Hand Crafted Animal Totem Jewelry

January Newsletter 2009

 

Many thanks to our wonderful collectors!

We thank you for supporting American-made art. You are helping to revitalize our national economy!

 

Newsletter features:

 

  • NEW Designs.
  • CHARMS! See the expanded new line of cast charms.
  • CREATE your own charm necklace!
  • COMING SOON! a new, updated look for our website!
  • Brooke Stone Jewelry art auction donation

 

 Animal Dance by Phillip Vinton Clayton, 1918

 

Animal Dance

Philip Clay Vinton Clayton, 1918



NEW DESIGNS:  See a complete inventory of new designs inside our New Designs folder, in the Art Gallery.

 

 

 Black Raven w/ Silver Keys and Red Heart

 Keys-to-my-Heart Charm Necklace

Black Raven w/ Silver Keys and Red Enamel Heart

3 ½ inch length / $465.00

Keys-to-My-Heart Charm Necklace

            Keys: 1” to 1 ¼” length

$185.00

 

As you may know, Raven is a corvid, the family of birds which includes crows, magpies, ravens and jays. One thing all corvids love to do is collect shiny things and stash them in a cache. This particular Raven specializes in keys!

 

See more views of Raven w/Keys in silver and bronze inside the Ravens folder of the website Art Gallery!

Each kiln-fired red enamel heart has undergone six firings…. three per side!

  


 Silver Barn Owl w/ Rutilated Quartz

  

Silver Barn Owl w/ Rutilated Quartz

 

2 ¼ inch length

 

$450.00

 

I’ll be making this piece with many different beautiful stones.

 


CHARMS for everyone! See the new expanded line of charms inside the Charms folder in the Art Gallery.

 

 Samples of new charms!

 

 Create your own beautiful, meaningful Charm necklace with our huge new selection of cast charms!

Now you can buy individual charms and design your own charm necklace!

See some sample charm necklaces below:

 

 

 charm necklace using barn swallows

 charm necklace using fossil tooth

 Sample charm necklace made from barn swallow charms, a twig and 2 feathers.

 Sample charm necklace made from a fossil tooth, 2 salmon and 2 claws.

 

I will send you a generous length of sturdy 2mm black leather cord with each order of charms for free, and for an extra $12.00 to $18.00, I will include a handful of color-coordinated spacer beads.

 

Do you live close to a bead shop? I enjoy a shopping trip to my local bead store more than anything! Look for beads with big holes….the holes must be at least 2mm to fit onto your leather cord!

Suggested finishes for the cord ends:

1. Tie a knot!

2.  Purchase cap ends, a tube of bead glue, and a clasp from your local craft shop or bead shop. These items are quite inexpensive!

 

Coming soon!  a new, updated look for our website, including many new features and more informational pages. We are excited to be working on this new project!

Follow this link to see a preview of the new website:

 

 http://www.brookestonejewelry.com/BrookeStone-site.jpg

 

This fall Brooke Stone Jewelry donated art to the Greenhill Humane Society’s Art Auction, here in Eugene, Oregon.

 

One of my favorite things to do is visit their cattery on Greenhill Rd.

Only trouble is, I want to bring all the kittens home!

 

See their website here:  http://www.green-hill.org/

 

 

 Father Frost from an old children's storybook

 

Father Frost, from an old children’s book illustration

 

 

 

The North Wind doth blow,

We soon shall have snow,

And what will poor robin do then, poor thing?

But sit in the barn

To keep himself warm,

And hide his head under his wing, poor thing.

 

Happy Holidays to you!

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