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And The Featured of the Month is…

September 25, 2016September 25, 2016 Carolina Russo

And FEATURED is… Jodi McKinney!

THE CREATIVE LIFE IN BETWEEN is….

YesterdayAfter – Featured of the Month – September 2016

first-fall-leaves-the-old-dogwood-tree-0916-mars-pa — First Fall Leaves The Old Dogwood Tree

Hello dear friends and new followers, welcome once again to The Featured of the Month, during this year I made a lots of new connections with very inspiring bloggers and creative people. Thanks everyone for the participation to our weekly Meet and Greet Fridays. Because this event that I started in 2015 I had the opportunity to discover and connect with numerous great Blogs. I had the pleasure and honor to Feature many and still is not easy for me to choose only one of you each month. Sorry this month I am a little late but I was able to made my pick for September and finally write this post.

This month we have the opportunity to visit the creative world of Jodi exploring all the beautiful things that she does with her creativity!

Today I am very happy and honored to introduce you my dear friend and Featured of the Month… Jodi McKinney and her beautiful Blog THE CREATIVE LIFE IN BETWEEN Jodi says “I enjoy writing immensely… painting pictures with words… expressing emotions through words… telling stories… sharing my thoughts and my escapades… musing from mars…”

monochromatic-fall-landscape-raw-and-burnt-sienna-quin-gold-10x12-300lb-fabriano-artistico — Watercolor Landscape by ©Jodi McKinney

Several months ago I happily connected with Jodi through the Blog of our dear friend Charlie from doodlewash.com. We came across each other blogs because our passion for watercolor painting. I loved to discover her Blog and what she share, she love to craft and sell her creations on Etsy. Jodi has lots of creativity, from painting, to writing, to photography to cooking…and lots more. Her beautiful and positive energy shows in everything she does. I love to be connected with Jodi and I love to read her comments on my Blog. We have many things and passion in common that we love and can relate. And today I am very happy to share her Blog with you!

This is an excerpt of her About Page…

People have been telling me for a while that I should write a blog…. Okay – a few people…. Maybe just a couple…. Oh well – I want to try a blog and one or two people might have encouraged me…. So here I go. I have a very full and blessed life. First and foremost, I am a wife to a wonderful (most of the time) man I met when I was 16 years old, married when I was 19, and still tell I love every day 32 33 years later (you do the math – yep – I’m 51 52 years old! Where did the time go?!) Truly – it is he who puts up with me! I am mom to two of the most amazing young men in the entire world and mother-in-law to the sweetest young lady any mom could wish for her son to find. My full-time job is director of corporate communications for a hospice and home health agency (shameless plug for http://www.celtichealthcare.com :)), where my husband tells me I get paid to talk for a living. Of course I do a few more things… but I am truly blessed to work for an amazing company. (Please also note: the views expressed on this blog are my own and are in no way related to Celtic Healthcare.)

This blog is going to be about all that stuff that is in between that… the things I love to do…. (Continue reading)

I hope that you enjoyed this new Feature of the Month and want to know more about Jodi’s life and adventures please give her Blog a visit!

(Please Jodi grab this Badge and post it somewhere on your Blog linked to this post!) ❤

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Stay Connected! Participate to the Meet and Greet Fridays weekly event leaving your Blog link, Follow here and on my other social media be active! Inspire!
You never know…maybe next Month I will choose YOU!

Wish you all a wonderful Sunday and a great week!

Congratulations to Jodi McKinney to be the Featured of the Month of September 2016

Stay connected for the next month feature!!!

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Thank You!

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Day 22 #WorldWatercolorMonth

July 22, 2016July 23, 2016 Carolina Russo

Day #22 - Lighthouse (Rhode Island) - Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo — Day #22 – Lighthouse (Rhode Island) – Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo

– Lighthouse (Rhode Island) –
Day #22 World Watercolor Month

This is Day #22/31 of the World Watercolor Month I love Lighthouses seascapes are so beautiful! Today I searched for inspiration and I came across beautiful images of Rhode Island a US State in New England lots of lovely views and places. I found a beautiful photo of a lighthouse located near Newport. That was my inspiration for today painting.

Details about my watercolor:

watercolor outlined with black pen. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle 12 demi-godets half-pans travel metal box and Pigma Micron Black ink #01 pen. Painted over Arches watercolor paper grain fin cold pressed 300g 140lb

Visit my World Watercolor Month Gallery

On this page there is my Gallery starting on July 1st to display all my daily paintings for the July World Watercolor Month Collection 2016!

