Chosen as the Delight of the Day!

How wonderful to find that my earrings were chosen as the "Delight of the Day" on CraftNouveau.com!

Thank you so much CraftNouveau! I'm so honored!

Creative Loafing Charlotte Blog Feature!

Today I was featured on Creative Loafing Charlotte's blog in their shopping section called "Klepto".

How awesome is that? You can read the blog post here.

Thanks so much to Creative Loafing Charlotte and Samantha Webster, author of the article. I'm so very honored and grateful!

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I'll catch up very soon with what's been happening since I have been in the mountains!

Until then, I hope everyone is having a great summer!

Suddenly Summer

Summer is here in all its hot, humid glory. Yesterday morning Kevin and I went to the park with friends before it got to unbearably hot. We encountered lots of cool things!

Pollywogs

(aka tadpoles)

Red dragonflies

I have since learned the red ones are the male of the species Celithemis elisa - Calico Pennant

hundreds of tiny toads (or are they frogs?)

You had to watch your step, they were everywhere along the edge of the lake!

and the kids had a lot of fun

Such a lovely day.

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Last week was Kevin's scout camp. He had great fun and it was such a pretty place.

The camp had a medieval theme complete with knights, swords, shields, etc.

Kevin made his own shield


and had a sword fight!

(not real swords of course)

He liked the slingshot


and the BB guns


They did some fishing


and when it got too hot, there were popsicles


He had a great time! Definitely a memorable experience.
I hope he gets to do it again next year too.


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We'll be making our way to the mountains later in the week. It takes a couple of days for me to get things ready and packed. But hopefully we'll be there by the 4th of July!


I'll write again when I can!
Hope everyone has a fantastic summer!


Until next time....

Epheriell Designs Blog Feature

I'm so very flattered that my citrine dolphin briolette earrings were featured on a lovely blog.


Every Sunday Epheriell Designs' blog features 5 fab Etsy finds in her Superb Sundays post. I was very honored she chose my earrings for this Sunday! Thank you so very much for making me one of your fab 5!

So go check out her blog! It's full of wonderful Etsy finds as well as her own beautiful jewelry! I think you'll like it!

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Tessa has made a return to my shop after a very long absence.

These are some of my favorite earrings. I love filigree as well as amethyst, and together it's a combination you don't want to miss!

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That's it for now. I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday and a great week ahead!

Until next time....

Gems!

My local bead shop, Beadlush, had a very welcome visitor over the weekend. His name is Arun Shah of Bollywood Beads and he brought all his goodies for a trunk show! It was great to see him, and delightful to see his pretty beads!

There were all shapes and sizes, colors and cuts.

Loads of rondelles

Huge briolettes

and these massive onions!

Never seen any that big before

Kevin even had a great time

He loves to look at all the beads.

You can see all the pictures I took in a set I created on Flickr. There were more beads than I could get pictures of!

These found a new home

with yours truly!

Oh, one of the best parts...the Mimosas.
I only drank one but it was yummy!

Next time the trunk show comes to Beadlush, make sure you stop in. You won't regret it (but your wallet might!).

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Finally, late today (around rush hour EST) I found myself on the Etsy's front page!

My new whiskey quartz made a brief appearance!

Thank you Etsy gods! :)

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Hope you all had a great weekend and have a terrific week!

Until next time....

"findings found" Blog Feature

I was so very surprised and thrilled tonight to learn that my "Twirly Slide" earrings were featured this past Friday on a beautiful blog for jewelry lovers and jewelry buyers. It's called findings found, and there are some wonderful items featured there that I bet you'll love. Go check it out!

Thank you so much for the feature! I really do appreciate it!

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Tomorrow I'll show you what I did this past weekend! It's all about gems!

Until next time....