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Here on Vancouver Island, we are experiencing wetter and colder weather than normal.  Certainly, 2 years ago, it was hot enough that everyone wanted to be out at the beach.  

Why is it I am drawn to barnacles?  Aren't they just sharp, crusty things you step on at the beach?  

Barnacles inspire me because of their existence - I love the patterns they make, very organic, yet still a pattern.  

But most of all, they remind me of the swish of the waves and wandering along the beach seeking treasure.  

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Summer has arrived and my latest collection is now live.  

This barnacle inspired statement necklace goes perfectly with your summery cotton or linen outfits and will make a statement.  

I think it is actually trying to say something!  

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These pieces are inspired by the top snail shells.  

There are five top snails that live in the Pacific Northwest coastal waters.  Some of these shells were used as decoration by Indigenous peoples.  

I am happy to introduce my version of ornamentation with top snails!  

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I have been working on these new bronze and glass pieces.  I am having a grand time with matching the right blue bead to the right bronze form.  

They will be ready for release in a few weeks. Don't worry, the wires won't be sticking out when they are done!   

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I am really pleased with how these new pieces for my coast to coast collaboration with Kanna Glass Studio are coming along.  

These pieces came out of the kiln last weekend.  And I thought I would see how they matched up to the lovely ocean coloured beads before I polish them up to their true bronze colours.  

I really love how they are looking so far.  

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Or perhaps on vacation in the Caribbean? Or twisting by the pool?

Either way, the Dominica is one of my favourites and a really fun necklace to wear.  

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Last month, I sent all these earrings from my Isles collection over to Kizmit Gift Gallery in Fort Langley.  

So once you are able to travel out there, go and check them out in person.  I did also send a few necklaces to go with them.  

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Yes, the barnacles are indeed shell barnacles...

because they grow exclusively on shells.

And bronze barnacles grow on steel shells. 

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The ocean expanse, so full of life and perhaps adventure too? 

"Doesn't it seem to you that the mind moves more freely in the presence of that boundless expanse, that the sight of it elevates the soul and gives rise to thoughts of the infinite and the ideal? " ~ Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

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Last week, I talked about pairing my "go to" earrings with some unique necklaces.  

But I didn't talk about why these are my favourite earrings. 

First, I love the Ocean Curl earrings for some understated elegance. 

And the Captiva are my flirty fun earrings; they have so much movement dangling at the end of the chain. 

But I probably wear my Minoan earrings the most!  They are truly an everyday, go-with-anything, piece of jewelry. 

Which ones are your favourite?

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“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” ~Gloria Steinem

That quote speaks to me, because I have always had a sense of imagination.  When I was young, I would make up fairy worlds in the forest or take my family on my imagining of the 100 Acre Wood on our property (I called it the Pooh trails...).  

Even now, I prefer to read the book over watching the movie because I make up the movie in my mind!  

And now, with my jewelry, I can imagine tropical ocean vistas and seaside vacations while we are in the depths of a deep freeze and storm warning!  

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