How To Make Kale - BEST Kale Salad Recipe

Quick, Easy and Delicious KALE Salad. Prep time: 5 min.  Thought I would share one of my favorite salads. I recently starting making it with kale because we all know the benefits of eating our dark leafy greens!  This is basically a Caesar Salad Dressing that I have adapted to satisfy my own t…

Celebrating A Birthday In Napa

So Mom and Sisters treated me to a trip to St. Helena/Napa for my birthday. Our friends are part owners in Frog's Leap Wine so our first stop was wine tasting at the gorgeous winery , Frog's Leap in Rutherford.  Stopped at OxBow Marke t in Napa for fish tacos followed …

My Opalite Necklace

Every now and then I create a necklace that just hits all cylinders, in my design mind that is. Kind of like, it's better than how I hoped it would be. So today I am feeling a bit melancholy over selling a necklace that  I wished I could have kept for myself. I say that very ' tongue and ch…

Gold Sequin Coin Necklace

Goofing off today while playing "model"...my least favorite thing to do is photographing the jewelry on myself. Most of the time I use "Jane Doe", my mannequin, but sometimes the jewelry just looks better on a real person.  Today I am modeling the " Gold Branch Earrings …

Earring and Necklace Sets - Boho Style - Gift Ideas

Who doesn't need gift ideas?  In this post I wanted to feature some of my favorite necklaces, earrings and bracelets that work well together. First up:  The "Calm Water Series" - "Rosewood Bead and Peruvian Opal Trio Bracelet Set" "Aqua Chalcedony Butterfly Earring…

Organic Earthy Earrings

I discovered these silver organic shape frames and decided to use them in an earring design. I've paired them with organic shape Peridot stones and a touch of gold pyrite. Sterling silver ear wires. Pretty cool, eh? Peridot Silver Earrings:

My Favorite Plant Nursery

So every weekend, the boy friend and I like to get out of town and explore.  One of the supreme benefits to living in the Bay Area is that there is so much to do and see! So last weekend, we stumpled upon this wonderful little plant nursery located in Albany, replete with coffee/pastry stand. I …