summertime

hello!  happy summer!  i recently made many items for an upcoming show.  however, for a certain reason that i am not yet ready to disclose, i ended up not doing the show.  so, i have very many new pieces in the etsy shop.

there are these earrings:

and these bracelets:

a little more detail on the bracelets

also these rings:

and these necklaces:

remember this photo, from a few year's ago?

first aid kit is hazel's very most favorite band.  she named two of our chickens after them, klara and johanna.  she also sang their song, king of the world, in her school talent show this year.  so i took her on a 9-year-old-birthday-girl-road-trip to good ol' omaha, nebraska to see them.

we were not able to meet them again like we did in newport, but i was able to get her as close to the stage as she could possibly be, with earplugs of course.

she was absolutely delighted.

and we had so much fun.

she was a wonderful traveling companion.  (as was jo)

and olive, in her own little way.

hazel and i stayed for a few days and had a blast.  our campground had a lot of fun stuff to do, we went shopping, we went and saw maleficent (which i adored, by the way) 

and we went to the omaha zoo, which is absolutely the most amazing zoo i have ever been to.  if you ever get the chance, you really should check it out.

and, as luck would have it, conor oberst was also playing in omaha two days later, so we also went to see him.  he was amazing as usual.

then we returned back to denver, where juniper was waiting with my parents.  we had some really wonderful time with parents and grandparents and brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles and cousins.

my dad and his beloved olive

all the marcille ladies

 cousins

and mom and i went shopping together

also while in denver we got this precious little russian tortoise, elliott

and when we got home we adopted this amazing little bunny for juniper whom she has dubbed pipkin pumpkin finnegan parsnip smith.

things are well around here, as you can see.  we are currently undergoing a massive overhaul of the backyard.  can't wait to share the results with you.

hope all of you lovely people are well.

mixed metal/ giveaway and facebook promotion

 

so these are my new mixed metal pieces, the ones i alluded to before, with the poll. i love the way they have turned out, such a nice mix of colors. the charms were all made using art clay- copper, bronze, and silver.

 

so, the giveaway. i am giving away one of these mixed metal specimen necklaces. i want to do an experiment. everyone keeps telling me that facebook is the best way to promote your business. so far, that has not been my expereince. so i want to try something. in order to enter the giveaway, first please like my facebook page if you haven't already done so. (my facebook business page is silver sparrow. i'm not the only silver sparrow on facebook, but i think i'm the only one in all lower case letters.) then, once you've liked my page, please share the post that talks about this giveaway. to keep things simple for me, leave a comment on the post telling me you shared it. THEN, if any of your friends share it, they will be entered in the giveaway and you will be entered again, etc. just make sure to leave a comment letting me know, so i have all the entries in one place. yes?

 

 

the mixed metal specimen necklace no.1

copper moon face, bronze heart, silver fern

 

 

 

you can find it here.

 

 

mixed metal specimen necklace no.2

copper feather, bronze disc with a sapphire, silver heart with a ruby

 

 

you can find this one here.

 

 

mixed metal specimen necklace no. 3

copper feather, silver lotus, bronze heart

 

 

 

and you can find it here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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waters

i had a wonderful mother's day yesterday with the girls. they brought me breakfast in bed and made me a million beautiful cards and drawings. hope all you mamas had fabulous days as well.

 

this is the let the waters settle necklace,

with a gorgeous high dome teardrop rainbow moonstone and a small faceted labradorite

 

 

the labradorite is nestled in one of my wood-grain specimen pieces, and there's a handcut dove made from several layers of silver sheet.

 

with a lovely rumi quote on the back

 

 

 

and this is the new ocean necklace,

with a gorgeous apatite cabochon

 

this necklace was inspired by the gorgeous song new ocean, by jake bellows, from his album of the same name.

 

I’m lookin’ for the one;

a path into the hills;

another setting sun;

the power without the will.

And we can fall into the new ocean

Make ready, all the boats.

The valley’s filling up.

Let’s lower down the ropes

and let our brothers in.

And we can fall into the new ocean.

With all you do are you already sunk?

Here we come,

Here we come,

Here we come—

Tied a ribbon around the star

so it won’t forget my wish

to never be so far.

Give my body to the fish so they don’t starve.

And we can fall into the new ocean;

and where are you, my darling one?

Here we come

Here we come

Here we come—

Here we come

Here we come

the chain is made of wire-wrapped frosty apatite and chrysoprase beads. a fine silver star with two white sapphires dangles from the end,

 

 

and jake bellows' beautiful words on the back.

 

 

 

 

and, i don't normally post photos of food, but i wanted to share this. i've been doing the whole30 program for one week now. are you familiar with this? basically no sugar, (at all-- no honey, no stevia, no agave nectar, nothing) no gluten, no grains, no dairy, no corn, no beans, no alcohol. i also gave up coffee. for 30 days. the idea is to completely clean out your system and let it reset itself. after 30 days a thing becomes a habit. so, i can eat eggs, meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, eggs, and nuts. so far, so good. i've been trying so many new recipes; it's wonderful.

 

 

so i made these salmon cakes last night, and they were a-m-a-zing. the whole family loved them; the girls each ate six!

 

 

and i made homemade tartar sauce to go with them- made from olive oil, egg, pickle, and herbs

 

spectacular

 

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