I have had so much fun creating my Elven forest jewelry range!  When I first discovered Czech glass leaf beads I knew I had stumbeled upon something that would keep me enchanted for a long time.  The ear cuff that I am currently using as my profile photo was my first ever attempt at "crystal flower arranging" as I have come to call it.  The lovely gold topaz leaves  reminded me of Tolkein's description of Galadriel's home in Lothlorien and from there a collection was born!! After the cuff was born, I decided to make a bracelet and necklace, and eventually added the tiara and the upper arm cuff (which doubles as an exotic ankle bracelet:-).

I was recently commissioned to create this set for a fantasy artist in Denmark who plans to use these in a portrait of Titania- quite fitting I thought, as these colours always remind me of the height of summer.  I am very excited about this project and will be sharing more once her piece is finished!!

As always, this collection and more is available in my etsy shop:

www.thyme2dream.etsy.com

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who stopped by my page to look at my jewelry photos and who welcomed me so warmly to this enchanted realm!  What a lovely community.  I hope I was able to respond to everyone who commented...I am rather new to social networking sites and am still learning how to do all the technical stuff- wire and gemstones are much simpler to work with!

Because I have had several inquiries I thought I should make a note about my photo gallery &  post some easy links to my online shops...almost all of the pieces shown in the gallery here are offered for sale in my Etsy or Ebay shops.  The pendants of course are pretty much one of a kind items, but I am always happy to do a custom wrap...I have quite a collection of stones and crystals, so chances are I have what you are looking for- feel free to email anytime with a request:-)

My main website is

www.thyme2dream.com

and from there you can get everywhere I have stuff for sale.  I am on UK ebay, US ebay and my absolute FAVORITE home is Etsy:

www.thyme2dream.etsy.com

Posted above are some of my newest creations on Ive listed Etsy (cos I cant figure out how to get them in the MIDDLE of this blog post, lol)

I've been reading about spring peeking through the ground in the UK..here on the Kansas prairie it has been lovely and warm for two days, but the flowers know better than to start popping up yet...we are likely to have a blizzard by Friday;-). 

Happily, my workspace is a treehouse sort of a sunroom, with a nice toasty warm heater at my feet I can work along fairly contentedly until spring finally gets here--usually around St Patricks Day, but you never know out here...

Here's my 1st blog to complete the profile wizard (it just wont do to have incomplete wizards roaming about:-)...so, a wee introduction:

I have spent the last few years creating unusual jewelry for discerning faeries and elven folk and have recently discovered that mortals like it too:-) I just started Thyme2dream as a full time business, and hope to gear up to attend Renfaires and Faerie Festivals within the next year or so...for now I am getting established online and having a wonderful time connecting with other creative fae in the process!

Im a daughter of the south wind (fancy name for 'Native Kansan';-)...but these days I am blessed to be able split time between here and Edinburgh, Scotland where my husband was born and raised. Celtic stuff seems to be in my blood, and most of my pieces have a bit of Celt in them somewhere.

I love rocks~ From the naturally heart shaped piece of Kansas River rock my boys found for me one day on a home school outing, to the lovely cool feeling of blue chalcedony or the magical shimmer of rainbow moonstone~ all stones become my friends when I work with them.  Wrapping and spiraling with wire and gemstones seems to be a natural combination for me...Most of my pieces are not planned, they just sort of happen as I play with the elements of the design.  I am also fascinated by the ‘personalities' that different cultures and traditions have given gemstones through the ages, and often combine them with specific meanings in mind as a blessing to the person who will eventually wear them. Above all, I try to put a lot of love and joy into everything I create! 

Feel free to contact me anytime..I love feedback on my work and enjoy working on custom pieces if you have a costume that needs that wee bit of something added to the ensemble!