Celebrating 6 Months! (...and Help Me Pick a New Headshot!)

Can you believe I've been writing APPLESandRUBIES for six months now?

Really, THANK YOU all for reading and coming along with me on this ride so far.

{sterling silver Theresa earrings with Stuyvesant Fern}

 I feel honored to now know so many people in different places, to know other bloggers and readers with amazing insights and talents.  As a jewelry designer, I'm often holed up by myself, working alone. I can't thank blogging enough for expanding my world. Really! Stay tuned for some exciting news about the direction I'll be taking my business in soon...

Now, help me pick a new profile pic! When I started thinking about writing this blog back in the summer of 2010,  I had my amazing friend Juliet Lofaro come over and shoot some new headshots.

Juliet is a fabulous photographer and the mother of two sweet, beautiful girls. When Juliet lived in New York City she shot for film and theater, and had a photography studio where actors, musicians and conductors would visit to have their portraits taken. (She tells me the conductors would arrive with tuxedo tails and shirt, and jeans underneath as their legs didn't show in the headshots!)

{the friendly "APPLES" portraits}

{the glamorous "RUBIES" - Juliet worked magic here, I don't really look like this!}

Juliet shot these portraits on a sweltering summer day - think 95 degrees outside and the "dewy look" is my new makeup sweating off! - Here are ten of her photographs.  I separated them into two groups: the everyday "APPLES", and the more glamorous "RUBIES"

Which do you like best for a new profile picture for my blog? ...and why? I need help! It's far too hard to judge pictures of yourself!

{"Spring Dreams" photograph by Juliet Lofaro}

 ... and see more of Juliet's poetic photography at: Juliet's Blog

Loretta