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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Girl's birthday Parties!
This weekend Maxine had her birthday party ... very, very fun! I brought over all the tools,
beads and findings for about seven 9 year olds to make jewelry - they had a blast! Deean (Maxie's mom) went to the craft
store and bought little wooden jewelry boxes for the girls to decorate. By the end of the evening they had little treasure
boxes packed with their own handcrafted jewelry.
Got me thinking ... it was so much fun, why not offer it to others!
Check it out.
8:51 am est
Monday, July 21, 2008
I have an excuse!
Yes, I know I have been gone forever, but, I have an excuse! I and the local color girls
opened a gallery, along with Pyramid Atlantic! OMG it is fantastic! Here's the slideshow! If you're local - please stop by. We're open Wed, Thurs & Friday - 12-8 and
Saturday, 10-8.
4:48 pm est
Monday, June 9, 2008
Etsy
Yes ... that's where I've been ... working on my Etsy site. Love Etsy! Wanna see?
1:31 pm est
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Craft Shows
As many of you know I have expanded my business to include not only jewelry parties
but also craft shows. Wanted to share my first handmade jewelry booth:
 I was very happy with the way it turned out and I have plans for improvements...
12:25 pm est
Monday, May 19, 2008
It's Earring Day!
Making earrings is my first love of making jewelry, and today, I am making earrings!! All
day. Yay! Update photos to come....
8:20 am est
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Adornments
Why do we adorn ourselves in jewelry?
People have been adorning themselves in various forms of jewelry as long
as people have been on this earth.
Why? There is no "practical" reason. It doesn't sustain us, does it?
It's interesting ... when women come into a jewelry party -- especially among
friends -- we transform. We may be coming from a bad day at work. Or running our kids around from soccer practice to playdate.
Or we have an appointment in an hour. We walk in in various states of daily stress
- see and talk to our friends - and begin to decompress.
We see the jewelry out of the corners of our eyes, but we
don't immediately engage.
But as our stress begins to fade, we start to size up the
room. We begin inching over, sipping our drinks, touching things
non committally. Then something catches our eye -- it speaks to us. And
we see something else. And we set our drinks down. And pretty soon, we're trying on jewelry with a mission, looking
for a mirror, quick! No matter what our mood was when we came in -
we're hooked.
Hmmm, I don't know. Could it be simply that jewelry makes us feel good?
I think it's more. I think jewelry allows us to express our individuality. And jewelry
cuts through the stress and allows us to feel as beautiful as we are, at least for the moments when we're trying it on.
I think we need jewelry - it is food for our souls.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Jewelry Parties are too much fun!
I don't care who you are - jewelry parties are fun!
A little (stiff) sangria ... great food ... good friends ... and lot's
of different, unique, unusual, handmade, magnificient, out of this world jewelry!
"How do I look in this red coral set?"
Is this a jewelry model or what?
Okay, things may have gotten a little out of hand...
THANKS DEEAN ... for hosting, and being so great!
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Marketing Genius ... really
Never again will I leave a jewelry party without people signing the guest
book! Thanks Hope - you put that MBA to good use!
3:04 am est
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Thanks Toni ..., and Tanya ..., and everyone!
Drove up to New Jersey on Saturday for a jewelry party - had an absolutely
wonderful time. (photos will follow...)
My neighbor Tanya is a New Yorker at heart, and is still struggling to adapt
to our quiet little Maryland community. I keep telling her she will. She has become a great friend - and a jewelry addict
in her own way.
Thanks to Tanya we lined up this jewelry party at her twin sister Toni's
place, in New Jersey. It was great. Great peaple - great family - great fun! I brought my 14 year old, Alessandra, and
her girlfriend - we stayed overnight at a hotel, and all had a ball!
Thanks Toni - for being suich a perfect hostess. Thanks Tanya - for making
it all happen. Thanks to the guys - for putting up with us all! And especially thanks to Ameer - for being such a good boy...
Monday, April 14, 2008
Wedding party jewelry
I have made an executive decision:
I will post a new section of the site, strictly for a "wedding party line"
of jewelry.
Over the last six months, I have worked with 4 brides to design jewelry for
their wedding parties. I have loved doing it, and I sense that the style has been similar in every case. Elegant, classic,
simple and understated. (Pearls, mostly...)
All turned out beautifully, and I am waiting for photos from the happy days
(hint)! But, I think I will step ahead and come up with some designs for a gallery. Keep watching - we'll see when I have
time to make the prototypes and post them!
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