When the sun was shining, the lovely Miss Emma Satterfield played model to my work with the extraordinary Mr. Alain Champagne behind the camera. All I can do is hope that everyone enjoys these shots as much as I do! Check out the rest of the shots in the work section.

I would like to introduce the latest member of my family, Gulliver the fern as he debuts my business cards with class.

Bootes just started out as a tattoo for me, the kind you get on a day off because you can.  I told myself that the constellation had all the requirements of a good tattoo design: one, it had just enough meaning and two, it looked good enough to wear as an elderly woman.  As for the meaning, my last name being Booton made a solid connection to the constellation, and it was as close as I was going to get to tattooing my last name for everyone to see.  So when it came to naming my designs and work, I found that the good reasons for getting the tattoo also applied to my business and creative endeavors.

And I did do the research behind the constellation, at least a little bit.  Bootes is also known as the herdsman, and that’s an image I liked for my work.  Because, like everyone else, I would like to believe that I’m doing something worth following.  So that leads me back to my jewelry, my entry into a world of working with my hands and seeing something come out of it, not to mention a wonderful alternative to the retail industry.  This blog will be my testing ground for all the other things I get my hands into as well, because it’s bursting from my seams.  In other words, from one beginner to another.

As far as you the reader being interested in a particular piece, please drop me a line and it will begin making its way from me to you.

Stay classy

-Kate

Welcome to the bootes website!

Thanks for checking it out. There’ll be plenty more coming soon, so make sure to keep visiting for new updates. I’ll be posting photos of the jewelry on models shortly.

- Kate Booton