BLOG #1   MILLEFIORI

I decided to write my first blog about millefiori glass beads. I wonder if it is because I like the melodic sound of the word—it so Italian! Or, because I recently made a necklace using black…

BLOG #2   Beware

Years ago, before I ever thought about making jewelry, I was visiting Brazil.  Naturally, I needed to buy gifts and looked for them wherever I went. One day, when I was in a store, my eyes…

BLOG #3   Jewelry’s Metals Explained

BLOG #3   Recently, I took out of a drawer a necklace which I had made and occasionally wear. To my surprise, I saw that the gold layer of the toggle fastener had started to wear…