Art Show this Weekend

My Jewlery and I will be here this weekend along with other beautiful Art!

Downtown Libertyville, IL 

in Cook Park

from 10 - 4 both days

Stop on by if your in the area

Hazy days of Summer

Festival of the Arts show in Libertyville August 4-5.

Details on the upcoming shows link at top of this page!

This will be my 21st year doing this art show and I always want to make better and more pieces then the year before. I love to stress challenge myself each and every year!!!

I soldered a bunch of bezels & pendants today, still need a few more and then off to finishing them all. 

Drama darling (on right in pic) will be going back to Iowa State for her sophmore year. She has officially decided to make Journalism/Public Relations her major. So if any of you out there in blog land (come on I know there are some writers and PR folks out there) are in this profession I would love to know about the job outlook.

She has had a busy summer working, taking classes and of course hanging out with friends. The time has gone by way to fast, I feel like she just got home and now we are getting ready for the return trip. House seems so empty when she is gone.

We have also been to many a softball game with baby girl. There is nothing I love better then watching a good softball game, but this summer it has been HOT here in the midwest (look at the pretty grass in the background). The poor girls are holding up and us parents, well we are doing o.k.

I have spent the summer flea marketing, canoeing, hanging out with friends and family, eating, drinking oh and motorcycle riding (more about this in another post).

Until next time...hope you are all enjoying this warm dry summer. My husband keeps reminding me that snow is just around the corner so enjoy this!

4th of July

Happy 4th of July!!! 

Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
~John Dickinson

A glimpse at Jewels in the Garden

What a wonderful weekend for a outdoor show. We had incredible weather and some of our favorite people to spend it with. Here are a few pictures that show a glimpse of what the show looked like.

Jeannie and I set up our jewelry in her pool house that her husband built. Every girls idea of a perfect retreat. It sure made a beautiful boutique space. There was garden art around outside and a tent with bits of vintage goodness.

 Here are a few of my new pieces that debuted at the show.

Jeannie's beautiful backyard patio and pool. I don't think I would ever leave home, so serene.

I will share more pictures soon.

Thanks to all who came out and supported our efforts this week! Hope you are enjoying all your new goodies!

Jewels in the Garden

Come see my jewelry in the Garden with the very talented girls of The Gilded JunqueYard! June 21 thru the 23rd.

Complete Info at GJY EVENTS link on their Blog: http://www.thegildedjunqueyard.com/p/gjy-events.html 

I will be adding new pictures of things that I will be bringing in the next few weeks. Check back at The Gilded JunqueYard for more events going on and more updates in the following weeks too.