As always at this time of year, I’m beginning my annual review. I look at what happened this year and I dream of what I want to happen in the upcoming year. It’s a time of reflection and pondering, in…

The winner of the November giveaway of my Tuscan colour dot necklace is…. Lena Goldfarb!!! Fall is spectacular. There’s something about the crisp air, the clear sharp light and crunchy leaves that I just love. I love seeing the leaves…

And the fortune cookie speaks. How did it know? I have big plans. Oh just you wait, I have HUGE plans.

The last month has been a colour soaked play day for me. I’ve ignored dumb administrivia tasks, I’ve ignored cleaning up, I’ve ignored any boring grey thing and I played. Daily I walked to the studio taking different routes to…

While October snuck past me this year I am fully aware of November. It’s fall. Fall means red and orange leaves, the smell of wood fires and crispy air in the morning. It also means people start wearing darker colours…

OK, I learnt a lesson with last months contest. Since it was Halloween I thought we should discuss candy. That was a mistake. Do you know how many extra kms I had to run after that contest? With the exception…

It was a tough choice deciding what to give away this month. Right now there’s a HUGE amount of beads and jewelry on my bench, so much I can’t even see the table top anymore. So I shall let you…

Well you made me laugh with your answers for the September contest! I asked you which piece of sailorgirl jewelry would you like to have with you if you were shipwreckd on a desert island. You are smart people my…

To celebrate fall I bought a new umbrella. Just because it’s grey and drizzly doesn’t mean it has to be boring. Now I can wander along under the shadow of La Tour Eiffel dreaming of sitting in a cafe, avec…

It was icky and cold and threatening rain this morning so I left my bicycle at home and walked to the studio. When I was halfway there someone in the sky snapped their fingers and “poof”! blue sky appeared. I…

Oh boy!!!! Isn’t this absolutely beautiful? I am SO excited about my new torch!!! This is a Midrange Plus meaning it’s a Midrange torch on the bottom with a Mega minor torch piggybacked on the top (made by Nortel Manufacturing)….

That was SO MUCH FUN!!!Oh boy. My little tiny brain is just buzzing, percolating, zinging, firing on all cylinders, moving at warp speed. I am so fired up with ideas! I just spent 2 days in a room with 6…

And the universe speaks. On a morning when I wake up paralyzed by the huge to-do list, when I can’t even imagine where to begin, when I have so many ideas buzzing in my brain, when I begin to make…

It’s too darn quiet in here!!! OK, so there’s music on, but that’s not the right kind of sound. Sometimes I need to write some stuff, or make lists, or just think and I can’t do that in the hush…

Fortunately not on our island, and more fortunately we were in a motorboat when we spotted this guy. How something this large can live on berries is beyond me. Wild wild rocky wilderness. I love the little rock pools and…

Well this month is a special month on the Sailorgirl calendar because September 19 is… International Talk Like a Pirate Day!!! In keeping with this months theme, my giveaway for this month is a pirate coin necklace! To enter the…

Woohoo! Nina Givens is the winner of a $50 gift certificate for Sailorgirl Jewelry! Last month I asked you about buying jewelry in sets. I’m busy busy busy thinking about the upcoming holiday season and I wondered if you wanted…

How cool is it to be in my booth and watch a freighter go by? Art by the River in Amherstburg, Ontario is my favourite show because the park is so pretty. Not only did we watch the freighters this…

Score!!! My neighbours at Art by the River this weekend made chocolate covered fruit! And we traded!!! Chocolate covered blueberries would make a nice necklace. Perfectly round. I’d show you the chocolate covered cherries but the wasps seem to have…

I truly love the giant bushes of these that have exploded everywhere. Sunshine with petals. I am feeling the urge to make flower beads. And flower jewelry. Not sure what yet…

Oh what fun we had! There was a spontaneous road trip last week to see the Caravaggio exhibit at the National Gallery in Ottawa. First there was a side trip to visit Robert and Bill of Henderson Farms jams. Love…

Last weekend there was a major street festival outside my studio front door. It’s called the Taste of the Danforth and it’s one of my FAVOURITE festivals. It’s about food people! Food everywhere! The street is closed to traffic and…

I’d like to ask for your opinions this month. I’m busy busy busy thinking up new designs, new colours, new ideas for the fall/holiday season. And sometimes I could use a bit of advice on what works and what doesn’t….

It might be the outrageously hot weather, however I think we’re just of like minds. We can talk food for hours. The flood gates opened when I asked you your favourite ice cream flavours. Few of you could nail it…

Peeps, I know I should have written my newsletter this week. And I know I should have organized and cleaned my bench. There’s no shortage of stuff I should have done. But really, all I want to do right now…

bright sunshine, bright sunflowers, mangoes, peaches, oranges, it’s everywhere. and it is spectacular. oh, and my current fave is a double cup of passionfruit and mango gelato. it’s research people! i’m studying the colour mix of yellow and orange!

today was just an unfortunate day. my espresso machine at home is broken and in the “espresso machine hospital” so there was no morning caffeine. my bike tires weren’t properly inflated and made cycling that dang hill to the studio…

Wouldn’t you love to be here right now? Cool ocean breezes, crashing waves, salty spray on your face and toes sinking into golden sand. Oh yeah…

It’s finally nice and hot and humid! I love this weather! And what says “it’s summer!” more than a great ice cream? I believe I’ve mentioned that a lot of my beads are motivated by food. Well, in August you…

You’re a star, yes you are, each and every one of you! It appears that we all have the same tastes too! Colin Firth is by far the number one star for us followed by George Clooney and Tom Hanks….