Featured Artist - Studio Marcy

Life is good for Artist Marcy Lamberson and it shows in her work.

She's been "melting" glass for over 8 years and loving every minute of it except for the burns, stepping on shards of glass, and other minor problems. Art truly can be dangerous!!!

She teaches in her studio which is a converted sunroom porch and overlooks her lovely backyard. Lots of birds and wildlife populate it. She enjoys forming sculptural amusing beads, but makes all kinds and enjoy the challenge of special orders.

Take a look at her beautiful work at
http://studiomarcy.etsy.com

Featured Artist - A Pretty Rock

This is a beautiful store, a pretty store. Here metal and stone are matched in perfect harmony.

Yazmin the owner of this shop is both a jewelry designer and a web designer/developer (since 1999.)

She has always been an artsy-crafty person, but the move into jewelry was almost unintentionally. In 2004, she went to the Yellow Daisy Festival for the umpteenth time and found a pair of beautiful hair chopsticks with beaded ends, and wore them for about a month straight.

She spent a lot of time thinking about the chopsticks and how to go about making her own. This led her to local stores, including bead shops...Many stones and wire later and here she and her beautiful store are

Lucky Girl Trading

Lucky Girl Trading Company was formed in 2001 when the owner realised that in the midst of a lot of mess and sadness she was indeed a Very Lucky Girl.

Her store stocks a stunning range of fused glass pendants, jewellery and supplies.

The business started by selling items on ebay, this heled to remove not only the clutter from her life but also a lot of sadness.

A few years later she met my lucky guy--who was selling a bit of jewelry--and married him in a hot air balloon ceremony in 2006. They've veen working together ever since to build Lucky Girl Trading into a fun and fulfilling enterprise.

They've also discovered the art of fusing, which has become one of her all-time favorite creative outlets and discovered two ancient arts: Kumihimo and Temari. Both are centuries-old crafts, and both give me a zen-like tranquility while working.

This store owner says "I truly am a Lucky Girl! Every day I gather pretty, sparkly things and send them to people. I imagine a person opening their mail and taking out their new pendant or chain or pouch. It's perfect--they have a huge smile on their face--and so do I. I'd love for that person to be you!"


So come visit this gloriously happy shop
http://luckygirltrading.etsy.com
http://luckygirltrading.blogspot.com/