Open house today

We are hosting an open house this afternoon (Saturday, Nov. 29) from 3-7 p.m. at the VFW Hall in Minneapolis.

We are offering 25% off all pre-made jewelry and custom orders placed today.

Please stop by today for some hot cocoa or cider and a cookie or two -- and see how many people on your Christmas list you can take care of in one stop!

Be sure to register for the $50 gift certificate drawing.

And ---- I just added eight new necklace/earring sets that are at great gift giving prices. I recently purchased some very nice gemstone beads and pendants at an awesome discount and am passing savings on to you - my valued customer. I've included a few photos here. You can expect to find these sets at about 1/2 of the "normal retail" price -- plus today we will take an additional 25% off.

Which of these is your favorite? (Double click on the photo to enlarge it.)


Mosaic inlay olive green sea opal shell (sorry, they do look brown here but they are a lovely shade of green and the tiger eye frames them perfectly!) with tiger eye and copper.

Rhodonite pendant and chips.

Fire agate, mother of pearl and carnelian. The colors in this fire agate are much more vibrant than my photography shows.

Purple peace jasper, pale pink agate nuggets, and amethyst sage chaldencony pendant.

For Jennifer's Review -- and Yours Too!

NOTE: If you double-click on the photo it will enlarge.

Jennifer, I've been holding the first bracelet for a customer who can't quite decide if she wants it. I'll check with her today. The beads on this one are all vintage. The dark beads are a deep plum color. The two larger glass beads are a pressed glass and they are a more gray color than clear. I found them in an antique store and fell in love!
Bracelet #2 is also all vintage. The bicone shaped beads look more blue in the picture but they are a very pretty shade of purple.

Bracelet #3 is also all vintage beads. The round faceted beads are a shade of purple too.

Bracelet #4 has pink/clear givre beads. The best to describe them is that it is a clear bead with the pink inside. I just can't even begin to describe them. They are some of my very favorite -- and these are almost the last of them.

I laid them all side by side for this photo.
Bracelet #5 - The accent beads in this bracelet are a light purple. All beads are vintage, including the gold fillagree.

I can show these to your mom tonight and she can give you a good idea of the colors. They are all very lovely -- and very shiny.

A couple more photos

Catch Up?

So, does anyone ever really get caught up or is it just something we talk about a lot - or in my case, obsess about a lot? A friend one time told me that I was always saying that as soon as I got past a certain busy time, or project, or whatever -- I'd have time to catch up and relax. She hadn't seen it happen yet and she had known me for about 10 years at that time.

I think about that often when I get overwhelmed with "busy" and try to mentally take a step back and truthfully look at the situation. I can get myself all kinds of stressed out about everything I am not getting done. The truth is, I do a lot of stuff. "Bored" is a word that just isn't in my vocabulary - at least not in the sense of bored because I don't have anything to do!

It's Sunday night and as I look at my to-do list for this weekend, I didn't get anywhere close to marking even half of the items off-- but I did get a lot done -- and I spent a great day in my pajamas yesterday making jewelry. I'll include a few photos here and I have updated the slide show. I had a great show a week ago and needed to replenish my inventory for next weekend.

Have a great week!