For the Quilter

I designed this bracelet for my good friend Karen. She is a quilter and owns her own business. If you are need of having a quilt top turned into a quilt she is worth checking out!

This bracelet is made of five pewter (lead free) charms, Opal and Indicolite Swarovski crystal and sterling silver beads and clasp. The design could be altered to exclude the sterling silver or the color of crystals to suit you. The price for this piece as is $45.00.

An exclusive design for Pages For Preemies...

As you know my good friend Karie has started a wonderful service project called Pages for Preemies. The mission is simple. She would like to provide each and every parent of a NICU baby with a completed scrapbook page. So many parents with children in NICU don’t get to touch, hold, kiss or sadly, bring their baby home; a pre-made scrapbook page allowing them to slip a picture of their precious little one is perfect. Parents can hang it on their baby’s crib/incubator and eventually take it home with them to place in a scrapbook or frame.

I am personally not a scrapbooker but have been trying to figure out a way to contribute. I finally came up with the idea to design an "exclusive" bracelet for Pages for Preemies. I will be donating $5.00 from the purchase of every bracelet to Pages for Preemies!

Here is my exclusive design! It will be for sale at the Stamp and Scrap Clubhouse event on Sunday October 12th. It will also be available through my website and here on my blog.

The price for this piece is $35.00.



I chose the three charms for specific reasons in this design.

I chose the "I love to scrap" charm because the women who are creating these pages love scrap booking and they are creating pages for the parents of preemies.
I chose the heart charm because of the love behind this special project.
I chose the rose charm as a symbol of strength. Each baby and family member with a baby in the NICU needs strength.

This cause is very near and dear to my heart. My nephew Austin was born 5 weeks prematurely and spent 10 days in the NICU at birth. Those were some very scary days for us and some of the saddest for me because I could not "hold" him while he was in the NICU. I spent many of nights laying by the phone, waiting for updates. I know that if you have ever had a loved one in the NICU you understand.

A "Charming" Design

I love making charm bracelets! I also love wearing them :-) I think they are a great way to showcase wearing things that you "love" to do or collect. I have made many charm bracelets however these are a few that I would like to showcase.

The first design is a tea time charm bracelet that I designed for my Mother. I chose a monochromatic color scheme of black, grey and crystal swarovski crystals. It features a tea pot toggle clasp and five sterling silver tea themed charms.

The price for this piece is $45.00.



The second design is a beagle charm bracelet that I designed for a customer. I did a blue monochromatic color scheme of two shades of blue and crystal swarovski crystals. It features a toggle clasp and five sterling silver dog themed charms.

The price for this piece is $45.00.



The third design is called "Croppin' Hearts". I designed this piece for a customer who has a scrap booking group that raises money for various organizations. I used rose, peridot and black swarovski bicones and round swarovski crystal as well as swarovski rondells. This bracelet features five sterling silver charms related to scrap booking and the group. It also features a heart toggle clasp.

I love to scrap bracelet!

Today I met two of my "blogging" friends at Don Pablos for lunch! Tonya who lives in South Carolina was here visiting friends and family and Karie who lives in Ohio. This was my first time to meet Tonya and other than meeting Karie in various "parking lots" to drop off jewelry orders to her, it was the first time for us to enjoy a lunch together:-) We had a ton of fun and talked about everything from going green, to our children to our hobbies and more, non-stop for our two hour lunch!



Here is a design that I came up with for Karie to give Tonya! She wanted something that Tonya could wear with jeans and this is what I came up with. The bracelet is made of swarovski crystals and sterling silver beads and spacers and features an "I love to scrap" charm.



The price for this piece is $35.00.

Cathedral Czech Glass

I love cathedral Czech glass! I know for me that it brings back childhood memories of our old church sanctuary and looking at the gorgeous stained glass windows during the service. When I first found Cathedral Czech Glass I was so excited! It gives a rainbow of color with a classy feel. It is much different than plain Czech glass because it is has a unique shapes and is finished with either a bronze or silver edging.

I designed this piece for a customer and we call it "Winning Colors". She loves to go to Keeneland and Churchill Downs we came up with this design for her to wear to the races. The horse jockey charm adds the perfect touch and the cathedral Czech glass reminds us of the variety of color's in the jockey silks.



The price for this piece is $35.00.

I designed this tea time bracelet for my mother for Christmas. She loves all things "tea" and when I found this teapot charm I thought that it would make a beautiful bracelet with the cathedral Czech glass. She wears it all of the time as it goes with so many colors.



The price for this piece is $35.00.

Gardener's Delight!

I designed this gardening charm bracelet for a customer to give to her mother-in-law for her birthday. I love the monochromatic green color scheme and it is perfect for a gardener in my opinion!



The price for this piece is $35.00.

I designed this gardening charm bracelet for a customer to give to her friend for Christmas. She wanted me to use a variety of swarovski crystals so that it could be worn with everything!



