Beate Degen

2011-10-10T12:10:00.000-07:00

The end of the season is really approaching?

2011-10-10T11:57:00.000-07:00

A few more shows I will attend in Seattle.

November 5th. 9am to 4pm
The Eastlake Holiday Bazaar show at the Eastlake High School 227 -214 th Ave NE Sammamisch WA 98074

and on
December 3 and 4
at the Phinney Neighborhood center 6532 Phinney Ave. N Seattle WA 98103

at the Farmers Market in Bellingham you can visit my work and me on the following days

Nov. 26.
Dec. 10 and
Dec.17. 2011

Time just flies - isn't it....
I am grateful for the opportunity to make a living with my jewelry and the way it has supported me throughout the years. So thank you , dear costumers , for your purchase and your continued support.
Yours truly

Beate Degen

Dreaming pendant

2011-04-13T13:09:00.000-07:00

Please open the earlier blogs to get updates on my show weekends. Happy Summer :))

2011-04-13T12:56:00.000-07:00

And the circles they go round and round...

2011-04-13T12:19:00.000-07:00

.... we can't return we can only look behind from where we came ( Joni Michel)

Yes , and another circle is coming up - the circle of the 2011 arts and crafts fairs.
Looking behind to remember the many fairs I worked together with my late love of my life and now am again visiting by myself; Sometimes camping out or visiting friends , grown children or just walking the trail alone.

The mystery of life is not to be understood , maybe accepted- but finding some peace in the changes that life presents to me is the ultimate goal. How to be centered in my choices and finding the colors of my trail within my heart.

This is also how I create my jewelry. Being still within me and tapping into this stillness finding the combination of colors and forms that will become the pieces I will present to you , my dear costumers and friends.
A meditation on form and color and life.
Stepping out once more after a winter of introspection please come and visit me .

2011

May 21. & 22. University District Fair Seattle WA
May 27,28,29,20 Folklife Musik Festival Seattle WA
June 25 & 26 Shoreline Arts Festival Shoreline WA

July 9 &10 Choochokam Langley WA
July 16 &17 Lavender Fest Friday Harbor WA
July 23&24 Alki Arts Fest Seattle WA

August 5,6 &7 Anacortes Arts Festival WA
Auguts 13 & 14 Coupeville Arts Festival WA

September 10 &11 Wooden Boat Festival Port Townsend WA

December 3&4 Phinney Neighborhood Center Seattle WA

You can also find my work and me in Bellingham at the Farmers Market inbetween shows.

With this I wish peace to you all

Warm regards
Beate Degen

Only 2 Christmas shows in Seattle

2010-11-05T11:48:00.000-07:00

Dear Friends,
just a fast post on where I will show my jewelry this Christmas season in the Seattle area.

November 6. and 7. at the Edmonds Unitarian Church 8109 224th. St. S.W. Edmonds WA 98026

December 4. and 5. Phinney Neighboorhood Center 6532 Phinney Ave. N. Seattle WA 98103

and in Bellingham at the Farmers Market
November 27. 2010
December 11. and 18. 2010

I hope some of you are able to make it. Happy Holidays to everyone and thank you for your support.

Yours truly Beate Degen

You can also visit my website inlaidjewelry.com

2010-03-11T22:04:00.000-08:00

2010-03-11T21:53:00.000-08:00

2010 a new year with lots of challenges to address

2010-03-11T21:12:00.000-08:00

Dear Friends and Customers !
Hello to everyone :)
The last year was the most difficult for me in my whole human experience. My friend and husband who walked on my side for over 23 years died suddenly of a heart attack. For the last 7 months I had to walk alone and learn lots of new trades in order to manage my changed life. What a crazy life this is. So much joy and so much pain. I know I should be grateful for the years we shared, and I am, but I am also grieving deeply and find it difficult to continue as before.
But a good friend of mine gave me the advise of not changing anything drastically for one whole year and I follow this wise advise.
So here I am ....making jewelry as before and it grounds me in this time of upheaval and loneliness.

Art is the language of the soul. And so I pour myself into my jewelry and my music trying to find some kind of sense in this life I have to live now.
I decided to continue with the Arts and Crafts life that we have lived together for so many years. But now alone.
Here are the dates of this years shows as I know them right now.

May 8 + 9 Olympia WA Wooden Boat Festival
May 15 + 16 University Destrict Arts Fair Seattle
May 28 till May 31 Folklife Arts and Music Festival Seattle Center

July 10+ 11 Langely Arts Festival
July 17 +18 Gig Harbor Arts Festival
July 31 Samish Island Summer Festival

August 6,7 + 8 Anacortes Arts Festival
August 14+15 Coupeville Arts Festival

My work can also be seen at the Bellingham Farmers Market. Please email for dates. earth_worth @ yahoo.com

As new dates come up I will post them here.
Please come and visit me on the fairs this summer .
Yours truly Beate Degen

Another Crafts Year 2009

2009-03-30T17:40:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends of Far and Near,

I hope we will have all an awesome year :) :)

This February we tried our luck in Hawaii , the big island. It was warm (er),
but even there the winter was cool and rainy.
But the rain was warm and the nature sooo different and lush and hot lava and turtles and colour full fish and snorkeling and driving and .......
Very different from Bellingham WA.
But I am glad to be back now ,full with new ideas and I realize how much I do like the work I am allowed to be doing. Making a living with creating something beautiful . What a good life.
The other reality ( Politics) knocks on everybody's door and we all have less money to spend . Even so I have lined up good shows...all that needs to happen now is that people fall in love with my craft and support me by buying my art.
For every sale I am grateful and thankful.
Thanks Ladies and Gentleman

Hopefully I will see you around in this coming up season of Crafts shows.

