Jennifer of Mewes Mountain Arts is our handmade artist, this week.  She lives in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado where she's able to look out into her backyard and see the self-proclaimed family mountain.  Always a black sheep, she's bounced from the fine arts, all over the country, and finally settled on information technology as a career.

Her jewelry is colorful and textural, as you can see by her Red Foilage bracelet above.  With this piece, she's combined several different types of red beads into a lovely, fall arrangement for your wrist.  

Jennifer is very influenced by her religion, and has a giving spirit.  For example, the lanyard below proceeds breast cancer awareness.  She's know many people touched by this cruel disease, and is working to make a difference.  She's combined various silver elements into a useful, pretty piece.

Apologies to both lisianblue and trusk4u!  I completely scrambled this post up, initially.

Many people are sucked into the world of artists after finding one medium that captures them.  While they may maintain interest, cultivate, and perfect that medium, very rarely does the journey end there.  Inevitably, it snowballs and other crafts are learned and explored.

This week's artist, trusk4u, began with sewing, a craft she's still passionate about.  From sewing, Teresa has also found jewelry to her taste, and it's been her focus, recently.

Her jewelry style is very clean, feminine, and makes great use of colors.  I found several pieces that really caught my eye, but this stately piece made with a mixture of obsidian, onyx, jade, and blackstone really did it for me.  Not only is it a geology lesson in a necklace, but it's something that stands out.

Though jewelery is the main star of her shops, these days, you can still find pretty, functional sewing.  I love this pink batik purse set.  Not only do you get the purse itself, but it comes with a zippered bag and coin purse, too.  Gorgeous and summery!

Make sure to check out her shops for other amazing work, and also keep a close eye on her upcoming brick-and-mortar shop, Hollyhocks!  Now that's a labor of love.