After we left Venice, Mike and Dani and I traveled to fabulous Rome!
I got the biggest kick out of this scene! People don’t worry too much about the car traffic in some areas This street is not closed to cars, despite what it looks like:

My favorite thing about the entire visit was getting to see in person so many of the artworks that I’ve only seen in books. Michelangelo’s La Pieta is a particular favorite of mine. The list of what we saw was really endless, and I have many more treats from the various museums …read more

Dani took the still shots while I shot the video. This was a wonderful demonstration we got to watch at Vetrerie Riunite Colleoni.

We went to the Glass Museum, where you were (unfortunately) not allowed to take pictures inside at all. They had a central courtyard with several interesting modern pieces though, and Dani and I snapped away. As you can tell, I was particularly enchanted by the flowers. You can even see me taking the picture in the center of the bottom one!

After the museum, we walked down the street in search of beads. The further you get from the factories, the better the prices. You’ll also find individual glass artisans further down the way, making more unique pieces. They are very …read more

A magically enchanting city! Rather than weigh you down with page after page of photos here, I’ll just share a few with you, and if you’d like to see more, you’re welcome to visit my mixed media art blog, Layers Upon Layers for a more complete travelogue
The Grand Canal:

Narrow alleys:

The symbol of St Mark everywhere:

Water-stained buildings:

The Doge’s Palace:

And of course, the food!

Quaint and picturesque don’t even begin to describe Orvieto! Every corner you turn, there’s another picture postcard just waiting to be snapped

My sweetheart, Mike

Me and darling daughter, Dani
To see all the posted pictures from our trip, not just the jewelry-related ones, please visit my mixed media art blog, Layers Upon Layers. Here’s the entire Italy trip category for you, which I’ll be posting to for the next few weeks!

Yup, I’m going to Italy. Next week, in fact. Mike and I will be flying to Rome and then traveling to Orvieto to pick up daughter Dani, who has been studying there this semester. Pretty tough, huh? Poor little art major, having to study oil painting and sculpture in Italy…
But I digress.
We’ll be traveling to Florence and Venice (with an obvious trip to Murano!), and then back down to Rome. Mike has a plan for what we’re going to go see, and Dani has the language ability to get us there! I have the tendency to just go along for …read more