Fall Days

 

Above: This collection was inspired by a friend's request for a cream and gold color combination. What manifested were creations with bronze and gold cones and beads, natural coconut shell beads, facetted and metallic beads and of course turquoise and blues and greens. 

Below: A very different collection formed in response to an ever-popular trend: Hoops!  Made with African and Indigenous inspired color schemes and patterns, these earrings are light weight and of all sizes. 

 

Above: A display of a variety of different beanies which I felt all had a common fall theme.

Below: Sunset time in Santa Cruz

Above: A beaded necklace composed of five beaded flower mandalas.  My very first necklace of this kind.

Star Mandala Caps

 

Red, Green and Gold

 

Blue Fade

Stars and Flowers Beaded Earrings

 

My lovely friend Jamuna wearing her new purple beanie and purple and green earrings.  There is a close-up photo of this pair below.

 

My lovely friend Christina wearing the dream-catcher pattern earrings in beige, turquoise, chartruese, bronze and black.  

 

This style of earring combines the peyote flower pattern with the smaller star pattern at the top and loops with bugle beads.  The inspiration for these came from Christina who is also a bead artist. There are turquoise stones in the pair at the bottom right.  Jamuna's pair is at the bottom center.  

Cali Love

Half Dome, Yosemite

Summertime hats

Pastel beads

Sunshine and fog in the trees at Point Reyes, CA

Green peacock beaded earrings displayed with coral and moss

Family with organic cotton bear ears baby hat, Santa Cruz, CA

Flower crown 

Sunburst dreamcatchers

Tropical Beads

Pirate Morgan's Head on Providence Island, Colombia

Turquoise beaded earrings with bronze beads and red coral

Wax palms, the tallest palms in the world, near Salento, Colombia

Leilani and I in Miami, Florida

Green dreamcatchers

Mural in Cartegena, Colombia

Earrings made with red and black seeds for good luck and protection