Ignis Designs is expanding!

No our shop isn't getting bigger - well actually that too, we will be posting more and more items the next few weeks to clear out some space.

To make room for baby!

We're due early May but we are getting a start on some baby planning and I just can't stop looking at all the fabulous options there are out there in the handmade world.

Check these bad boys out:

Diaper Wipes!!!
and these:
Jolly Roger Cloth Diaper on Art Fire
and these:
Bling Bling Diaper Wipes Case on Art Fire

I wish I knew what we were having!!!

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ig 249_3, originally uploaded by ignisdesigns.

A new obsession is born! Working with glass has always been a passion. Check out my new work!

January's birthstone: Garnet

Garnet is a lovely choice for any month, but those born in January get to call it their own...

Garnet is a powerfully energizing and regenerating stone. It revitalizes, purifies, and balances energy, bringing serenity or passion as appropriate.

That said, Here's my most recent necklace:

Garnet and Opalite (Opalite is a man made stone) 2 strand necklace.

Traveling!

It has been a long time since I have written anything here... I've been traveling this year. Lets start from the beginning of the year, I came back from Peru on January 1st 2008.

I brought back some wonderful beads from Peru. Primarily Serpentine, some Cryscolla (Peruvian Turquoise) as well as stones I just picked up off the ground.

Here is a picture of the beads I bought at the base of Machu Picchu:



I'll be turning them into necklaces soon.

Peace!
Bridgette

My Pretties

I am selling this weekend at a craft fair put on by a local bead warehouse. I figure most of my customers will be jewelry makers as well, so I made a few standalone pendants for those that want to make thier own jewelry...

playing with color

playing with color , originally uploaded by ignisdesigns.

A Busy Busy life!

So I just realized my last post was a month ago.

And what a month it has been.

The fires really shook everyone up, and the winds are back. Malibu burned again over Thanksgiving weekend. I can't believe that there is anything left to burn. Once the fires here in my county subsided, it took a few days for the smell of smoke to go away and even longer for the ash to stop falling. Actually, on foggy days, it still smells like wet campfire.

I was blissfully unemployed for a while, and that ended rather abruptly.
I started doing a little freelance work for a local photography studio; Photo Aqua in Encinitas. I decided that it would be fun to go back into retail for the Christmas season* and I got called in to an onsite freelance position.

Needless to say, my jewelry production has been low. I have managed to purchase some yummy new beads and make a stunning Connemara Marble, Amethyst and Copper bracelet.

My mother and sister have now begun selling my jewelry at in home parties. So I need to get back into making more. And yes I am paying them. :)

Ohh, I have plans in the works for the next collaboration project with Ruth another member of EJA

Thats my update, I will have pictures soon!

*if you ever hear me say that it would be fun to work retail for the holidays, hit me!!! the hours are killing me!