Monday, October 5, 2009

Time to Get Back to Work!



After three weeks and over 5,000 miles, I am back from a wonderful vacation with my family and ready to get back to work!  As soon as I finish with the dreaded laundry pile, I will get busy glazing some new pieces, so please be sure and check back soon.


The photo above was taken in the Grand Teton National Park, and believe me, the photo doesn't begin to capture the awesome beauty of this national treasure.  If you'd like to see a few more photos from our trip, please click here to visit our Flickr portfolio.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Oklahoma or Bust!


Grizzly Mountain Arts and Good Dirt Jewelry are on vacation!

While we are away driving across the beautiful USA, we thought we'd post a slideshow of our portfolio so you won't forget us :) See you the first week in October!

Thursday, September 3, 2009

It's That Time of Year Again!

Time for the Native American Festival in Sisters, Oregon that is! This is our favorite show to do each year. The Creekside Park setting is beautiful and there is almost always a hint of fall in the air.

Artists will be selling top quality handmade traditional and Native American wares. You will find a variety of pottery, western and Native American jewelry, art work, leather clothing, metal art, log furniture and photography. You will also be able to visit a teepee, watch a demonstration in hide painting, arrowhead making and beading. There will also be a living history display.Western music will be provided on Saturday by the Anvil Blasters, and Native American entertainment will be offered on Sunday.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Picnik.com's New Flickr Slideshow




I've been using Picnik.com for some time now to edit photos for our Grizzly Mountain Arts/Good Dirt Jewelry items, and I've also used Flickr as an online portfolio of our work. Recently, Picnik.com has created a wonderful new utility that makes slideshows from your Flickr sets! It's all integrated--you click on Flickr from within Picnik, then select the set you would like to make a slideshow presentation from, then Picnik generates the html for you.

If you'd like to check out other photos we have in our Flickr portfolio, please click
here :)

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

My Beautious Petunias

I've been spending most of my free time playing outside lately :) My new railing planter boxes are working out wonderfully and my "Wave" petunias seem to love them too. It's too bad that cold weather is just around the corner. I'm in the process of terracing our backyard, which will be a work-in-progress for some time to come.

Friday, July 24, 2009

My Back Porch Garden

I thought I would post a little update on our back porch garden progress. We're growing beefstake tomatoes in large pots and cherry tomatoes in hanging pots. The zucchini looks a little yellowish, but we've already had a few in jambalaya :) Our little cucumber plants, also being grown in hanging pots, are really taking off and beginning to vine their way along the trellis attached to the top of our ramada. Last but not least, our second planting of spinach is nearly ready to pick, although the heat seems to have slowed it's growth.

A Friday Feature!


I had a lovely surprise waiting for me this morning when I logged into my Etsy.com account! Janine, of AthenasArmoury, had written to say she had featured my "Be the Mermaid" pendant shown above in her blog! AthenasAmoury's Etsy shop has a wonderful variety of chainmaille jewelry, so be sure and take a look!