

Ah, finals week(s). One down and one to go! 

I've been in the studio in between study sessions and will have some new work for you hopefully tomorrow. These ones won't be in the shop for long, though. I'll be closing it up next week so I can start building up my inventory for the Strawberry Swing! 

Here's what I'm working with RIGHT NOW:

Jade, turquoise and chrysoprase echoing the colors outside of my studio window. ♥

I also realized that I haven't even posted the last two pieces I made! This one has already gone to its rightful owner (a lovely lady, I assure you!) but it's a beauty and I have to let you see it!

That stone!! Be still my heart. Dendritic quartz and citrine set in sterling.

And then this one is available in the shop now:

Mookaite jasper set in sterling silver on 28" of black suede with and adjustable handmade sterling D Ring buckle. She's pretty bad-ass. ;)

Okay! Back to work! More soon!
xo

How to Spend a Sunday

Get up before sunrise (and the children), build a fire, 

sip coffee, spend two hours chatting with the love of your life.

When the kids wake up, snuggle by the fire

Enlist some help and do some gardening.

Admire your work.

Play with the dog.

Splash in puddles!

Then go inside, take a hot bath, and snuggle up on the couch!

xo

Slacker!

Oh boy... it's been a really long time since I've blogged!

But I promise it's not because I'm lazy. We've had so much going on!

My parents came to visit over spring break and we had such a beautiful time. 

There were picnics:

Educational field trips:

 (sorry, you know I can't resist!)

And theatrics!

Although apparently neither the girls nor Stephanie were impressed ;)

 Tough crowd.

 (but they sure are pretty!)

Since my last update I've also made (a little) jewelry:

(Chrysoprase and Sterling, in the shop now)

And I worked on a large custom piece that took a whole week of studio time to complete (and was so worth it! I'll share pictures when I can).

AND I revamped the Buffalo Lucy website. Check it out and let me know what you think!

I do have one other piece of exciting news to share! This spring I'll be participating in my first show! I'll have a booth at the Strawberry Swing Indie Craft Fair! Click on the "blog" link on the top right corner of their page and you can see their blog feature on me as well as a bunch of the other artists that will be at this show. I hope to see some of you there in Kansas City on June 1st and 2nd!

That's all for now! I'm checking major to-dos off my list left and right (taxes? check! midterms? check! Post midterm papers? check!) and will have new work for the shop shortly. I've got a leather and mookaite bracelet near completion on my bench right now--hopefully in the shop this weekend or on Monday).

Ta ta for now!

xo

Busy, busy...

Midterm week is upon me. Oh, and I still haven't finished my taxes. And I'm way behind on the laundry. And we have house guests coming on Friday and the place is a disaster. 

At least the house guests are my parents and will forgive a little dust and the piles and piles of laundry. 

I will likely not have any shop updates this week, but I managed to add one new item to the shop last week. These lovely, jangly, dangly sterling and garnet numbers:

I love these earrings. They make me think spring because they look so great with a messy up-do and bare shoulders. The hoops on these  babies are forged from heavy gauge sterling wire and give them a weighty substance without making them too heavy. The garnets dangle from delicate sterling wire and accented by organically shaped, light weight sterling bars. I've filed notches into the hoops and bars and then oxidized the silver to add contrast and interest. 

I promise these will become some of your favorite earrings! 

In the shop now. 

Okay, back to studying!