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April 2011

Sunshine and Gelato, the Perfect Companions

Posted by Janet Bocciardi on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 8:56pm in food, Italy, Mediterranean Cruise, travel | 3 comments

The town of Amalfi from the sea

Wordless Wednesday

Posted by Janet Bocciardi on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 11:00am in Barbados, travel, Wordless Wednesday | 5 comments

The Superhuman Strength of Women

Posted by Janet Bocciardi on Mon, 04/25/2011 - 12:00pm in blog hop, family | 12 comments

Celebrating Womanhood is pretty much what we in the UWIB (Unique Women in Business) do every day, but that's our blog carnival topic this month, too!

Happy Easter and a Happy Spring!

Posted by Janet Bocciardi on Sat, 04/23/2011 - 2:39am in Holiday, nature, photography | 8 comments

My Etsy Treasuries Page

Posted by Janet Bocciardi on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 5:02pm in artisan jewelry, Etsy | 3 comments

Currently I also have an Etsy shop in addition to this website's jewelry shop. It has a subset of the jewelry I carry here. If you prefer to shop on Etsy - please check out my Etsy shop.

Wordless Wednesday

Posted by Janet Bocciardi on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 11:00am in nature, Wordless Wednesday | 3 comments

My First Wedding Commission!

Posted by Janet Bocciardi on Tue, 04/19/2011 - 11:00am in artisan earrings, artisan necklaces, commission | 4 comments

Passion Flower, one of the pieces she loved

I'm Out of My Box, Help!

Posted by Janet Bocciardi on Mon, 04/18/2011 - 11:00am in Exploring, workshop | 8 comments

This year I've been challenging myself to take art classes outside my comfort zone. In March I took a 3-day plaster class from the wonderfully talented Stephanie Lee.

Just 1 of 7000 Bracelets for the Global Genes Project

Posted by Janet Bocciardi on Sat, 04/16/2011 - 11:00am in artisan bracelets, giving back | 42 comments

My Blue Gene Bracelet was a joy to create. It is a gift to the Global Genes Project and their 7000 bracelets campaign to raise awareness and show my support for kids living with rare disease, disorders or conditions. This bracelet, along with 6999 others, will be distributed to participating families in December 2011.

The Jingle and Clinking of Button Jar Memories

Posted by Janet Bocciardi on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 12:09am in artisan bracelets, family | 4 comments

This week's BlogFire Guild's theme is "Who in your family inspires you?" When no one popped into my mind I decided to go browse my shop to see who I could find. Immediately I saw the influence of my childhood joy of playing with my Mom's and Grandmother's button jars.