Spring is only so long

Has it really been a month since my last post?  And to think I thought I was getting better at the frequency of my postings.  Well, I will say much has happened in the course of 30 days.

I've thrown out some pitches for my products in Mother's Day & Bridal Gifts guides.  After about a month of doing so, I'm happy to report that I've landed a few.  On April 20th, my Winter Gemstone Wine Charms will be featured in a Mother's Day Gift Guide for Mainstreet.com.  Soon after that, I will have my Cranberry Hair Comb in the Bridal Gift Guide for PrettyCity.com and the St. Pete Times tbt edition.  It will also, in conjunction with the above, run in OrlandoStyleMag.com in May. 

I've also been exceedingly busy working on the ReddingHandmade Etsy Team! We've already done an open house, a peer to peer critique, a promo swap, and lots of brainstorming for the future.  In fact, we've got so many event ideas that I had to create another platform to launch from.  Just a few days ago, my fellow creative brainstormer Charmaine and me, launched Oh!Carousel.  Carousel is a creative collaboration to support local business by having as much fun as possible and by using as much spunk as we can muster!  What's on the menu?  Local events, workshops, classes, shopping experiences that will engage our community and educate them as consumers and creative people.

And, on a final note, I just made a Facebook Fanpage called "I don't mind spending more on handmade items."  Be a fan and join the cause!

Lots of pages!

I am so in love with Blogger right now!  I've been looking for a way to add information about my services to my blog.  That's why the "pages" option is such a dream come true.  As you can see, you no longer need to visit my website to sign up for the newsletter or to inquire about parties, wholesale, custom, and side projects.  Heck, you can even shop from my blog.  I mean, really, who even needs a website anymore? (-;   

Being a kid

My husband loves video games.  But not new video games.  He loves the old school, grey Nintendo.  Over the past 3 years, I can't tell you how many Tetris Parties we have hosted.  If you don't know what its like to play Tetris 2 with Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker as a soundtrack, you must find a way to experience it. 

Recently, though, we've been blowing through Crash Bandicoot 2 on the barely less old school PlayStation.  Over the last week or so, our video game adventures have been our quality time.  And frankly, I've really enjoyed it.  On most levels, I suck pretty bad.  But, on two final worlds, I have been the one to pass us through.  How's that for teamwork?

When he brought the game out last weekend, I was almost instantly captivated.  I remember seeing the commercials for Crash and wishing so badly that someone I knew had the game.  Really, who can forget the clever, transparent blue Crash floating into oblivion with his angel wings when you kill him? 

Would you believe that Crash would fulfill a dream for both me and my husband?  After he laughed at my disclosure of my intense desire to play this particular game all the way into high school, he then admitted that he too had wished for someone to play it with him.  Now, years later, we both got our wish!  

I see spring!

I see it.  Its just around the corner.  Its flirting with me as the weather daily changes from briskly bright to cozy cold and back again.  Even still, I can see it.  Its so close I can almost touch it.  While we're waiting for it to make up it's mind, consider how you see spring by checking out Scoutie Girl.

This is how I see spring.  I see it with ornate sterling chain, mismatched baroque pearls, sheer & faceted aquamarine, and demure fluorite.  How do you see spring?

Black & White

In the last 48 hours, I have gone black & white crazy.  Spring has come upon us and and I should be bright color crazy.  But, alas, black & white is all I can see right now.  Maybe its the absolutely gorgeous glitter encrusted tulle that I got last week. Or maybe it was when I put my laundry away today and saw my black sequin sprinkled top that I wore for NYE this past winter.  Or,  I suppose it could have been the necklace that I threw together before a Christmas party and has since inspired numerous spin off designs since it's creation.

No matter, its all about black & white.  All about.