Author: Julie

This necklace, with lots of beaded beads has a Southwest kind of palette, lightly weathered by the sun. It’s combined with stones of rose quartz, fluorite, turquoise, coral and London blue quartz. Perfect on any summer T shirt…

In April I visited my mother in Washington, DC and stayed right in Dupont Circle. On Saturday morning, the local Farmers Market was decked out with gorgeous vegetables and enchanting flowers….like these ranunculus and daffodils.

Brilliant color

A quick morning shower put a brilliance on these flowers- zinnias, dianthus, petunias, snap dragons- in ceramic pots in the front of my house.

Out to dinner with friends on Friday night, I couldn’t help but be floored by the huge dramatic arrangement at one of our favorite restaurants, Brasserie 1010 on Walnut Street in Boulder. There was a touch of the Dr. Seuss flair in it. Especially against the dark cafe background.

In the last few weeks, we have been re-doing my website, mostly to fine tune the speed and ease of E-commerce on the site. It’s working well!  Now, I will be back to posting (as often as I can) both beadwork as well as my daily watercolors. Here are a few from the last few…

This recent Square knot necklace was inspired by the graphic and contrasting colors in the plumage of a Northern Flicker. Mother Nature is the most incredible designer! It’s all hand woven in tubular herringbone stitch, accented with stones of yellow jade, recycled glass and hand blown glass. 18″ in length. I think I would like…

I just returned from a wonderful show in Kansas City this weekend: the Brookside Arts Annual. We had great weather and great crowds. It was the fourth time I have done this show, and it was my best! Here are a couple of photos of one of my FAB customers, Marsha with her new cuff,…

This colors in this new necklace are very unusual for me. I usually work with saturated and punchy colors, or neutrals- but these pale petal tones just soothe me and seemed so beautiful for spring. I can see someone wearing this Echo necklace- glass beads, interspersed with silver from Africa and recycled glass beads- with…

Here is a Square Knot necklace and cuff, inspired by a beautiful painting by Lisa Daria. I love the play of the persimmon and red against the gray green/celadon and mocha. Neutral but not.