SALE: All my 31 watercolors paintings for this unique first year World Watercolor Month Collection are for sale in Limited Edition of only 1/31 numbered and hand signed Prints. In this first edition would be only 31 Prints size 8 x 10″ of each painting.
Prints are made on order for the special price of $35 + shipping, payment accepted via PayPal contact me to order purchases can be made here on the Blog.
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Enjoy this great month!

Thank You!

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Day 21 #WorldWatercolorMonth

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 Carolina Russo

Day #21 - Plumeria and Jewelry - Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo — Day #21 – Plumeria and Jewelry – Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo

– Plumeria and Jewelry –
Day #21 World Watercolor Month

This is Day #21/31 of the World Watercolor Month today I attempted to paint one of my own creation and Jewelry Design. I love the “Fossil Seashell Necklace” and when I created the design for the launch I took this photo with the plumeria flower, this photo is pretty much everywhere over my social media profiles picture as symbol of my Jewelry Collections and of yesterdayafter.com today I took it as reference photo for my watercolor painting! The Fossil Seashell Necklace is available in Limited Edition on my Etsy Shop.

Details about my watercolor:

watercolor outlined with black and blu ink pens. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle 12 demi-godets half-pans travel metal box and Pigma Micron Black ink #01 pen. Painted over a cold press 140lb watercolor paper pad!

Visit my World Watercolor Month Gallery

On this page there is my Gallery starting on July 1st to display all my daily paintings for the July World Watercolor Month Collection 2016!

#WorldWatercolorMonth

Enjoy this great month!

Thank You!

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

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New Design – Love and Peace Necklace

June 28, 2016June 29, 2016 Carolina Russo

Love and Peace - Design ©Carolina Russo — Love and Peace – Design ©Carolina Russo

Today I am very happy to introduce a new jewelry design of a powerful necklace that I created few weeks ago inspired by the soul of my dear friend Jessica.
I named this necklace “Love and Peace” and it is part of the Among Nature Jewelry Collection 2016.

It has been quite some time that I haven’t post any new Jewelry Design for my Collection, is because at the moment I have been watercolor painting and creating in Digital more. As you all know by now especially my long time followers and friends here on the Blogosphere I like to work and create with different mediums,. There are certain times where I focus on different things and experiment new creative techniques.

I loved to create this design and working with the wire for this vertical gemstones pendant that brings meditative and calming feelings. The Pendant is the focal point of this necklace and is completed with a leather tassel.

I used a selection of natural pale Rose Quartz gemstones paired with two faceted Czeck smoky crystal beads.

“LOVE” – Rose Quartz is a natural gemstone known also as the Love Stone…
this beautiful crystal emits strong vibrations. The energy that emits clear and purifies, opening the heart to promote love in any situations. Wearing jewelry with rose quartz helps you to feel self-worth love, the vibrations are believed to be calming and relaxing and protect from negativity

I like Rose Quartz, the lovely pale pink color and the translucent transparency inspire me with my designs creating jewelry that’s connects with the beautiful energy and vibrations this stone has.

The Wire used is silver plated copper. A tan color flat suede leather cord complete this adjustable necklace. This necklace match with my other designs where I used Rose Quartz gemstones. All my creations are made with natural gemstones and are single unique pieces, they can be combined or stacked together check my Jewelry Portfolio for more designs and possible combinations also here below in the gallery some of my suggestion for same style designs or stackable ideas:

The “Love and Peace” necklace is available in Limited Edition
for the price of $45 shipping included within US I also ship Worldwide (contact me for shipping rates).

Details…
All my Jewelry Designs are single pieces created to have a life standing on their own beautifully in their unique and unexpected combinations of natural elements. My work is made as Custom Order made on order and can be purchased and Ordered here on my Blog YesterdayAfter.com or on my Etsy Shop

If you are interested on a purchase here on the Blog please don’t hesitate to let me know first Contact me ✿⊱

I hope that you enjoyed reading this post and to know more about how my jewelry designs are created and inspired.

As always I love to read your precious comments!

Thank you for sharing my Art!

