The other day I was walking along the road, hunched into my coat and I realized that no one could see my earrings because my hat was too low. Aha, thought I. I need longer earrings hooks. And earrings that…

There’s a deep freeze here in Ontario, well, to be fair it is January. This is when my thoughts turn to warm beaches, soft sand and wandering along the seashore discovering treasures at the waters edge. For Day 15 of…

My new found love of red, specifically this cherry red continues with this cherry dot necklace. After avoiding red for my whole life I have fallen deeply in love with this gorgeous, slightly streaky, cherry red. Maybe it’s because it’s…

An appropriate necklace for the coldest day of the season so far. Meet the Snow Queen, who is ruler over the snowflakes, that look like bees — that is why they are called “snow bees.” As bees have a queen,…

Day 12 of my 30 Days – 30 New Pieces of Jewelry challenge!!! As I was grocery shopping this morning I came across a whole aisle of heart shaped chocolates and realized that Valentines Day is almost here! I’ve been…

Today is Day 11 of my 30 Days – 30 New Pieces of Jewelry and I present the ocean drops earrings. These beads are made by spinning and spinning the hot liquid glass around until it looks like cotton candy….

Oh boy!!!! Day 10, I’m into the double digits! One third of the way through my challenge. So far I still have oodles of inspiration. What I’m finding hard is taking the photos and listing the item. Photos are so…

It’s been really windy lately, several nights I’ve been woken up by the trees knocking on my bedroom window. As I look out I can see them swaying in the wind. I can’t make a wind bead but I can…

Hola amigos, hoy hecho una collar muy bonita! La Fiesta Grande! I’m currently slightly obsessed with the strong, vibrant colours of Mexico. Don’t ask me why, it just happens like this. And so I made a fiesta necklace. It’s the bright…

Today is Day 7 of my 30 Days – 30 New Pieces of Jewelry and I present the ocean spun marquis necklace. These beads are made by spinning and spinning the hot liquid glass around until it looks like cotton…

It’s Day 6 of my 30 Days – 30 New Pieces of Jewelry and today I present my Study in Grey necklace. It’s been mighty grey outside lately, as I was walking to the studio I studied the clouds and…

Have I mentioned how much fun I’m having making mini beads? After making all those mini beads the other day I just kind of continued on making them. And so I present my mini bead earrings. Each bead measures about…

Confession time, I made the original set of bangles about 5 years ago for myself. I have always loved the musical sound of bangles jingling away so I’ve been wearing mine for ages. I had meant to make these for…

For Day 3 of my 30 Days – 30 New Pieces of Jewelry I’ve created the Punto! necklace. We should approach each day full of enthusiasm and what better way to be enthusiastic than with an exclamation point!!! When I…

Boy was the weather gorgeous today! Blue sky, sunshine, such a feeling of hope in the air. The only thing missing were green leaves. Ah ha, thought I. I should make jewelry that will fix this. So I did. Today I…

Today is Day 1 of my 30 in 30. For the next 30 days I will make a new piece of jewelry every day. Some days I’ll make a few in the same style in different colours, that counts as one…

2012 was a year when I refilled my little brain with all sorts of inspiration. I’ve been stuffing my little brain with all sorts of new ideas yet I haven’t had a lot of time to let those ideas out….

If you happen to be in the west end of Toronto, you can now shop for Sailorgirl Jewelry at Fresh Collective! Fresh Collective is a unique store (actually there’s 3 locations in Toronto) who features local designers, mainly clothing with…

Exciting news people! Sailorgirl Jewelry is now available at Lousje and Bean in St Catherines Ontario!!!Lousje and Bean is a mother/daughter design team who create a fabulous line of modern, comfortable, european influenced clothing. Love their work!!! Lousje and Bean 39…

OK, I have always promised myself that I would never be the blogger whose blogs posts always begin with “sorry I haven’t posted in ages but my dog/cat/rabbit ate the computer.”All I will say is that I’ve been uber busy…

this was the absolute COOLEST part of the Vancouver Circle Craft show, a hot shop set up and glass blowing demonstrations right in the show! and my booth was right beside them! i apologize to any customers who I ignored…

outside the Vancouver Convention Centre (where the Circle Craft Christmas market is taking place). Look, there’s mountains!!! After 8 days of rain it’s gorgeous and sunny. However it’s time to go in side to… look, it’s my booth! looks just…

Oh boy! I made friends yesterday! Feathery friends! Yesterday I went to the Bloedel Conservatory here in Vancouver. For a city that is relentlessly grey walking into this tropical paradise is, well… it’s paradise. There are flowers, and trees, and birdies!…

oh boy do i love fall! there was a brief break in the rain so we drove up through west vancouver to shannon falls to look at trees. they know how to grow trees out here. and hedges. and lovely…

Greetings from the west/grey coast! Sailorgirl Jewelry is on the road, woohoooo! Here’s the convention centre where I’ll be exhibiting next week. I came out a couple of days early to hang with friends and family and wander around. Vancouver is…

yes, it’s been mighty quiet here in the past couple of weeks. there was the mad rush of trying to see everything in Paris that we had missed until I realized that just wasn’t possible. It is SUCH a dense…

full steam ahead Captain Nemo! How awesome! a metro station designed like a submarine. Based on Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. Only in Paris. and in the brass portholes are little vignettes from under the sea. LOVE this! …

387 stairs up. 387 stairs down. and they are tiny, worn spirals stairs.  on a grey, misty damp day we trekked the stairs to see the gargoyles of Notre Dame.  grey mist was perfect for setting the scene.  i think…

oh how i eat. we had a bit of a celebration on friday, MY BIRTHDAY!!!! yes, I just might have mentioned it  about a thousand times. what the heck. sunset up the Eiffel tower, and yes they serve the wine…

je pense… i think, therefore i am. loved the Rodin museum, not only because of the sculpture but because of the setting. the building, the hotel brinon was a small scale, beautiful building where rodin created the work and is…