Valentine's Day

I'm getting a late start on making things for Valentine's Day I admit, but my love birds are not just for one day a year. I am making a Love Birds Couple they will be together in a natural nest. I just finished the girl and now I am off to start the boy! These are the first of my birds to have a real silver heart on their chests. The hearts are made by me using silver clay.

*Update: Finished the boy bird, and the rest of the piece too! Happy Valentine's Day!

Peacock Feather Tray

The Peacock Feather Beaded Tray is finally done! This one only took a couple months!

Baby Bird Hand Beaded Ornaments

My Etsy shop is back up! I'm so happy to be back online. I just listed my newest items today, these cute little bird ornaments! They are just in time for the holidays but really I would hang them up all year 'round.

Current Project

My Etsy shop has been in vacation mode since I put all of my work into gallery shows this past month. The show in Fremont is now over and whatever pieces I have left from that will be back in my studio this week. Also, I am pleased to say that my Butterfly Wall Hanging which was displayed in the Ojai Museum show, sold! As soon as I know what I have I will be opening my Etsy shop again. To replace the Butterfly I have been working on this Peacock Feather tray. I am very excited with the progress and can't wait to list it. I'm so happy to have been a part of such wonderful gallery shows, but I miss my Etsy shop and can't wait to get back up and running.

Olive Hyde Art Show

The Etsy Meets Olive Show was really wonderful. I am so happy and proud to have been a part of such a diverse and beautiful collection of work. I have never been to Fremont, and I am so happy I went. What a lovely little community full of art and culture!

Etsy Meets Olive Exhibition

A full collection of my work will shown at the Olive Hyde Art Gallery this weekend!

Exhibition Dates: October 15 - November 15, 2010
Reception: Friday, October 15 , 7-9 pm

From the Olive Hyde Art Guild Website:
Etsy is an online artist community (etsy.com), where artists are able to have an "online shop". They pay very minimal fees to have an Etsy page, and it’s primarily very original artwork, art supplies and vintage craft. In Etsy Meets Olive, join us in a modern, old school approach to showcase artists!

Olive Hyde Art Gallery
123 Washington Blvd.
Fremont, CA 94539

Ojai Celebrates Art III Exhibit

My Butterfly Wall Hanging will be a part of this local show!

October 07, 2010 - December 31, 2010 Recurring weekly on Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Museum hours are 1-4 pm Thursdays and Fridays, 10 am-4 pm Saturdays, and noon - 4 pm on Sunday.
130 W. Ojai Ave., Ojai

The Ojai Valley Museum kicks off its "Ojai Celebrates Art III" exhibit on Ojai Day, October 16th. Museum admission will be free on Ojai Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

There will be a special reception on Ojai Day from 4 to 5 p.m. to present cash awards to First, Second and Third Place award winners. Khaled Al-Awar, owner of Ojai's Primavera Gallery and Tim Schiffer, Director of Ventura Art Museum will be the judges for this years exhibit. Artwork displayed will be for sale with 30% of the purchase price donated to the museum.