New Designs Part II

Oops, sorry if you got an earlier post....wasn't finished & it got sent out.....forgive me. UGH!!!

Been a busy week here at the Beach studios! Lots of thing bubbling but some that I can't share although I will share some new designs that are HOT off the press.....would love to hear your thoughts........I love feedback on designs!

So I am loving this adorable necklace! Full of color and it just makes me smile looking at it!

This is a newer style that we have been doing, a bit more vintage in its feel.....I love this & think it is a great transition necklace for the seasons as well as a great throw it with a tank & jeans, off you go you gorgeous gal!

White Turquoise is one of my new favorite stones and here it is in a classic, simple yet Fab necklace! Love the sterling & wood pendant, don't you?

One of our new bridesmaid & special occasion designs. Full of pink & hot pink Swarovski crystals....simple yet plenty of sparkle!

Course those of you who know me well know that I LOVE vintage and this necklace is full of vintage flowers & pearls but updated to look at bit modern & fun with Swarovski crystals, freshwater pearls & sterling silver.Let's do the twist! So a little throwback there for you but isn't this necklace fun! The pendant is Murano glass done in royal, green & red......we added beautiful sterling silver, lapis, turquoise & of course our favorite Swarovski crystals!!! Cool, light, sassy & fun....can you ask more from your necklace?

Well, that is it for today......off to the studio!

Have a Sparkling Day!!
June

Women Take Wing Feature

I am a charter member of a great group of women that you really need to get to know!
The group is called Women Take Wing and to say that they are a unique, talented, diverse group is quite the understatement!

They have been profiling all of the members for months now and there are some fantastic members as well as stories. You should check out the other profiles if you have the chance......So yours truly was profiled quite while back but thought I would share it with everyone in case you missed it before.....as well as take a moment to toot their horn a bit!

So here it is.........

Life's A Beach!

Posted Oct. 11, 2007

Women Take Wing! is pleased to feature our Charter Members.This is our chance to shine a spotlight on some remarkably inspiring & creative business women, who have taken flight with their dreams and are building businesses that reflect their values, talents, and passions in life. Their belief in themselves and their visions, combined with hard work and innovative thinking, bring them satisfaction each day as they pursue entrepreneurial success. They serve as inspirational beacons to women everywhere who feel a stirring to start a business of their own. We'll be featuring one Charter Member each Thursday. This week, we introduce you to beautiful jewelry designer June Beach...

Featured Charter Member: June Beach
Beach Haus Designs

Beach Haus Designs by June Beach is a fabulous collection of limited edition jewelry & accessories. Based in Michigan, but having grown up in the South, June tries to bring her Southern heritage to everything that she designs - as well as interesting perspectives on design and color combinations.

Beach Haus Designs is a unique company that is building its national reputation on unique, innovative and stylish designs. Selling from their website, http://www.beachhausdesigns.com/, they reach retail customers on both a national & international level. In addition, June designs & sells exclusive wholesale jewelry collections to specialty boutiques, salons & galleries across the country. She is well known for designing custom one of a kind jewelry for weddings and special events via the June Beach Couture Collection.

June has worked as a successful designer, manager and buyers for apparel and accessories, as well as having worked with some of the country’s top retailers. This hands-on education helped to shape her design philosophy before launching Beach Haus Designs, The Bella Dog Boutique, the June Beach Couture Collection and soon to be launched, the Beach Princess Jewelry Collection for the little princess in your life.

June says “I truly hope that the women who wear our designs realize they are as artful, unique and one of a kind as the jewelry they wear. We can’t ask for a better gift than that to and from our treasured customers!” Beach Haus Designs jewelry - for all of the special moments in life.

Her influence exceeds fashion jewelry, too! Though it truly has no connection to her, June has been 'honored' here in Washington state, with a road named 'June Beach Road' on Whidbey Island!

