Monday, July 5, 2010

Meet Carmen Trueheart, Beader and Animal Lover





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/

11 comments:

  1. I love that green necklace! I almost used that one in my post too!

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  2. Very nice post. It's awesome that she is active with animal rescue. Great designs!

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  3. I love PMC and Carmen is the only one I know of who can turn it into such beautiful jewelry. Very nice post.

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  4. Nice post of a talented lady. I love that she donates to the animal sanctuary

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  5. Her work is beautiful! Nice post.

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  6. I am tickled she's from the East Coast! She seems like a wonderful talented person. Nice post.

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  7. Love that green necklace, the pendant on it is amazing!

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  8. Great post! Beautiful jewelry!

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