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Jewelry Design Inspired by Nature

©Carolina Russo

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Jewelry Designs Meanings and Friendship…

May 11, 2016 Carolina Russo

- Malibu - Photo ©Carolina Russo — – Malibu – Photo ©Carolina Russo

Lack of time today I am going to share this older post about my jewelry designs. I wrote this post last November when I was lucky to meet in person some amazing Bloggers friends! ❤

– Point Dume –

Point Dume is a promontory on the coast of Malibu, California that juts out into the Pacific Ocean. The point, a long bluff, forms the northern end of the Santa Monica Bay. Wikipedia

I designed this necklace for my friend blogger and published author Erika Kind as token of our friendship. If you followed our recent posts you know that we met (read my post) in person last November here in California it was a great experience. Each piece of Jewelry I design has a story behind it. This one symbolize the beginning of our friendship relate to one of our first conversations that we had when we met, and it was about how much Erika love California, the Ocean and the Beach she said that she love “Point Dume” which happen to be a wonderful place in Malibu where I go often and I love to take beautiful photos like this one of the beach where Point Dume promontory is. This is one of the places where I find precious natural elements like fragments of fossil seashells, stones, driftwood all elements gifted from nature that I treasure and collect for my unique jewelry designs.

Fossil Seashelles Fragments, Driftwood — Fossil seashells Fragments, Driftwood

The necklace created for Erika has all the elements to symbolize what she love, it represent the Ocean with the natural beauty of a fragment of a Fossil Seashell, a Pearl and her favorite Turquoise stone, the blue color of the stone symbolize the sky and the ocean water, all the elements are wired together creating a keepsake memories pendant with an adjustable leather cord. This is an example of the concept I work with, to create one of a kind Jewelry. I am very happy that Erika love the necklace very much at the point that when I gave to her she got emotional, that was my greatest gift to see the reaction she had it means I made it through her heart giving her happiness and joy…this is one of the reason why I love my work!

It is very nice to see Erika wearing this necklace knowing that she will treasure it!

I also created for this meet up occasion some new stackable bracelets, the kind that more you have the better!
I created one for Marissa, one for Corinne and a new one for Me!

This one was created for Corinne made with natural Blue Quartz and Yellow Citrine Crystal.
Corinne has already a necklace that I previously made for her and this bracelet is a matching!

The Pink Quartz bracelet was created for Marissa made with natural Rose Quartz and smoky Crystals.
Rose Quartz is also known as the “Love Stone” and emit positive and protective energy.
I didn’t know Marissa too well, I wasn’t sure about her taste but she loved it!

This Bracelet was created for Me with a shaped Turquoise stone, Pearls and smoky crystals.
I hope that you enjoyed to read all the details behind the scene about what inspired me
to create this special Jewelry honoring our Friendship.

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Details if you are interested in my work….

My work is made as Custom Order can be purchased and ordered here on this Blog or on my Etsy Shop.

If you are interested in my designs don’t hesitate to Contact me ✿⊱

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Always Thank You for sharing my Art!

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Jewelry Design – Soothing Fire

April 23, 2016 Carolina Russo

Today I am happy to introduce a design of a powerful necklace.
I named this necklace “Soothing Fire” and it is part of the Among Nature Jewelry Collection

I loved to create this design forging and hammering the wire with a twist on the top part of the pendant.
This pendant is made in three parts and like in all of my creations there is no soldering anywhere.

I used a beautiful selection of natural gemstones, Amethyst in different shades from pale to intense purple color, and four faceted Crystals yellow Citrine and smoky Quartz in different shades.

I gave this creation the name Soothing Fire because the Amethyst it is a beautiful purple quartz and emits the positive power of soothing and calming.

The yellow Citrine it is a variety of quartz and the color goes from pale yellow to intense orange and like the fire emits positive and enlightening energy and dispel negativity.

This necklace is available in Limited Edition.

Details…
All my Jewelry Designs are single pieces created to have a life standing on their own beautifully in their unique and unexpected combinations of natural elements. My work is made as Custom Order made on order can be purchased and Ordered here on YesterdayAfter Blog or on my Etsy Shop.

I also accept custom orders creating “Keepsake Memories Jewelry” a design piece with your own special memories or found objects in nature or not. If you are interested don’t hesitate to Contact me ✿⊱

I hope that you enjoyed reading this post and to know more about how my jewelry designs are created and inspired.

As always I love to read your precious comments!

Thank you for sharing my Art!

