Sacred Cake

04/11/2026

Old school technology!
https://sacredcake.etsy.com/listing/1000781989

04/09/2026

What a day off looks like here at Sacred Cake Studio!
A messy bed filled with my best friends! A good movie, a Coke on ice... It's the little things that bring me joy.

04/06/2026

My non profit art outreach Ricquelle's Place is finally in full swing! It was such a loooong winter. This group of highschool kiddos painted birdhouses and canvas for a local senior luncheon. They all did a beautiful job! I love to see their color choices on the pallets.
I'm so grateful to be a part of this group of amazing young people.

12/26/2025

Life has handed me a few unwelcome surprises this past year, like sometimes debilitating arthritis in the very tools I use to create my livelihood (my hands). I have had to learn to pivot. I'm holding the basketball. I need to pass it. But not sure who to pass it to! I can't lift my feet, or I'm traveling...But I can pivot. I can quickly explore my options. I've decided (actually fairly forced), to pivot away from the repetition of 15 years of hand-making necklaces.
I've literally hand-made thousands of my signature collet necklaces! Now, I'm going to focus on my substitute teaching job, finish my Bachelor's degree in English, and only sell things that I make in my leisure time when my hands are good. I'll also fill my online shop with things I love to share.
These mushroom spiral purse-sized notebooks are one of my favorite things! Pair it with a matching pen for a nice treat, or send as gift to someone you hold dear. Here's to the pivot!

This Journals & Notebooks item is sold by SacredCake. Ships from Decatur, MI. Listed on Dec 20, 2025

11/19/2025

Today I'm sick, so I'm taking it easy and resting as much as I can. I've found myself lately, revisiting old books and magazines I've written for, old art pieces I've made and sold, jewelry projects and pieces in so many publications. I'm grateful.
I used to create art assemblages before my life pivoted toward jewelry. I made photos displays from old dustpans and oil cans. I made stitched hearts from ancient fabrics with words on them made from the end papers of discarded books....and I fashioned paper wings from wire and old tissue paper.
I've lost her somewhere, among life's heaping spoonfuls of chaos, marriage, children, illness, and the last seven years I spent roaming the desert of grief after the loss of my oldest child to an overdose. Those years, well they seem like a blur. And here I am so close to the closing of this very difficult year.
I'm ready to find her again. I'm ready to find the woman who believed that everything was as it should be. That nothing is accidental. That my life story; and my art means something.
The excerpt here is from my sister's book called "Taking Flight" by Kelly Rae Roberts, in which she interviewed me for the chapter in her book. It was published in 2008. As many times as I've showed it to curious strangers, friends and given it as gifts, I never noticed that my page in the book was 69. The year I was born. 1969.
If we believe there are no accidents, and allow gentleness with ourselves and patience with our God; I believe we will always be shown the way back to ourselves. Back to our divine. Because the divine dwells within us and we in the divine.
Leaves still fill me with wonder, even after decades. One by one, I'll find them again. On the path back to myself. I've been gone a long time.
Thank you, Kelly Rae, for believing in me all those years ago. For your tender and sweet words about me in your book. Your heart is never alone.

11/04/2025

A work in progress (necklace), with a little hint of uranium glass.

11/02/2025

Finally! Journals and Pens are listed together for you in my Etsy shop! Mix and match for a sweet gift.
Come and see all of the variety! 27 gorgeous Bruno Visconti pen colors, and stunning lined A5 sized journals. Local pickup is offered!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4395539505/bruno-visconti-a5-soft-cover-journal?sr_prefetch=1&pf_from=shop_home&ref=shop_home_active_2&pro=1&sts=1&logging_key=9c0d08b31cca477b0f9181711be71fc1b92f20ae%3A4395539505

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10/25/2025

10/08/2025

Just peeking out to say hello! I'm someone who thinks I should always be doing something productive. Watching TV is hard. I usually have to be making something when that's happening. Usually jewelry.
Anyway, I decided to put a small rock collection into a bowl on the coffee table for stacking. Just nothing but stacking rocks... Oh and drinking a cup of coffee. It was really hard just doing "nothing" that really mattered in the whole scheme of things, but I persisted. And I liked it!
Your turn!

08/17/2025

I'm getting a few zz plants ready for the shop! They're the best. Low light, water a little every week. That's it! I won't be carrying difficult plants! Just the easy ones for you and for me... Who have greenish thumbs and like plants.💚