Time flies.......

........when you are up to your eyeballs in insanity!! I cant believe its been 2 weeks since I showed this blog some love. Darn me!
Beside being busy in my personal life I've also been busy getting the "business" all situated. Tax time, business classes, and then throw in 2 kids just for fun. Its just insanity i tell you!


So this past weekend was some time for TPJ and Saturday afternoon I was able to knock out 3 new designs. A necklace that is gorgeous, and 2 bracelets that i find totally cool and tons of fun!

Ch..ch..ch..check 'em out!
"Leif"... 5 coils of neutral wooden jasper, sterling silver and turquoise chips. I've never made anything with memory wire because of my fears that it will look less "polished" or "cheap" but i was so completely wrong! I think i have a new style!

"Pillar"... only because I didn't think "caterpillar" would be appealing. But look at it... it looks like a centipede or something of the sort! Gorgeous teal/turquoise dyed shells all stacked up. It bends so nicely around the wrist. I think shell is going to be a favorite this season!

And last but not least.... "Jersey". Now when i think "Jersey" it brings to mind 2 things... Coyote Ugly (der... i love that movie) and my friend Josie who lives there. Now this piece just so happens to be named after Josie since she was begging for something beach inspired and shells. I think she got it with this one!!! Gorgeous shells and sterling silver.

I just love warmer weather and the inspiration it brings! Bring on the creativity and bring it on in masses!!! I'm ready!

Oh first show of the spring season.... "One Big Party" for Ozanam! 421 E. 137th Street, Kansas City, Mo!

Until next time~

Peace, Love and sandy beaches
Xoxoxox

~Michele
TPJ

TPJ: The Greenhorn Entry

Well here goes.... the FIRST entry in the Adorned by TPJ blog. I feel almost lost getting this going but hope to be able to do justice to all the Blogs I've stalked before. LOL

I've been finishing up pieces for family lately. Mom's necklace for mothers day needed some earrings to go with so those were finished last night. My Aunts fun liquid silver bracelet and knot earrings are all packaged and ready to roll. I even made time to create a funky new teal MOP bracelet for myself. I promise to get some pictures to this page.... I'm just extremely slow when it comes to photos of my work.

I have some gorgeous new findings, beads and pendants to start creating with so maybe a few pictures of these items will help entice my abilities.

Turquoise... its become an addiction for me. I just cant wait to use this fun pendant!

Fun MOP (mother of pearl) rectangle frames! I've got these in "pink lemonade" "mint ice" "spring green" and "Candy Apple Red". They have been so much fun to work with and i have some fun summer designs already done! ((Darn it.. this is when getting my pictures uploaded would sure come in handy))

Until next time, I'll be working with some of the gorgeous KC brides I've been so lucky to have the privilege to design for. Maybe my next installment will be devoted to them.