Our seasons have been so mixed up for quite some time.

Winter came in the fall, and then Spring was here for the winter.

My poor daffodils are so confused!

But finally, with the loss of an hour this weekend, hopefully we will gain a true spring…

I can feel it already! In honor of spring, I have designed some dainty flowers for your personal garden.

Through the continued support of friends, colleagues and new guests, indiviJewel designs raised 35 new pairs of shoes for children that have never had any of their own, via an organization called Soles for Souls. This weeks two part Open House also raised money for a small group of beautiful woman in Uganda who make some of the beads I use in one of my collections. The Mushana collection for indiviJewel designs helps support these women feed their families one bead at a time.

I take great pride in using my love for sparkly dangly creations to help support both Soles for Souls, as well as  Mushana (which translates to “Under One Sun” which of course, we all are!).

I invite you to take a moment to feel the warmth inside that giving back brings.

Where/how will you pay it forward this holiday season?

For more information on either of these two companies, please visit

www.giveshoes.org

and

www.mushana.com

I recently donated an indiviJewel designs necklace to a colleague of mine, Margaret DeSimone who was raising money for

Relay for Life-American Cancer Society.

I am thrilled to be able to post this news. The raffle tickets for my necklace alone raised $800!

Now THAT’S a beautiful piece of jewelry.

Bare those ankles and lets get dainty and dangly!

Please contact me for a tailored to fit creation just for you

Introducing The Mushana Collection by indiviJewel designs

I just met a wonderful woman named Angela Robinson through my sister, Jenny Pirc. Angela has formed an alliance with a small group of woman in Uganda. They create beads by hand in a variety of ways. The one thing these beads have in common is that they all require the sun. Light to work by, and warmth to dry their creations. “Mushana” is translated into “under one sun”. Because we are all under the same sun, that name is so inspirational to me. I love that my creations have pieces of these women’s heart and soul incorporated into them. I bought several strands of a few different types of beads. The one pictured here used beads that were made by rolling magazine paper. They are then given their striking color using vegetable dye. I have mixed these gorgeous bee hive shaped beads with Jade, fresh water pearls, glass crystals and seed beads.

Not only are these beads first purchased, a portion of all my sales using Mushana beads goes back to these woman, helping them make a living and feed their families.

I am honored and pleased to announce a whole new collection is presently being created using these beads from Mushana. Look for the new collection coming soon.

Also please visit www.mushana.com to see more of what Angela is doing.

Each individual woven bead on this bracelet takes more than a half hour to create.

The end result seems quite worth it…

The possibilities are infinite!

This bracelet can be worn as a bridal piece to add a little color, or it can be created in white.

Where ‘sweet’ meets ‘bold’

*single click on any photo to enlarge

These sweet pendants were inspired by my love for perfume bottles

and my fascination with I Dream of Jeanie‘s bottle.