I received this letter today. It was resting upright on my jewelry table when I awoke this morning. Of course the tears came...in this lette...

Another favorite of mine is birds...this is a particularly stunning engraving from an 1876 Almanac. I have included the cover. Though it is ...

I thought I'd share a little project with you today. It is a necklace holder/display created with vintage glass knobs and a hunk of anti...

Provincial Earrings Egyptian Alabaster and Turquoise Earrings I was gone all day today, and in my rush to get some creations posted,...

Today is one of those days. One that I need to focus more intently on what I refer to as my "Mental Gratitude List". I have days l...

I have quite a large collection of antique cabinet cards... These are a few of my favorites. I'd like to send random cabinet cards to th...

When I was a girl, I went to Crystal Springs, Florida with my family...and rode in a glass bottomed boat. I will never forget seeing the fi...

Last night I broke down just a little...just a little. At my jewelry table in the darkness (surrounded by the circle of light from my old de...

...well, it really is more of a laundry room turned place to house my burgeoning collection of old things. I can't sit in there yet, but...

Such architecture and finery... I found these as I was cleaning my little studio yesterday...there is a whole set, joined together by twill...

Susan, you won the little oil can assemblage featured in the current issue of Somerset Life ...would you contact me so I can send it to you?...

Talisman of the Sea; amid the reports of bomb vests and shootings and those who are lost, you are here to remind me of the sound of th...

It has been quite some time since I've created an assemblage. I have been focusing my energies on creating "functional" art...

It was the summer of '04 I remember. We were on one of our grand adventures when we found them...row after row of beat up bee hives.....

My sister, Kelly Rae is due soon with her first child. My nephew....I'm going to be an Aunt. I cannot even express in words how much it...

Today there was an early morning rain. My little son came running in to me excitedly to let me know...he had gotten up before me and raided ...

I made this treasury today, my second one. My first Treasury West, I think...but I think it is lovely...probably because it is packed with s...

I like morning light best...it so soothes my spirit. And the abundance of Queen Anne's lace I have waited for months for has finally ret...

I think of this little girl every fourth since I found her picture almost 6 years ago. This, aside from family photographs of course, is my ...

S and O Productions has included my work in their Elite Eight Tuesday blog post about curated treasuries on Etsy. My pink mirror piece made...

This is a new style for me, but it has been in my mind for a long time....the desire to create necklaces from colorful polished chunks of th...