My first custom order

A dear friend of mine who lives in Texas commissioned me to design a necklace for her. She is a very sophisticated girl...and she likes things simple and striking and light as a feather. She was very good at describing what she had in mind...along with the reference of a piece that I had designed for her in the past...and a current necklace in my shop. Here is how the piece turned out...

I took the design a step or two forward and will be posting this (see below) in my shop soon.

I'm loving the lusciousness of the faceted amethyst and the soft lavender quartz teardrops...

With my friend's permission, I will be selling a version of her necklace along with this purple beauty, so check my store if you like it and want one for your very own!

Someone out there loves me

I've been featured in another treasury on etsy! Thank you to Meital of toolisjewelry for including one of my button rings with her selection of some of the cool button art of etsy.
Hurry and click here to see it before it expires!

What is a treasury, you ask? Well, artists of etsy (a site where artisans from all over the world can sell their hand-crafted wonderfulness) and buyers, too, have the ability to pull together 12 works of art from the amazing pool of work that exists on etsy and create a treasury of their favorites (or items that fall into a category or theme that interests them) that everyone can see. From this gathering of 12 photos, the viewer can then click away to browse those artists' shops. Pretty cool!

I Made the Semi-finals!

Well, I made it to the semi-finals in the Bead Star design competition! I posted about this creative exercise endeavor in May - click here for the back story. Over 1500 entries were judged and two of my pieces were selected; My resin necklace in the plastics category and my pearl necklace in the pearl category. There were only 20 pieces selected for each category so I feel pretty good about making it this far. I didn't make the final cut that made it into the February issue of Bead Star but was instructed to hang on to both necklaces in case they are featured in another of Interweave Press's venues like Stringing Magazine. Pretty exciting for a first timer, huh!? I'm just enjoying the ride and having fun :)

I'm in an Etsy Treasury!!!

My first feature in a treasury!!!

Can you tell by my liberal use of exclamation marks that I'm kind of excited?!

I would like to thank Petit Oiseau, a very talented jewelry artist who is generating quite a bit of good karma by creating a treasury of as yet undiscovered etsy artists, including a fellow jewelry artist - me!

I finally listed on etsy!!

So, I've been listing items since last friday and I am just so excited with the whole process of seeing my work available online. C'mon in and take a look! http://radiate.etsy.com

You can also get to my etsy page from my website, which I've updated: http://radiateartistry.com