At Santa Fe Trail Jewelry, Zulugrass outsold anything else in the store. Why? Because you can get a very rich look by mixing a few colors together, making the price is unbeatable! And best of all the sales benefit the Maasai women in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya and Tanzania.
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Happy New Year from Santa Fe Trail Jewelry!
Happy New Year to all! I am eager to begin a new chapter, a new year with hopeful promise of abundance. We have all worked hard and should take the time to acknowledge a job well done. Let’s look at what we do have and not at what we lack. Thanks for being apart of […]
Happy New Year from Santa Fe Trail Jewelry!
Happy New Year to all! I am eager to begin a new chapter, a new year with hopeful promise of abundance. We have all worked hard and should take the time to acknowledge a job well done. Let’s look at what we do have and not at what we lack. Thanks for being apart of […]
Exclusive Petrified Wood Beads are timeless and very rare.
This gorgeous piece of petrified wood has been transformed into beads by the Sunapee Graniteworks in New Hampshire. My first shipment of beads sold in a matter of days, so I am on the hunt for more material. I am excited to have the opportunity to create something timeless to wear out of something that […]
Exclusive Petrified Wood Beads are timeless and very rare.
This gorgeous piece of petrified wood has been transformed into beads by the Sunapee Graniteworks in New Hampshire. My first shipment of beads sold in a matter of days, so I am on the hunt for more material. I am excited to have the opportunity to create something timeless to wear out of something that […]
Santa Fe Trail Jewelry has more than jewelry.
My mission here at Santa Fe Trail Jewelry is much more than selling jewelry. It is about connecting women with their inner artist and guiding them to create a look that is unique to them. I have the tools in the store to encourage my customers to play with a look, to mix it up, […]
Vote for Santa Fe Trail Jewelry and support Small Business.
It’s easy! Chase Bank has teamed up with Mission Main Street Grants to share 3 million dollars to small business across America. It is a golden opportunity for 20 businesses this year. You can go online to view past recipients. My vision is to preserve this little gallery and secure its future in Historic […]
Trollbeads Day 2014
Today was the first annual Trollbeads Day held globally. At Santa Fe Trail Jewelry we held a Tea Party with fresh lemon-ginger scones and creamed Earl Grey tea. It was a delicious gathering of Troll collectors and friends. Here is my bracelet celebrating Trollbeads Day:
Art Hop in Historic Downtown Monument
Art Hop is the third Thursday of the month, between 5 and 8 pm, and runs from May to September in downtown Monument, Colorado. Come in and browse the galleries and shops in this little historic town. At Santa Fe Trail Jewelry, Nancy Bonig will demonstrate her glass design techniques. Kathleen Krucoff will be showing her […]
A very favorite Unique Trollbead of mine.
I just love this bead and it is perfect to show off on the Trollbeads Bangle. It is a lovely terra cotta color on a background of plum. The Angel Feathers offer really nice texture. I call this bead “Terra Cotta” and have not seen another like it.
Zulugrass has arrived at Santa Fe Trail Jewelry.
Natural grass beads dyed in over 200 rich color combinations mixed with sparkling Czech glass beads create the luminous Zulugrass Jewelry. Philip and Katy Leakey, who live among the Maasai, designed contemporary products that utilize the natural sustainable resources around them as well as the expert beading skills of the Maasai women. The Maasai women […]
Trollbeads sterling beads offer strong texture to your designs.
As a collector of Trollbeads, I am usually using mostly glass beads in my designs. Today, I chose a few rare beads and used mostly strongly textured beads in between. There is no limit to design opportunity here! The glass beads used are in order from left to right: Tiger, Tibet, Cappuccino, Unique, Silver Python […]
Trollbeads Autumn 2013 Collection is here!
Innovation in glass beads is what Trollbeads is all about. Once again Lise Aagaard is refreshing the glass bead category. In the autumn collection, you will find two stunning glass beads in azure blue and fuchsia red. With a new technique in bead design, a detailed flower is engraved on the bead. Besides these new […]
Nancy Bonig is now featured at Santa Fe Trail Jewelry!
I am delighted to offer the designs of Nancy Bonig to you. She and I collaborated to create something with a Native American influence, especially for Santa Fe Trail Jewelry. These magnificent platters are of dichroic glass, so one view will be orange and lime and blue, another angle will show lime and blue. Eye catching […]
New to ‘The Trail’…….
Being the owner of Santa Fe Trail Jewelry, I have little time to design works of jewelry let alone other things. I love being around my horses and dogs and this picture is one of those moments….not planned…that just happened. One night, out at the barn, the sun had just set and I snapped this photo by […]
Trollbeads new Limited Edition Aurora Bangle Bracelet!
“The colorful light of the North has always fascinated people, and there are many myths related to this beautiful, natural phenomenon. The ancient people of the North believed that the Aurora was the fire of torches lighting the way to heaven.” Release Date: April 19th, 2013