designer of the week -

mary jane dodd

our contributing followers are presenting us with beautiful and inspiring work - to the point that i had to randomly pick this week - for that i thank you! it is wonderful to see how the 'call' is speaking to people... 

molly alexander

who did all of the enameling and wire work herself... i love the soft colors, the metals and leather, that gorgeous jade used as an accent... 

you can visit molly's blog here and her etsy shop here ... 

there are still a couple of days if you would like to enter - simply follow these rules - and you can be entered to win the terrific items donated by our sponsors!

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designer of the week

mary jane dodd

'i heart you'

molly alexander

this wonderfully colorful yet rustic necklace is centered around molly's own enameled heart focal... i love how she set the bright wire coils against the antiqued metals... a wonderful balance! she shares her work in her blog, website and etsy shop...

the submissions are really inspiring - thank you all so much for your participation... 

invited by a friend, i have been participating in a ring a week challenge... so i am off to finish that while the kids sleep!

congratulations molly~

weekly designer highlight - call to create

due to the fact that the entries are all lovely, are about equal in percentage of handmade components and i am a libra - this week's designer was picked randomly... 

this piece by molly alexander uses icy grey blues and handmade lampwork beads with a shot of yellow in them... i really love the many layered asymmetrical design... you can see more of her work here... 

thank you all for your beautiful submissions - please keep them coming... after all, isn't crunch time when we all seem to work best? (though we reprimand ourselves for doing it, there's nothing like a little pressure to create a spark)... and, yes, i am aware that it is the holidays... but you have the week after!! i always seem to make deadlines on the very last day... and i also seem to be doing lots of non- holiday related work right now... it brings me peace...