The price for this piece is $35.00.

If you know a gardener this would be a very special design for her for a special occasion.

A special birthday present

I designed this special bracelet for my nephew to give to his friend Alexandria for her birthday. Last year he gave her a personalized name bracelet and so this year I came up with a different design for her. I thought that the seed bead mix in purple would be a big hit because most little girls love purple. I also added a sterling silver heart charm to the bracelet for a special touch. Alexandria was once his "girlfriend" but now they have gone back to "friend status" however I thought the heart would be suitable :-) In addition it features an adjustable lobster claw clasp so it will continue to grow with her. I hope she enjoys it! Happy Birthday Alexandria!



The price for this piece is $12.00.

Happy Birthday To You!

I designed this special bracelet for my friend Leah for her birthday. She does all of my photo editing, she designed a catalog for me and she is my "unpaid" public relations DIVA! I appreciate everything that she does for me and in addition she loves my designs and often has me design pieces for her to give as gifts.

As a thank you and special birthday gift I designed this bracelet for her. I used a variety of cat's eye beads and added a special sterling silver "happy birthday" charm. I love this piece because it goes with so many color's and also because unlike flowers or a gift card this gift will last forever :-) Happy Birthday Leah!

The price for this piece is $30.00.

NASCAR Bling!

I just made several NASCAR items for two lucky ladies who love #88 and #24! I was so excited when I was asked to design these pieces. My hubby is a big NASCAR fan and watches the race every week. I thought it was a fun design and I really liked how they turned out. These charms can be made into earrings, key chains, cell phone charms, bracelets, necklaces, book marks...you name it! I was really pleased with how they turned out. What do you think?

The price for the charm bracelet is $50.00
The price for the earrings are $24.00
The price for the key chain is $13.00
The price for the cell phone charm is $13.00

A Very Special Grandma Bracelet

I designed this very special Grandma bracelet for a customer recently and just had to post it as I was so happy with it! She wanted something that could be "added to" without restringing as her siblings are not yet married and she knew that additional grandchildren will be coming. She wanted a charm bracelet and this is the design that I came up with. I was really pleased with it and hope that the lucky Grandma will be too!

The price for this piece is $90.00.

Tea Time!

I designed both of these pieces for my Mother, Linda who LOVES all things tea :-) I love designing pieces for people who collect or love to do something. The first bracelet is made of Cathedral Czech Glass and has a Sterling Silver Tea Time charm. The second bracelet is made of Swarovski Crystal in a monochromatic color scheme. It features a variety of Sterling Silver Tea related charms.

The price for the Tea Time Charm Bracelet is $25.00.
The price for the Tea Charm Bracelet is $45.00.

Jewelry With a Cause!

I designed this three piece set for a very close family friend. She was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and just had a double masectomy. My mother and I decided we wanted to send her a special gift so I designed this set for her. We wanted her to know we are thinking about her and wanted her to have something to give her strength as she is recovering and going through future treatments. In addition I will donate $5.00 for each set that I sell in honor of her to The American Cancer Society.

The price for this set is $6.00 Cell Phone Charm, $8.00 Earrings and $30.00 Bracelet.

A Design for the "Berea Babes"!

I designed this bracelet for a group of my Mom's friends who call themselves the "Berea Babes". They all went to high school together and have kept in touch throughout the year's but recently began getting together again, going on weekend trips together and enjoying each other's friendship.

One of the "babes" is a breast cancer survivor and just recently had another surgery and the other "babes" wanted to give her a special gift to help her know that their "arms are wrapped around her - from a distance - showing how much they care about her". I am so excited about how this piece turned out and I hope the "babes" are too!

Each charm is significant in that it represents something important. The Cross, a symbol of her Christian faith that has given her the courage to remain strong, the cancer ribbon, engraved with "survivor" on one side is a symbol of her fight against this disease, and the heart, placed as the center charm is a symbol of the friendship that the "Berea Babes" have for one another.

The price for this piece is $36.00.

A gemstone dog charm bracelet!

I designed this piece for my Mother In Law for Christmas. It is perfect to wear with every outfit and can be designed with most any bread of dog. It is made of a variety of Natural Gemstones and Sterling Silver Bali Beads. In addition it features two Sterling Silver Chihuahua Charms and two Sterling Silver Dog Bone Charms one for each of her puppies. It has a Sterling Silver Toggle Clasp.

The price for this piece is $45.00.

Giving Back to Susan G. Komen!

This special bracelet was designed exclusively for Croppin' Hearts, LLC. This fabulous group crops for a cause! They host special crop events to raise money for organizations that are special to their "heart". I designed this exclusive bracelet for them and we were all so pleased with how it turned out. $2.00 from the sale of each bracelet will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. It turned out so well that the group is willing to sell them to other's who are interested. Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing a bracelet for yourself or as a gift!

The price for this piece is $45.00.