Visit June’s Women Take Wing! Charter Member Bio page:
http://www.womentakewing.com/MemberBeachJune.html

Visit June’s website: http://www.beachhausdesigns.com

Again please check out this fabulous group of ladies at www.womentakewing.com. Having started with just 14 charter members, they now have 42 members and growing daily! Members are from the USA & Canada but we are excited that we will soon have members from other parts of the world!

I love having my own street sign!!! I think that is just the cherry on the top of the cupcake, don't you!!!

Happy Beach Sparkles!
June

Summer Fun

Can you believe that summer is actually here!??!!! I can't but I am SO happy as I love it so much......course Spring is I think my favorite season as I love watching the flowers bloom & the new leaves appear on the trees...such an inspiring rebirth every year.

Ok, well on to some new things finally! I am back in the studio & working hard to get tons of new things listed in the store.

So these two necklaces are some of my new fav's! We are calling them Pink Lemonade
& Sassy Palm Tree! Bet you can't tell which is which.....LOL!!! They are our new featured necklaces in our new ad for Southern Lady Magazine

This adorable bracelet is from our June Beach Collection & about to be a give-a-way next week on Friday Findings on June 13th at Capitola Girl & Posh Mama.

I will post the link for everyone when it goes live next week so that you can enter.....
maybe you will be the lucky winner!

Off to the studio to work and get ready for a show next Wednesday in Birmingham, MI! I am doing the Women of Bloomfield art show and there are just some great artists there every year. Worth checking out if you are in the area........
I will have lots of one of a kinds there just for the show!

Happy Summer Sparkles!
June

Green Beach & Beach Glass

As we all know the big buzzword these days is "Green" & here are Beach Haus Designs we try to do our part too with recycling packaging, beads ( I LOVE anything vintage & have been collecting vintage jewelry & accessories since I was 10 years old!), chains, etc.....sometimes I get so attached to certain pieces that I really feel this need for the piece to get a home with someone who will treasure the jewelry & components in it as much as I do.

Well, one of the other things we do here and is one of our founding designs is our beautiful one of a kind, authentic Beach Glass ( course some people refer to it as Sea Glass as well but being that we are Beach Haus Designs we stick with Beach Glass, LOL).
I have not done as much of our beautiful Beach Glass lately for several reasons but I am happy to say that it is back & here are some of our authentic Lake Michigan beach glass designs......get them while you can as they are all one of a kind & when they are gone....well, you know the drill, their gone!

I love the story behind so many of the colors that you find....cobalt blue beach glass is often from old Noxema jars, Lavender used to be white but during the wars WWI & II they took out a product out of the glass that turned it white that was needed for the war effort and the new chemical over time turned white glass lavender........rare.
There are reds, browns ( old root beer & beer bottles), green (7 -up bottles) and of course white & clear ( soda bottles, etc) I have a fabulous piece of large beach glass that still have the writing on it from the soda bottle, too fun!!!We have done and are always happy to do custom work for our customers using their own beach glass that they found on a favorite vacation, etc.......contact us at customerservice@beachhausdesigns.com for more information about custom work.

Many of our Beach Haus Designs brides have used beach glass in their bridal jewelry for their beach weddings in bracelets, anklets & necklaces! What a great one of a kind gift to give to those who stand up in your wedding.

So here is to a green world!
Check out our Beach Glass Jewelry and snag a piece while you can!

Sparkles
June

Happy Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a day for reflection and honor for those we have lost in the numerous battles that have been fought for our freedom here & abroad.... To all of those men & women we salute you today & everyday for what you do.

I always love seeing the American flags everywhere on Memorial Day, it makes me smile to see our beautiful flag and know that everyone is remembering our servicemen & women!

Course Memorial Day is like our official kick-off for Summer too.......I thought I would share some more Northern Michigan pics that bring some smiles to my face and hopefully yours. This is one of the first sailboats on the water right outside the cottage........I love seeing the sailboats, so graceful, quiet and just gliding through the water like it was on glass. A geat way to spend a leisurely day, don't you think?

I love this little barn & how it has been painted with the chickens! Adorable....I can't help but smile everytime I drive past it. Could you???

