June 21st to 28th On Our New Adventure

It was sad to leave our home in Alpine, AZ but we're both excited about the future, new adventures and city living again! We were blessed with beautiful weather those last days. We got to stay at our friends Hotel for a few days to fully enjoy the outdoors and other friends came up to visit.

We had some rain storms brew over our last few days in Alpine. Nice cool weather!

Sam Mid Bark - you are NOT leaving without me!

A herd of Elk our last day - in the meadow behind our house. What a nice goodbye.

Storminess at Luna Lake. I will miss those summer Monsoon Storms.

Kevin, Gia and Mark. What a delicious feast of fresh caught trout and roasted veggies! It was so nice to spend time with them and do some rockhounding over our last days.

Miss Gia hamming it up on our hike behind Luna lake.

This rainbow was MUCH prettier in Person over the Sportsmans' Lodge in Alpine.

Beautiful clouds over Nutrioso as we headed down the hill. Crazy mountain weather on the drive down to Phoenix. Drove through rain, dust and hail at all the different elevations - starting at 8050' to 1500'.

Just outside of Globe, AZ - we though IT was hot - ha ha - Phoenix is a LOT hotter!

Changes and New Adventures

I haven't been posting much these last two months. All of May and June have been about organizing and packing. As of today our workshop is officially packed up and moved until after our summer shows when we re-open. Strange to be "camping out" in an empty house!

We both loved Alpine so much but there is no opportunity here for young folks like us that are still interested in working. It's a great place to vacation and most of the retired residents are only here from May to September. They have it figured out! Here for the beautiful weather and gone during the severe winters.

Albuquerque is calling us and we hope to have our place lined up in July so after the show travels we can be up and running ASAP. A city with action, culture, an Art Community, hiking, great food...can't wait - can you tell? As soon as we land I'll be in touch .

Hope you have a great summer!

Our Studio Will Be Closed 6/15-9/15

We will be moving our studio this September. We live in a remote area and need to get back to civilization. :)

If you are thinking of an upcoming gift please place your order ASAP because our workshop will be closing down the week of June 15th. After that we'll be on the road until the beginning of September at which time we'll be setting up the new workshop.

We have a lot of upcoming traveling to do - we may even be in your area! Please see our Show Schedule for confirmed dates.

If you place your order by June 7th we can ship it to you before we leave. We will still process orders as we travel if your item is in stock but any orders that can't be filled wouldn't be able to ship until, at the latest, the second week of October. We are starting wholesale in June so if you are wanting a custom piece for the holidays it would be good to have your order in our production schedule as soon as we get back.

Thanks for your patience! I'll be posting pictures of our new studio when it's set up - plus all our cross country show pictures as we travel. Can't wait to have a new, bigger workspace!!

Show in Sedona Mother's Day Weekend

We're back from our show in Sedona over Mother's Day Weekend. WHAT a weekend!! There were 10-20mph winds on Saturday with gusts over 35mph - then on Sunday we had gusts up to 45mph and even higher as we packed up!! We stuck it out to the very end. Not a good venue for us overall but once again we were able to stay with our new friends Gerry and Debbi - two artists from the Verde Valley - great people and very talented. It was so good for the soul to spend time with other arists - especially such sincere, caring people. Please check out their website and stop by to see them at their new gallery if you're in the area! http://www.gquotskuyva.com/

Gerry, Debbie and Sam saying their goodbyes Monday Morning.

Fishing pond in Camp Verde - the desert in the Verde Valley is so beautiful - a lush valley flanking the Verde River.

The Lollicake Company

We met Courtney and her husband at the Litchfield Park Culinary Arts & Craft Festival. What a great neighbor! Her Lollicakes are cupcakes on a stick! Great for housewarming gifts, shower gifts, children's parties, brunches, you name it! Check out her website for more information on this fun and delicious gift idea! www.thelollicakecompany.com

Mother's Day/Nurses Week Sale At Black Mountain Jewelry Co.

We are having a sale for Mother's Day & Nurse's Week!

We would like to offer you 25% off your Mother's Day or Nurse's Week order placed by 4/30. Just enter code # ML04 on your web order or mention it if you'd rather call us. We would also like to offer you free shipping if your order is placed by 4/23 - just notate Free Shipping in the comment box on your order and we'll remove the charge before processing - our Yahoo Store only allows one coupon per order. This sale applies to all of our jewelry.

If you are thinking about a custom Tree of Life Jewelry order please place your order ASAP. They are custom made by just the two of us. Hope to hear from you!

Spring Is In The Air - Alpine, AZ

Spring has finally made it to Alpine, AZ. Crows are shredding bark off the cedar in our woodpile for nesting material. The Blue Birds are back - had to clean out their nest box this morning. Amorous Squirrels are chasing each other up and down the trees. Even Sam is in love! Our neighbor's dog Sasha comes to see him a few times a day now. The first visit of the morning there is a hearty wag "Good Morning" then they just hang out together on the back stoop for hours. (We are starting the search for a female companion for our little guy. He's lonely!)

Most of the snow is gone now except for the shady spots. The pile behind our house - which was originally 10' high (from clearing off the roof during this snowy winter)is now down to 5'. Sometime in May that will be gone too! The elk babies should be around soon and the brown forest will start to green up. My favorite time of the year!