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Ocean Whispers…

March 29, 2016March 29, 2016 Carolina Russo

Unique one of a kind Keepsake Jewelry
“Memories From the Ocean”

This ethnic necklace is part of a unique collection of designs created with elements from the ocean. The necklace has a double pendant wrapped in silver plated copper wire, it can be made also in Sterling silver or oxidized copper. The wire and leather cord are wrapped together around the bigger fossil seashell, holding a second smaller piece. The leather cord made the necklace adjustable in length through sliding knots and has two antiques wooden beads. The unique pieces of Fossil Seashells were found by me on a beautiful Malibu beach in California. These pieces are one of a kind having different shapes and colors and no one is equal. During my journeys here I found other beautiful stones and more fossil seashell pieces in different shape, size and thickness. All the precious pieces are part of my personal collection to use for my limited edition or one of a kind jewelry designs.

Ocean whispers…
I love to think that each seashell spent hundred years of life travelling under the beautiful deep blue waters of the ocean until the waves left them on the shore for me to find and infuse them with my own Art. When I create my jewelry I feel very fortunate that, I can bring these seashells back to shine in a new beautiful life, this time it is outside the blue water for us to admire and treasure them like a unique and precious gifts from Nature.

Pieces of fossil seashells, coral, drift wood, beach pebbles stones, they all are very beautiful natural elements that I love to use for my jewelry designs. You can see more on my Jewelry Portfolio

This is one of the beautiful Beaches where I love to walk take beautiful photos and find my treasures from the ocean.

Details…
All my Jewelry Designs are single pieces created to have a life standing on their own beautifully in their unique and unexpected combinations of natural elements. My work is made as Custom Order made on order can be purchased and Ordered here on YesterdayAfter Blog or on my Etsy Shop.

I hope that you enjoyed reading this post and to know more about how my jewelry is created and inspired.

As always I love to read your precious comments!

Thank you for sharing my Art!

-CR

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Jewelry Design Inspired by Nature

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March 20, 2016 Carolina Russo

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December 20, 2015December 20, 2015 Carolina Russo

During this week I have been very happy to create one of my Designs for my dear Blogger friend Writer Joleene Naylor she Custom Ordered a Limited Edition Turquoise Bracelet on my Etsy Shop last week, and today she received it, and was so kind to write a post on her Blog! Thank you so much again Joleene and enjoy the Bracelet!

Thank you Joleene for the Great Photos!!! I see it fit you perfectly!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
Enjoy a 20% Off Coupon code STAR2015 apply at checkout! Minimum $20 Purchase! Until December 31.

Visit my Etsy Shop

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My bracelet from Yesterday After arrived today!

Not only is it beautiful, but it’s handmade by my blogging friend Carolina from the Yesterday After blog. She’s having a holiday sale on her Etsy shop, and she has a super fast turn around, so check it out and get a last minute gift for someone special – or for yourself. And be sure to check out her blog where she shares sketches, art, and weekly features other bloggers.

Have a good one!
Jo 🙂

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And Futured is…

December 7, 2015 Carolina Russo

From Food Stamps to a Future…

And today FEATURED is….Krista Kemp she would be on my sidebar widget for this week!

My apologies for posting this not on Saturday like usual sorry but this week has been busy ❤ Thank you as always for participating to this weekly Meet and Greet event. I want to thank all of you and all the new Bloggers that left their links here and all the ones that started to Follow my Blog, some very interesting new Bloggers arrived here this weekend.

<< (Please Krista grab this Badge and post it somewhere on your Blog! A reblog of this post would be great! ❤

How can you be Featured on YesterdayAfter?
Stay Connected! Follow my Blog and on my other Social Media Facebook Twitter Pinterest
be active and like my FB Page! ❤

Today I am very happy to introduce you with Krista Kemp she is a wonderful soul with a sunny smile, her great and friendly personality is the light behind her interesting and motivating Blog! Krista is always in motion and like to talk about the ways she changed her life overcoming with courage moments of struggles in her past. She is also a writer, with the passion for crafting things that she make and sell on Etsy. Krista is a super-mom of four and she says on her About page “I am a Jane of all trades, and a master to none…” she is a wonderful friend here on the blogosphere we follow each other from months. Congratulations for being featured here! ❤ 🙂

If you don’t know her Blog and want to have fun and great reading with a dose of very useful information please I suggest you to visit her Blog!

Have a great week preparing for the Holidays!