I’m delighted to be doing two shows this summer and am very excited to feature my new Serendipity Collection -blues and greens inspired by our Cape Cod ocean and sky.  This blue-green /ocean-sky idea came to me late last summer. I began selecting blue and green glass and staging it on my glass table.  The colors were in my head all winter.  Finally this spring the collection was actually born!

The Society of Cape Cape Cod Craftmen’s Fair

Drummer Boy Park, Route 6A in Brewster
August 11,Tuesday – 10:00 – 5:00
August 12, Wednesday – 10:00 – 7:00
August 13, Thursday  – 10:00 – 5:00
www.societyofcapecodcraftsmen.com

This is the 57th annual fair and is a juries show of some of the finest craftsmen on Cape Cod – pottery, textiles, wood, and of course, jewelry.
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The Chatham Festival of the Arts

Chase Park, Chatham
August 14, 15 & 16  10:00 – 5:00
Directions: Route 6, Exit 11, South on Rt. 137, S on Rt. 28.
Follow the signs for parking and free shuttle.

This is the 38th annual Festival where you will find artists from across the country displaying simply fabulous art.  I’m honored to be juried into this event!
www.capecodcreativearts.org

Hope to see you at one of these events.

My favorite necklace – Ruffle – has made it into the Upstairs/Downstairs Show at the Pen and Brush Society in New York City – October 9 through November 2.  The Pen and Brush Society is in Greenwich Village and has been encouraging and supporting women in the arts for 113 years.  I’d love to know the names of the women artists whose work has traveled through these doors!   http://www.penandbrush.org

My glass table is messy on purpose (ok, well, partly on purpose because cleaning = boring…).  Some times I plan my color choices, but other days I just totaly follow my muse.  I pick up one color and an unexpected choice follows as a result of seeing the glass randomly scattered about the table.  

If you look closely you’ll see that I sometimes use fancy brass presses, but I also love my old steak knife and trusty Ace Hardware pliers. I watch television while beadmaking – thus the remote.  I switch between the History Channel and CMT.  Maybe that’s why some of my beads are rather tame while others have a stronger vibe to them.

Here’s a bluer than blue bouquet.  I just couldn’t resist putting these beads into a vase.   I simply love this bold transparent colbolt glass.  I’ve made them into a Bluer Than Blue Bauble Necklace.  The shell bead is a bauble gone bad…smile.  There is one “Mary Englebright” bead in the bouquet – black and white with a big yellow flower.   I made that for a special friend.

I’m heading out to my glass studio for a fun-filled day of playing with glass.  There is nothing better!  My studio window boxes have pansies, and there is a large flower to cheer me on.  Here’s a look at the studio from the outside.  Notice that I have one window covered?  That is to keep the direct light out of my flame area.  My work is all about managing the glass in the flame, so I darn better be able to see where that flame is!  Not only for detailed textures and finely shaped beads, but also so that I don’t totally burn myself. 

I just got an email from someone who bought one of my necklaces last summer.  She shared with me the most  outlandish coincidence.  She attended a wedding in the Bahamas and met another wedding guest also wearing one of my necklaces!  It is a small world.  They had what sounded like a delightful conversation about my work.  That just proves it. One never knows…..