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DANCING BEAK TO BEAK, the Jeeves the Penguin Butler side

My dear friend Connie Johnston, a retired math teacher, had always wanted to go to Antarctica. She was going on a cruise ship and knew she needed jewelry so onsulted me, the jewelry queen, of course. I decided that besides the classic pieces she chose, she really needed a penguin necklace so I designed Dancing Beak to Beak. This is the back of it, with Jeeves the Penguin Butler bringing fresh fish to the festive while in the background, among the icebergs, the cruise ship sends music out across the aurora borealis. Connie's trip in 2003 was her last. She had a heart attack while on the ship in the Antarctic and died later in Brazil, so the penguins have come back to roost with me. She was very very proud of this necklace as I was since it was the first peyote picture amulet bag I ever designed. I used Swarovski ice cubes in the fringe and scattered across the pack ice at the bottom of the necklace.

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