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Local Event! Fundraiser at Koi Zen Cellars in Carmel Mountain

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Come to the Koi Zen Cellars on November 30th for a holiday craft fair.  I'll be one of 14 vendors there.  A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the Livability UK Charity and helps qualify Rachel Zolot to run the London Marathon as a member of #teamlivability.

I'll be posting previews of some of the designs I'll have available there on my Livability fundraiser facebook event page.

12 Days Before Christmas Sale!

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I wanted to change things up this year so instead of doing Cyber Monday or Artists Sunday or Black Friday I decided to do a "12 days before Christmas" sale.  The song 12 Days Of Christmas actually starts on 12/25 and that would be a little too late for Christmas.  So I decided to start my sale on 12/1 and have it run for the 12 days before Christmas.  Each day will have a new theme for the sale.  This gives all my wonderful customers a chance to shop and get their purchases before Christmas.

You can read more about this sale in my newsletter here.

It's National Mutt Day!

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It's National Mutt Day and I love dogs! If you don't already know that, you will if you follow me on Facebook or Instagram.

We always get rescue dogs and right now we have 2 - Max (our little old man) and Bijou (the youngster). Max (a Westie aka West Highland White) is from Westie Rescue of OC. They do rescue mutts as well, but they focus mainly on Westies.  Bijou (a Schnauzer mix) is from Karmic Rescue.  I share pictures of both of them regularly since they're both so CUTE!

Demons and Angels 2 day Online Trunk Show at the LBA Designers Galleria Showcase

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I'm doing a joint show with Pandanimal Lampwork in the LBA Designers Galleria Showcase Facebook group.  Our theme this month is Demons and Angels.  As we discussed it with each other we tossed out ideas on how to approach this so our thinking was to go with opposites - angels and demons, yin and yang, black and white.  Come check out our show to see how we interpreted this theme.  Here are pictures of a few of the designs I'll have available in the show.

Twisted Halos Hooplets Earrings - fused sterling silver hoop earrings

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Upcoming Shows for June

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I have 3 online shows this month.  All will be on Facebook.  You can find links to them below and on my events calendar. 

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Here is a preview of some of the designs that are available now in my Earrings Show.  I'll have quite a few brand new designs as well.  I'll be posting previews of these new designs on my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cserpentDesigns/

Upcoming Shows for May

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I have 3 online shows this month.  All will be on Facebook.  You can find links to them below and on my events calendar. 

Here are details and links:

Here is a preview of some of the designs that will be in my show on 5/7.  I'll have quite a few brand new designs as well.  I'll be posting previews of these new designs on my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cserpentDesigns/

 

 

Weaving away!

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I love turquoise and gold and that's the combination I went with for this Kumihimo weave necklace.  I wanted to incorporate some beads into this design and these Kazuri ceramic beads were perfect.  They have a base of turquoise with gold accents.  It takes a bit more work to include beads during the weave but adds such a nice little umph! to the design.  Here's a quick summary of what's involved in the process: