Beauties

Bonjour, blog friends! Just a quick post today to show you some of the beauties I've been working on this week. They will be coming to The French Circus tonight. Please enjoy! :)

Flights of Fancy

Hello, blog friends! Is everybody's summer off to a good start? I've been doing a lot of shopping, stocking up for a week's vacation coming up in early July. It's actually going to be a staycation for me this year, and I plan to work on jewelry, jewelry, and more jewelry! I've been giving in to my own flights of fancy with purchases from very old Catholic relics to chunky baroque pearls.


Yesterday I took full advantage of a gem show that came through my area, indulging in garnet briolettes,


citrine nuggets,


sleeping beauty turquoise,


more garnets (a girl can never have too many),


and clear blue quartz.


I've also been working on a few 'flights of fancy' for you to enjoy, now available in The French Circus. These earrings are so lightweight and perfect for summer with their aqua apatite drops.


And a couple of new necklaces feature Catholic imagery such as an old pocket shrine with a tiny Infant of Prague inside.





This mother of pearl beauty includes a sterling silver crown, birds, and a vintage medal from Lourdes.





I hope you will give into your own flights of fancy this week! Enjoy! :)

What Inspires You?

This week I spent some time re-arranging and re-organizing my apartment and jewelry supplies, editing out things I no longer love and placing things that inpsire me in plain sight. It got me to thinking about aesthetic authenticity and what really gets my creative juices flowing...

pretty flowers,


my little niece Tilly in her tutu,


iconic imagery,


vintage rhinestones,


and Paris, mais oui!


Here are two new necklaces I created, inspired by some of my favourite materials and themes.










These are now available in The French Circus. Thank you for stopping by and won't you please tell me what inspires you? :)

Under Glass

This week I've had fun playing with old glass pendants. From mercury to goofus, religious to floral, I'm always drawn to attractive images sealed behind a protective bubble. Won't you have a look through this glass with me?











And this one is not glass, but I just had to throw her in because I think she's so pretty...


Please visit The French Circus for more photos and descriptions of these items. Here's wishing everyone a very Happy Memorial Day weekend! :)