Trophy time...

Well soccer season is done, look at the trophy Will got! I have to say it will be nice to have a break from spending every weekend on the soccer field and rushing to soccer practice one night a week. This is Will's second season of playing and I have to say all the kids have made so much progress, they actually now want to play and typically know which goal they should be shooting for. Next season should be even better.

The hustle and bustle of the holiday season has already begun, every store I hit this weekend was packed. I even did a bit of Christmas shopping for Will today and usually I don't start until well after Thanksgiving.

What did you do this weekend?

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Louise Fischer Cozzi Jewelry

We have long admired jewelry made by
Louise Fischer Cozzi. It's fun, joyful,
and irresistibly lighthearted.
Working with polymer, Louise's skills
span a broad range of techniques including image
transfer and etching. While each technique
contributes just the right amount of textural interest
 to each design, it's her color choices
that simply delight us.

Her signature Transparent Collection, composed
of elegant, refined designs are created
 in a luscious color palette. Each
 pleasing array of pastel shades combines
superbly with her blend of graceful, curving lines
and delicate textures.

Many of her signature pieces remind us of
 brightly-colored disks that look like candy wafers.
Each wafer looks so delectable we're enticed
to nibble each and every one of them.

Here's a photo of our favorite necklace.

 

 

 

 

 

  These love these earrings.
 They're from her Shield Series.

 

 
This photo shows a portion of our
 favorite brooch.

And we love these earrings.
They're from her Wholey Lifesaver series.

With an adept touch and a masterful

eye for color and texture,

this artist makes it all look so effortless.

Each design is a

delightful surprise

and utterly delectable.

Enjoy!

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Too early???

Yesterday I was at our Fruit Market and they actually had Holiday wreaths on one side of the entrance and the other side pumpkins.... no kidding.

Do you think it is too early to decorate for the holidays?

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You Capture: Halloween & Silence

My brother always carves the most amazing pumpkins, which is your favorite?

This was the first year that my son ran from house to house therefore we have more candy than we need.

This old man helped hand out candy and enjoyed all the attention which made him very, very tired.

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The best gift ever...

Last week John and I celebrated our 13th Wedding Anniversary and Will made this pretty necklace for me as a gift. So sweet and so special! I asked him if he was going to start selling them and he said, "Don't worry Mom I am not going to set up shop!"

Happy Wednesday friends!

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New in the shop: The Cheer necklace

I have been receiving many requests for a necklace for a Cheerleader. The Cheer necklace can also be customized with a school name or personalized with the cheerleaders name. The entire piece is sterling silver including the adorable megaphone charm.

I hear that cheer leading is more popular that every these days and wouldn't this make a great holiday gift!

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Stephanie Tomczak Jewelry

We really like jewelry that is abstract,

 imaginative, and a bit avant garde.

Jewelry created by Stephanie Tomczak

is definitely all these things and more.

We like the fact that her ocean-inspired

 jewelry, called Oceanic Gems,

pushes the known boundaries

of aquatic life and explores elements

concocted from the realm of

the artist's imagination.  

Stephanie’s current work seems to

have a life of its own. It features materials

like polymer, copper, sterling silver,

enamels, coral beads, turquoise,

sponge, bone and shell.

This seemingly incongruous assemblage

of materials, colors, and textures

combined with Stephanie's imaginative

playfulness results in jewelry that is

 eye-catching and engaging.

Here are some of our favorites

of her ingenious creations.

This necklace is not your

ordinary string of beads.

 Here's another necklace we love.

This one seems delightfully simple yet

dwells in complexities.

 

Here's another engaging piece.

Creative, imaginative, abstract.

We are inspired when

an artist works with materials in unusual ways.  

When combined with a delightful imagination

and a whole lot of creativity

 the result is lighthearted pieces of

art jewelry.

We'd be happy to own

any of them.

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