Hand forged (by my cousin, the blacksmith) dimes and pennies. Coins are in dated pairs. cowgirls just wanna have fun!
Lynette Vandeveer
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Recently, a friend of mine referred to me as “A real Renaissance woman”. I knew it was meant to be a compliment so I smiled and said, “thank you!” While I always enjoyed dressing up and going to the Renaissance Faire, I must confess: I really had no idea what a “Renaissance woman” was. So I looked it up in our modern day encyclopedia, the internet.
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dictionary.com states that a Renaissance woman is “a woman who has acquired profound knowledge or proficiency in more than one field.”
Hmmm… OK, I’ll accept that. While I have profound knowledge in my jewelry making, I also have knowledge of and great appreciation and proficiency in several other fields. To name a few, there’s sailing, music (especially old R&B and Motown, late 50’s and 60’s rock and roll music, and 1970’s rock music, New Wave, and disco – stop the teasing!), dancing to that music, cooking, wine appreciation, family board games like Scrabble and Taboo, card games including poker and Cribbage, baseball, road trips, fishing (freshwater preferred), animals and flowers, cruising – I could go on.
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wikihow.com gives several tips on becoming a Renaissance woman/person:
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Be talented athletically
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Be musical
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Understand art
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Be educated
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Be well-read
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Have a good family and economic life
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Be brave
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Be thoughtful and generous
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Be courteous
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Be a leader
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While I do or have been all the above, I believe that the most important traits to practice on a daily basis are courtesy, thoughtfulness, generosity, and bravery; and especially one which is not listed: happiness. We owe it to ourselves and all those we love to be happy – happy with who we are and happy with what we have.
Me? A Renaissance woman? I guess the answer would be yes. And thank you, my friend, for giving me one of the best compliments ever.
I love the hat
Chatoyant – adjective: having a changeable luster or color with an undulating narrow band of white light <a chatoyant gem>
Origin: Coined from the French “œil de chat,” meaning “cat’s eye”
Chatoyant. Chatoyance. Chatoyancy. I love the way the word flows off my tongue. It has such a beautiful feel to the mouth when spoken. Yummy. But enough about the sensuality of the word, let’s talk about what it means!
Have you ever looked at a stone and noticed the light dancing inside? Have you ever looked at a polished stone and saw what looked like ‘angel hair’, that white iridescent trim and stringy stuff we used to put on Christmas trees (before it was banned)? Have you ever looked at a polished agate and were teased by what might be a hologram somewhere within the lines of the stone? This is chatoyance – the playful dance of light caused by fibrous inclusions or cavities within a stone. It is what creates the ‘star’ in a star sapphire or star ruby.
When polishing stones, nothing thrills me more than to discover that my piece is waiting for me to bring out its chatoyance, the inner glow, the soul of the stone.
Beautiful chatoyant AGATE, from my collection.
BLUE TIGER EYE, hand polished by me.
STAR RUBY, internet image
Well, it happened again. This summer I entered two of my designs into competition in the Professional Jewelry Design Category at the 2014 Orange County Fair. And this lovely gem took the red ribbon for second place! I am always amazed, humbled, and grateful when one of my pieces wins a ribbon. I put much thought and lovingkindness into creating my jewelry designs and I am always pleased when others appreciate the work I put into making them. A big thank you to the judges who also saw the quiet beauty in this piece.
Award Winner 2014
amethyst, sunstone, pearl, toho seed beads. sterling findings
Fluorite ‘Tree of Life’
Naturally colored fluorite in purples, blues, yellows, greens; add copper wire, chain, with a sparkling sun and a full moon, and you have a beautifully earthy hand-crafted piece of wearable art. Yes, you deserve it. Mother Nature is calling.
Not to worry… I can make another of these adorable Hello Kitty guitar pick necklaces. She is irresistible with Swarovski crystals in pinks, white, and aurora borealis. And when the guitar pick is in motion, White Kitty strums the guitar. Ahhhh… we love her.
Colorful crystals
Imagine a waterfall of color that is so rich you almost want to eat it; add a pendant that brings all these colors together. Here you have it. Add some sterling silver and you will be stopping traffic.
These bracelets are a special order, gifts to be given from a lovely lady recovering from multiple myeloma; a gift to her Mother and sister. Burgundy is the color in support of those with multiple myeloma, the emerald crystal is the birthstone of the lady giving the gifts.
Lyn D jewelry design 