The Wood's Secret Garden

I am loving these "Keepsake/Memory Art Pendants".  I just finished another order.  These are so precious. Something really special (and affordable) that can not only be enjoyed as jewelry now, but passed down and cherished for generations to come.   Having so much creative fun!    

This is by far the best thing that has happened since I started making art pendants! One of my customers emailed me about doing a custom order.  She wanted to know if I could make an art pendant for her grandmother who would have been celebrating her 70th wedding anniversary this year.  Her grandpa had recently passed away and she wanted something special and meaningful to give to her grandma.  She sent me the picture below (which is her grandma's favorite picture) and asked me to make an art pendant using this image: The process involved sharpening the image and getting it to a point that I would be able to hand color the image in order to create the pendant that I had in mind.  I don't use a color printer for any of my design work.  One reason is because I don;t have one; but, even if I did, I actually want these to be little pieces of art, not just a printed image under glass. After getting the photo where I needed it to be, I printed it out and bega...

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I decided to make one SF Giants Logo pendant just for fun and post it in my shop last night.  Little did I know that within 10 minutes, I would have 12 orders!  Yikes!  Each one is hand-made and a little one-of-a-kind art piece. Making these requires a six stage process, but it's great fun and the layering of colors and sprinkling of diamond dust is what gives them the bling! Looks like we are going to have "Club Giants" over at City Hall and the Police Department.  Go Team! I am selling these for $19.99, so if you're interested, please contact me and I can make you a RESERVED Listing.   https://www.etsy.com/listing/194643638/art-pendant-necklace-sf-giants-glass?ref=listing-2  

Having a blast creating little "Truth" pendants.  Here is my latest and my favorite so far: You can view all of my designs here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWoodsSecretGarden?section_id=10705918

And this is why I sometimes can't sleep at night. I wanted something simple to advertise my latest line of "Wear the Word" and while laying in bed, this idea came to mind - so I had to get up and do a photo shoot.  I love the simplicity and the fact that the artist's hand (mine) is in the shot.  How I wish there were more hours in the day. 

For months we were working on the house and I had to give up my art for a time.  I knew I would have to give up the Hand Illustrated line of Suede clothes, because there is simply no room in our little 520 square foot home.  But, I started playing around with glass gems stones and, one thing led to another.  I just created these glass art pendants which merge words with abstract art.  Hey - I still fit into my "Wear the Word"   theme!  That makes me happy. You can read more about them here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/193894692/art-pendant-necklace-christian-gift?ref=af_shop_favitem