Northern skies earrings

Kingman Turquoise, Lapis, Citrine  Earrings

One of the delights here in the Northern Latitudes is the angle of the sun. You can have a cloudy day and then quite suddenly the sun will pop through the clouds and make everything quite golden. These earrings embody the blues of the sky and mountains with citrine sunny surprise. Made from Kingman Turquoise ,Lapis Lazuli , and faceted citrine. Terra Cast beads with sterling ear wires. A dramatic 2.5 inches in total length. Listed on my Etsy site.

Pocketstone Cafe

 Saturday is errand day . Time to wander to the local "big " city . Pick up the mail , grocery shop and stop by my favorite cafe. Good food and friendly people every time you walk through the door.  Paulette, the Pocketstone Barista, always has a welcoming smile on her face as you come through the door. The Pocketstone Cafe talking points are good, plentiful food , breakfast all day and their baked goods are fabulous. I can bake but as a single person this is a deadly habit. My solution to this dilemma is a once a week treat from the local cafe.

Downtown Bigfork MT

 We have had plentiful snow this year . Perhaps not the heaviest year but enough to satisfy the winter yearnings. Bigfork is not a large town but has just about everything you could need or want . My needs are simple so I am quite content to be here.

The best cupcakes in the world!

Perched in my snow bank outside the house are three of the Pocketstone's home made treats. The ever favorite chocolate cuppy cake. The Raspberry scone and last but not least the pumpkin bar with cream cheese frosting . Another fabulous favorite is the coconut cupcake. To die for. Just buy one . They are hard to resist.

Silent Saturday: Happy in Montana

The Garden Wall 

Turquoise and Lapis earrings

Sleeping beauty Turquoise and Lapis earrings 

This has been a cold week. Most of the Nights have been 10 below with a howling wind at the beginning of the week. Our high temperatures have 5 degrees at the most. Not good weather for car washing . A lot of energy needed to stay safe in the cold coming and going on daily errands.

Today's earrings are genuine sleeping Beauty turquoise from the now closed Globe Mine from AZ. These are paired with fine silver bead spacers and lapis roundels. Sterling ear wires complete. Happy Friday to all .

Frosty Purple lampwork bead earrings

Lampwork and sterling silver Earrings

Petite Earrings using hand made lampwork beads from Beads and Botanicals workshop. Fine silver spacer beads and sterling ear wires. A nice addition to this frozen Montana morning . Only 5 degrees for a high today and some viscous wind chills. Dress warm folks and for heaven's sake bring in the dogs.

Kingman Turquoise Earrings on sterling

Warm Earrings for a Cold and blustery Montana Day. Kingman turquoise ,fine sliver beads and slightly oxidized  sterling ear wires. Paired with a bright red bead . Perfect for your windy day . You can find these on Etsy in my shop.

Hearts for Valentines

Genuine Sleeping Beauty Turquoise from the now closed Globe Mine in AZ. American turquoise faceted and smooth beads paired with amethyst , fine silver spacers and sterling hearts.