My Portfolio as of July 23, 2006 (not including the ones previously posted). The Latest and Greatest will be added to blog entries going forward.

my portfolio

New, Improved Platform to Showcase My Jewelry! (Sighs of relief everywhere)

I've moved all my info from that other blog to this one. I hope everyone likes it! I know I do since it doesn't require yet another login and password.

I've signed on for My Very 1st Arts & Crafts Show! Woohoo! I'm very excited about it!

Here's the info
Date: Labor Day Monday, September 4, 2006
Time: 11:00A to 6:00P
Event: Magic of Astoria
Venue: United Methodist Church
Address: 30-44 30th Road (situated between 31st Ave & Broadway)
Additional info: (718) 721-4037

Red is Back!

My latest set - I call it the "asian persuasion" necklace and earrings set. I imagined a brilliant combination with the crimson red glass seed beads and the sky blue peruvian opals. Add to that a heart-shaped carved wood focal pendant! Beautiful!

The necklace on the right is called "scarlet pimpernel" which has the same heart-shaped carved wood focal pendant but has a completely different air about it, a certain "je ne sais quoi, n'est-ce pas?" (Thursday, July 27, 2006)

Over the weekend, I made 3 beaded necklaces with the same theme but different focal pieces. Because there were 3, I named them after my goed vriendtjes in amsterdam - aiko, hiromi en yoshiko!

Update: I sold "hiromi" but managed to load the photos for "yoshiko" and "aiko" above! Further Update: These no longer available!

I made this necklace to showcase the 3 "caged beads" I just learned how to do. The beads are a pretty iridescent blue and the turquoise blue beads in the necklace play off them quite beautifully.


I was thrilled when I opened my jewelry roll in a restaurant to show Mark and Hiromi my jewlz and the waitress exclaimed that my jewelry is beautiful! No sale, though - she was on duty. Oh well. It did make my Sunday afternoon!


(Monday, July 24, 2006)

I just started making/designing jewelry a few months ago and I'm hooked! How did it all start?

The last few months have passed as if in a whirlwind. The short story: My disappointment in the jewelry selection in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, led me to seek out jewelry makers in New York upon my return. After attending a jewelry-making discussion and listening to the jewelry designers trials and tribulations, I was spurred on to creating my own jewelry! I took a class and another jewelry designer was born! (Sunday, July 23, 2006)