Craziness and Adjusting

Are you an organized sort? You know where everything is and you have a time and place for it all? Well I am not. I am a chaotic, cram it in where it fits, what am I doing again sort. Oh I dream of well greased wheels and gears clicking a whirring in efficient unison, but so far I am a creative mess, popping things out of jumble. What can you do? I am what I am. Here are some things I have popped out lately.

For Angie

Ametrine: Mental clarity, overcoming fear. Can be used to help with mental fog and sluggishness.
Ametrine's vibrational pattern enhances brain processes and assists in mental endeavours. It stimulates the brain and aids in memory and information retention.

Rutilated Quartz: Brings a joyful vibration into the energetic field. Can help one feel less overwhelmed by responsibilities and can help with mental clarity.

Pyrite: Strengthens will, increases vitality, stimulates creativity in art, mathematics, sculpture etc.

Smokey Quartz: Very grounding. Transmutes negative energy into usable energy.

Rose Quartz: Gentle healing energy. Opens the heart chakra, helps us to treat ourselves and others with unconditional compassionate love. Rose quartz calms the mind releasing stress freeing up energy for healing.

Fluorite: Brings structure and and focus to incoherent energies. Fluorite can remedy confusion and instability. Stimulates the brain, balances brain chemistry and enhances learning and memory.


Angie, please put your wishes for yourself into the bracelet. Use the rose quartz skull to program the bracelet. Talk to him/her, ask the stones to assist your healing and your spirit.
Love to you on your healing journey. =)

Love from your mom.


All info has been taken directly from Naisha Ahsian's and Robert Simmons' Book Of Stones.

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I am Happy. Also 36. Now that birthday 2010 is past I guess I can turn my attention to Christmas 2010. No that I have a wee girl I am willing to start the festivities a bit earlier than my usual December 18 Christmas tree rollout date, but still not before the 3rd and certainly not before December even begins. I have managed to stay out of the malls so far but I am starting the shopping experience tonite and the decorations will be making their way out of the closet this week.
Ok, now to the good part of this post. I am offering a sale to any of you rare and special people who read this blog. If there is anything in my Etsy shop you have been eyeing up now's the time. During checkout enter the coupon code "bahumbug" for 15% off. If there is something you want me to create for you or someone you are particularly fond of, just let me know and the sale will apply.
Well it is beautiful out there and I am going to go and enjoy it. xox =)

Happy Halloween!!

Family fun!! It was good times here for All Hallow's. We brought the girl out trick or treating for the first time. That was very cute although the black cat seemed to have got her tongue. She didn't actually say trick or treat at all.
The weather today was beautiful. I have memories of freezing cold, pouring rain and even snow, but it could have been early September it was so mild. Which was wonderful, don't get me wrong. I am NOT complaining.
Sadie wasn't a big fan of the tiger hanging in front of her face but she did look adorable with a brown nose and whiskers. We saw a bunch of other kids in great costumes too.
We have our Jack O lantern burning bright but we won't get any kids being on the second floor of an apartment. Oh well, we all like our little cat dragon pumpkin.
Well, it is time for me to put this tiger to bed and dig into her loot!
Happy Halloween everyone.

Keeping it Real

Ahhh, it is late October and the weather is astounding! Oh Vancouver, you are making your people happy this year. Also it is my better half's birthday. Happy Birthday Mark!! Sadie and I got up to all sorts of fun and messy things today in your honor. There will be cake. Sadie wants to blow out the candles, we won't put on the whole 42. I put her down for a nap 30 minutes ago and I can still hear her in there calling me and yammering away. I am ignoring her though because I really want her to sleep so she will be in good form for tonites festivities.
Well, last weekend was the Fraser Valley Bead Show. I gotta say, it was pretty slow. The crowd was mostly older ladies, not the younger ladies whose lines you can find all over the city. People just weren't spending much myself included. I guess we all have more beads than we know what to do with. I did get a couple of things though. A quartz skull and some big, hunky, chunky black tourmaline.

