My other profession. Highly skilled pebble/seashell forager. 

My husband took this while we were beach combing in Ireland. 

Do we all agree that if you're going to beachcomb, the coasts of Ireland are the 𝓑𝓮𝓼𝓽 spot. 

                     ~✿𝕌𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕞 𝕣𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕒𝕨 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤, 𝕒 𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕙 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥, 𝕞𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕤, 𝕀 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕛𝕖𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕣𝕪.
𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕦𝕤𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕖. 𝕀 𝕝𝕖𝕥 𝕞𝕪 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝕀 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕒𝕪..𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕔𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕣 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞, 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞 𝕠𝕗 𝕡𝕒𝕡𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤. 𝕀 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕖. 𝕀 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖. 𝔸𝕝𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕤𝕟'𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀 𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥.
𝕀 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕞𝕪 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕛𝕖𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕣𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕟𝕤. 𝕀 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕟𝕚𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕫𝕖𝕝 𝕤𝕖𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕕𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕚𝕖𝕔𝕖. 𝔹𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕀 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕦𝕤𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕟𝕖, 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜.
      

         ~⚘𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕪 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖.⚘~

The romance with glass began more than a decade ago and was fueled by a visit to a small boutique that had a display set up with several small flame worked Christmas tree ornaments. When I mentioned to the owner how beautiful something so simple was, the woman replied that the technique was called 'lampwork' and her husband crafted them with glass rods and a torch. This statement fascinated and intrigued me, and so months later when I happened across a listing on EBay for a lampwork kit it seemed like kismet.

That was the start of a journey down a very long rabbit hole. 

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In time, I began a business supplying jewelry designers with my handmade glass beads.  The business was named Sweetwater, in memory of my childhood.  

As a young girl, our family of 8 moved from Vancouver Island to several hundred acres of pristine land on a remote northern corner of British Columbia, near the Halfway River.  There was an underground stream of crystal clear water that bubbled up out of the earth year round and because of that, the ranch became know as the 'Sweetwater'. 

 Although I now sell my jewelry designs under my own name, familial elements are core and you will always find the presence of 'Sweetwater' in some of my work.  Family roots run deep and influence much of what is created in my  studio.  Love for the earth influences all of my work.     

I now live in western Washington with my beloved better half and our sweet rescue Papillon mix, George.                                                                 

⚘The raven logo was drawn by my granddaughter and approved by my grandson! 

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