Cool green ...

Cuff: dragon-scale pattern with loom bands and jug beads.

Renaissance in hues of green, gold and ivory.

Cuff: rhinestone rondelles, faux pearls, loom-bands.

Purple Divine

Cuff: faux pearls, loom-bands.

Atlantis

Cuff: rhinestone rondelles, faux pearls, loom-bands.

Curious bunnies play hide-and-seek in a dew-kissed garden of pink roses ...

Loom-band  bracelets with focal-pieces (Czech-glass button; laser-cut button with laser-cut bunnies & Swarovski crystal cabochons).

Dragonfly Spring (loom band cuffs with vintage handmade Czech glass buttons)

Sunny Sunday spring afternoon in the Antipodes.

Cuff: rhinestone rondelles, faux pearls, loom bands.

Snow Queen

Rhinestone time-piece, rhinestone rondelles, faux pearls, transparent loom-bands.

Brazilian salsa

Bracelet: Czech glass buttons, loom-bands.

Une beauté de coccinelles (A loveliness of ladybugs)

Ladybug Czech glass buttons, Chinese silk collars, brass tulip toggle fasteners, acrylic pony beads, European PANDA style crystal beads.

Noir et rouge intemporel (Timeless black and red)

Faux silver time-piece, red & black loom-bands.

Reminiscences of genteel summer pastimes -- afternoon tea in the shade of a vine-covered bower, croquet on a rose-bordered lawn -- from the depths of a Southern Hemisphere winter solstice.

Vintage-inspired brass and faux silver time-pieces, loom-bands in complementary colours.

             

"There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven" (Ecclesiastes 3:1, NIV)

Removable Loomey time-pieces, silicone holders, confetti & crackle beads, loom-bands. 

Long hot summer evening, butterflies tango in the rays of the setting sun, black diamonds glitter in a stray sunbeam ...

Bracelet with focal-piece: laser-cut acrylic button & butterflies, Swarovski jet-black crystals, loom-bands.

A vintage-inspired reminder of summer elegance, on a grey Antipodean winter's day.

Rhinestone rondelles & time-piece, loom-bands.

A loveliness of ladybugs on tartan ...

Glass ladybug beads, loom-bands.

In the depths of Gothic autumn weather, pops of bright colour hint at distant promises of pastel springtime and delicious fruit-laden summer days ...

Rainbow loom bands, fimo fruits, faux pearls, pewter Celtic elements, 

silver rosebud charm, rhinestone rondelles, rhinestone watch-faces.

Une grotte cachée ...

Single-strand necklace: black pearls, faux pearls, vintage-style lily cups, hematite beads.

Double-strand necklace: potato sweetwater pearls, rhinestone rondelles.

In honour of World Earth Day, a homage to the colour of green and its many companion colours ...

How many shades of green
Olive green
Dark green
Light green
Yellow green
How many shades of yellow
Deep yellow
Rose yellow
Sun yellow
Morning light yellow
How many shades of light
How much light
How much Beauty in the world
How much Light-
How much- God.         (How Many Shades of Green by Shalom Freedman, 2008)

Green-coloured oyster freshwater pearls, vintage style bronze filigree setting and cream-on-olive floral cabochon.

Aventurine in greens, yellows, purples & blues, smoked topaz crystal rondell gold core beads, black crystal rondell gold core beds, cherry red foil gold-plated core beads, Swarovski crystal bronze pearls, vintage Ethiopian cross pendant. (Special thanks to Angela Clark for drawing my attention to these unique crosses which she brought back from Ethiopia. You can view more of them at her store: Boutique Beads, North Fitzroy, Melbourne.)

A promise of spring, as the Southern Hemisphere enters the autumnal season ...

Matinee-style necklace with sweetwater pearls, vintage lucite lily cups & vine leaves, on green silk beading-thread.

An ode to the gentle pastime of taking tea on two continents ... (Laser-cut pieces, sticky-dot cabochons, wide-band ring settings.)

Orange Pekoe and lime shortbread on a terrace in the Vieux Carré of New Orleans, watching butterflies sarabande over a lavender garden ...

In the misty highlands of Yunnan, a scholar shelters from the morning rain at a tea-house, while cats observe koi in a pond of contemplation ... The scholar sips Oolong Tea and writes a line of verse ...

Butterfly Toccata: flap, flutter, swirl on air currents, swoop high, dive low, sunshine on wing-tips ...

Elasticised bracelet: fimo (polymer clay) butterflies & flowers.

Ring: large fimo butterfly, Swarovski crystal elements, water-proof glitter fabric paint.

Elasticised bracelet: millefiore butterflies.
Ring: large fimo butterfly, Swarovski crystal elements, water-proof glitter fabric paint.

Summer Solstice Symphony in Three Movements.

Allegro: bunnies & butterflies frolic in the morning sunshine. (Large laser-cut button, laser-cut butterflies & bunnies, resin rosebuds, wide-band ring setting.)

Adagio: a fawn delicately picks her way amongst the roses in the afternoon. (Large laser-cut button, laser-cut fawn, resin rosebuds, wide-band ring setting.)

Minuet: a cat dances with her shadow as the sun sets in the horizon. (Large laser-cut button, laser-cut cat, resin rosebuds, wide-band ring setting.)

Counterpoint in Reflection: swallows arabesque a prelude in the clear blue sky, bunnies hop a fugue amongst the roses.

Large laser-cut silver mirror button, laser-cut bunnies & swallows, resin rosebuds, wide-band ring setting.

Fresh summer mornings filled with citrus flavours and hints of strawberry, kiwi fruit & star fruit, make way for long hot afternoons sipping lime & apple granitas in the shade of the old frangipani tree ...

Elasticised bracelets with fimo (polymer clay) beads.

Le Rouge et le Noir

Limited edition red & black laser-cut rabbits, wide-band ring settings.

Wandering along hedgerowed paths, summer breezes in my hair. A distant sparkle caught my eye, I turned a corner and what did I find? A tiny church with a shiny cross, nestling within a rosy green bower.

Rhinestone crucifix connector, seed beads, vine-leaf toggle clasp.