Signs of spring!?

The weather has been simply gorgeous down here in the south.
We have been spending as much time outside, soaking up
 some light sun rays and cool breezes.

Our lil garden seems to be waking up!

 Broccoli that got a lil frost bite

garlic

lil Romain leaves

Miss Frida, the local pest control :)

Little Finnigan doin what he loves to do... getting dirrrty!

I have been spending more time in the studio, trying to get ready for festival season!

   Here are some NEW pieces, soon to be in the shop....

Amazonite gemstones hanging from

oxidized sterling posts

Ring with turquoise set with Sterling and copper that

have been oxidized

Labradorite set with oxidized sterling

with matching ring...

Hope you have a wonderful week!!

OoOoo.... I have found a lovely new tea called Rooibos Tropica, yum yum

loveyourlifeindreamsawake

cate~

somewhere in between

I have been a lil preoccupied....with life.
Must give my apologizes to my blog, I have been neglecting you in 2011.
To make up for it, here are some photos for the blank pages of the new year.....
                  

                        It snowed here in the south... and it was glorious! We got

trapped in our house for a few days and we just played. We walked to the store and got food and I was able to spend hours at a time in my studio, like I

said it was glorious.We tried to make snow angels, but there was a solid

layer of ice

that was hard to mold. Hence, the face...

.

His favorite thing to do was eat it.

Then it rained,

 

and we got to try out the "wob da willader" umbrella.

(thank YOU aleX...lovelovelove)

A constant reminder of the little things in life

that make it so sweet.

(he put his boots on all by himself, hehehe)

                         

Finns watercolors

I am almost done with this one!

(this picture does NO justice to the ColOrS)

some new JEWELS for 2011

Stop by my shop...

CateJ.Jewelry

I am finally drinking my tea...properly :)

(I just got a cutie teapot, I will take photos soon...)

go head and run WILD!!

love~

cate

all the freaky people make the beauty of the world

~Just a couple of my inspirations lately...

Amazing paper artist Su Blackwell

http://www.sublackwell.co.uk

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He makes my mind flip... Andy Goldsworthy (environmental artist)

http://www.rwc.uc.edu/artcomm/web/w2005_2006/maria_Goldsworthy/TEST/index.html

Leaves polished, greased made in the shadow of the tree from which they fell, pinned to the ground with thorns.

Le jardin Massey, Tarbes, France,
22 August 1989

I hope you find these two amazing people as invigorating as I do!

Here's to all the freaky/crazy artists who make this world more beautiful!

good night :) 

cate~

The colors of FALL

FALL what a wonder time of year. For a person who thrives on the enjoyment of colors, this season is an oh so close second behind springtime (nothing can beat a garden full of flowers, every color of the rainbow). I LOVE living in a town where you get to feel and see the seasons in all their glory for months not weeks at a time, I heart Georgia!  You will also notice that I figured out how to change the font 
color, Yipee!!!


I've been a bit lazy about this here blog of mine and I do apologize to the one person who reads it.
yes, you jenny :)
For me to even have a blog is a HUGE triumph, because I am, in nature, a very private person. Its hard for me to let the whole interwebular world into my little life of fantasy and love. I am trying to be more open with my thoughts and ideas, because I do love getting feedback and lets be honest the only way to get that is to share my mind.
So, whats been rolling through my noodle lately...well.... colors (of course)

These are some luscious turquoise slices that I recently got laying on a bed of 

perfectly fallen autumn leaves :)

me

I must also share in the wonderful show I got to see today with KTH. Most of you fellow ATLiens have heard that many of Salvador Dali's later paintings are on exhibit at the High, well I got to SEE them and OOoOO how I wish I could have touched them.

When I was at the Da Vinci show last fall, I was looking at this relief carving of his of the virgin mary, and out of nowhere I reached my hand up and caressed the cheek of the virgin mary. Just as that happened there was a gasp from the people standing behind me, and I got scolded by an old lady who very rudely said, "What do you think you're doing, this is a piece of history." I was sooo embarrassed. What on earth was I thinking!!! Everyone knows you should never ever touch a piece of art let alone one from the 13th century. I learned my lesson and I consciously kept my hands clutched tight in my jean pockets the whole time I was at the Dali show :)

Dali is entrancing, his work is so unusual, colorful,detailed,symbolic, and mathematical, the last of which I had no idea about. KTH is a lover of the math/science world, which I am not that big a part of. Anyway, he was able to tell and show me how Dali used different logarithmic equations in his work, it is quite impressive. I just love how different KTH's brain sees art then mine, he is able to show and teach me things that I would have never thought of on my own. I like to think I do the same for him :)

This is my new favorite Dali painting, I had never seen it before today

This photo does NO justice to the beauty of the real painting.

It is amazing how small the actual painting is 12x9 inches, 

look at all the detail!!

such a silly bird

I will leave you now with some of my new jewels :))

for more click on HERE

love and life

Cate~

    

shorts in October??!!

Now don't get me wrong I LOVE soaking up some nice hot southern sunshine, wearing almost nothing cause its just that hot, but in late October, really. It's completely throwing me off. All of the leaves are changing and turning into the most beautiful cherry reds, pumpkin oranges, and lemon drop yellows and I am wearing a tank top and cut off shorts. Oh well, the cold will come soon and I will get to wear all of my knits and layers.

So, today after I picked lil Finnigan up from school, we went to Randys Pumpkin Patch. We were the only ones there and the owner let us play with all the animals (bunnies, chickies (i miss my chicks), and ponies) for free. They were charging $3 per person per each animal group and the ponies were $5, CraZY!

Finn had a blast, I think the bunnies were his fave. We both felt really bad for the ponies, you could just see it in their eyes...sadness. Horses are suppose to run like the wind out in open land, not be chained to a rail and walk in circles for hours on end. Needless to say we didn't go for the pony rides. I asked Finn if he wanted too, desperately hoping he would say no and he said, "Mama they look sad I want to take dat stuff off dem." He is such an old soul :)

the poor lil bunnies eyes look like they are gonna

pop right out of it's head :)

this one was straight chillin'

the one we finally agreed on :)

and a lil spider I made

here is a closer look at my spider

He is COMPLETELY handmade with silver (thats been oxidized) and

a green amber. 

Here is a sneek peek of some stuff I am going to put in my etsy shop one of these days :)

silver, brass with a homemade patina and

an oh so lovely tigers eye mined in Australia

silver, tigers eye also from Australia

and a raw quartz

silver that has been oxidized and raw quartz

I will leave with with my love

Until next time.........................