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Posted on September 29, 2019October 12, 2019 by Motley Mix — Leave a comment

Bead Bazaar Plus 2019

I will be showing my handmade jewelry and fine art at the Portland Bead Society’s 2019 Annual Bead Bazaar October 12 & 13th, 2019. The show will be held at the Portland DoubleTree Hotel, 1000 NE Multnomah St, Portland, Oregon 97232. There will be beads of all sorts (of course!), cabochons, semiprecious stones, beautiful finished jewelry, leather garments, glass art, and much more. Click the link below to see what various artists will bring to the event!

Bead Bazaar Plus 2019 on Facebook

Updated on October 11, 2019

Photo of my booth at the Bead Bazaar Plus show the evening before it starts on October 12, 2019 — My booth at the Bead Bazaar Plus show the evening before it starts on October 12, 2019

Stage 1 of readiness for the Bead Bazaar Plus show. Jewelry is not up yet, but most of the artworks are already in place. The rest will be done tomorrow before the show opens. Come if you can, from what I saw today it’s going to be a great show!

Bead Bazaar Plus 2019 on Facebook

Updated on October 12, 2019

In a first for me, everything was done and ready by the time the show started. I am surrounded by lots of beautiful things. There are beads here. Some are very tempting.

Posted on November 23, 2018April 23, 2019 by Motley Mix — 2 Comments

Holiday Art Show & Sale 2018

It’s going to be my second year at this wonderful show, and I really look forward to being a part of it. Come if you can, meet amazing local artists and enjoy their creations!

Dec. 1 from 9 am till 4 pm
December 2 from 10 am till 4 pm

Pioneer Community Center, 615 5th St, Oregon City

Posted on September 1, 2018September 2, 2018 by Motley Mix — Leave a comment

A necklace that started as ocean themed

This is what the necklace looked when I posted it on Facebook as work in progress. It was meant as an answer to the ocean themed jewelry challenged at TRAG where I am a member. Not a single stone in this one, only glass and nassa shells. And the more of those I added, the more the result evoked a beach rather than an ocean.

Ocean/beach necklace with nassa shells and glass in progress

I was thinking that maybe there should be matching earrings too and even sketched a design for them, but before I got to actually making them the necklace managed to sell itself right from Facebook. It was still unfinished, missing the forth strand, bead cones, and a clasp. None of that apparently mattered, and the colorful thing went on its way to the other side of the country.

Beach themed multi strand necklace with nassa shells and seed beads

On closer inspection, those round blue beads turned out to be made of dyed shell and not glass as I thought. Sometimes it pays to get my magnifying glasses on. Or keep track of beads in general. Or both.

Posted on December 29, 2016December 29, 2016 by Motley Mix — Leave a comment

Motley Mix earrings are now available at the Silk and Stone Gallery

If you are in the area, check out the fantastic boutique, Silk and Stone Gallery (431 Main St, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019). So many beautiful creations there, you will love it.

Some of my earrings are there on display now, including these two made of natural amethyst, new quartzite and unakite. Thank you Sasha Gerling and for letting me be a part of such a fine group of artists!