Carmen, who lives in Saint Augustine, Florida, first began working with beads in her early days as a "hippie" in Richmond, Virginia. She started out stringing beads, then began to collect all kinds of beads, including vintage beads, and continued to nurture her interest by taking classes in Silversmithing and Precious Metal Clay (PMC). She even earned a PMC certification, which allows her to teach this method of making beautiful sterling silver beads. Carmen says that "To be able to create through art, to experiment , succeed and fail, and learn through creativity, that has always been a desire." Visit both her Etsy sites and see her wonderful work:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/baublezptoa
http://www.etsy.com/shop/bananamiranda
Carmen also loves animals and donates "a portion of all of my sales to Best Friends Sanctuary." She shares stories and pictures of her beloved pets, along with pictures of her jewelry on her blog: http://mooaanysays.blogspot.com/
Beautiful pieces! Nice post!!!
ReplyDeleteI love that green necklace! I almost used that one in my post too!
ReplyDeleteVery nice post. It's awesome that she is active with animal rescue. Great designs!
ReplyDeleteI love PMC and Carmen is the only one I know of who can turn it into such beautiful jewelry. Very nice post.
ReplyDeleteNice post of a talented lady. I love that she donates to the animal sanctuary
ReplyDeleteHer work is beautiful! Nice post.
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ReplyDeleteI am tickled she's from the East Coast! She seems like a wonderful talented person. Nice post.
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
ReplyDeleteLove that green necklace, the pendant on it is amazing!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Beautiful jewelry!
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