Dreamscape Jewelry Design:
Thoughts from a late blooming artist.....
When we engage in what we are naturally suited to do, our work takes on the quality of play and it is play that stimulates creativity.” – Linda Naiman

    Red Trillium (My logo)


    The Beginning: Although my daughters are both artists, I never called myself an artist until I reached the age of 50.  Although I was a passionate gardener and creator of miniature room boxes, I stayed away from any type of "art" making.  Professionally I taught my students (elementary and graduate) how to develop the artist in each fo them, but stayed away from actually practicing what I was "preaching."  Noting my avoidance of painting with them, a first grader was the "teacher" who told me that "I was an artist too and all I needed to do was to try ."  In the years that followed, I began "experimenting" with water colors and sketching in my nature journals.  As long as I told myself I was "playing", it opened up the gates of  creativity and risk-taking. 
          In 2009, I was looking for a bracelet to wear to my daughter Katie's wedding.  I wandered into a bead shop which was beside a jewelry store.  Noting the wedding was in two days and my search in jewelry stores had been futile, I ended up designing my own bracelet.  The whole process from envisioning the piece, to the act of stringing was intriguing.  When I finally put the bracelet on, the thrill of creating something beautiful and unique was overwhelming.  I was hooked!  I continued to make jewelry throughout the winter.  People noticed what I was wearing and requests began to come in for pieces of my jewerly.

         The Name:   In the spring of 2010, my husband and I were walking down our camp road in northern Maine, we disovered red trillium (my logo) blooming by the side of the dirt road.  We had named our newly purchased cabin Dreamscape (it had always been a dream for us to own property on East Grand Lake, and it was a "great escape....hence Dreamscape). The sight of these beautiful & unusual flowers blooming in the midst of the dregs of winter, planted the seeds for creating a business for custom jewelry.  The name of our business and the logo began that day.

     The Business of Creating Wearable Art:
     Dreamscape Jewelry Design was created to provide my customers with unique alternatives to the mass-produced jewelry which has been flooding the marketplace. I specialize in custom designed, reasonally pricedand one of a kind jewelry; necklaces, bracelets, earrings, bridal sets and children’s jewelry. My designs are directed by the “stories” found in either the unusual focal lampwork beads or semi-precious gemstones.

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Branching Out:
I love the whole process of jewelry design. Creating a business doing something I am passionate about is an incredble gift at this stage of my life.
In addition to sellling my one of a kind jewelry at craft fairs and stores in Maine and New Hampshire, I have begun exploring the realm of the Internet.  I will be selling on both Etsy (Shop's name is Dreamscape Jewelry) and a website is soon to be up and running (dreamscapejewelry.com)
Needless to say, my venture into cyberspace is both daunting and exciting!