For a few years now, the Gift Shop at the Noyes Museum of Art in New Jersey has carried my jewelry and giclee art prints.  They contacted me right before Christmas this year, telling me about a fabulous show opening they were having in February -  The Mad Hatter Party - the theme revolving around Alice in Wonderland and Valentine's Day.  They thought my Steampunk link of jewelry would fit in very well with all of this - and asked me to design some additional pieces to have available in the Gift Shop to coincide with the exhibit opening.  All the jewelry pictured is available in my ArtFire Shop. ... » Read More

When my daughter became gluten-free, I began experimenting with different baking options.  I found that introducing new flours into the diet and also cooking with different leavening agents to actually be rather enlightening, as well as extremely interesting.  Since I've always enjoyed cooking, it's been an adventure of sorts.  Through this process I also realized that for people with a yeast allergy (like myself), many of the foods and baking ingredients that you end up cooking with and eating also tend to be gluten-free.The other day I was trying to think of something simple to make that would satisfy my sweet tooth, as well... » Read More