http://dreamspiralart.com/blog BY: ANN DREWING Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:22:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The weather played tricks on us today. We arrived at the Bethesda Artist Market this morning to shuddering clouds and a thick blanket of rain. Three weeks of total drought in the Northeast, but today it has to rain. Deliberating whether or not to set-up the tent and hope the ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/trick-changes.html MY BIRTHDAY IS THIS MONTH AND I AM HAVING A SALE in my ETSY SHOP TO CELEBRATE! ALL ENAMEL EARRINGS ARE MARKED 30% OFF!   ALSO, IF YOU SPEND $100 OR MORE (before shipping/taxes) YOU WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL 10% OFF YOUR ENTIRE ORDER (refunds will be zipped back to you ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/huge-2010-birthday-sale.html   http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/happy-holidays-from-snowy-virginia.html Hello my dear friends and jewelry lovers. You may have noticed that my blog has been more than a little quiet lately, but I assure you, I am not Missing In Action. Rather, for the past two months I have been immersed in a full-time massage therapy program and I ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/m-i-a-massage-in-action.html I've been travelling, my friends.  Half way across the continent and back again.  It's good to be back home again.   Delving my hands in dirt, blanketing the roots of my first cool-weather crop in a freshly tilled plot of land. The smell of earth and metal fresh on my fingertips as ideas unfurl ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/inspirations.html LOOK what I just listed in my ETSY SHOP! PINK ROSE PETALS for SPRING!  YELLOW ROSE PETALS for SUMMER! RED BROWN ROSE PETALS for FALL Part of my new "Captured Collection", these modern flower necklaces are a one-of-a-kind trio, created in homage to my three favorite seasons: SPRING, SUMMER, and FALL.  Sorry old-man Winter, you ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/modern-flowers-for-three-seasons.html So I quit my day job a few weeks ago and have been super busy working in the sunny studio. I am loving it! My crazy show season will soon start, so before that happens and gobbles up my time (in a wonderful gobbling sort of way) I want to ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/august-special-sale-in-the-etsy-shop.html Yay! My package finally arrived. All of your orders shipped out yesterday afternoon. I can now put my feet up and think about what to do with all of these veggies I found in the garden. Ratatouille anyone? http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/look-what-the-cat-dragged-in.html The GOOD NEWS is... That I had a very productive day in the studio today! I finished a commission piece for the ever-patient, SR. Several months ago (I won't tell you how many because it's too embarrassing) SR gave me two loose stones - a rectangular lapis and a ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/good-news-bad-news.html INSOMNIA. Teetering with the excitement of my newfound freedom, a laundry list of things to do, passing like cars on a freight train two miles long. Both the beauty and burden of working for oneself. Did I forget to mention that I quit my desk job last ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/new-dreams-on-the-horizon.html Everything is growing so ferociously in our garden that I decided it'd be fun to document the weekly harvest. FRIDAY: Gorgeous gladiolas (a feast for the eyes), two tomatoes, and a yellow squash. Monday: One Japanese eggplant, two zucchini, several tomatoes, two cucumbers, and a fistful of string beans. Thursday: one butternut squash, ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/the-daily-harvest.html In order to explore the color-painted world of enamels, I took a two-year hiatus from working with gemstones. But lately these earth-toned beauties have been finding their way back into my work again in a series of necklaces. Each necklace is designed to showcase the lovliness of each stone ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/earth-toned-beauties.html I have been re-reading "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran lately. The excerpt ON LOVE is beautiful and I'd like to have it read at our wedding next spring. In companionship with contemplating beginning a new life in marriage next year, I have been contemplating my (non-jewelry) job situation lately, praying ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/contemplation-of-work.html This weekend I'll be partaking in my first art show in Annapolis. What: FIRST SUNDAY ARTS Where: ANNAPOLIS, MD - on West Street When: Sunday, June 7, from Noon to 5:00 p.m. The fiance is working in Annapolis as I type this. He is the carpenter/caretake/plumber/renovator/whatever needs fixing extraordinare ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/see-you-by-the-bay.html My parents recently packed up from St. Louis and came to stay with us in the old farmhouse for their annual week-long visit to Richmond. We had a fabulous visit flocked by late nights on the screened in porch "solving all the problems of the world" (as my dad ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/a-week-of-feasts-beach-and-a-wedding-dress.html