Last night was the beginning of my holiday celebrations. A couple lady friends and I gathered together for some serious gingerbread house crafting. From the looks of it I'd say it was pretty successful, don't you??

Well now I'm off for the holidays! Mr.T and I will be flying away to Colorado and Texas. I hope your holiday is filled with good company, yummy foods, and safe travels. See you next year!

A moment of self indulgence

I know the holidays are about giving to others but in my search for others, I've seen so many things I want to give myself!

2013 Astrology Wall Calender

2013 Prisms Calendar

Moon Phases Scarf

Lapis Ring

Holiday lights

Caribou throw and basically everything in that shop.


Happy gift giving people! Thanks for letting me indulge myself for a moment. Ok, back to searching for others!

Today is 12.12.12. and there are three great things about today. One, it's 12.12.12. How cool is that?? Two, it's my birthday!! Someone told me it's my platinum birthday. Oooo fancy. And three, the online shop is open!! Sorry if there are a few bugs here and there. It's been a bit of push to get me to finish it, and I really wanted to celebrate its opening with my own day of birth. So in celebration of today's power of three, I'm gifting all purchases with free shipping until Sunday, December 16th. Just enter: BIRTHDAY at check out. You'll also receive the items in time for the holidays if ordered by December 16th.

Happy 12.12.12. Everybody!!

I finally found the time to add a some much-needed holiday spirit to my life. It's a tiny tree but oh so mighty! And if you can't tell, my last minute wood grain tree skirt takes fake tree to whole new level. Let the holidays begin!

Shuttle service to the Moon?

Yes, please! I was just talking about this with Mr.T the other day. An everyday person like him or me would never be able to experience outer space. Imagine how crazy that would be! It's so crazy I can't even begin fathoming what it would actually be like. It seemed so unfair that space travel wasn't even an option available to us normal people. But hey! Looks like someone's trying to make it happen...ok, maybe it's just for super rich people right now but I'll appreciate the efforts.

image via Design Taxi

Renegade Recap

Renegade was a blast! It was exciting, overwhelming, exhausting, exhilarating, crowded...it was great. There was a constant flow of people so I barely had any time to walk around or shop but here are a few snapshots I was able to sneak in.

Vendors setting up. 

Yup, this is me right before the show opened. I think there's a smile trying to come out from beneath fear and excitement twisting around in my stomach.

A view from the balcony just as the show is opening up.

Here's one of my booth neighbors, Pieces of Craft, a group of 6 local Chicagoans gathering together to make awesome stuff. Here's Dan among his plethora of hand made prints.

And here's my other booth neighbor, Lets Be Friends. They make ridiculously cute plush monster dolls and letter pressed paper goods.

This is Mr.T. I couldn't have survived this event without him by my side the entire time. I'm so grateful for him!

And here's my friend, Dallas! She exhibited at Renegade too with her UH-mazing jewelry. 

I can't thank all my friends who stopped by to say hi and all the people that stopped by my booth enough. I feel so grateful that I was able to share my jewelry for the first time in such a supportive, positive, and creative environment. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Up next, getting my online shop together! I hope to have it up and running in a week so stay tuned!

Day one of Renegade was a whirlwind! Here's a quick shot I was able to sneak in during a moment of breathing time. Excited for day two!!