Sunflower yellow. Sunflowers – happiness, bright, cheery, yellow, golden, vibrant.I’m feeling guilty because I really didn’t have much time this week to work on this. It’s a quick and easy. Next week I promise to work harder.

It’s time. Time for a clean up. Time for a little spiffying (is that even a verb?). When I started this wee blog it was for a lark and a giggle. Still is. However now I see where it’s going…

what can you say? they’re geniuses. i LOVE little birdies.

As you know, colour is not something I shy away from. As far as I’m concerned it can never be bright enough. It is for this reason that I will be participating in the Creative Colour Challenge for the month…

I may have mentioned sometime that I like colour. There is no place in my world for grey and boring, life is just too short. Dutch artist duo Haas&Hahn feels the same way on an even bigger scale. They have…

on a hazy summer evening this is the best way to view the city. rather than racing around the cans in the inner harbour we opted to go outside the islands and blast out. fantastic. standing at the tiller is…

Sailorgirl Jewelry is now officially on Facebook. One more thing on the TO DO list checked off!!! This blog is for all sorts of stuff other than the jewelry, I’ll be posting about life, the universe, and all the things…

I’m in Cobourg this weekend at the Waterfront Festival. This show is run by the Rotary Group (they always put on great shows) and they provide giant marquis tents for us. This means that it will be guaranteed sunshine as…

a fabulous evening! we didn’t get rained on! there were no tornadoes (they happened 100 km to the north). there was no hail (that happened 30 km to the south). we saw a spectacular sunset! i had a whole evening…

Happy June 21 – the first official day of summer!!! Yipppeeeee!!!!!! So seriously folks, I have a to do list that’s scary, I should be doing some bookkeeping, making these gorgeous goldfish beads into a bracelet and earrings, making headpins,…

YAY!!! my weekend is Tuesday and Wednesday, my sailing nights. Between now and October it is only allowed to rain on Monday and Thursday. Is this not a beautiful coloured spinnaker???

Much as my life looks like oodles and oodles of fun, what I do is actually a business. As a bit of a sideline I teach small business workshops for aspiring jewelry designers at Beadfx (beadfx.com). I actually really like…

all the booth stuff was in the car, all i had to do was whip up to the studio first thing in the morning and grab the jewelry before heading over to the Beaches show. it was in bins, right…

YAY!!! It’s grey and rainy!!! It’s a perfect beadmaking day!!! Ok, so it’s not very inspiring outside (that is actually a photo of the sky) and it is bloody cold for a June day, I have a list of beads…

well. oh my. seriously? huh. words fail me as to just how lousy the weather gods treated us this weekend. i mean, come on guys, give us a break! friday night we were treated to a spectacular lightening storm and…

Thank you weather gods for a perfect summer evening on our first Tuesday night race. I’m racing at RCYC (Royal Canadian Yacht Club) on Tuesday over on Toronto island. A 5 minute ferry ride and you’d swear you are in…

somehow the last 2 months, which were supposed to be my “downtime” have vanished! who stole them? where did they go? because according to my calendar this time next week i’ll be in my booth in windsor! (hi all you…

my summer show season is almost here and now begins the staring at the sky. you know, i spend my life staring at the sky watching weather. i obsess over radar maps and forecasts. i sniff the air and feel…

try try try again. and again. and again. and then one day when you least expect it…. SUCCESS!!! silver cored beads that fit pandora and troll bracelets!!! not burnt! round! of course all blue, guess i should try some other…

Now voyager, sail thou forth to seek and find. Walt Whitman Speaking of sailing, it appears that yes, there will be a sailing season this summer! Yay! Yippee! There’s a problem here on Lake Ontario, there’s no water. Well, not…

whenever someone picks up a piece of mine i tell them the name, tuscan vineyard, grass and sky, ocean, pop art are just a few. sometimes people look at me as if i’m crazy when i tell them the beads…

My fabulous new space has opened the floodgates on my productivity! I’m just checking off that to do list not only of the nasty tasks (3 tax returns, ick, ick and ick) but of some of the fun ideas that…

something i’ve been wanting to have for ages and ages is now done! check that off my to do list! one of the reasons i moved my online store was to be able to have codes and tracking for gift…

being earth day i suppose i should have posted a photo of something green however this magnolia tree is just too magnificent not to share. put down the mouse and go outside. smell the flowers, feel the sun, admire mother…

i’ve been a busy bee all week because it was sunny. when it’s sunny the light is perfect for shooting images of all my new work, and boy do i have a lot of that. all my photography stuff is…

there’s a house i pass by on route to the coffee shop. it’s has a pond in the front yard, actually the pond is the yard, we are downtown and the yards are small. the front path is a little…

it’s up! i’m in! the show is on! i like exclamation points! after a slight booth makeover the booth is up and running again. it is so nice to see all my pretties in one place. after several months of…

is in just one week!!! This time next week I’ll be standing in my booth smiling at you! ONE WEEK! I’m so glad I bought that espresso machine as one week is not a very long time. You can find…

Wow! It’s official, my gallery/studio is now open. Last Friday’s launch was FANTASTIC – by 6 p.m. I had everything nicely tidy and very presentable. And it looked totally, 100% awesome if I do say so myself. For those who…

only 3 days until Launch Day and I’m running a bit late this morning, no time for late! Being late today doesn’t matter because I’m moving at warp speed thanks to an early morning delivery at home. We’ve been coveting…