SS Magpie

You’re Opinion Please 👀
I have 2 more of these silver hinged bangles & need to decide what kind of topper to make for them.
Which Pearl combo is your favorite?
A- Sea Glass
B- Larimar
C- Apatite
D- Blue Kyanite

Let me know what you think please. 🙏🏻 Thanks for your help ♥️♥️😘

A little Mykonos inspired color to soften up your Saturday. 🌸
Sold ✨- Thank you!

Throwback Thursday 😊
This was one of my favorite bracelets of 2023. White Sea Glass, Rainbow Moonstones & a sparkling CZ’s with a pure silver hand woven bracelet band.

I loved the pure white crispness of the design.

♥️❤️🧡

Failure has never frightened me.

Perhaps because
I have never known
how to love,
dream,
or live
halfheartedly.

If I am going to try,
I give it everything I have.

I would rather fail
having poured myself fully
into something I believed in
than spend a lifetime
wondering what might have happened
had I dared a little more.

What unsettles me
is something quieter.

It is the thought
of settling into a life
that never asked much of me.

A life built on “good enough,”
where comfort slowly replaces wonder,
and I forget
what it felt like
to be fully alive.

I do not want a life
that merely fits.

I want one
that stretches me,
challenges me,
breaks my heart open,
and leaves me changed.

I want conversations
that linger.

Work that feels
like purpose.

Love that asks me
to be brave.

Moments that make me
forget to look at the time.

I want the kind of life
that sets my soul on fire.

Because when this journey is over,
I hope I can say
I did not simply pass through it.

I wrung every drop
of beauty,
wonder,
joy,
and possibility
from the life
I was given.

If I fail,
I fail.

But I refuse
to live half asleep,
to settle
for less than I was meant to experience,
or mistake mediocrity
for peace.

-Susan McLean

You may have noticed that I’ve been a little less present this year.
Not as many new designs, no “Lives” sharing daily life, etc…. Well, here’s why.

https://ssmagpie.com/blogs/blog/the-year-of-yes

A new month brings new art to RAL Art Gallery!
This months theme is “Anything Water” so I decided to showcase my Kyanite, Pearl & Sea Glass necklace. The title of my piece is “Italian Vacation”. Can you just see yourself in this wispy skirt, sipping a Aperol spritz while gazing out on the blue sea? Dreamy!

The necklace is the piece for sale but I wonder how many people are going to try to buy the purse? 😳😂😂😂

If you’re in Kilmarnock, stop by RAL and check out the newest art.