I’m on a Super Bright Super Happy kick, even more than usual. This reminds me of crayola crayons, but just the best colours. It makes me laugh. This is day 11 of my 30 New Pieces of Jewelry in 30 Days…

It’s big! It’s bright! It’s happy! I love colour. Another addition to my Carnival collection, where I demonstrate that it can never be bright or happy enough. Here I’ve made carnival bubbles, delightful hollow beads that are light as a…

Bright orange, screaming fuchsia, girly pink and a hint of cherry red make this necklace a riot of fabulousness. This is day 8 of my 30 New Pieces of Jewelry in 30 Days challenge. Available in the store. $75.00 Every day for…

Do you remember holding a pinwheel as a kid? You’d blow on it and it would spin and make you giggle. Keep that giggle as you wear a pinwheel earring. Made in 6 colours, guaranteed to make you smile. This…

Playing with styles today, here is the brand new Spring bracelet. Spring not as in the season but the style. Think of it as a gorgeous silver and glass slinky for your wrist! Simply wrap your Spring bracelet around, no…

At the oceans edge is a pile of natures treasures, shells tumbled and polished by the flow of the water. Nestled in the pile, if you are very lucky you’ll find pieces of beach glass, smooth and glowing. Today I’ve…

Dreaming of the ocean, all the blues and greens that light up as the sun dances across the water. Here I’ve combined 2 unique ways of wearing the ocean, the large beads are hollow bubble beads, and the dangling beads…

It’s big! It’s bright! It’s happy! I love colour. An addition to my Carnival collection, where I demonstrate that it can never be bright or happy enough. This is designed to slip over a plain shirt and make your day….

While it’s grey and brown outside, I’m having a colour explosion inside my studio! Help me out here people, what colour combinations do you crave in this in between season? What colours sing to you of spring, of hope, of…

Every month I give away one piece of fabulous Sailorgirl Jewelry. Why? Because I can. All I ask is that you leave a comment! Winners are drawn at random. The winner for the March/April giveaway is Sheila Eby! Sheila wins…

Oh boy oh boy oh boy! After a creative hiatus (vacation) I’ll be back in the studio soon! And after a lovely relaxing break I’m ready to hit the ground running! As I wander along seashores, float on the ocean…

  the sun is setting on this years sailing trip. And what a sunset it is! I’m thinking of sunset beads and when I start thinking of beads all the time I know it’s time to go back to the…

Inspired by the french impressionist artist, Claude Monet. Speckles of pinks, purples, blues and greens like a garden in full bloom. My mini pendants are smaller versions of my popular pieces. Perfect as gifts! The glass bead measures approximately 15…

there i was, strolling along with the sun on my face when i spotted a pair of bright beady eyes looking at my ankles. yes! it was a burrowing owl! these little guys aren’t shy, he was just sitting on…

One of my favourite things to do here in the boatyard is to just lie in the sun and listen to the birdies chirping. I’m not good with identifying what kind of birds they are, I just like listening to…

Every month I give away one piece of fabulous Sailorgirl Jewelry! Why? Because I can. Wow do I love watching the Olympics!!! I find it amazing how skilled, how intense and how FAST these people are. The strength and determination…

      Flowers make me happy. I’m wandering around with my camera, collecting flowers.  

Karma: the belief that what goes around comes around. Yes, I believe in karma. I believe in the sharing of information, of friendship and of resources. I also believe strongly in entrepreneurship and the power of people to succeed when…

Yay! I’m on a roll!!! After my jewelry challenge I’m moving onto a photography challenge. I really like taking photos, I carry my camera and my iPhone with me all the time. Yet I think my shots could be better….

You know how it is around the beginning of January. All that talk, what are your resolutions, what are your intentions, what are you doing to change? Blah blah blah. With all that talk floating around some of it was…

i’m looking for treasures. treasures to cast into silver and turn into wearables. it’s a cold and windy day (week) here and the beach is feeling wild. there’s few people out and those who venture forth like me are combing the…

And then there was the silver exhibit I just had to sneak out to. For those in the Toronto area this is at the University of Toronto Art Centre until March 9. The display traces the history of silver in Peruvian…

Wow, I did it! I made 30 new pieces of jewelry in 30 days!!! And you know what, I still have loads of ideas floating around in my head and in my sketchbooks. So much so that I couldn’t decide…

This colour combination reminds me of those black velvet paintings way back when. It’s the black background, it just makes the green and aqua colour POP. This is a colour theme that I’ve been meaning to play with for so…

It’s icy outside. Black ice, ice chunks, and if you look closely beautiful blue ice. In a season without much colour you need to look very closely at your world to find some. Today I stopped and really looked at…

There’s been crazy wind lately, really howling. As a sailor I love listening to wind. The treat to wind on land is being able to watch the trees swinging back and forth. So today I made a necklace where the…

I went for a quick stroll today down along the shores of Lake Ontario. While it was nice to hear a few waves the ice along the waters edge was not quite what I had in mind. So it was…

For Day 25 of my 30 Days – 30 pieces of jewelry I’ve created a series of strand necklaces. The strand necklaces are not complicated because sometimes you just need some colour, nothing complicated. I made a spring green, because…

It was very strange to slosh my way to the studio earlier this week. It’s not supposed to rain in January! And not that hard, I felt like I might wash right down the hill and into the lake. But…

Oh boy, did you go for a walk today??? It is spring! Yes I know it’s technically January but the smell in the air, the warmth in the wind, it felt like spring. All that was missing were some wee…