The Call: Red Hot — Jessica These smokin’ hot “diamonds” have been helping me cook dinner all week. We love grilled food! : ) Response: Phoney — Cheryl These aren’t diamonds — merely Swarovski crystals, and they’re beautiful enough for me.

The Call: Shadows — Jessica What is the weight of a shadow? It’s been a long and full day. My son successfully finished his Eagle Scout project and my daughter celebrated her twelfth birthday. In between we had baseball. But the weight of the day is over and it’s nice to sit back and relax […]

The Call: Serving Up Swarovski — Cheryl “This creative approach toward exposure will reap countless rewards if you get in the habit of looking at a scene and determining what combination of aperture and shutter speed will render the most dynamic and creative exposure for that subject. The choice in exposure is always yours, so […]

The Call: A Place for Everything — Jessica I am not an organized person by nature. It’s a constant battle to keep my house and life on track. The spoon drawer is a good example; yesterday, it was over flowing with pens, papers, bottle caps, batteries, and so on. Fifteen minutes later all was in […]

The Call: Tyson’s Skyline — Jessica Modern architecture and winter have much in common. The Response: Silver and Crystals — Cheryl I have plenty of traditional jewelry: pearls, gold, a few diamonds, but I find myself gravitating toward pieces with a more modern vibe.

The Call: Fibonacci and Swarovski — Cheryl In her book, Open Your Eyes: 1,000 Simple ways to Bring Beauty into Your Home and Life Each Day, Alexandra Stoddard writes: Standards for aesthetically pleasing proportions are scientifically logical, achieved by following mathematical rules that date back to the civilization and architecture of ancient Greece. Though the […]