Devine Designs Jewelry

Thank you, Gina and Crystal, for including my orange carnelian earrings in this fun summer treasury!

"Love knots" "Southwest style" "Red fish" Smokey quartz and hearts All in preparation for my next show in Lakewood Ranch,Florida ; coming in March.

Here's a look at my latest creations using sterling silver and copper, creating heat patinas. What fabulous colors I got using a torch! You can see the speckled effect on the domed ovals above. This pair features domed copper discs and hand forged bar links above (an interesting shape for the sterling) Long bars with riveted textured small discs. Minimalist hoops. Fine details in hot pink and golden hues. Hand cut ovals with a pretty floral bead dangle and garnet CZ drop. These are all lacquer finished to seal the colors. I have not yet posted them in my Etsy shop ; if there is a pair that you would like, please let me know; leave a comment with contact info, and I'll get back to you before I list them in my shop . I'm hoping to get some listed this week. AND, I have a few more designs to follow!

Our topics come from Deb the " Storybeader ", who asks: Topic 1: The third Sunday in July is National Ice Cream Day? Are you celebrating it? Topic 2: What's your favorite summer recipe? So I chose to talk about my favorite ice cream! Publix brand "Moose Tracks". I like the sugar free version. Vanilla low fat ice cream with swirls and swirls of dark chocolate ribbons and mini sugar free chocolate and peanut butter cups. There is something addictive in the dark chocolate that they use (there must be!) because I find myself digging around to pull out all the chocolate and eat it all myself. This can be dangerous; buying a half gallon and having it in the house. It simply "calls my name", and tends to not last long. So I try not to buy it too often. If you want to read more posts on this topic from other Etsy Bloggers, you can stop by the blog here . Folks will be posting their links come Monday.

It's time to get your anklets! I got on an "anklet" kick. They are fun to make and wear too. Here's some that are already posted in my Etsy shop; more to follow. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24024635 http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24024361 http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23977467 http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23976977 http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23976341 Enjoy!