08 Nov 2014
by GJD
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Tags: art auction, Copper, Crystal, Easter Seals, Grape Soiree, Jewelry, mesh, patina, pearls, s.s. chain, Silver, sun face
This is the piece I donated to the 2014 Easter Seals’ Grape Soiree Art Auction in September.
“Personal Sunshine” is a fine silver pendant capturing a free-spinning sun-face with a golden patina between its layers. It’s embellished with copper wrappings to embrace its warmth, accentuated with blue pearls and crystal dangles and silver charms to reflect the sky, and features a peek-a-boo fine silver mesh window in the back, on a 24″ s.s. chain.
Coordinating fine-silver earrings with copper wrappings complete the set.
20 Sep 2013
For this year’s September 28, 2013 Grape Soiree, an annual fundraising event featuring fine art and wine to benefit Easter Seals of Central Illinois, I’ve donated a piece for the live art auction titled The Pea Pod Shuffle.
The Pea Pod Shuffle
The Pea Pod Shuffle is an organic piece modeled from a sugar snap pea. It features a fine silver pendant embracing faceted hematite crystals, catching the light inside and reflecting it outward. Coordinating fine-silver earrings with smoky crystals complete the set
Details about the event can be found on the Grape Soiree Facebook page and on the Central IL Easter Seals website. It’s always an inspirational and amazing evening.
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by GJD
25 Sep 2012
by GJD
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Tags: Earring, Easter Seals, fine silver, Grape Soiree, Handcrafted, Jewelry, Pendant, Precious metal, Sapphire, Shopping, Silver
My contribution to the 2012 Easter Seals’ Grape Soiree Art Auction this year. Fine silver pendant with blue sapphire on sterling chain, with coordinating earrings. 
By request, the complete set:
20 Aug 2011
by GJD
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Tags: amethyst, Bead, Beadwork, bezel, cabochon, chain, craft, Cultured freshwater pearls, Easter Seals, fine silver, Glass beadmaking, Jewelry, jewely, Mosaics, pearl, Seed bead, Shopping, Sterling silver, Supplies
There are a few charities near and dear to my heart; Easter Seals is one of them.
Here is the piece I’m donating to this year’s Grape Soiree Event.
Ardor Embraced
In a bezel fabricated of 28.2 grams of fine silver, an amethyst cabochon and a freshwater pearl are inlaid amidst tiny glass beads as part of a micro-mosaic tiling process. A hand-wrought fine silver bail connects the pendant to a twenty-four inch sterling silver cable chain.
30 Sep 2010
by GJD
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Tags: Crafts, Easter Seals, Grape Soiree, Handcrafted, Jewelry, Personalized, Precious Metals, Shopping, Silver, Swarovski
Created specifically for Easter Seals’ Grape Soiree 2010:
“Let Me Shade You”
"Let Me Shade You"
23 g. of fine silver (99% pure) in three layers,
embedded with amethyst, peridot, & emerald,
accentuated with watermelon tourmaline & pearl;
double-stranded on sterling silver (24″),
highlighted with rainbow patina
& finished with Swarovski crystal.
Silver Charmer Jewelry 