October 2, 2025

Hi Everyone!   I have been working hard on my site for the past week and I'm so enjoying bringing it up to date. Its helped me think about being better organized... sound familiar? The good news is that I now have all my photographs of my design work in one place. Most of it is organized by year which means that I have a time line. I am so excited to share some of them with you, as you can see in the new photo above. This piece is entitled 'Woosh', a one-of-a-kind design I created in 2014. I plan on adding a new one every couple of weeks. It's been quite the review as they bring back memories of my design-mind and the people who purchased them.  If you recognize one that is in your collection, please let me know! Or... if you have one you'd like to share please send me a photo and I'll post it!

The temps have been lovely with 68 degrees most mornings. I just love it! Now is the time for our winter visitors to start arriving. It gets quite busy especially in the stores so us locals try to get out early. The plus side is we get to see our old friends! 

I'm still designing and will be updating my portfolio over the next few weeks. I still love my 'job' but I also love not having to report to work every day! The price of silver right now just takes my breath away ($40+). I'm hoping it will stabilize by the end of the year. With this in mind, I have decided to limit my work to smaller items, earrings & necklaces mostly. BUT... I do love designing one of a kind pieces so you'll probably see more of them. My Etsy shop is still open for business > https://judiegumm.com/ > click on the blue Etsy link. 

I'm starting to think about ways I can move some of the beads and gems I have been collecting for the past 60years (gasp). I have quite the supply which are looking for new homes. In order to do this I have added two new pages to my Blog:                           Judie's Trove > Beads & Gemstones.  Plus I now have a Store affiliated with this platform and while I have yet to export it, I've made some progress. But my main issue is with the name. I want to call it something different from Judie Gumm Designs because....... IT IS!  It's not my work, it's my treasure trove of costume jewelry, beads & gems. The shop is being very difficult to use a different titles. I'll keep trying but so far it has eluded me. Sigh.

To learn about my back story please go to:  By Design ~ Early Years page.

How Did We Meet?

I'd love to know how we met!  In my career, I have been fortunate to market my work many ways:

Craft Shows (wholesale & retail) ~ Alaska, Seattle, Portland, Chicago and San Francisco.

Showroom & Shop in Ester AK ~ Supported by our local family & friends. Thanks to the Milepost we met many travelers from all over the world.

Catalogs ~ Cold Water Creek, David Morgan & Smithsonian to name a few which carried my designs.

Galleries ~ Fairbanks, Anchorage, Juneau, Sitka, Seward, Haines, Ketchikan and more!

Custom Designing ~  wedding bands, engagement rings, bridal jewelry, birthday, anniversary, graduation, mother's day (the list goes on) and I have been grateful to you all for sharing your ideas, trust, support and love. I'll add here that since I am semi-retired I am no longer accepting commission work ~ 56 years sitting at a wax table is long enough! That said... I am taking special orders for items that are no longer in production.

Thank You so much for continuing this journey with me and I look forward to hearing from YOU and how we met! 

Hugs,  Judie