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I've had at least one dog in my life most of my life. The furry, friendly, funny, four legged variety that is.

A client recently contacted me with a request that touched my heart. She'd received an opera length strand of pearls many years ago from her husband and found that she didn't wear it much due to its length. These are gorgeous creamy white round pearls that had been hand-selected for matching size. She had learned to re-string and knot the pearls on silk and made herself a necklace a length she could wear more frequently. That left her with a bag of pearls. This client has two boys in college, both handsome and bright. She knows the time will come when her life will take on yet another role of mother-in-law. Her family and the sense of family means a lot to her. The family she had around her as a child loved her, but she always longed for the mother she never really had. She decided she wanted me to create two classic silk-tied bracelets from the pearls leftover. It will be a piece of her that she gives to her future daughter-in-laws as a gift from her heart.

Through Sunday, June27th, you can get a 20% discount on all non-sale, handmade by me, jewelry items. Sale only valid in my ArtFire Shop (now closed). Use coupon code "HFTBSummer"

I've got a very supportive family. I sometimes forget to give them full credit for the sacrifices they make for my art.

Within days of the spill I was finding myself depressed and feeling helpless and maybe even a little hopeless.

Bravo's new reality show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist is riveting to me. I have to admit I had my doubts about a reality show to find the next great artist. Don't great artists have to pay their dues? Struggle? Is visual art something that can be handled like aural art ie. American Idol? (Is aural art a real term?!)