Photo by Jessica Lee
They say the dog is man's best friend. That he is loyal, faithful, protective and never judges. He is the friend who is there for you when no one else is. He brings joy, laughter, and let's be honest, the odd moments of anger too. But above all of that, he brings many great memories to your life. Sometimes a dog will even bring you to tears...
Today the tears are tears of sorrow of a life past. The tears are for a friend who brought so much to our lives, yet never spoke a word. He didn't have to speak for you to get to know the kind of gentle soul he was. You just had to witness the way he pranced around with a prized stick in his mouth, or how he would get oh so close to new born baby without touching it, to realize how gentle he was. Always the gentleman, he would wait for you to walk down the stairs or out a door before he would follow. He was also the house exterminator - without hesitation, he would gulp up that scary looking spider or that pesky moth that had entered the house.
One of our fondest memories goes back to when he was a couple of years old. Stacey was walking Shiraz and the newly born Bronwyn at the dog park. A group of hornets surrounded the baby buggy and it looked certain that our precious baby would be stung. But the gentleman stepped in and wedged himself between the baby buggy and the hornets. He was stung three times. Bronwyn and Stacey were unharmed.
Today after a brief struggle with cancer Shiraz bid us farewell. No words can really express what he meant to our family. He was the dog you always dreamed of owning. He was gentle, kind and loved being around people.
When we picked his name over 11 and half years ago we could not have imagined that it would have suited him so perfectly:
In the words of Robert Parker of the Wine Advocate describing a Shiraz: full-bodied power, great definition and lovely elegance.
Please take a moment to view this incredible video that was made over 10 years ago by a very special friend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DZEZMKC4dg
Ian, Stacey, Bronwyn, Fintan and of course Mouton
fine silver earrings made to go with the antique button pendant i did last year
tree series cufflinks...can't leave out the men!
revival of the 2-tone anodized aluminum pendants
It's time for the 2009 Fall Show & Sale!
check out my amazing kids who shaved their heads on friday in support of kids with cancer!
i feel like i'm back in university, cramming for a studio art project! i really must learn to stop leaving things to the last minute (yea right!). these lovely bits are for an enameling class i'll be taking on saturday in phoenix. in mesa actually, but close. why am i flying all the way to phoenix for an art class that i could surely take in calgary? well, the class is being taught by my good friend jewel clark (yes, her name really is jewel!), a fellow university of texas metals graduate. we get to visit after many, many moons and i get to take a class that i've been interested in for almost as long. will have more pix on monday-ish, have a great week!
these are an extension of the tree series. the color disks are anodized aluminum that have been riveted to the silver bit. contact me for purchase availability. cheers!
you've seen this one before, but it was a crappy photo!
my all-time fave and of course its the one that sold :)
the tag on this one reads 'dance'
just a couple of the collage pendants that made their debut at the group show. all the collage pendants are reversible (with painting on the backside) and are made with wood, acrylic paint, recycled gift cards and sterling silver.
Veronica Stewart-Cameron, Nicole Schon, me and Linda Hickey right 
Veronica and her eager helper, Bronwyn, showing off all the lovely Japanese papers and albums.
Happy customer rocking her new bling.
Nicole with her beautiful teapots and AMAZING tea.
Linda talking quilts (you should see the one I got!) with a prospective client. 
This is a teaser from Maggie Stiefvater's BALLAD, a novel involving homicidal faeries and kissing that's coming out October 1st.
thank you to everyone who came out to the spring show this past saturday, it was great! 
