JANUARY 23, 2008
Today I worked on my jewelry mosaics. I wanted to create some new pieces to present to GILI ANNA for her adorable shop in La Jolla.
GILI ANNA sells jewelry, art and Judaica -- some of the most beautiful pieces I have ever seen. Her shop is fabulous -- filled from top to bottom with amazing, one-of-a-kind objects to wear or display. Her walls are painted a turquoise that is bright and reminds you of the sea. She carries beautiful corals, which complement the colors so perfectly. Every piece is so colorful, sparkly and eye-catching that you don't know where to look first!
She is a very sweet woman, who creates a lovely aura of good feelings as soon as you walk into her shop. I am really hoping she will be able to sell these new pieces for me. I first discovered Gili's lovely shop on January 8th when I drove to La Jolla on a quest to find a great shop to carry my creations. I was led there by fate and she was very enthusiastic about my work. She asked me to make smaller pieces, which would be easier to display, so I have been working very hard since then.
The first piece I created especially for her shop is a small faux-tortoise shell hand mirror, which can also be hung on the wall or propped like a picture frame on a table, so it's very versatile. It's very small -- 3"x5".
Sorry about my messy bedroom reflected in the mirror!
The other is a round mirror about a foot in diameter, which had a white plastic frame that was about 2" thick on the sides. I decorated the entire top of the mirror with jewelry, but the sides looked empty and unfinished. It would take tons more jewelry to finish up the sides, so I decided to decoupage pictures of jewelry on the sides of the mirror, to give it a pretty, finished look without making it prohibitively expensive to sell.
The good thing is that more of these mirrors are available, if she likes them, so I can make a lot of each. I can also just decoupage the white plastic mirror and it would look fabulous, too!
