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My friend Julie, who I have known since grade 6, arranged for a birthday delivery for me.  

Chock full of goodies from The Farmer's Daughter, it was a fantastic and generous gift.  

So, I filled a glass with Prosecco and a glass with beads and I "cheers" to her.  Best that I don't play with my tools while drinking tho'...

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Can you see the earrings under all that hair?  It's hair cut day, so hopefully you will see them afterwards.

My hair grows fast and is going more and more curly over time.  When I was a teenager, my hair would not hold the "Farrah Flip", even with curling iron applied.  

Now, I let my stylist guide my hair into something that works for me.  I am not into much fuss or much product to hold things in place, for that matter.  

So you can see, she tidied it up a lot.  But I am taking advantage of the forced "growth" and seeing if I can go for a new style.  Stay tuned...

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The Ballenas necklace is named after an island group off the coast of Vancouver Island, relatively close to home.  

Ballenas is Spanish for whale; and true enough, orcas can be sighted around the islands. 

Ballenas, the necklace, as I described in this post, is classy, yet organic.  It's {wait for it} a whale of a necklace! 

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Like I wrote about the other day, travel has been on my mind lately. 

At the start of my jewelry journey, I was also training to be a yoga instructor.  In Hawaii.  You can see the influence on these first pieces - the ohm and "breathe" are classic yoga touchstones.  

Now you can see that my style has evolved and I have new influences showing up in my work.  Imagine my surprise when I noticed the dangle design element in my work today!  

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That title is right up there with "She sells seashells".  But it's what I did recently when the weather was hot last weekend.  

I like to look for the treasure on the beach.  Sometimes all I find is parts of shells.  

This time, when I was just about at the end, I found a small mermaid tear of green sea glass.  Makes it all worthwhile for me.  

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Dominica has become my new favourite necklace.  

I love how it is organic and reflects the coral reefs that inspired the beads.

And I love how it makes a bold statement.  You could say it is Elegant, yet Audacious!  

You can find Dominica in my store.

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I have been thinking about travel lately.  I travel lots and had been planning a trip to France this July.  

Of course the pandemic kiboshed that idea, at least for this year.  Now it's most likely I will experience my first every "stay-cation".  

My bronze bead jewelry would be great for a trip:  a few pieces to mix and match for different looks and very easy care.  Maybe I will get to test it out next year.  

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My hair is about four weeks past it's "best before" date.  My stylist cuts it well, but it is quite long for me right now.  

Testing out some scarves:  First, was the gypsy look...

 Next:  Rock on with leopard print!

Bring out the bobby socks...(although I kinda like this one)!

Or go full incognito with cap and sunglasses. Think anyone will know it's me????

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I love to put more than one bead together in my creations, making stacks of beads.  Here there are two in the Petite Martinique necklace, which you can pair with the single mini bead Icaria earring. 

I like the necklace with the Marquesas earring, which is also two of my coral reef beads stacked together.  

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The Cayo Coco Necklace is versatile, and like all my coral reef bead jewelry, it can be paired with various earrings.  Like these double drop ones, called Catalina that were also released last week.  

Or Captiva, my new single drop mini bead earring.

Or even my Minoan earrings.  

All of these are part of my Isles Collection of hand carved coral reef bead creations.  If you want to know when I release new pieces, sign up to my email list below.

I have been calling this design "dangles", because the chain dangles from the bottom of the bead.  

My beads and designs are versatile; very easy to mix and match, depending on your mood.  

The "dangles" family has both a necklace and an earring that are one bead with a chain dangling.

Or one bead dangling below another bead.  

You can find all of the dangles (with their real names) in my shop with the other pieces of my latest release.  

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One of the things I like to do to relax is to read books.  

I visited the Little Free libraries in the neighbourhood again and traded 3 books.  The bottom two are my usual mystery / thriller genre. 

But the top one had all the colours of the ocean and beach, so I figured it was meant to be!  I'll let you know how it is. 

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