a tribute to hazel on her birthday

blog archives

• ► 2011
  • ► Nov
    • you will all think i am crazy, but...
    • abundance and gratitude
    • giveaway!
    • and then there was olive...
    • halloween, hazelhood, and holiday gifts
  • ► Oct
    • that hole in your heart...
    • molly
    • bees knees!
    • my southern trip
    • fall
  • ► Sep
    • our lower san juan trip!
    • new work and bright eyes
    • durango arts festival
    • there's a whole lot going on around here...
    • i love telluride!
  • ► Aug
    • ...until you take flight...
    • photos!
    • first day of school!
    • for your wrist...
    • salt lake city
    • my "musical debut"
    • new pieces!
    • ten years
  • ► Jul
    • casting!
    • telluride and deer tick
    • blind pilot part 2
    • santa fe
    • echo basin
    • true blue balance and a path
    • custom rugged wedding band and a great weekend
    • introducing... louellen the lil' loafer
  • ► Jun
    • girl time
    • finally!
    • today
    • great weekend
    • happy birthday, hazel!
    • what a fabulous trip!
    • winner!
    • off to the beach!
    • glistening golden gratitude giveaway!
    • more pieces for the show
  • ► May
    • animal planet, dolores edition
    • workin' hard around here...
    • and they've moved out of the shop...
    • a desert camp
    • i am the ocean. i am the river.
    • the girls
    • a lovely date
    • your authentic self
    • in the desert...
    • happy mother's day!
    • the felice brothers, salt lake city & denver
    • lady day
  • ► Apr
    • charming!
    • oh little babies...
    • ...life steps almost straight...
    • so good to be home...
    • coachella!
    • felice brothers, santa fe
    • for ian
    • little bird of heaven right here in your hand
    • be free
    • growth hurts
    • a good day...
  • ► Mar
    • precious metal clay
    • taos
    • what you do, do that.
    • create the work you love.
    • i am a riveting fool.
    • oh, rivets, where have you been all my life?
    • nancy gets riveted!
    • new tattoo!
    • riveted!
    • new do's
    • may peace reveal a path
    • true hope
  • ► Feb
    • a lovely visit.
    • tailor made jewelry...
    • the yurt
    • ...float...fly...grow...
    • beauty
    • gentle compassion, release, change, and growth
    • a proper birthday for june
    • and again...
    • the decemberists!!!
    • juniper is three today!!!
    • mushy gooey love and stuff
    • THANK YOU!
    • go green
    • no new work, just stuff
  • ► Jan
    • metamorphosis
    • bloom where you are planted
    • colin meloy, ayn rand...and, simon
    • re: stacks
    • a good weekend...
    • skiing, grace, tranquility, and more flowers...
    • feeling flowery...
    • what's up, labradorite?
    • thank you
    • happy new year!
• ► 2010
  • ► Dec
    • so thoughtful
    • our cabin solitude
    • happy solstice!
    • skiing
    • horse feathers
    • getting ready for christmas
    • yay for the pub show!
    • getting ready for the pub how on saturday...
  • ► Nov
    • a nice weekend
    • happy thanksgiving a couple days early!
    • first ski of the season!
    • arky!
    • four winds
    • soon to heal
    • heaven help us!
    • raise your head high
    • saturday in dolores...
    • who knows how to make love stay?
  • ► Oct
    • happy halloween!
    • submerge or rise up for the moonrise of the first snow?
    • HELP-ME-HEAT-MY-SHOP-SALE! (and new stuff)
    • it worked!
    • an enormous compliment!
    • indian summer
    • my parents' visit
    • a special surprise
    • my "new" bracelet
    • opal, chalcedony, kyanite, prehnite, and bertrandite
    • some people buy concert t-shirts...
    • a lovely day with the family...
    • ponzi
    • felice brothers- wonderful life, san francisco
    • conor oberst - easy/lucky/free, fernwood
    • and part three, the end.
    • my fabulous journey, part two
    • my fabulous journey, part one
  • ► Sep
    • my trip!!!
    • well lookie here...
    • happy fall!
    • bits and pieces
    • the way it is, and why i love it
    • denver gem and mineral show!
    • ...tide will bring and tide will take...
    • durango arts festival!
    • here's what i got...
    • i HAVE actually been working...
    • pagosa folk festival!
  • ► Aug
    • i survived...
    • mushrooms!
    • ...among the white storks...
    • can it really be?
    • heaven and earth and a little change too
    • moments from the weekend...
    • i had a beautiful day in the shop today.
    • of mountains and growth
    • boldness, mystery, and gentility
    • camping, music, family, friends, and fun
    • charming gardeners. belt buckle
    • new pieces, new guitar
    • what a weekend
  • ► Jul
    • kyanite: a love story
    • this week...
    • 1000th sale!!!
    • my super-inspired week in the new shop!
