This my friends is where the bluest of blue lives, in Bimini, Bahamas. This is where I come to recharge my colour batteries for blue. I have thousands of photos of this water in an effort to capture how blue…

Can you believe how hot this summer is? I’m loving it! I’m also incredibly thankful for the kick ass air conditioning system in the studio because sitting in front of a flame in this heat would be unbearable without it….

It’s hot. It’s humid. It’s sultry, hazy, languid, whatever you want to call it, it’s hot. These are the “dog days” of summer. I’ve always heard that expression, but then I wondered, why are they called dog days? Theory one…

Biking to the studio should take me about 10 minutes. And it would, if it weren’t for the lilacs. The smell is so intoxicating that I have to stop and smell every bush I pass. This is a spectacular year…

For many years now I have been on a mission, to find the perfect sea shell to cast as a necklace. I have spent hours (and days) wandering along seashores looking for just the right shape. I am fascinated by…

Spring, spring, spring, happy times!  Full of flowers and birdies! One of my favourite birds is Zoe, she’s a Scarlet Macaw parrot and the inspiration behind my Zoe pendant. Perfect for spring! In the spirit of spring, I am giving…

Once upon a time, in a land far away, in an alternate universe,  I rode a motorcycle across Australia. It was hot, it was dusty and sometimes the distances were unbelievably long and boring. I loved it. The interior of…

Such a gorgeous day today as I rode my bike to the studio past all the lovely spring gardens! The pops of colour amongst all the light lovely greens was truly spectacular! Available here. Every day for the month of…

Day 10 of my 30 New Pieces of Jewelry in 30 Days. The cherry blossom pendant. Well it’s not hard to see where the inspiration from this comes from! Everywhere I turn the blossoms are out. My favourite is cycling…

Did you see my video of the wind in the trees? Listen closely. There’s birdies singing!!! I just LOVE the sound of birdies chirping. One of my favourite memories of being a kid in Australia is of listening to the…

Where does my jewelry come from? From the world around me. From standing on a fishing pier and watching the sandpipers skitter along the rail. From lying on the deck and watching the clouds go by. From watching the sunset…

It feels like spring! And in spring I look forward to gardens, not just the flowers but all the creatures as well. I was thinking about that today as I strolled up to the studio in bright bright sunlight. And…

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…

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…

  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…

I’m playing with an idea that I’ve been thinking about for a while. Since I have a bit of time right now, I’m taking photo walks. Each walk has a theme, my favourite theme right now is colour. I’m walking…

  sometimes a girl has to stretch her sea legs. we borrowed a couple of bikes from some friends and took off for the day on a bike path we found. it’s kind of remote here, and scrubby. not a…

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…

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

there’s another world down there, in the deep blue. it’s a graceful world of gliding and twirling. it’s a world of motion, slow drifting with darts of speed. it’s a fluid world. to blend into this world you must imitate…

So what’s a crafty girl to do when she’s not in her studio? Basket weaving! Step 1. Grow a pine tree. Here is an interesting factoid I learnt, the colder the climate the shorter the pine needles on a tree….

Hey, look what I found on the beach! Fossilized sharks teeth!  For millions of years, sharks have lived and died in the Gulf of Mexico. Dead sharks sink to the ocean floor where they are covered by layers of sand…

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…

this flower makes me feel like i’m 7 years old. when i was a kid in australia this flower was everywhere. it smells absolutely heavenly. we’d gather huge piles of the flowers and float them in a shallow bowl of…

on a full moon the light is all around. it’s a bit like the old star trek shows where the alien is a living twinkling cloud of light.

on a full moon the tides are extreme, a low tide brings out a veritable treasure on rarely exposed sea grass flats. new coral. one day far off in the future, once the seas have risen, someone will snorkel on…

it rained. it rained a lot. rain here is different. it’s not gentle. it’s not soft and nourishing. it is violent. it is a sideways onslaught designed to find any holes in your boat or to find the space between your…

sometimes they’re shy, covering themselves with shells. that’s how you spot them, look for the piles of shells in the turtle grass. sea urchins don’t have hands, so how do they get the shells to stay on top of them?…

no, it’s an orchid! floating in the air!

hot pink. my current favourite colour. because it goes so nicely with all shades of blue.