One of our favorite cherry & fruit stands in Old Mission! They have maple syrup out right now but soon there will be quarts of fresh yummy cherries. I can't wait!!!!

This is the roof of a barn on the peninsula that they redid last year....Love the colorful stripes. I always know I am almost to the cottage when I see the colors of the roof when I come over the hilltop, off to the left as you are driving you can see the West Bay of Lake Michigan and cherry trees everywhere! Beautiful sight.......

Wishing everyone a very safe & blessed Memorial Day!

Red, White & Blue Sparkles!
June

Stunning Sunsets for Memorial Day Weekend

It seems as though Mother Nature is quite the artist this weekend.......at least here in Northern Michigan! The sunsets since we got to the UpNorth studio have been well beyond beautiful.

I am not sure sometime if we treasure our sunsets so much here in Michigan due to the fact that our winters are so long and we are indoors so much but I do know that we love them! To watch Mother Nature use her paint brush and paint the sky in subtle shade of blues, grays, burnt umbers & sienna only to then as the sun actually sets move on to vibrant shades of reds, oranges & purples and then finally to soft shades of pinks, peaches & lavenders all for our pleasure.

Well it's no wonder we love to sit on the beach at sunset roasting marshmallows & hot dogs....

Amazing how most of these pictures that I took are all in one evening isn't it? I only hope that my pictures are able to do justice to the sunsets of the last 2 nights here at the UpNorth Studio

See what I mean about how the colors change so much! Beautiful.....

I love this picture from last night.....the little assistants were sound asleep, everything was quiet and the sky changed colors again so I ran down to take this final shot last night of the sky......no Northern Lights yet but we have a whole summer to look forward to watching the colorful sunsets and then see if we get blessed with a peek at the amazing Northern Lights....

Cheers to Mother Nature & the colors of the sky!

Have a Sparkling Weekend!
June

A Shower & A Baby

Well the last week has been a bit exciting! I was invited to a beautiful baby shower for a very dear girlfriend who is like a sister to us. The little assistants call her Aunt Krissy. The shower was absolutely stunning with pink, pink & more pink everywhere you looked! Pink roses, pink peonies, pink hydrangeas, pink cupcakes, pink drinks, well....you get the picture!

This is one of the place settings right before we sat down to eat an amazing herbed chicken salad! Fabulous!! Little Assistant #1 wanted to skip lunch & go straight to the cupcakes!! No surprise there....LOL!

This is our lovely Aunt Krissy & her mom with Little Assistant #2. The shower was beautiful, she was beautiful, sunny spring day here in Michigan despite reports of rain and she got some amazing gifts including a Tiffany child's china set that was just too cute for words!
The little assistants gave the new baby girl to be a pink, purple & white tutu in hopes that they will be able to teach her to dance soon! I didn't have the heart to tell them it was going to be a bit before that happens.........

For dessert they had this adorable cake that just literally took the cake....so cute you didn't want to cut it at all ( course they did)! The cake was filled with fresh raspberries, blackberry's and more with buttercream & whipped cream. My mouth is just watering thinking about it again!

Here is the cake! Don't you love the Teddy Bear, the pillows, the rattler says I love Dad and the Bib says I love Mom........Love the pink fondant coverlet, don't you? Course the lily's of the valley smelled almost as good as the cake itself.

Krissy gave the eight fabulous ladies that hosted the shower each a Beach Haus Designs necklace! They each got to pick from an assortment and then if was boxed & wrapped up for them as a thank you for all of their hard & loving work! A couple of the gals loved their necklaces so much they put them on right then & modeled for everyone! Krissy also gifted the little hostesses with Beach Princess Jewelry. They loved their little necklaces full of sparkling crowns, bunnies, hearts & bumble bees!

It was a beautiful day.
Then to our surprise......2 days later Aunt Krissy was in the hospital having her baby girl! She was due in 3 weeks......All is well with everyone and Baby Alexandra is just a stunning little girl with two very happy parents! Congrats to the new family!!!