Hola!
And a happy Friday to you! It’s been one of those days where even getting up at 5:30AM doesn’t get me ahead in the scheme of things. I leaped straight out of sleep this morning, sent RW on an elk hunt, scurried around town, cleaned some stuff, finished two necklaces that I didn’t manage to finish earlier this week and I’m just getting to the Etsy shop update. Golly. I feel like I’ve been having an out of body experience for the past three weeks. But I’ll talk to you about that later on, face to face.
I’d like to introduce you to Miss Cameo. I’ve made a few cameo girls but this little lady is probably my favorite so far. The entire piece is four 20 gauge sheets deep if you count that little bow in this chickadee’s hair. I’ve set this sweet countenance inside a shadowbox that has a scalloped edge — for extra sweetness. The pendant hangs on a burly, long chain that IS adjustable but I think she looks best worn long.
I FINALLY finished this necklace this morning. It’s been a work in progress for a couple of weeks now. Here we have a shadowbox pendant with some abstracted metal work inside the frame and out. The green cabochon is aventurine and there’s a cultured freshwater pearl sticking off the shadowbox frame. This piece wears beautifully and is really quite fascinating to look at, incredibly organic in spirit and a perfect weight. I love the juxtaposition of dark and light metal, etched metal, soft green stone and lustrous pearl. EEK!
Oh dear me. This is a simple looking ring but let me tell you, this is one fantastic cut of amethyst sage agate. I had one of my favorite lapidary artists cut this stone for me with an exceptionally high dome, as such, this stone is so beautifully nuanced it might make you pass out when you first slip it on your finger. I’m unable to capture the detail of this stone with my camera, unfortunately, so you’ll just have to trust me. It’s amazing. It’s chunky, tall and fine. Oh sistah it’s fine.
Ok. This is the other ring I made this week. Don’t you love that band? The texture on it looks sort of like a cactus bone. If you live nearby any cholla cactus patches you’ll know what I’m talking about. This band also has a little surprise inside it — I’ve hand written “Soul Garden” inside the band and it looks divine. That will be a habit from now on. Writing on ring bands.
This ring holds Stone Canyon jasper in magnificent hues of mustard, periwinkle blue and forest green. Hang onto your petticoats women. I went bonkers buying a few mustard colored stones a few weeks ago. This is one of them.
Golly, Hey Rosetta! is singing to
me right now and it’s
making me want to bop around.
And bake.
And sing.
I’ve got a handful of other lovely things for you but I fear if I preview everything I’ll run out of daylight and have to walk the dogs with the cougars. See you in a jiffy!
Love,
Plumeyetta
PS OH GOSH! I forgot to announce who the heck won the antler necklace!
I had my Saskatoonian friend Michele generate a random number for me,
she’s always so nice to volunteer for the job,
she’s let me know that Lindsay Michele is the winner!
So hey, Lindsay Michele, please drop me a line at
thenoisyplume@gmail.com
and let me know where to ship your little bit of nature!
Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway contest!
What a lovely basket of plums you are!
:::EDIT:::
Dearest Lovers of Antlers:
That was a frightening display of speed shopping.
I can see I’m going to need to make more of those things…
🙂
my heart, my sistah has stopped…
each piece is a star unto its self
Oh Sistah, is right!!
That cameo necklace is pure LOVE! ♥♥♥
Not too many gals send their spouses on elk hunts…you do it so well. I had to smile when I read that!
Love the lady in the box, this, that and the other…
Have a great weekend…how did the juicy orange necklace slip by me?!!!
you can say that again!
sheesh, and i thought I was stalking your etsy page!
Success in all.
happy weekend!
Oh my tiny little britches! I won!? Emailing you now!
Congratulations, Lindsay–enjoy the antler!!
the antler necklace is fabulous, great work and idea!
Ahh, the lady bird cameo… it was a beautiful sight!
Whew, I found myself trying to catch my breath just reading your little blog – finally, I just told myself to take a breath and shop, but I was too late —next time maybe. Love you, Sal
The cameo suprised me because the last time I looked at your blog it was all antlers. You are a complex artist to say the least.
Both are beautiful, I can't decide which I like best…
Congrats to Lindsay for winning the much coveted antler pendant!
Antoinette: You're a peach.
V: Yeah. Cameo pandemonium this week it looks like!!! There's something about this time of year that makes me want to craft ladylike jewelry…
MLJ: Well I'm feeling guilty about it this morning since he just called me from the top of a mountain in a blizzard…
Lulu: Happy weekending to you too!
Lindsay; You certainly did! It's on the way.
CK: You're always such a wonderful sport!
Mountain: Thanks doll face! You need one, as our token mountain momma!
Michaela: Thanks. And just so you know, each time I see your avatar I laugh out loud and then pray that there's a trampoline underneath you:)
Sal: Well then you read the blog right, I was in fastforwardmode when writing it. My heartbeat feels like a hamster's. I'm a busy tornado this week…
Melissa: Complex these past few weeks anyway. I've been finding it really difficult to settle into creating lately. My mind feels like it's been zooming in a dozen different directions. Hence the dozen different directions when it comes to design output these past few weeks.
I need to simmer down.
But it's been hard.
Joyful: Thanks for being such a lovely sport!
A happy weekend to all!
XO
Jillian, every time I come over to your blog I am so amazed your work gets better and better each week it's a wonderful thing to see, you are an inspiration..
Many blessings from my corner of the world.
-Nat
Natalia,
Thanks. Today it means a lot to me to read something like this.
Jillian, you are always an inspiration to all of us. I live and breathe to read your blogs and get a peek at your latest designs. Oh how I hope someday to be 1/10th as good as you. I will keep striving and always give credit to you for the goal setting pace you have set me on….thanks love and have a wonderful week. Cheers, Sally
Sally,
Thanks for the encouragement dollface! You've put a bit of wind under my wings today and I appreciate it very much.
XO