JEWELRY: bright dots + oxidized silver bangles

mix and layer with gold bangles, friendship bracelets etc.

NYC: beautiful objects

an amazing vitrine of antique jewels.

JEWELRY: leather with bright vintage beads

bright candy color vintage beads for summer

NYC: walking across the Brooklyn Bridge

Recently I walked across the bridge one early morning encountering mostly tourists and joggers.

From The Great Bridge by David McCullough:
In 1855, John Roebling, the owner of a wire-rope company and a famous bridge designer, proposed a suspension bridge over the East River after becoming impatient with the Atlantic Avenue-Fulton Street Ferry. Roebling worked out every detail of the bridge, from its massive granite towers to its four steel cables. He thought his design entitled the bridge "to be ranked as a national monument� a great work of art."
Read more at
http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/brooklyn/

JEWELRY: Opal's ring

This ring was re-created from a white gold pendant with the large blue pear shaped topaz.

JEWELRY: hand formed silver cuff

hand formed silver cuff in progress

NYC: signs of spring 2011

washington square park

ft green park

high line park