The Oregon coast is sunny and amazing! It's still chilly, but warmer than Portland. Winter's lingering antics wreak havoc on my min...

Cream Hair Fascinator with Blue Chalcedony Freshwater Pearl Encrusted Necklace. 360 Degrees of Caviar and Blue Quartz Top Photo by Kim Oa...

This semiprecious stone is part of the quartz family. Ancient Egypt, classical Greece and Rome adorned themselves and their works with ame...

Preheat oven to 350 Beat butter and sugars till creamy add eggs & vanilla mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon & salt then add add oats...

Onion faceted chocolate quartz, clustered caviar solitaire. Heavenly blue topaz simple drops. Whiskey Quartz and multi gemstone dew drops ...

Spring fever. Encrusted pearls with carnelian.

1 bottle white wine (any) 1/4 cup sugar 1-2oz. Grand Marnier (Spiced Rum would taste yummy too) 3 limes 3 lemons 2 oranges 1 cup raspberries...

Love this seductive mix.

I love the idea of displaying beautiful plates. A bit old school but so lovely! Top: Handcrafted here. Bottom photo via Apartment Therapy ...

What do you do when the sky is dark & the weather is too cold? Get your craft on! You can find more pics here . Directions are he...

After skiing around Trillium Lake (despite blisters from my boots), I got the bug for more snow. We headed to Little John. This sweet locat...

Featuring Bajka. Love.

Gem: refers to a cut rock or mineral. Gem-y: refers to a piece of jewelry loaded with gemstones. Have a fabulous weekend!

From Clockwise: Mini Peridot Solitaire Necklace, Small Soft Hoops in faceted tourmaline, Wisteria Earrings in peridot & tourmaline, M...

It's freezing in Portland these days! We headed to the Oregon Coast. At least we can freeze with a view of the ocean. It was beauti...

Black & White with a splash of Hot Pink (secretly hot pink is my fave). Photo via Apartment Therapy via Chichi and Luxe

I made a list of what I love on Etsy . It took forever! Really. Here is the link. Anyone can create a treasury and it may get noticed (fro...

I loved you 2010. It's been lovely. But all good things must come to an end. It's not you, it's me. I will think fondly of...

Indeed.