Bringing you up to date...

I know, I know! Too long between posts. Not good. But I have some good excuses.

1. We're getting an addition on the house. It hasn't been too horrible but I'm ready to not have people here every day.

2. Kids. Yes, I have kids and they keep me busy! When school starts again I'll have more time for this (yeah right!).

3. Business. It's been keeping me going, and going, and going.... That's what I'll tell you about tonight and then I'm headed to bed.

So last Friday I get a phone call and an email from a potential customer. Of course the one day I forget to take my cell phone with me is the day I have someone that wants to place a BIG order. And I mean BIG! I returned her call and email. She wanted 10 adult size tutus (really, it makes a difference if they're adult size or child size. Adult size take longer to make and use more tulle). She wanted them to be in her hands TODAY. One week, half way across the country! I'm happy to say she had them yesterday. Yay me!

So anyway, back to the story. I worked hard all weekend - even had the kids stay with Grandma on Monday so I could finish them. I took pictures (like she asked) and emailed them to her. She was thrilled, yada, yada, yada.... I asked her if she'd take pictures of them being worn. They look so much better on a person than they do sitting in my photo tent to have the picture taken. I'd like to have a picture to put in my gallery on the website. She emailed me back and said she'd be happy to take pictures. She then explained where these tutus will be worn.

It seems there's this event in LA next week. An event for up and coming young artists and designers. It's called Project Ethos. They have this little thing called a fashion show and MY TUTUS will be worn by the group that is dancing to open and close the show! How exciting is that?!

Okay. I'm done for tonight! Since I don't have (good) photos of the tutus, I'll leave you with a photo of a ring I made recently. Tomorrow, if I get a chance, I'll blog about the ring and also my latest favorite piece of jewelry. If you can't wait to find out what it is, check out my website and see if you can find it. It's the only thing that is ALL sterling silver.

Beads, beads & more beads!

I went shopping yesterday! I found some beads that I was looking for so I spent some money. I had a lot of fun last night after I finally got them all tagged so I know how much to charge for them (that's the boring but important part). I came up with a name bracelet that I really like. The pictures don't look as good as it does in person. It's made with sterling silver, Swarovski crystal pearls and of course the letter blocks. I also found some peace stone jasper (had never heard of that before) that is really pretty. It has pink & green in it like I've been using lately. I put that with the pearls & sterling beads and I think it looks great. I might make some earrings to match it. So without further ado (because I'm tired and can't think of anything else to say about these pieces), here are the pictures. Sorry they aren't very big. You can see them better on my website ~ www.lacijo.com.