Pink Beauties for October

It's that time of year again...October, breast cancer awareness month. I love seeing all the pink items when I'm out shopping that shows just how much awareness there IS! As I watched the Philadelphia Eagles football team burn the SF 49ers butts, I couldn't figure out why the Eagles, a team that wears green and white, had a few players wearing really cool two toned PINK football shoes! Then I noticed their gloves were pink and then I saw the pink awareness ribbon on the team helmets and thought, wow, how awesome is it that we live in a time when men are willing to dress in pink. I just love that. I found out later they also had pink caps and had pink ribbons on the footballs.

So I thought it would be a good time for me to remind you of the pink beauties I have for you. These are just 2 of the many items I carry in pink....all year long. It's my favorite color of glass bead to buy and just WAIT until you see the awesome pink in the beads I bought last night...they blow my mind.

So be sure to do your part for cancer awareness this month....just about any item you might need could possibly be available in pink so that proceeds can fund the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. So, dig around before you buy. I remember last year at Target they had pink vacuum cleaners!

I'll see you soon with some awesome beads,

Pink Glitz

I am fascinated by this pink glass! It shimmers like ice without containing any glitter. Amazing work by glass artisan Payton Jett. This is the latest in my breast cancer awareness jewelry where 15% of the purchase price will be donated in your name or a loved one's name to the cancer research organization of your choice. Whether or not you purchase it for this reason or simply because you love it, it's such a beautiful example of one of a kind glass jewelry.


The awesome ribbon you see here is really a super thin brass, copper or aluminum wire and then coated with an enamel covering to add its beautiful softly glowing color. The surprise is that it provides an incredibly soft feel, just like ribbon, but when pulled or twisted the wire creates a lace quality. It is also nickel free and waterproof. The wonderful thing about Italian Mesh Ribbon is that it can be ruffled, straightened, twisted, and even shaped into flowers.

To discover more about this beauty, click HERE

A New Direction

I have given myself a new directive: put meaning into my jewelry. Sales in so many markets are down which caused me to think about what I was really providing in my work and all I came up with was fun and luxury. Which is fine and mainly what jewelry is all about. Well, a lot of people are cutting back on those two items so I had to dig deeper to find what I could do with my jewelry that would actually touch the hearts of shoppers in this particular area so that they didn't feel they were spending foolishly.

I recently designed a bracelet for a favorite cupcake bead artist friend who came through cancer and it hit me that I could do this for so many others as well. My mother died of pancreatic cancer in 2002 and although I didn't have the disease myself, I see my experience as its own kind of survival. Whether we have the disease, aid those who do or want to provide a tactile object to those to represent our love & support, jewelry can be a very sentimental and powerful tool.

So my goal is to work with my friend, Bonnie, from Kennick Kreations who designs these beautiful polymer clay ribbon beads in various colors that show awareness for various types of cancer. My greatest interest is to design pieces that are custom to each individual and their experience. 15% of all these purchases will be made in the buyer's name to an appropriate research organization.

This bracelet is currently available in my Etsy shop.