What a summer it was! Definitely not one to spend time focusing on my blog, obviously, as guilty as that made me feel. And now it’s October. I think everyone these days wonders where the time goes. This photo is of Eagle Nest, NM, where I did a show I’d never done before at the end of July. We camped, in a tent, with our mini doxie Olivia, and one morning it was 42 degrees. … Read more
The August 2011 issue of Bead Trends magazine, published by Northridge Publishing, features the theme “Reimagined,” and the call went out for jewelry pieces that repurposed vintage jewelry or found objects upcycled into completely new pieces, so I created “Nina May,” a romantic piece named after my grandmother Nina May Hewett who was born on the ninth of May, 1898. A farmer’s wife and mother of seven boys, many of whom she raised during … Read more
When we arrived in Cloudcroft last Friday afternoon I took our dachshund pup Olivia for a short walk while Monty started unloading. When I returned, there were several people helping Monty, and I noticed our tent was broken! Two canopy supports were hanging from the limp fabric ceiling like broken spider legs. Great way to start the fair, right? But the show must go on, so Monty borrowed some duct tape (wouldn’t you know, the … Read more
We live on a cattle ranch near an area where the Anasazi and the Apache once roamed, and also close to an old ghost town that was once a stage stop on the way from White Oaks to Santa Fe. As a result, we find the most interesting things sometimes: ancient pottery shards and arrowheads, tiny cobalt blue antique glass bottles once used for medicine, old skeleton keys, an elaborately patterned doorknob here and there, … Read more
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While some were born with a silver spoon in their mouth, I was born with a pencil in my hand. In fact, when I was a toddler, I even had my own word for pencil: "beebaw." Or was it "meenot"? Yes, my special language confused my family too! Thus began my creative journey, from writing and illustrating my own books with crayons and Red Chief tablets (I'm dating myself!), to wielding a calligraphy pen, a sewing needle, a crochet hook, a paintbrush, a few thousand flower stems, and now a pair (or 10) of Wubbers jewelry pliers.
If you're still curious, read more on my "About Me" page.
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