Lampwork Bead & Glass Bracelet - SOLD

Lampwork Beads & Natural Stones Bracelet - SOLD

Lampwork Bead, Glass & Copper Bracelet - $30.00

Natural Stones & Vermeil Bracelet - $30.00

Natural Stones & Vermeil Bracelet - SOLD

Brown Swirls and Copper Bracelet - SOLD

Cream and Copper Bracelet - SOLD

Opalite Necklace - $65.00

Vintage Glass Button and Opalite Bracelet - SOLD

Amber & Silver Earring - $20.00

Amber & Silver Link Bracelet - $35.00

Amber & Silver Link Necklace - $100.00

Amber/Turquoise/Bakelite Necklace - SOLD

This is a long necklace that can be doubled up... as seen on the model yesterday or worn long.

Fleur De li Bracelet - SOLD

Hand Crafted Fleur De li Button from clay, Chalcedney, and Czech beads. I'm actually working on a series of Hand Made buttons from the studio with fleur de li's on them to market in New Orleans. Get ready. There's a brain storm going on!

Amber/Turquoise/Bakelite Necklaces on Model

Check out these necklaces I'll be listing tomorrow. And! Something I've been pouring my heart and soul into. It's little. But, meaningful.

Opalite and Turquiose Bracelet - SOLD

Opalite, Turquiose, and Garnet Beads with Sterling Silver accents.

Browns and Blacks Bracelet - SOLD

Natural Stone with vintage glass cabochon combined with Czech glass and natural beads.

Vintage Button and Coral Bracelet - $35.00

Vintage button with Bakelite Cabochon combined with natural red Coral, Mookite, other natural stones, and Czech glass beads.

Pearl Earrings - $20.00 each pair

Fresh Water Pearls, Swarovski Crystals, Sterling Silver, and Silver plated beads.

Amber/Turquoise/Bakelite Bracelet - SOLD

Amber, Turquoise, and Vintage Bakelite clasp. O.K. I have to say this bracelet has all my favorite elements in it. Just love it. I'm going to make a long necklace that can be doubled up to match this.

Irredescent Pearl Earrings - $20.00 ea.

Irredescent Pearl Bracelet - $35.00

Mother of Pearl Vintage Button, Irredescent Pearls, Sterling Silver, Silver Plated beads.

Crystal studded button and Gold Rose Set - $50.00

Crystal studded vintage button and Gold foiled lampwork beads, silver and gold plated wire and beads. This is a very elegant and dainty set. I truly let the buttons speak to me. I had a wonderful lady come in and want these gold foiled beads with little roses on them made into buttons. I did that for her. I think it ironic that I'm making buttons into jewelry and jewelry into buttons.

Vintage Button and Amythyst Set - SOLD

Vintage Button, Amythyst and Flourite beads, 14 carat gold over sterling silver beads and earrings hooks. This brass button with grapes was just screaming for purples and greens. Very grapelike! I think I'll be posting more than one item to make up for lost time.

Vintage Brass Button and Pearl Set - SOLD

Bracelet is a Vintage Brass Button combined with Czech glass beads, freshwater pearls, gold over sterling and copper beads. Earrings are Gold plated Sterling silver earring hooks with Czech glass beads and shell pearls.

Surprise! I'm back! To sum up my feelings since the last time we blogged... it has been a whirlwind. Two storms blew through Louisiana. Me, back and forth to San Antonio twice with prospects of work over there. And... hey! The economy blowing.. no crashing.. through. Like a Sunami. Doing more damage than either hurricane did. And what about the election? Can we just vote already? Through all this chaos and turmoil I have not stopped creating. The kilns have been running full-time and my hands have been beading again. A painting a day. Naaahhh. But, I'm creating. So I was thinking? This is the time of year I start thinking about Christmas and making jewelry. Why not start posting whatever it is that I'm creating. Be it jewelry, pottery, or paintings. So here's one thing I created today. I was cleaning the studio and came across some old buttons and was immediately inspired to make this bracelet and earring set. Enjoy! and stay tuned for more to come from now till Christmas. Let's move some stuff out of here!

Taffy - Not for Sale

18" X 24" Pastel on 100% cotton. By Bryanna Shannon. Taffy won first place at the Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Art show. Congratulations Bryanna!!

which way to go - $400.00

Didn't get a picture of this one before it got entered in the contest. Got an honorable mention! and we got third place for the KingFish. But, the big news is Bryanna got first place in the children's division for "Taffy". Check out Taffy below.

