Yesterday  was most extraordinary...made up of moments that you simply have to write about. It was an I-cannot-stop-smiling kind of day. L...

     Ever since I can remember, I have loved the outdoors. As a girl, I spent hours playing in the woods, and swimming in Lake Santa Fe. As...

For this assemblage necklace, I used a bit of antique netting and lace for the "chain" and ancient rhinestone bits along with a ...

This holiday season, it's all about the sparkle here at Sacred Cake! But wait, it is always about the sparkle over here isn't it? T...

I haven't written in so long, but today I was prompted, perhaps by divine suggestion, to write. I found this poem in its raw form, hand...

And still. I rise. And I rise And I rise... Sometimes when you begin to think that you have nothing, it really becomes everything you ...

pink line of Creative Co-op Jewelry (being discontinued)  With the almost complete  phase out of my wholesale Jennifer Valentine Jewelr...

I dreamed of you last night. You were my beautiful secret, among the class of delighted beginning painters, disciples of your inspirat...

It is not just today that I remember you, or your stories of getting on "the chopper" for a brief reprieve from the war to come ...

Today, you and I, lay under the relished shade of the volunteer Mulberry tree. Its berries, still tight and spring green. Nothing came betw...

"Emerson, I am trying to live,  as you said we must, the examined life. But there are days I wish there was less in my head to examine....

I was so thrilled to be invited by Kat Howes to have my beautiful Anna Wintour inspired navy blue collet necklace and french flourish earri...

     I've done it a thousand times...with each child. Jeremy (in the photo) is my fifth (and last ) child, and tonight I watch him sleep...

I wanted to share  a little project I love to do when I have some spare time away from making jewelry to create FUNctional assemblage pieces...

Ladies, let's face it. My waist 'aint what it used to be. So at about 40 years and five children later, my waist decided it wanted...

Jessica Seivane said this to a friend of mine on Facebook when she needed encouragement today...Thank you Jessica. Though I don't know y...

I'll be 45 soon...and it shows. My hair is noticeably thinner and I've just let it grow like long rye grass on top of my head. Spar...

     As the snow keeps pouring from the sky...covering my part of the world in a lovely white, I fear that my patience with winter has grown...

I just wanted to share with you some of my favorite things lately. Comfort food for my spirit while the snow piles up outside! I want to beg...

View from Studio Window This Morning      This year I am focusing on letting go. Mostly letting go of people that I love deeply...ideas...

A new collection will make its Debut next Saturday. Romantic bridal (and beyond) jewelry inspired by impressionistic paintings, past and pre...