Judy Foreman Knows Santa Barbara

Fabulous Fibula Finery

On Saturday, October 20 Laura Givertz held an open house in her Montecito Fibula Studio with the art work of Blakeney Sanford.  With the holidays in mind,  the studio was filled to capacity and refreshments by C’est Cheese were served on her adjacent patio.  Based in downtown Santa Barbara for 15 years, Laura also owns a gallery in Maine and travels to New York City for trunk shows; earlier this year she opened a Montecito studio with all the same wonderful creations she featured in her downtown location.  Her colorful tapestries and wood cases are the perfect backdrop for her South Sea pearls that she has set in gold and white gold which can be used as earrings, pendants, bracelets and rings.  She also carries white gold and diamond celebration jewelry, and other colored stones and fine creations that she designs.

 

See the jewelry by appointment 805-962-8551. or visit www.fibulajewelry.com

It's a Small World for Global Neighborhood Fund

On Thursday, October 28 the inaugural meeting of the Santa Barbara Foundation’s Global Neighborhood Fund convened.  The buzz was big and the schmoozing active as guests took their seats and were welcomed by Montecito residents and co-founders Connie Smith, Sandra Tyler and global activist Nancy Walker Koppelman.  The room was filled to capacity with women of global vision to learn more about and view the award winning documentary “Iron Women of Liberia,” which focuses on Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first woman president.  The film documents the tough challenges the small country experiences immediately following a 14-year civil war after President Sirleaf took office.

GNF is an all-volunteer collective giving education to its members and much needed support to its first focus region, Liberia.  For more information contact dratyler@gmail.com or cocrama@cox.net.