A Little Bit About Me

Hi there! I’m Dawne, and I love to make stuff. God has blessed me with creativity, and I desire to express it and share it. I started my blog in order to do just that, as well as to connect with and support other artists.

I am married to a wonderful man, Marc, and together we have a five-year old daughter, Lily; I also have a 20-year old son, Julian. My son is very handsome, laidback, easy-going, smart, and is aiming toward a career in culinary arts. My daughter is pure girl – dramatic, fun, silly, beautiful, creative, loves singing and dancing and fully enjoying life.

My creativity first found expression, over 15 years ago, in seed beads – those wonderful, sparkly, mysterious creatures – and in creating unique beadworked pieces of jewelry with them. When my daughter was born however the beadwork pretty much came to a stop; it’s so time-consuming, and my amount of free time has dwindled to almost nothing, so it became very difficult to find the time to do it. I still make jewelry though, because I love it so much – I just use simpler techniques.

To me jewelry is not mere accessory or ornamentation. There can be a deeper connection between the wearer and the jewelry. Every piece of jewelry can have meaning and an inner life, and it acquires memories, thoughts, and history throughout its life.

Within the last several years I have also been playing with paper and glitter glue. I enjoy the simplicity of creating a story with paper and the accompanying odds and ends. I love all the beautiful scrapbooking papers that are available these days, as well as vintage photos, collage sheets, ribbons, buttons, rubber stamps, German scrap, etc – all the wonderful bits and bobs available today. And of course the glitter glue. Because there simply must be sparkle.

I also have a fondness for old things – anything old or antique makes my heart pitter-patter! I generally aim toward an antique, or at least old-fashioned, look in my work.

I have so many other creative endeavors I am determined to someday attempt – soldering, precious metal clay, metalwork, fabric, lace-making, tatting, drawing, painting. So much to do!

I simply just love beautiful things, and I love to make beautiful things. This world needs all the beauty we can give it.

Thanks for stopping by!