Winter is coming--or, rather, it's already here!

Despite this year's fickle weather patterns in Virginia winter is here, and along with it Winter-themed jewelry. Jennifer Paxton makes hand-crafted ceramic jewelry for almost all seasons and holidays, and currently the most relevant of those are Winter and Christmas!

Jennifer's affordable, earthenware clay pieces make perfect gifts. For more information you can call the number at the bottom of this post OR send an e-mail to the Artist at the address found in the sidebar.

Additionally, please note that you can purchase Jennifer's jewelry at the locations listed in the sidebar.

We are looking forward to Christmastime and Winter weather, and we hope you are too!

Jennifer Paxton: (434)-983-1817

Happy Thanksgiving!

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."

-John F. Kennedy

'Tis the season for setting goals! Black Friday will soon be upon us, and Jennifer Paxton Jewelry plans to be ready. Just as Kennedy said, on Thanksgiving we should not only be thankful, but we should live by our words of thanks. Living by our words also applies sticking to our goals in order to reach them, and we have been working to do just that.

 

"Glazed Over" - Ceramic Jewelry for the Senses

Welcome and hello to all ye Artists and Art Lovers!

For the month of November I, Jennifer Paxton, am the featured Artist at C'ville Arts, located in downtown Charlottesville, VA. I will be at the shop from 11:00am to 4:00pm the day after Thanksgiving--better known as Black Friday, OR should I say THE biggest shopping day of the year! Any and All are welcome to come say hello, see my new jewelry, and of course do their holiday shopping! C'ville Arts is a great place to find skillfully crafted and reasonably priced gifts--including holiday-themed jewelry.

I would love to see you there! You can find more information here: “Glazed Over”- Ceramic Jewelry for the Senses

-Jennifer

Remembering Mothers

It's a wonderful Mothers' Day morning! There are birds singing and flowers abloom! Flowers remind us of nature's fragile beauty and inspire us to create beauty with our own hands. Today, flowers are especially beautiful because they help us remind our mothers' how much we love them.

Feeding Time!

As I am sure many of you have noticed, the weather has been extremely fickle lately. It seems as though the birds are the only ones who remember that spring is here! Even this morning--in all its slushiness--I could hear chirping. These are some recent photos from the feeder outside the Spears Family dining room window followed by a Jennifer Paxton bird-inspired necklace.

A Downy Woodpecker peering inside

A Chickadee shops for seeds 

Birds inspire!

"In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer." -Albert Camus

Today started out dreary and rainy, and now the rain has turned into snow. As we grow and learn about ourselves and the world it becomes more and more important to maintain a sense of wonder about our surroundings. The world is full of beauty, and with such a large magnitude of inspiration available it is an artist's responsibility to create.

Winter Flower Set

Birds

Birds are a pretty big deal in the Paxton/Spears family.

Chickadee Set; Earrings $12, Necklace $26 (C'ville Arts) 

"A man finds room in the few square inches of his face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

The human face is a bountiful source of inspiration, and as Emerson points out it is a beautiful expression of history and ancestry. The beauty of faces is found in many types of art--even, if not especially, advertisements. Art Nouveau was a popular style of art often used in advertising around 1890 to 1910 which is characterized by its flowing, rhythmic curves. Alphonse Mucha, an artist associated with the Art Nouveau style, was known for featuring beautiful women in his ads, and the depth of expression in these women's faces is captivating.

Art Nouveau Set (C'ville Arts); Necklace $26, Earrings $20

"All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness." 

-Eckhart Tolle

Today was anything but still. The warm weather brought out many bustling birds and animals, and the trees were swaying to the rhythm of 30 mph gusts! On days like these nature, in its way, seems to bring out the inner stillness in artists. When everything seems to be full of life an artist sees beauty and creates from his or her "place of no-mind". With Valentine's day approaching inspiration comes from nature and love.

Nature Heart Pendants - $22