Playing catch, and catching up

The blog posts have been kind of few and far between around here all of 2010, huh?  I went from posting 4-5 times a week to what now seems like once a week. Hmmm.

Blogging for me is kind of like exercising. The more often I do it, the more often I know I will do it.  But once I fall off the wagon, I'm alllll the way off.  Good thing it's easy for me to get back on.

Really though, for as long as I've had my jewelry business, January has always been my take-it-easy month. Come, take a listen to what I tell myself in my mind...did you hear that? "Just take it easy today, Alice. You can work tomorrow instead". When you're your own boss, you can do stuff like that.

These past few weeks I've been spending a lot of one-on-one time with my daughter. We've resumed our regular playdates with friends (playdates from which we were on jewelry-business-imposed-hiatus since the fall).  All month we've been ultra busy doing puzzles, having Play-Doh parties by the way, when did Play-Doh get so fun?  and playing catch outside in this lovely June-like weather we're having here in Atlanta.

Thus my absence from the blogosphere.

But, although I haven't been blogging, I've been working in other ways. I've been putting a lot of ideas to paper for new designs. I'm really excited to show you some of them. I have in mind to branch out in all sorts of brand new directions.  If I announce my ideas to you now, I'll be more apt to follow through on them:  I'd like to make a few hollow formed pieces (lockets, big rings) that open and close with hinges, and have little secret elements inside. I'm also currently designing a monstrously magnificent cuff bracelet, embellished with 18k gold swirls and colorful stones. In my mind it looks like a Gustav Klimt painting on my forearm.  Look for that in mid-February.

Oh by the way, I forgot to blog about something very important last weekend:  My zodiac pendants have finally, finally been listed in my Etsy shop.

They look amazing and I couldn't be happier with how they turned out. The pendants have a deliciously weighty feel to them, and the thick chain makes them all the richer.

I'm so proud of this new line. These are like no other zodiac pendants you'll ever see out there, and each one is from my own hand drawn picture.

You can check them out here.

What else....?....

I've been thinking about doing a give-away here.  I think the One Must Have Sunshine ring (see my previous blogpost) would look beautiful as a necklace.  So...look for my first-ever blog giveaway...let's say next week. Yeah, that sounds good...next week.

Oh, speaking of blog giveaways, my friend Jess of Rosy Revolver (she makes the most incredible jewelry) is having one right now. Go, go, go to her blog and enter. Spread the word far and wide - the more you do, the more chances you have of winning the stunning piece she has up for grabs.  She is so phenomenally talented.  I love her.  Go check it out. You'll see what I mean.

That's it for today. I do believe we're all caught up now.

Ok, now please have yourself a wonderfully beautiful day.  And I shall do the same :)