Jewelry Affaire x 2

I'm so excited to have - not just one - but two articles

published in the summer issue of Jewelry Affaire!

Notice the "from SHOES to JEWELS" caption on the cover?

That's one of my features... not exactly a cover photo

but it's as close as I've ever been!

The "Shoes to Jewels" article features designs from my

"A Girl and Her Shoes" series which include,

Biker Chic, Geometry, Butterfly and Spider.  

Remember my salt & pepper shaker necklace?

It also has a feature in the article "Shake It Up".

This is the first time I've had my work featured in Jewelry Affaire

and I have to say I'm pleased with both articles. It's such

a beautiful magazine! I had the good fortune of meeting

Beth Livesay, the managing editor of Jewelry Affaire,

earlier this year at an art camp retreat and she is just the

nicest person! Thanks, Beth, for adding my designs alongside

the beautiful work of so many talented jewelry designers!

Thanks for stopping by!


 

Dressed Up Pearls - part three of a Girl and her SHOES series!

Welcome to part three of "a Girl and her SHOES" series. If you missed the original post, you may want to check it out here to see what inspired this series.

Wow! It's almost the end of October and the holiday season is soon to arrive. One of my favorite bonuses of the holidays has to be the parties!! I look forward to slipping on my favorite black cocktail dress and fancying up my hair. Yep, dressing up is just plain fun!

So what about the plain-jane strand of faux pearls I inherited from my Grandma?

I decided it could benefit from a little dressing up too!

The shoes. Just a fairly average pair of sandals that I picked up for next to nothing at the thrift store but I was attracted to the leather flowers and knew they had potential.

I already had the vintage faux pearl necklace. It was not perfect;
it was missing a strand but I used it anyway! I love the vintage clasp.

 

This make over could not have been any easier. I just cut the flowers off the shoes,

glued them together in a row, glued earrings (from my stash that I never wear)

at each flower center and then wired the entire piece to the pearl strands.

They can be removed at any time...nothing permanent.

Grandma wouldn't recognize her pearls - they're all dressed up and ready for the party!

I hope you will return and check out the next shoe redoux in my "a Girl and her SHOES" series!