Weird Mood, Weird Fish - $60.00

And then came the rain 2

17" X 22.5" Pastel on 100% cotton paper. Redoing some of my sketches bigger to see what happens. Still having a grand time with the pastels. Still working up pricing on this, as it may go into the festival competition.

Wild Flower #11 - $50.00

7.5" X 7.5" Pastel on 100% cotton paper.

Wild Flower #10 - $50.00

7.5" X 7.5" Pastel on 100% cotton paper. I'm really having a great time doing these pastels. They're really again test for bigger paintings... studies in color and line. It's time for me to start preparing the entries for the Shrimp and Petroleum Festival. And clean up this place for the fireworks party. I have some great work I could enter just from doing this blog. But, I think I may redo a couple of pieces to fit some preexisting frames hanging around the studio. We shall see...

Wild Flower #9 - $50.00

7.5" X 7.5" Pastel on 100% cotton paper.

NOT TO SCALE!

I thought it would be fun to see these two flowers blown up huge and hanging over the couch. If I could manage to capture the spontenaity of the lines on a larger scale I think it would be fabulous.

Wild Flower #8- $50.00

7.5" X 7.5" pastel on 100% cotton paper. This ones very nice, too.

Wild Flower #7- $50.00

7.5" X 7.5" pastel on 100% cotton paper. This may be my favorite. I struggled and struggled with three different flower images... and just couldn't get it right. I would rub off the image again and again. Starting over and over. Every time I rubbed the image off it left a little of something in the background. I finally just simply did this flower and border and that was that. I like it.

Wild Flower #6- $50.00

7.5" X 7.5" pastel on 100% cotton paper.

Wild Flower #5- $50.00

7.5" X 7.5" chalk pastel on 100% cotton paper. ok... this is getting simpler. I'm kind of liking what's going on here.

Wild Flower #4 - $50.00

7.5" X 7.5" Pastels on 100% cotton paper. Continuing with the pastel flower series. This is the last one I did using oil pastels. I am moving to regular chalk pastel to see what happens. Still trying to simplify the essence of the flower.
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Wild Flowers Hung

I just love decorating with my flowers.

Wild Flower #3 - SOLD

7.0\5" X 7.5" pastels on 100% cotton paper.

Wild Flower #2 - SOLD

7.5" X 7.5" pastels on 100% cotton paper. Another of my test flowers. Making up for lost blogging. I will go up on these flowers later. Grab em while there hot!

Wild Flower #1 - $50.00

7.5" X 7.5" Pastel on 100% cotton paper. We had a great time last night at the Marriot. Thank you everyone for showing up! Very nice indeed. I am doing a series of test flowers in pastels. I think my brain is trying to dissect what makes a flower-as in what is it about a flower that is so exciting and wonderful to look at. Perhaps hoping to take the flower to another level of thinking.

If Rufus was a Fish - $100.00

15" X 5.5" Mixed Medium on 100% cotton paper. Hey! I've got air conditioning! Hurray! I've been very very busy entering competitions and preparing for the show tomorrow. Since I will be out of town I will not be posting tomorrow. Hopefully, after that we can get back on a regular schedule. I have had fun creating these last two fish.. though, I am much desiring to get back into big paintings. I think I've sold almost every small flower in a square... maybe I'll do some more of those to make a few bucks. See you at the Marriot!

Don't Forget - JW Marriot happy hour!

Oh Yea! Don't forget to go to the JW Marriot on Wednesday, August 13 from 5pm till 8pm and see my work. Looks like it's going to be a whole bunch of fun. Some of my favorite people will be there! The address and phone number is listed below. Don't be confused.. like I was... and go to regular Marriot which is right across the street. There will be live music, wine, hors d'oeuvres... and of course... ART! See you there!


JW Marriot
614 Canal St
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 525-6500

Doodle Fish - SOLD

15" X 5.5" Mixed Medium on 100% cotton paper.
Hey everybody. I miss you! and I miss doing my painting a day. NOPE! ac's still not fixed. It was scheduled to happen Friday morning and then... KASPLASH! Did we get some rain! and I mean all day long. At least it was cooler in here, and honestly I'm getting kind of used to it. I still can't get myself to open up oils and turpentine to do a huge painting. I decided I would just do one of my favorite things and doodle. I managed to enter another competition this week, but I don't want to say anything more... so I don't jinx it. (cross those fingers and say a prayer) Have a great weekend!