Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Guitar Center's Music For A Benefit


Come out to Sonar in Baltimore on Saturday April 11th to hear some great live music and help out someone in need! CEK Custom Designs is donating a gift certificate for the silent auction. Hope to see you there!!!


"One of Guitar Center's own, Sean "Spalm" Palm, has fallen on some extremely hard times. He's been on a medical leave of absence since 01-01-09. He suffers from a precursor of Parkinson's Disease as well as seizures that his doctors are having difficulty finding the reasoning behind. Since then his home has gone to foreclosure, his car has been taken, and he's been living in a homeless shelter a short distance from the hospital he visits for testing twice a week. Tickets are available at Guitar Center/Glen Burnie as well as Sonar and we're working on setting up spme sort of account for donations. All ticket proceeds will go directly to Sean. We also have items that will be auctioned off that night, including an autographed Epiphone signature Nikki Sixx bass and an autpgraphed Dunlop signature Slash wah pedal. Bands performing that night include Crash Ink, Black Day Seven, Evolver, and The Carbon Kin. Come out, have a beer, hear some great live music, and support a friend in need. Hope to see you there!"

Monday, February 2, 2009

Who doesn't love free jewelry???

I've decided to broaden my horizons of selling....I am going to start doing home shows! One of my most loyal customers, Julie Schneider, will be hosting my first CEK home jewelry show this month! I am really excited to see how doing these home shows will grow my business! If you are interested in booking a home show let me know! There are great benefits:

Hostess choice - your choice of any piece on the table before the guests arrive
Hostess gift - a custom designed CEK piece just for you (size of piece will depend on total party sales)
Thank you discount - 10% off all sales for one year from the date of your party

There will be no sales pitch from me; just a table of beautiful jewelry for you and your friends to have fun with!

If you are interested contact me at 410-236-1471 or cekmom3@hughes.net.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008


Please join me and my etsy team, BEST, in the etsy virtual lab tomorrow night for the Around the World Trunk Show! You will see some amazing handcrafted items and will have chances to win prizes! Plus all of the Baltimore Etsy team shops featured will be offering 10% off your purchases during the show! We'll be there tomorrow night from 7-9 pm. Hope to see you there!

Making Chainmaille with Patrik Ober


I recently took an awesome one day class on making Chainmalle at Adornment Craft Center and Gallery in Baltimore (http://www.adornment.net/ formerly Made in Metal). The instructor, Patrick Ober, is a fantastic teacher and an extremely talented metalsmith. You can check out his stuff at his etsy shop http://www.armourer.etsy.com/, he has really fabulous pieces! Making chainmaille was a bit harder than I thought it would be, but I was finally able to complete a bracelet (European 4 in 1) that I'm proud of and wear every day. If you've ever been interested in learning how to make Chainmaille, I highly recommend taking a class with Patrick Ober. Contact Adornment for the workshop schedule.


Tuesday, September 16, 2008


So, I LOVE using dichroic glass in my pmc pieces and up until now I have been getting my dichro cabs from Carolyn Relei (http://www.carolynrelei.com/) she is SO talented. I recently bought a kiln and wanted to try my hand at fusing glass myself and found that it's not so hard to do! Check out my first batch!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Support your local artist!

Please come out and see me at the following craft shows:

Oct. 4th & 5th Fall Harvest Days at the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster

Oct. 11th at the Taste of Waverly Village in Baltimore