Shop Update

All five of these silver beauties will be available in my shop on July 8th at 5PM (PST).

Thank you for stopping by!

I hope to see you there

xo

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Son Of The Lake

I continue to learn from the land here in the Cariboo more than I ever have before.

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The other day while catching up with my mom on the phone, I was telling her about all the birds I've held in my hands over the past year and a half of living in this wild country.

I told her of all the moose and bears we've seen.

Of all the beavers we've seen slapping their tails on the surface of the water and the grouse we've heard drumming in the groves of trees.

Of the long, slippery, and frisky sons and daughters of the lake we've caught and taken to our table.

The list is long and mighty and I think she could hear my smile the whole way through.

We have officially moved into our new cabin on the property and had our internet hooked up last week. It feels good. It feels spacious and it really feels like home. We have enough room in our kitchen for all our canning supplies and I'm so excited to gather foods and our harvests and begin preserving them. Our pantry will slowly fill with beautiful glass jars full of tomatoes, garlic, cucumbers, rosemary, jams, jellies, radishes, and onions, all from the growing season.

Today was the first day I set my fingertips to silver in what feels like a very long time. My new studio space is so warm and bright and my face still hurts from smiling while doing my work. I can't wait to share my new pieces and my new studio with you!

In other news, Bryson and I have somehow ended up with a rooster!

Bryson's mom bought herself some hens and was able to get a free rooster for our landlords while she was there. Margot and the rooster will be coming our way mid-month and we are both excited and a bit apprehensive about adding him to our flock. Our girls are so very independent and I'm worried he will get a bit picked (pecked?) on. He's a black silkie and is going to hang out with our girls until our landlords are able to get hens of their own. It's a bit tough this year finding laying hens during the pandemic so he may end up sticking around for a while and who knows? We might fall in love.

I think we are going to call him Jack, but we've got to meet him first. I promise to post all over social media when he arrives!

We also have another visiter, Miss Ivy the barn cat. She has been paying us visits every evening since we moved into this cabin.

If you follow me on Instagram, you'll see that we snuggle just about every night on the porch. She is such a sweetheart and having her around has been such a treat. She and Ruby are still getting used to each other, but I have faith they will be friends eventually.

With the move, we moved our garden bed over to the new cabin. Last week, we harvested our first radishes and ate them all for breakfast. I have never tasted something so spicy and delicious in my life! The colours were so phenomenal! I'm excited about our garden this year as I'm growing things I've never grown before but my pride and joy lies in our sunflowers...

May they grow so tall, they fall over from their own greatness!!!

Amen to that!

xo

Built to Last

Now Available in the shop

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Built to last and handmade by me from start to finish

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Feels Like Home

I've been tucked away in my studio for so long now, that I feel as though I'vecompletely missed the autumn here in the Cariboo.

The aspens changed to yellow and shed their leaves so quickly and now theyare left barren, the garden has pushed it's last of lasts, and the grass has hadits last mow.

We are now feeling the winter months rush in.

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Ruby and I have been waking up around sunrise most mornings.

We have a little morning ritual when Bryson is away at work.We'll snuggle in bed for a few minutes, stretch our bodies out, I'll put Ruby's collar onand open the front door, and then slip my bare feet into my frozen gumboots whichhave been sitting outside all night.

Sometimes mice store their seeds in our boots, and it's honestly such a beautifulreminder of all the life that surrounds us out here in the wild country.

The earth crunches beneath my feet now in these freezing temperatures, and all seems so still onthe ranch. The horses radiate heat from their shaggy coats, fog usually rests above the grassymeadow, and the sun fills the air with the most beautiful shades of peachy purples when it rises from behind the trees.

Ruby usually runs over to our neighbor's house first thing to wait for their dog to come outsideand play. It's really sweet how much they love each other.

When our front door creaks shut, our hens cluck at me to let them out of their coop fortheir breakfast. Their eggs are still warm.

This is the first winter they have ever experienced, and they know exactly what to do.Their feathers are getting puffier by the day, and we are getting less and less eggs from our girls as they beginsaving their energy for the freezing temperatures.

This is our second winter here. We have just about finished gathering and chopping all of the woodwe hoped to have for the rest of this year, and the year to come.

The beginning of next year is going to be different for us. Bryson has been acceptedto school in the Okanagan for continuing and advancing his paramedicine studies!

After lots of talking and brainstorming, we've decided to pick up our lives and move to the Okanagan for a good chunk of next year and see what new adventures come our way.

That being said, we will not be giving up our piece of paradise herein the Cariboo during our time away. We will just be shutting down our water and powerhere, and putting our sweet cabin into hybernation mode for a while.

We are so grateful that my sister has offered to let us stay in her extra camperwhile Bryson is in school. This allows us to be close to family, and not worry aboutfinding a short-term rental that accepts large dogs, something which is getting less and less commonin cities.

I will do my best to continue to make jewelry for you, but I will also need to pickup another job while we are out there, so my schedule for now, is a little unknown.

I promise to keep you up to date with my decisions, and to always remain true.

I hate to leave this home of ours for months on end, but it is going to be so good tohug my sister, brother in law, nieces and nephew day after day.

I know leaving the property will be the hardest for our sweet hound. Because Bryson will be away at school most days, my goal is to be able to take Ruby to work with me every day to ensure that she is getting enough attention and exercise every day.

Our hens will not be coming with us unfortunately, but will most likely be staying on the property where they are the most comfortable.

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I have been finding so much creativity here on this land. I've been spending days working with my favourite stones and there are just so many beautiful things happening in my studio right now!

I have created eight new unique pieces for my shop and I will be dropping them off there laterthis week when it feels best.I promise to let you know when they arrive.

Each piece feels like home to me. I hope they feel like home to you too.

xo

By and By

The colours around us are changing, the temperature has surely dropped, and we are just crossing our fingers that our hens keep laying throughout the autumn.

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The past month has been busy to say the least.

My projects have been:

•Stripping the airstream paint off to caulk her, sand her, and prepare her for the winter. I've also been taking time to completely gut the inside to make room for the new.

•Finding any and every little hole between the logs of our cabin and filling them up with spray foam and steel wool.

•Trapping pack rats and mice daily as they try to hunker down in our crawl spaces. (I've come to despise rodents)

•Collecting wood with my love for the winter months

•Picking the last fruit and veg from our garden.

•And in the studio I have been working hard on commission pieces.

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Recently, I found myself with a bit of spare time in between my projects and was able to sit down at my desk and create these 5 new pieces for you.

It felt so good to put flame to silver again with total creative freedom.

Oh how I've missed it.

Now with the winter months coming around the corner, I will be spending a lot more time hunkered down in my studio creating for you.

I want to thank you all so much for your generous interest in my work and your constant support. I wouldn't be able to live this dreamy little life of mine without you.

You’ll be able to find these pieces in my shop tomorrow afternoon.

I hope to see you there!

May you be loved, Always.

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