Happy Anniversary, Harvest Gold Gallery!

This Christmas Eve marks our 19th anniversary in the old Severence Real Estate building. On Bill and Lynda's 15th wedding anniversary they moved their tools and opened a new workshop and gallery space here in Center Lovell.

Bill & Lynda at their Annual Open House this November

Here, they set to work as two of Santa's Elves, making the beautiful jewelry we have all grown to know and love.

Pinkham Notch: Maine Tourmaline and
Yellow Gold Ring by Lynda.

One of Bill's original Presidential Rage flexible
White and Rose Gold Bracelets.

As their jewelry collections grew, so did the quantity of artwork on the walls of the gallery. Today we feature more than 200 American artists. As the Holiday Season continues, we hope you stop by to celebrate 19 years with us! We'd love to share our creations with you. 

Harvest Gold Gallery: located on Route 5 in Center Lovell, Maine.

Pick 5 Gold Earrings

 I picked 5 earring designs that are classic and up to date and easy to wear for this blog post.

This new design was inspired, as most are, by my customer who wanted the dragonflies to be dancing in pairs.  How lovely is that!

 Bill has really figured out the self locking earring.  With his work hardened spring gold design these are styles are great for people don't want to fuss with earnuts but want security.

 Mirrored 3/4 wavey channel posts compliment her cheek bones and her smile.

 Classic and timeless.  What else is there to say?

 New for the season Rose Gold!  Love these moon and star twinkling in rose gold.

Stop by when you are in beautiful downtown Center Lovell over looking Kezar Lake and the White Mountains and always on the web!

80th Birthday Present

I was honored to be included in a very special 80th birthday present.  Can you guess which one I made?!  Love my job!

Happy November!

Happy November from a new Harvest Gold blogger, Ariel! I have just joined the gallery team and can’t wait to get posting. As a senior at Fryeburg Academy it is high time I dip my toes into the pool of life and I couldn’t imagine finding a better place to do that than with Lynda and Bill. My childhood has been filled with artistic influences and I am so grateful and excited for those influences to grow and expand along with me. This past Saturday I worked at my first craft fair with Lynda and Molly at Lake Region High School. We had a blast getting to know each other and I even got the chance to do a bit of modeling.

These two photos feature the Quiet Night Cutout Earrings in 14k Yellow Gold paired with a Dragonfly Cutout Ring in Sterling Silver, enhanced beautifully by the gorgeous pine background.

And in these last two, I’m wearing a combination of Chevron Midi Rings, Intertwined: Braided Rings, and First Kiss: Stackable Rings in white and rose gold-- my personal favorite.

I’m having so much fun learning the ropes and look forward to writing on the blog again soon!

Fall Color at Harvest Gold

 What a lovely fall season we have had so far.  The loons are mostly  gone now with only a few leaves left on the trees.

 Watermelon tourmaline set in white gold the birthstone for October.

 Upcycled diamonds from Grandmother's past in wearable stackable  yellow gold.

 Blackberries are long gone as well, but remembered in these fun glass salt and peppers.

 There is something about dragonflies.  People love them.

 I just can't get enough of these tourmaline colors!

 Beads and carvings, this gem is most versatile!

 Nathan's glasses are the best.  Add color everyday.

 And back to trees.  Feeling blessed to live in such a beautiful land.

Inspired the Tree of Life Collection.

Open daily.  Stop in when you are in beautiful downtown Center Lovell, overlooking Kezar Lake and the White Mountains.

Gone Fishing

"Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after"

~Henry David Thoreau

Hello from Harvest Gold! While the gallery keeps us very busy in the summer, we still take some time for the important things in life, like fishing. Kezar Lake and its surrounding bodies of water offer some of the best fishing around, and it is our favorite way to get outside and enjoy the beautiful place in which we are so lucky to live. 

Our love of fishing is clearly exhibited and reflected in several different mediums in our gallery. Take a look at just a few of the beautiful examples our artists have created. 

Fisherman Earrings in 14K Yellow Gold

14K Yellow Gold Fish Pendant with Maine Tourmaline

Don Drumm Metal Folding Greeting Card
(Yes its a greeting card. You must see these in person!)