    • here it is!
    • our journey, part six: newton~nashville~home!
    • our journey, part five: jersey
    • our journey, part four: the beach!
    • our journey, part three: cleveland~stowe
  • ► Jun
    • our journey, part two: denver~cleveland
    • our journey, part one: dolores~denver
    • au revoir (sort of)
    • trevor's first project and more
    • a tribute to hazel on her birthday
    • wishes
    • winner!
    • a lovely day
    • rivers and mountains...
    • happy birthday giveaway!
    • what else? MOAB!
  • ► May
    • a VERY productive day!
    • my other saviors
    • hazel's little graduation
    • about my displays
    • an inspirational visit to the denver museum of natural history
    • my savior
    • a lovely visit to denver
    • rings and a few bracelets
    • happy mother's day!
    • gold and prehnite and fabulous weather
    • i'm really not much of a producer. (and other stuff)
    • HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME!!!
  • ► Apr
    • lantern bouquets!
    • could you give me some feedback?
    • it's here! it's here! it's really here!
    • rectangular rings and wildwood flowers
    • new camera!
    • introducing isobel!
    • the burden of his tail
    • i didn't get in.
    • fabulous stones!
    • kittens!
    • what a wonderful day!
    • beds and bikes and a new tattoo
    • labradorite lust and other stuff
    • the other white metal
    • spring break
  • ► Mar
    • albuquerque bound!
    • darkness and the prairie
    • yoga!
    • to help you find your way...
    • here it is...
    • the harbinger
    • the fruits of the day...
    • can't hardly wait!
    • true blue
    • your muchiest muchness
    • a day in durango
    • the deer and elk aren't the only ones in town
    • great date, great news!
  • ► Feb
    • the last guitar pick
    • introducing... william
    • pay it forward...
    • here's what i made today...
    • elk search, with a prize!
    • elk song
    • superheroes, pink clouds, elk, and bright star
    • a bit more about spring
    • ...emergence...
    • lioness
    • valentine's day rose
    • raven thoughts and max ehrmann
    • two years ago today...
    • junebug's b'day party!
    • taxes!
  • ► Jan
    • new tattoo?
    • like the phoenix
    • jewelry as therapy
    • sacred intricacies
    • snow, glorious snow!
    • feeling pretty good...
    • desiderata
    • safety nets
    • an amethyst sort of day
    • associated press
    • finger fleurs... and telluride...
    • we may have a new addict in the family...
    • unsuccessful experiment
    • more new stuff
    • a lovely day in the studio...
    • happy new year!
• ► 2009
  • ► Dec
    • the yurt for solstice
    • olive you
    • brave by refection
    • hazel's first winter program!
    • my sweet elves...
    • getting ready for christmas!
    • boggy draw
    • THE necklace
    • phoenix
  • ► Nov
    • ooh la la...
    • IT'S PICK SEASON AGAIN!
    • stuff for the gallery
    • belt buckles!
    • touched
    • juniper wishes you a happy friday
    • a certain kind of peace
    • new flower pieces!
    • lovely day
    • ode to the beaver
    • john, patty, and hazel
    • productive day
    • sand canyon
    • wow!
    • tres flores and labradorite lotus
    • halloween
  • ► Oct
    • snow
    • sick
    • purple potatoes
    • austin, the decemberists
  • ► Sep
    • happy ducks, happy girls, happy me!
    • more changes for silver sparrow...
    • naked with purple on their heads
    • the process
    • spider drama
    • me in the denver post
    • ...on too swift a wing...
    • our little swiss vacation
    • big changes in my etsy shop!
    • maven soul
    • my new studio muse (mews?)
    • new stuff
    • hazel's first day
  • ► Aug
    • some rain must fall...
    • winner!
    • prehnite pretty
    • ode to jen, superstar!
    • i love blind pilot!
    • giveaway!
    • evening in estes...
    • spider dodger again...
    • vacation!
    • what could be more important?
  • ► Jul
    • ode to the thistle!
    • our work
    • camping
    • hmm...
    • silversmithing to silverton
    • note to self... remember rumi!
    • flowers!
  • ► Jun
    • columbine, columbine, please alert this love of mine
  • ► May
    • colin's pick
    • a mountain bride
  • ► Apr
    • wrapping the world in love
  • ► Mar
    • cortez journal article and sales at co-op!
    • springtime fun and arts perspective
    • mancos times article
    • opening at artisans!
  • ► Feb
    • thank you, big ed and kathy!
    • behind.
  • ► Jan
    • i really am a dork.
    • very cool
    • fundraiser
    • old dog, new tricks?
    • sick. sick. sick.
    • happy news!
    • sad news...
• ► 2008
  • ► Dec
    • storque article
    • YAY!!!
    • me, the elf
    • the one, the only, rachel (a.k.a. mernie)