Karen McGovern's Blog (13)

Been a while since I posted--very busy at work. My husband and I run a wildlife conservation center and we are acquiring 10 acres and a house in addition to our 20 acre facility. Fencing, clearing, working in the rain, lots of fun!!!

But--I have been busy designing a new line of polymer clay lockets...here are my first two. I got the inspirati

I just had to share this with you--a ring I made using guinea fowl feathers. I set the feathers in polymer clay set in a 20mm sterling silver bezel on an adjustable sterling silver band. Imagine this and a little black dress--perfect! This is my idea of over-the-top bling. Fun, fabulous and sure to get you noticed!!!

Hello all...here's some new necklaces I've been working on. The first is a collaboration between myself and a client--one of my "Truth Necklaces". These necklaces are designed as a team, with input from start to finish from the client. I incorporate four personal truths printed and sealed in glass vials. The rest of the design is a reflection of the client--favorite colors, stones, c

A couple weeks ago I was contacted by a reporter for the Ft. Myers News-Press. She was writing an aritcle for the Sunday style magazine, Tropicalia. She found me on Etsy, and was planning to do a series of short articles about Etsy and the Florida artists found there. Well, the article was so great! She was especially interested in my "Story Book" necklaces, each one comes

I'm sitting here with Mico on my head. I started a blog last night but in the middle of it, it just dissappeared. Bugs....hate them. This site is so great, very happy to have found it. For all of you who have visited my page and fallen for this tiny monkey, I'll give you a little history. Mico is a pygmy marmoset--the world's smallest true monkey. Pygmies are from Peru, and we have several breeding groups at the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation (RSCF,