Varvara Harmon's "Morning Sunshine", Glass sculpture by Burt Weiss, 

Brook Trout Wood Carving by Ron Bracy

Ceramic Fish Sculptures by Fish in the Garden

"Aluminum Canoe" by Terri Brooks

Glass Fish by Michael Hopko

Garden Fish Stakes by Fish in the Garden

"Trout on Board" by Tom Merriam (who is the king of fishing stories, by the way)

So next time you are wishin' you were fishin', pack up your rods and tackle boxes and head to Center Lovell. Stop by the gallery first and take a look for yourself at our amazing fish art. We can share some fishing stories (we have a few that you won't believe), and maybe we will even fill you in on our favorite secrets spots and techniques. 

"If more people concentrated on the really important things in life, there would be a shortage of fishing poles". We believe this with all our hearts. 

Happy fishing from Harvest Gold!

Welcoming you to our Plein Air Event, Saturday August 1st

     

Harvest Gold Gallery would like to extend an open invitation to our annual Plein Air event.  Come see some of our favorite artists in action painting our beautiful scenic view of Kezar Lake and the White Mountains on Saturday August 1^st beginning at 10AM.  

En Plein Air is a French expression that translates to “in the open air”, and is used to describe the act of painting outdoors.  While studio painting creates a fixed and mostly pre-determined outcome, Plein Air painting reproduces the actual visual conditions seen at the time of the painting. Here at Harvest Gold Gallery each new day looking at our majestic view is like looking at a new painting.  The colors of the mountains, clouds, and water are ever changing, providing an ideal backdrop not only for our gallery, but also for our Plein Air event.

This year among the very talented artists joining us will be Kristen Dill, Sandy Bell, Diane Scott, Varvara Harmon and our very own Thea Hart.  You don’t want to miss this event. See you at Harvest Gold Gallery on Route 5 in beautiful downtown Center Lovell beginning at 10AM on August 1^st.  For more information or to participate as a painter please call the gallery at 

(207) 925-6502

Amethyst

Here at Harvest Gold Gallery we feature Maine amethyst jewelry. The gemstone is mined in western Maine near our gallery. Amethyst is the February birthstone. It is beautiful purple color and is one of featured jewelry designs. 

CRYSTAL MEANINGS LORE OF AMETHYST

Keywords:  Psychic, Sobriety

Amethyst is a meditative and calming stone which works in the emotional, spiritual, and physical planes to provide calm, balance, patience, and peace.

Amethyst is used as beneficial when dealing with legal problems and money issues, which can lead to prosperity and abundance, though it is not the best known prosperity stone.

In the psychic and spiritual realms, amethyst is an excellent all-purpose stone that can increase spirituality and enhance intuition and psychic powers of all kinds. It does this by making a clear connection between the earth plane and other planes and worlds. Amethyst is also excellent for meditation and lucid dreaming. It is used to open one's channels to telepathy, past life regression, clairaudience, clairvoyance, and communication with angels. Amethyst also protects against psychic attacks, especially during spiritual work.

Amethyst is not only a psychic protection stone, but is also used to protect one from thieves, and to protects travelers. 

Emotionally, amethyst is used in crystal healing  to help heal personal losses and grief, bringing one gently past. Amethyst has a gently sedative energy that can promote peacefulness, happiness, and contentment. It also is said to bring emotional stability and inner strength. This stability and strength not only helps one hold firm in one's life, but it can enhance flexibility and cooperation. To be flexible at need is a sure sign of strength.

Amethyst is very well known -- as from the ancients -- as a sobriety stone. It has been used for millenia to prevent drunkenness, and is used to assist in getting rid of addictions to alcohol, drugs, smoking, etc, and destructive compulsive behaviors of all kinds. 

Physically amethyst is said by spiritual healers and mystical lore to heal the withdrawal symptoms of any sort of addiction, help with headaches, insomnia, arthritis, diabetes, pain relief, circulatory system issues, endocrine system problems, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, immune system deficiencies, asthma, phobias, pregnancy and preventing miscarriage, menopause, PMS, and general healing. 

Note that healing crystal meanings are spiritual supports to healing and are not prescriptions or healthcare information.

Amethyst is associated with the third eye and crown chakras primarily, but can also open the heart chakra. It is also associted with both air and water elements.

As a variety of quartz, amethyst has the energies inherent in quartz, as well as its own unique vibration.