Experiencing a life long love affair with Nature (am a self-professed "nature geek"), I am able to satisfy a strong desire to create by designing one-of-a-kind jewelry mainly using semi-precious stones and sterling or fine silver, but also polymer clay, Czech glass, Swarovski crystals, and, more recently, copper and lampwork beads. My Muse is Nature, and to be inspired, I just have to look out over the desert and mountains where my husband and I are privileged to live. My work is sold through galleries in Virginia, Texas and South Carolina, through art shows and home shows and through my ArtFire studio.

People always ask about my business name. It was named 10 years ago to honor our rescue dogs who "shadow" me everywhere and give me undying love and playfulness. Most specifically lovely Chase, a lab/hound X, who was 16 1/2 before she went to the big squirrel heaven in the sky, November 2011. Loki left us in April 2012 and Mesa, unexpectedly, in June 2012 ): We have a new "Shadow Pup", Seamus, to carry on the shadow dog tradition.

I have a new Indiemade shop: shadowdogdesigns.indiemade.com/store

And I have an ArtFire shop: www.ShadowDogDesigns.artfire.com

Indiemade blog: shadowdogdesigns.indiemade.com/blog

ArtFire blog: www.artfire.com/ext/shop/blog/ShadowDogDesigns

Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/#!/ShadowDogDesign

Here's my Shadow Dog Designs FB page: www.facebook.com/ShadowDogDesigns

And here's my Pinterest link - having a blast there: pinterest.com/shadowdog/

Or you can Flickr mail me or contact me through shadowdogdesigns@yahoo.com.

Thank you!

Peace and joy . . . Catherine