Summer Slows Me Down!

So, its officially summer here and probably well, everywhere. Yep, its summer and its dang hot. I tend to stay up late when its hot. I had every intention of creating a slide show tonight. Full of pictures, text and music. But alas, my laptop doesn't seem to have a movie maker app. I would need to purchase one and reviews are not so great on most. So, I declined downloading anything new this evening and instead decided to write.

One of the problems with me and heat, well I do get easily distracted an ummm its hot..

I did just for fun create a short video. I pointed to the fan, showed off a few books new to our home and just smiled. That's what heat does to me, makes me just a tad sillier.

I did create a few new necklaces lately and am really pleased with this one...

I also escaped the heat of the city and enjoyed the heat and beauty of Mt Rainier and Stevens Canyon

Where I discovered campfire toast is delicious

I also discovered stick trees that poke the sky and look really freakishly spectacular even thou the have no leaves and nearly no branches

 

Local Spots to Check out Bohemian Glitz

If you are any of these :

café owner/manager
gallery
music venue

interested in displaying one of a kind art or jewelry for sale, please contact me

If you love one of a kind unique creations never to be seen one anyone else..your in the right place!

 

If you desire painted art....

 

 

Currently you can view my creations at Suite Assignments in West Seattle and soon to be found in a local Greenwood location.

Artist or Crafter?

Ever ask yourself that question? Are you an artist or a crafter ? Where do you draw the line?
I consider myself an artist. I create unique jewelry that no one else ever has and I have a keen eye to detail. I use the best materials I can get my hands on as well.

I put my heart and soul into what I create. I think that is a key factor to being an artist.

This lovely woven necklace went home with a friend....it was made by me, an artist.
When you buy something for yourself do you consider where it came from and choose it with care knowing the person on the receiving end will treasure it just like you did when you created it?

Happy Monday,
Tera

What's New!

What's new is reinventing the old. Taking a fresh look at my own creations and reinventing them. As my process and techniques have changed I look back on what I previously created and while I like what I see I know I can create so much more.

Today I took a pair of dangles that I never hung on earwires and I finished them. They sat around for about 13 months or more. I am extremely pleased with how they turned out. Below is a set of pictures of another pair that I reinvented today. The rose quartz stones were on gold plated posts with the seed beads. I removed the stone from the wire, strung them on gold plated beadalon jewelers wire with more of the lovely gold lined seed beads. I included a vintage gold bead, 14 kt gold twisted jump rings and hung them on earwires I formed out of 14 kt gold wire.

 

Happy Creating!!

Sale Sale Sale!!

I wanted to call the sale "Rainy Day Sale" or "I have to take new pictures sale" but on etsy all you have to do is simply create a coupon code and share it...

so here ya go!

Use coupon code RDS1101 from now until Nov 15th for 20% off in my etsy shop which you can visit here:
BohemianGlitzCo on Etsy

Happy shopping! and remember, each item is hand made and one of a kind.

Yours Truly,
Tera

I Was Once Displayed in a Gallery

I was once displayed in a gallery

made to feel pretty and important

 displayed amongst blown glass and copper sculptures doing my time and having a blast

created with love by hand and made to be admired and looked at

hung with care on a silken cord

sitting there in the gallery I about lost my gord

but alas, I am just a thing

a pretty thing to hang about

I have no gord

No gourd

No lord

No lording

I have just sat

Galleries are not really all that

mmmm

 but I miss them

I want to go back

to hang about with copper and glass this and that

 

Tera Lorraine Sept 19, 2013

Its Been A Long Time

Good evening, its been a long time...didn't realize how long since I had published here. There's a bit of news on the jewelry front and the family side. Here we go....

I got married June 8th. I wont whine about how long it took to find him...I will say "thank god at last" ;) all joking aside, it was a perfect ceremony and we did it our way.

As for the jewelry, I still continue creating while I can. I've had a few set backs and things are getting busier with my little one entering school this year. I  am showcasing a collection of items at a local shop in Burien called Suite Assignments.

Here's a couple of creations you will see there if you stop by. The first one is a green agate and 14kt gold wrapped ring. The second is a bright orange agate 14kt gold ring surrounded by pearls and crystals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I finished something new tonight...heres a peek...blue stone chip necklace with glass leaves which look very much like daggers...?

 

 

My last sold item....peacock and potato pearl dangles on sterling silver hammered earrings

And one of my favorite designs still available in my etsy shop...mother of pearl discs hanging from oxidized sterling silver chain and wire wrapped onto copper earwires.

 

Last but not least...something a little fun. I bought myself a laptop this year that has a webcam...ooo fun