Summer SALE

Just in time for the weekend.

Available this weekend, in the shop.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

xo Blue Gnome

And Another.

Starting this year with one of my favorite totems.

My heartfelt gratitude for taking the time, no matter how brief, to include me in your day..2012 was an amazing year of growth, renewal and changes.

It's going to be another roller coaster of a year and I'm so excited to be sharing it with you!

As always, thank you for following along..

xo Blue Gnome

Sterling & Turquoise

Available later this week in the shop.

xo Blue Gnome

Holy Trinity

The holy trinity ring.  

Loyalty.  

Protection.  

Healing.

A part of the bear totem series, available here.

Sterling, turquoise and amethyst

xo Blue Gnome

Out Of The Ashes

Sterling, Turquoise

On wings that fill the sky
Like a phoenix rising
Like a phoenix rising
Wings on fire, tearing into the night
Screaming into the light of another day
Carry me out the hurricane
Into the smoke and flame and we’ll fly away
And we’ll rise right before their eyes
On wings that fill the sky 

- Lyrics, Phoenix Rising

For those of you who have survived the fire and risen from its ashes, the Phoenix knows no limitations. 

A powerful representation of rebirth, survival and fight. 

Available in the shop.

xo Blue Gnome

Rings Galore

I made some rings!

Botswana Agate, Turquoise, Ocean Jasper, Sterling

With gorgeous stones like these, only a simple setting will do.  Every one of them are a different size, they will be available in my shop later this week.

 This green speckled ring is my personal favorite..so much so that I've decided to keep this for a little while.  It looks like a wonderful painting by mother nature, soft sunlight filtering through a secret garden.  And with fall just around the corner now, I think this beautiful ring will be a summer reminder of the abundant, lush greenery all around me now.  The different shades of vibrant green just takes my breath away..

Vintage Japanese Millefiori Beads, Sterling

And some adorable Japanese lantern earrings!  Made of vintage, Japanese millefiori beads and oxidized sterling, currently available in crimson and pumpkin.

xo Blue Gnome

A Bounty of Riches

There's something so wonderful about holding a handful of finished pieces, all of them just pieces of flat sterling a little while ago, now so rich with life.  There's something so satisfying about manipulating the metal, the heating and hammering, watching it all come together right before my eyes.  I lose hours in my studio, it will literally be daylight when I head down, and when I come back upstairs, Sachi will have  been sitting in a completely dark house, looking at me accusingly of neglecting her for so long.  Just to clarify, she actually has a cozy bed on the floor of my shop but when the hammering begins, she gets up in a huff and trots upstairs to her other cosy bed.  This dog is not neglected..far from it. 

 I'm hoping to have more images available to post this weekend, I love how the sunshine brings out the best of what nature has to offer, and I refuse to take photographs of stones in indoor lighting.  As such, today has been a heck of a gloomy day..so no photos yet.  I'm hoping for a peek-a-boo of sun tomorrow when I will scramble around the house setting things up to be photographed.  Until then, this is all I have to offer this evening..First Bloom necklace with turquoise.  It hangs with such a wonderful weight, I've been wearing it all day as I went about with my chores.  I might keep this around for a little while..I've kind of fallen in love with it.

Happy weekend!

xo Blue Gnome

Sterling, Turquoise

Newbies To The Shop

I'm digging this rabbit design lately..maybe it's because this is my year..

I had an especially terrible soldering day yesterday, everything I touched seemed to blow up, catch on fire or break.  So I finally gave it a rest..and finished these beauties today, with fresh hands!  I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out, still trying to get used to working with smaller stones.  Such finicky little things, my fingers instantly feel too big and clumsy trying to get them to just behave!

Available in my shop tonight!

xo Blue Gnome