Getting Started Disclaimer: I am not a tax professional and this is not a comprehensive look at keeping records for your home or jewelry...

Tree of Life symbolism is known throughout a multitude of mythologies the world over, spanning generations, religions and cultures as a...

In those rare in-between moments when I'm not making jewelry, or organizing my work space or re-arranging my website, or... ahem......

Facebook is the devil. I'm not gonna lie. It is the hulking heavyweight in a long list of distractions that permeate my day. And, to be...

Artists left to right: Luis Angel Lopez, Lonely Soldier Designs, Facets of Avalon I think I can safely say that I own more and wear more...

This wont be the first time I've mentioned perfectionism, idealism or managing im perfections in art, and I can assure you it is...

Twelve years ago, when I began my journey with jewelry making, when I was a young stay-at-home mother of two, who had moved to a new...

Now I know this may be a little woo-woo for some, but it's a subject near and dear to my heart. Being the analytical sort that I'm...

I will start by clarifying that, without permission (so we're not talking about tutorials here, which each grant their own permissions...

I began my wire wrapping journey more than 10 years ago. It seems ages, yet I'm still learning and inventing and designing and creating...

Recently, on a video, someone commented inquiring why I "waste all my time" on copper. Now, those of you who've followed my blog for a...

Never. Unpopular opinion, I know. Without the express written permission of the artist, it is never okay to copy their work. And this is...

(Originally posted 9.24.16) Glastonbury was wonderful. But, before I go further, let me explain why this particular journey defined an...

That's right. I said it. You may not agree, and that's fine. Opinions like this are just as subjective as the statements which spawn them...

In the post, many moons ago, on a website far far away, I once suggested that it's entirely unnecessary to expand your skill set to reach...

"I have devoted my life to uncertainty. Certainty is the death of wisdom, thought, creativity." ~ Shekhar Kapur I don't know about you,...

So.... I'm about to get candid. I mean, I always try to be honest and forthright and to the point, but mental illness, in any...

"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a...

I'll start with a caveat: I am not condoning incomplete, shoddy or sloppy work. Artists definitely need to invest time, energy and...

"Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself...