NEW Marathon and Triathlon Jewelry

All my custom pendants and charms are made of pure silver or 22k solid gold. I love making custom jewelry as they are not mass produced:)

I also like the look of rustic, antique metal. Oxidizing the silver gives all my jewelry a natural organic style about them.

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Camping Vacation along the California Coast

Camping along the coast for a week was very relaxing, especially with our little Vespa. It made life easier getting around town while our camper was parked at the camp site:)

For dinner my hubby cooked tri-tip! I bought some fine cheeses and wine..it was like a 5 star restaurant..all in our camper!

Ocean Blue Apatite & Pearl Necklace

Bright blue Apatite earrings are always a favorite! I made these chandeliers from thick sterling wiring. A double strand necklace with faceted Citrine stones have a very elegant style..

Nestled Turquoise and Ruby Earrings

Want to buy these items for someone or for yourself? Just click the picture and it will take you to my website:) These earrings are handmade using thick guage sterling silver wire for the earwires and heavy wire work on the Turquoise stones. Oxidizing the wire really gives any piece of jewelry a rustic style.

The Burmese Rubies have a deep red color and is also heavily wrapped in sterling silver wire. These two are my personal favorites:)

"26.2" Marathon Cube Charm Necklaces

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Petite "Cube" necklaces are customized to have initials, names, words or marathon distances stamped on them. I made these 2 cubes for a customer who wanted the 26.2 stamped on the front and "Golf" on one side and her name on the other. A little gemstone dangles at the clasp so if the clasp turns around on the neck, it will show the cute gemstone dangling:) These are pretty difficult to make using pure fine silver but the end results are satisfying!

Rustic Peace Necklace

I made this today, a rustic style Peace sign with a cute little bird. This was made by freehand and was so much fun to make!!

Escape from Alcatraz 2008

Alcatraz sunrise..

(waking up at 3:30am so my hubby can get organized and drive down to the bay wasn't my cup of tea...but then I would of missed this pretty sunrise at 5:45am:) ( click for larger view)

Transition area with 1800 bikes..

Theres my hubby with his golden smile!! coming off from his 1.5 swim:)
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The Alcatraz Triathlon was quite an event.

At 6am I watched the sunrise which was picture perfect with Alcatraz coming into view...it was very beautiful plus the weather couldn't be better: the high was 70 degrees on race day...

I'm very proud of my hubby, especially with the water temp. being 56 degrees. *Brrrr*...thats too cold for me!!

I went around fighting the crowds and focusing on my hubby, making sure he didn't pass by for some good pictures:) I missed him on the bike as there were way too many people to get through.

We drove 7 hours later that day back to San Diego..

Here is his swim chart taken from his Garmin...kinda neat right?(click picture for larger view) :) I must say all 1800 people were spread everywhere with the current taking many swimming so far west they had canoes redirecting them back on track. Quite a site to see!

14k & Sterling Gemstone Rings

Emerald, Sapphires,Turquoise,Pearls and Peruvian Opal Rings! These rings are so much fun to make, so many variations and so many designs ideas...theres not enough time in the day!

Good Food, Good Friends

Out to dinner with friends before seeing the "Mother hips" in Santa Barbara

Pendants, Pet Name Tags, Floating Heart

I had fun making these 3 pendants. The heart pendant is actually a pet name tag with a phone number stamped on the back. Balancing the heart in both the circle and the Tree of Life was a bit difficult but I think it turned out sweet:)

Initial Necklace & Marathon Jewelry

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I love the Cube initial necklace, it's so cute, dainty and unique! It also has a nice weight as it's pure silver. I'm also working on marathon and triathlon jewelry as my husband competes in both, I had a few requests from people asking for unique fun jewelry for marathoners and triathletes:)

Stagecoach

We went to Stagecoach which is a country outdoor concert in Palm Springs. We watched the Eagles play for the first time which was really neat!

My sister in law had a booth selling her almonds called " My Husbands Nuts " (which are really yummy) and she also displayed my jewelry:)

My husband and I rode our bikes from our RV to the concert site which was too much fun..The blurred picture was of us racing our friends who were on another bike riding back to the camp site..

Leather Cuff Bracelet

I just made this bracelet today..

I love making the recycled leather look old and rustic looking:)

Mothers Day Necklace

I just made the Tree of Life gemstone necklace for a lady celebrating her first mothers day:) The gemstone colors are her familys birthstone (aquamarine, peridots, rubys and citrines). With the bell ball chain, this lays nicely along the chestline..

A few of my favorites..

It was my honor to make a Tree of Life necklace for wonderful lady who had lost her husband. His name is engraved on the back...

Petite earrings with a trio of little gemstones dangling at the bottom are always very cute and can be worn everyday:)

There is a worm in my plant!

Isn't this worm cute? He lets me know when my soil is wet or when it needs water..when he is dark that means the plant doesn't need water, when he is a lighter color, it mean it needs watering.

Unisex Tree of Life Necklace

This Tree of Life necklace is made with a thick bail, large clasp and thick leather cording which can be worn both for guys and girls:) I just made this one a few days ago for a guy who is a chef. The Tree of Life jewelry are very popular!

Mr. Spidey

Mr. Spidey is made out of PMC3, pure fine silver. A customer of mine asked for a cute spider necklace so I went to work on trying to make a spider as cute as possible...Have you tried to make a non threatening looking spider out of anything? It's not easy! !I think Mr. Spidey turned out comical and super cute! I will miss him...maybe one day I will make a spidey for me:)

"P"

Trigger happy

I was a bit trigger happy today at the beach..isn't this squirrel cute? Carlsbad squirrels are such lil' posers!

Ragdolls

Our ragdolls kitties are a blue mitted ragdoll with a blaze and seal mitted ragdoll with a blaze. The blaze is the little white flame on thier noses. Want to know more about Ragdolls? :

The Ragdoll is a large, floppy, people loving, blue eyed and pointed cat, with a pleasant domestic head type with wide spaced ears and non extreme semi wedge shaped muzzle.
A fascinating cat, the Ragdoll from California enjoys great success and has a large following of breeders and owners. It is not the only cat breed to emigrate from California, but it is probably the best known and its unusual breed name causes interest wherever it is seen. In fact, the name Ragdoll was given by the original breeder Ann Baker in the 1960's and was so named for its captivating tendency to go limp like a child's toy when held in human arms.
The ancestors of today's Ragdoll breed are a bit of a mystery. It is believed they descended from a combination of three feral cats: a white semi- longhaired cat named Josephine; a seal point male with white feet called Daddy Warbucks and a black male called Blackie.
There has been much myth surrounding the origin of the breed. Every Ragdoll ancestry must be traceable back to Josephine.
Ragdolls are extremely huggable. Estimates of adult Ragdoll size range between 8 to 12 pounds (4-5kg)for females and 12 to 16 pounds (5-8kg) for males. Ragdolls are a large cat that reaches full maturity between the ages of three to four years.

New jewelry pieces

I made a few new pieces using clay, sterling silver, cubic zirconias and gemstones.. these are very addicting! So many colors and variations!

I also had to make a cute little bumble bee using precious metal clay - he's .999% pure silver..with cute detailing:)

Fishing?

"P" has a cute water fetish...our betta fish "Blu" and "P" are buddies for life:)

Another year older!

butterfly chocolate cake...

Sushi Plate

it's my birthday tomorrow and I accidently opened my gifts from my family, I didn't know I wasn't suppose to open them till tomorrow!
how cute is this sushi plate?? my sister in law gave this for me for my birthday (among other cute things ) and I had to take a picture of it! every piece of sushi is actually bath soap! tuna & salmon handroll, cucumber, egg , shrimp, tuna and fish egg sushi. doesn't smell like fish though..it has a nice rose scent:)

Padres vs Dodgers

our fun loving friends had two extra tickets to see padres vs dodgers..we had some nice seats and it turned out to be such a fun night!

Sailing

with weather like this, we had to go sailing...this time we were with family..
everyone with smiling faces now...until the boat tilts on it's side.. then it's total chaos..!

Cinnabuns

we had family coming over so they wanted some cinnabuns..due to our new convection oven..

it took me two trys to figure out how cook my cinnabuns! still needs improvements..

but i'm happy everyone enjoyed them:)

Our Wedding!

daisies & peach flowers..

beautiful sunny fall weather...

peaceful park...

family fun with friends..

My Love

my fiance during our rehearsal dinner..he is such a sweetie:) he inspired to me to make this sweet pea using pure .999% silver and fresh water pearls...it is much fun to make..two peas in a pod