Studio notes and Musings

Stone Stories Part IV: Tanzanite

Stone Stories Part IV: Tanzanite

Tanzanite makes me feel light and happy when I see it. These stones are like little fairy treasures! They have a beautiful violet-blue color that changes with the light.  Some...

Stone Stories Part IV: Tanzanite

Tanzanite makes me feel light and happy when I see it. These stones are like little fairy treasures! They have a beautiful violet-blue color that changes with the light.  Some...

Stone Stories Part III: Rutilated Quartz

Stone Stories Part III: Rutilated Quartz

Romantically dubbed Angel hair, or Venus hair, I love rutilated quartz for the dramatic bursts of color within clear quartz. I also love how quartz, one of the most common...

Stone Stories Part III: Rutilated Quartz

Romantically dubbed Angel hair, or Venus hair, I love rutilated quartz for the dramatic bursts of color within clear quartz. I also love how quartz, one of the most common...

Stone Stories Part II: Chalcedony

Stone Stories Part II: Chalcedony

Chalcedony can be found in a lot of colors, but I'm drawn to the soft blues and purples, such as Holley blue which is found in Oregon (and is more...

Stone Stories Part II: Chalcedony

Chalcedony can be found in a lot of colors, but I'm drawn to the soft blues and purples, such as Holley blue which is found in Oregon (and is more...

Stone Stories Part I: Agate

Stone Stories Part I: Agate

Agate has mesmerizing colors and patterns that I think are works of art in their own right. Even though this is a common stone, there's nothing typical about the ranges...

Stone Stories Part I: Agate

Agate has mesmerizing colors and patterns that I think are works of art in their own right. Even though this is a common stone, there's nothing typical about the ranges...

Flowers Captured in Time

Flowers Captured in Time

I get a lot of questions about my jewelry designs centered around one particularly unusual stone. I love it when people pause and lean in for a closer look. I...

Flowers Captured in Time

I get a lot of questions about my jewelry designs centered around one particularly unusual stone. I love it when people pause and lean in for a closer look. I...

Sonoma Coast Collection

Sonoma Coast Collection

During a trip to visit family this past February we visited a beach that was formed from beautifully tumbled stones and I had to bring some home. Sifting through those...

Sonoma Coast Collection

During a trip to visit family this past February we visited a beach that was formed from beautifully tumbled stones and I had to bring some home. Sifting through those...