While growing up in the California Sierra Mountains I was enveloped by the natural world. Every day was an exploratory adventure, discovering new insects and tiny magical water creatures. So as an adult, I try to hang on to my childlike adventurous side by doing things that remind me of those lost magical realms. Macro photography is one of those…
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Discovering Tiny Hidden Realms
New beads and pendants hot out of the kiln!
I am thrilled with this latest kiln opening! With new designs and yummy glaze combinations, I think this might be the best kiln opening yet! Here are a few of my favorites. Beautiful rustic mustard yellow glaze. I love this soft minty green and yellow glaze combination! Also, there is two new designs, one peony, and a new drop leaf pattern….
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New porcelain beads & pendants
My husband and I were able to play in the studio last weekend! I just listed 26 new pendant and bead sets to our Etsy shop, Terra Rustica Studio. I love how the pendants turned out! I can’t believe the fine detail I was able to get using the sandblasted technique. Here is a blog post on the process. Some of my…
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Stay calm..this too shall pass
Wow, what a challenging and horrible year. We just returned our FIFTH rental car, and NONE of them were for vacation! It’s not over either, we have to rent another one next week. On February 8th, just after midnight, we were involved in a very sad and tragic accident. I wrote this post describing what had happened, and changed it because it’s just too painful…
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Live an Authentic Life Each and Every Day
Mission San Juan Capistrano I believe there is nothing more important in life than honoring our authentic true self and expressing it to the world. But what does it mean to live authentically? Does it mean being highly successful in your career of choice? Maybe for you, it means having many close friends and family who love…
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