2012

Happy New Year to all. With a relaxed and rejuvinated psyche from the the beaches Florida, I am ready to take on all the challenges the new year brings. A little update: I am halfway through my credential program at Saint Marys. By the end of the summer, I will have my Teaching Credential and my Masters in Education. With hard work and dedication I continue on the path in seeking a dutiful career. With this credential, I have the freedom to really go anywhere; Im thinking San Diego, Santa Barbara or Seattle. I have lived in the Bay area for 25 years more or less and I feel it is the time for change.

I am working on new designs for Goldielockes as the new year begins. I aspire to keep the designs au natural like the waves of the sea. Ivory, bone,tropical seashells and african brass will be part of the upcoming BRASSnBONE collection. I hope to post all new designs by mid February.

And to leave you with some photographs of my recent holiday to Florida. Here's to 2012!

winter holiday

I am in full hibernation mode and deservingly so. After a steady 8 months of work; between La Boulange, teaching, and working on my designs, I have quite proudly done an abundant amount of sitting, plopping, whatever you want to call it here in chilly Maine. My mom moved back here about a year ago to be closer to family and although I come here every summer to visit our familie's Lake House, I had never come during the Winter Months. With 40 being the daily high, I have cozied up under blankets and wool socks watching whole seasons of Mad Men and Breaking Bad. I spent an entire afternoon preparing and cooking down lemons (recipie to follow) for a caramelized lemon preserve. Today my Mom and I took a drive down to Old Orchard Beach to pick up shells (and plenty there were!), take photographs, and walk the town. The town was creepingly deserted, as it comes alive only in the Summer months, and I was a kid in a candy store taking photographs of beaten, closed down shops, and quiet lots. We ate a seafood dinner at Muddy Rudder, and as I write this, we knit into the night. I picked up two whole bags of seashells and I'm excited to get home with a fresh conscience to start working on my designs again