Yours truly Beate Degen

May 9. and 10. 2009 Olympia WA Mothersday Weekend
May 16. and 17.2009 University Destrict Fair Seattle WA
May 22,23,24. .09 Folklife Festival Seattle WA

June 19,20,21 .09 Edmonds Arts Fest Edmonds WA

July 17,18,19. Sequim Lavender Fest Sequim WA

August 1 & 2 Coupeville Arts Fest Coupeville WA
August 7,8,& 9 Anacortes Arts Fest Anacortes WA

So these are the given for this summer season.
I will add more as I know the outcome of the jury prosess of other shows.

And off cause I will be part of the Farmers Market in Bellingham WA.
Just give me a call or drop me a line for the Saturdays I'll be showing there.
ALOHA Friends

Keep on singing, laughing , loving and enjoy every moment on this most beautiful planet.

earth_worth@yahoo.com

summer 2008 is coming up

2008-04-09T12:57:00.000-07:00

Hi , dear friends,
I sure hope you had a good warm place to spend the winter in.
A warm house filled with people and things you love.
My husband and I did escape to Mexico for a few weeks and loved the beach , the fresh seafood and the people.
But now we have to work hard. Producing jewelry and drums.
Here are the dates and places where we will show this summer season.

Bellingham Farmers Market ( email for dates) earth_worth@yahoo.com
Olympia Wooden Boat Fair May 10 & 11 2008
University District Fair May 17 & 18
NW Folklife Seattle Center May 23, 24, 25, 26

Edmonds Arts Fair June 13, 14, 15 2008

Mercer Island Arts Fair July 12, 13 2008
Sequim Lavender Fest July 18, 19, 20
Port Gambles Arts Fest July 25, 26, 27,

Anacortes Arts Fest August 1, 2, 3, 2008

Corvallis Arts Fest Oregon September 27, 28 2008

So far these shows are a given ; but contact me for more info if you like.

I do have many new exciting new designs. Very individual and esoteric in a possitive way.
hope to see you this summer so that I can show you my new collection.
peace to everyone :)) Beate Degen ( call me Beatrice )

Fall has arrived....

2007-10-27T10:08:00.000-07:00

.....and the winter holiday shows are starting up. Please come and visit my booth at the Edmonds Unitarian Church November 3 & 4 2007
Best of the Northwest November 16. - November 18. 2007
Phinney Neigborhood Assoc. December 1. and 2. 2007

We all are preparing for the big holiday of the year. Come and choose unique arts and craft gifts on the arts fair circle. Everything made local , by local artists and crafters.

July in the North West

2007-07-01T14:06:00.000-07:00

Dear friends,
July arrived in the North West. The most beautiful time. We will go out to the islands to sell our wares.
July 4th we are in Lopez island
July 14 and 15th in Langley Whidbey Island
July 21 and 22nd Camano Island
July 28 and 29 we will sell in Ballard / Seattle

So please come and see me if you would like some very unique jewelry for yourself or some friend of yours.
Enjoy this beautiful season, get out and celebrate life.
yours truly Beatrice / Beate Degen

2007-04-17T21:16:00.000-07:00

So spring finally arrived and I am glad for the warm sunbeams. Winter in the Northwest can be long and dark. Even so Summer is our busiest time I always long for those warm, long days. When the ocean glitters in the sun an the valleys are full with colorful gardens.
The summer shows are lining up and I can tell you where we will be selling our wares.
May 12 & 13 Olympia WA
May 19 &20 U-Destrict Seattle WA
May 25 -28 Folklife Seattle WA

July 14 7 15 Langley WA

and in between we will be in Bellingham on the local Farmers Market.
Hey folks BY LOCAL

Time of preparing for the crafts circle is full blast going

2007-04-17T21:08:00.000-07:00

2007-03-22T15:36:00.000-07:00

Today it is raining again in the beautiful North West. So I was working!!
Check out my work on my website inlaidjewelry.com
and just that you get a taste of what it is I do most of my time I post on of my pieces.

2007-03-21T20:53:00.000-07:00

2007-03-21T20:09:00.000-07:00

...what is it that we are looking for ??? every day ???
fullfillment... purpose... meaning.???
hey... is it meening to be a jeweler.. that is what I am and made a living with..
or is it to be a mother.. what I am and was for the last 21 years... or is it to be a wife and lover ... what I still am or .... is it to be a poet and a musician... what I was also my whole life....
well I think it is all of the above and much more..
I am a traveller , have been for a long time ..in this time ... and on this beautiful planet. We all are just looking for peace and purpose and harmony.
Thats it!
welcome to my blog!!!!!
the earthworth jewels and the songwriter Beate Degen
or call me Bee

what life has to offer .....

2007-03-21T20:00:00.000-07:00