fun & treats

Tonight my children turned into a DINOSAUR, a STORM TROOPER and a BUNNY RABBIT:


Having way too much fun with candy eye balls---

Even my "BIG KID" had to get in on the fun!

Hope everyone had a fun night!

Boutique Angels Charity EMERGENCY LAUNCH...

I recently joined a generous group of designers on eBay called the Boutique Angels that do charity auctions for different charities, all of the proceeds from their listings go straight to their designated charity. They are doing an emergency launch for the California Wild Fire Victims, here are my 2 contributions- every penny made will go to the California Red Cross that's helping aid the wild fire victims:

Handcrafted Champagne Briolette Earrings:


Faith in Angels Necklace:


To see ALL of the charity listings click HERE! Hurry and check them out, some END TODAY!!!!!

a new friend...Jem Jam!!!

At the show I met Jemellia, the owner of Jem Jam, this CUTE shop on Etsy, this is her(on the right), her niece and her booth:


She is multi-talented and has fun things from little bags she sewed to paper creations like cards and gift tags. She was sweet enough to trade with me because I was drooling all over her goodies! I got an adorable little apron and one of her fold over clutches (girls these are at a GREAT price in her store and Jemellia has PRETTY fabrics!)

and some of her gift tags! Everything is very well made, very high quality. Go check out her store and have fun shopping!

after show sale...free shipping!!!

I just listed a bunch of fabric necklaces as well as a couple of fun necklaces that didn't sell at the show, FREE shipping to all of my blog friends! (Don't pay til I send you a new invoice without shipping!) Find them all listed HERE!!!





I also listed this sterling stamped name bracelet, customized with any name or word. Find in listed on eBay here!

the show...

Thanks sooooo much to all of you that emailed me asking how the indie show went, it feels nice knowing you were all thinking of me!

The show was, well, an EXPERIENCE! It was in this old warehouse that was pretty cool once it was all fixed up- the painted walls were peeling so you could see the bricks underneath and there were colored concrete pillars, concrete floors, spiral stairs with a spiral slide next to it, a very fun building! With NO electricity or plumbing!!! They rented generators and turned on big spotlight lamps but it was still VERY dark inside, especially at night. The first night we all lit candles, and we got smart and brought our own lamps with us the second night.

My friend Kristen came and sat with me the entire night on Friday (thank you Kristen!!!) and Saturday I had a couple of friends come by (thanks Jennifer and Jessica, and Amanda for trying!), my parents and Ryan brought the kids for a little while.

Thanks to Tammy for the idea of a photo album with past designs, this was a big hit!!!

Funny story- I had some of our soldered Christmas ornaments out for examples and Caleb saw the one with his picture on it and quietly asked me "why are you selling MY ornament?" He was very concerned I was getting rid of his ornament!!!


I had some sales, met lots of fun people and designers that I recognized from Etsy (some recognized my seller id or knew others that I know- funny what a little "world" Etsy is!) and gave out almost all of my business cards...it was a great first show for me but it totally makes me want to do a BIG show now!

Remember the contest and you guys all gave me ideas of things to stamp? I wanted to share a few that I made from your ideas that SOLD!!!

"supercalifragelisticexpialidocious" (as a stamped bracelet)
"I make stuff" (as a stamped necklace)
"I heart coffee" (stamped necklace)
"Princess in Training" (stamped bracelet)
"Carpe Diem" (stamped necklace)
"Free Spirit" (stamped bracelet)

I know there were a few more but this is all I can remember right now, thanks for the ideas!

the birthday girl

Today was Tessa's 3rd birthday...the 4 of us woke her up with a small cupcake, a candle and the Happy Birthday song. Tonight we had a party with family and friends...


Her "girlfriends" (and one cousin!) ...aren't they all adorable?

My "baby" is 3 :(

Happy Birthday Tessa!!!!!

we have a winner!!!!!

I did the Random Number Generator and it picked the number...34!!! Comment # 34 is SUZY!!!! Suzy, please email me and let me know which necklace you would like, congrats!

THANKS SO MUCH to all of you for the fabulous ideas... I am using a bunch of them!!!

Keep your fingers crossed for me this weekend :)