I finished up some new little texture studs today! I love how they look on my cards...can you tell I like pattern? These bbs are $35 and I'll ship them for free. DM me for now and they will be up on the website soon! #earrings #posts #texture #pattern #jewelry
My mom found this great picture of my first two baby blankets! The one I'm holding in the picture (left) is the original blanket my grandma made me. My mom (right) is holding the first blanket I made for myself. Below is the blanket I just retired (left) and the newest one (right) quilted with the Mary Oliver poem "In Blackwater Woods" #quilt #blanket #sewing #fabric #tradition
First loaf of sourdough out of the oven! It's a little flat, but cross your fingers that it tastes good 🤞. If you have advice for flat sourdough let me know! #bread #baking #sourdough #rachelsbreadcookbook
Went to the river and found some good rocks. #rocks #washington #river #nature
I'm attempting to make a sourdough starter following the blog post by @rachelsbreadcookbook . Cross you fingers that working next to her in the kitchen for a few years put me in the good graces of the sourdough gods. Who knows what kind of wild fermentation flavors will happen in a house filled with a bunch of 20 something's and a doggo! #sourdough #baking #rachelsbreadcookbook #sourdoughstarter #bread
@justine.e.m your snail mail game is 💯! Thanks for the lovely note 💌. #mail #snailmail #drawing #stationery #letter
Going through my grandma's quilt pattern collection. These pioneer women sent each other patterns including a finished square for reference. I love the evidence of community in each block. #quilt #pattern #fabric #vintage #quiltblock #sewing #fibers
Peeping some mountains up above the Oregon haze. #windowseat
Trying a new baguette today from @trifectapdx and boy howdy do they know what they're doing! The texture is perfect--full of little pockets to soak up oil, vinegar, and a juicy tomato. 10/10 would eat everyday. And a shout-out to my neighbor who gave me this tomato from his garden!
Collection.
These sweet little blue tourmaline earrings got a matching necklace today! I made this set for my aunt Jean who is full of hospitality and makes the best cheesy potatoes for all family gatherings. . . . #jewelry #earrings #necklace #metalsmith #tourmaline #sterlingsilver #snagmember
Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the long tapers of cattails are bursting and floating away over the blue shoulders of the ponds, and every pond, no matter what its name is, is nameless now. Every year everything I have ever learned in my lifetime leads back to this: the fires and the black river of loss whose other side is salvation, whose meaning none of us will ever know. To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. “In Blackwater Woods” by Mary Oliver, from American Primitive. © Back Bay Books, 1983.
Aretha Franklin was a voice from my childhood, growing up listening to the oldies station. "I Say a Little Prayer" always spoke to me as a hopeless romantic. Thanks for all the great music and rest in peace.
A beautiful hike up the Silver Star mountain trail. The path was lined with blueberries and huckleberries. Swipe for the views! #washington #hike #berries #nature #friends
Small quilts go fast...well, fast as far as quilts go. One roll on each side and I'm already in the middle.
I set up a web shop with jewelry available for sale! The shop is full of pieces from the #citruscollection but stay tuned as I continue to add new work. You can find it at www.jess-sprunger.com (link in bio) . . . . #jewelry #shop #webshop #online #earrings #necklace #rings #metalsmith #contemporaryjewelry
God bless Karina for making this cake. #strawberries #cake #yum
Nothing like clinging to a wall! #bouldering #borntobemild
I love the hand drawn feeling of this squiggle. I think this may turn into a set of post earrings...or a little brooch? Let me know what you think in the comments below! #squiggle #jewelry #design #sterlingsilver
Meditative little stitches. #quilting #fibers #meditation