Darn it, no photos!

The jewelry brunch show yesterday at my friend Mira's was so lovely--a gorgeous display of good food, my jewelry placed to its best advantage all over the house, wonderful company and interested customers who wanted to talk about design and material and technique--and no camera! I wish I could show everyone how delightful such an event can be and how much everyone enjoyed the day. What's more fun than spending a few hours with like-minded folks who want more than anything else to make a day as good as it can possibly be?

Mira bought the necklace shown. Black and white is hot, hot, hot this summer, and Mira is not one to let a fashion trend slip through her fingers!

Pidge's Jewelry Show Brunch at Mira's

I am so looking forward to doing this show at Mira's this Saturday. Mira is a wonderful cook and has really nice friends. If you are in the neighborhood and have a little time to stop in, I'd like to see you. Thanks!
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Spring Fling at Spacial Anomaly Gallery

This weekend, April 18-19, artists Nicole Pelligrini, David Carrozzino, and I offered our work at Spring Fling Celebration at Spacial Anomaly Gallery. I always love working in this space because, when one is surrounded by art over the course of many hours and days, the creative energy is practically pulsating. I hope you get the opportunity to visit this remarkable little gem of a gallery at 1944 South Street in Philly.

There will be periodic displays of original art, artist-designed jewelry, and other arts and crafts at the gallery, and I'll be sure and keep you posted of these events.

Chanticleer Stroll Garden

The spring colors are just getting underway here in chilly southeastern PA. But the sun is out today and made me think of this lovely little garden shed at Chanticleer Stroll Garden in Radnor. It used to have dried flowers and herbs hanging from its ceiling, but that's been cleaned out and replaced with this pastel rendition of the shed's surroundings.
The gardens are a beautiful place in which to spend an afternoon. It's where I went for a day after 9/11, just to bring myself into a sense of peace and calm.

When a child gets lost....

....one hopes he or she has the presence of mind to know what to do. Grandson Asher was lost for many hours yesterday in the Downeast Maine woods, and he and his companion were very smart in employing the outdoor skills they knew to manage to rescue themselves. A very intrepid and self-reliant pair of boys.
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Nest Egg

My friend, Artist Victoria O'Neill, told me she is "into birds," so I started to think of ways to incorporate our free-flying pals into my jewelry. I found this cool "pendant" in a craft store. Some turquoise (bird's egg blue?) beads and opaque topaz glass chips got added in and this fun necklace emerged. In this economy, the guarding of a "nest egg" seems especially important.

Thanks, Victoria, for the imaginative nudge.