What do you think of that? I doubt that I will be parting with the tourmaline. By choice I mean and not just due to the fact that my Etsy shop is seemingly dormant. Harhar. Well the girl hasn't given up on her quest to be freed from nap time. Too bad. I hope she can hold it together for Birthday dinner. Peace out kids. xo =)

Gratitude for Matriarchal Ancestors and Modern Convienences

Before

Honestly I don't know how women got through their days let alone their lives with out things like dishwashers, washing machines, televisions and canned soup. If I didn't have these things there is a chance that I would have to check myself into an institution for the insane or maybe the criminally insane. So I am sending out, into the past, a huge acknowledgment to all the women down the lines that kept us all alive, loved, nourished and clean. THANK YOU!!!! You are all amazing. I mean some of these women had to make meals for 12 out of pennies or less, they had to wash every fricken thing by hand. BY HAND!! Things like sheets and jeans. If you go back far enough some women had to worry about being burnt at the stake for using plants to heal their loved ones. I am feeling luckier, safer, more blessed by the second here. You see I woke up under a black cloud of crankiness known to many as PMS. Well, at some point before things got out of hand I became aware of what my problem (thanks Mr. Tolle) was and I made a choice to do my best to remain conscious of this fact, this chemical component in my body and not let it spread out of me into the world like some nasty contagious infection. And it has led to these ponderings, this awareness of our collective female pain body and what that carries. A lot kids, it's a lot. So, from my heart, to all the women still suffering under the hand of whatever mechanism that feels the need to crush women's spirits and bodies past, present and future, I am sending my love to you, to us and am praying to the Great Mother and Spirit to help us all awaken to the moment we are in, to the feeling of gratitude, and to the truth of our each individual and collective existences.
Peace!!

After

Well, let me see, where have I been? I have been here, mothering I suppose. It does take up the majority of my time and energy. So my Etsy shop is bare at the moment. I have put all of my pieces into a couple different stores. Have you seen OhKuol? It is a great store here in Vancouver that sells jewellery and bags and clothes all from different local artists. So some stuff is there and some stuff is in my home town at a store called East of Java. It is in PortMcNeill. If you are ever on the North Island check it out!
So I have this friend who lives so far away. She is getting married this month and I cannot go. I suck! So I wanted to do something special to assuage my guilt and to let her know that even though I can't get my shit together enough to come to her wedding I do love her. So I made her a necklace.

So now I have to get organized and start making things again. I have so many ideas but I just can't seem to clear up my work station or tear myself away from the TV and computer. It is a mental block I am having. But it won't last long, so stay tuned and the new stuff will start pouring in. =)

Treasury Time!!

I watched the Etsy clocl like a hawk while my family napped.
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=120472

New Year

A whole new year, it's like a blank slate isn't it? Well, I have some goals, not resolutions, but goals, and of course I have some obstacles, but that is just an excuse isn't it? Well, the goal is to list everyday. Everyday list an item or more in the shop. Well my camera is not really up to par and there just isn't enough time in the day to photograph and list let alone to make stuff. But I am not giving up. Nonono. These aren't listed yet because I am not entirely happy with the pictures, but here they are anyhow...

Thank you, thank you , thank you!!

Thank you Georgia and everybody who came to my jewellery show on Saturday. It was the first time I had ever done something like that and it was very encouraging. I would like to especially like to thank Georgia for hosting. Her apartment is gorgeous and really made my jewellery look glamorous and everyone was loving the perfect view of the river and the rain. I would love to do little parties like that some more so I will just let you all know, that as a hostess (or host) you will recieve 10% off any jewellery you want plus 10% of my total sales for the night will be credited towards any items you want. And I love doing custom stuff with your intentions lovingly placed right into the piece and stones especially picked for your needs so feel free to contact me about designing something before your show!

Shows and Sales

Hi Folks! Well I haven't been blogging much lately, mostly due to a lack of pictures. But recently I have been creating like a mad little gnome because this weekend, I have 2 different shows coming up. Welll, the first isn't so much a show, it is actually Maternal Creations. This will be the second time I have participated in this show and I am very excited and honored to be a part of it. It is full of amazing creations by very talented mama's. So it takes place this Friday and Saturday, November 20 and 21 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Little Nest on Commercial drive. I will be there on the Friday evening. Come check it out. Last year there was a lady named Anna there who made the most beautiful handmade dolls and I bought a little pirate for Sadie. I hope she is there again. Also my lovely friend Shael will also be there selling her gorgeous handmade goodies.The sale I am having is at my friend Georgia's place. She has been so kind as to host a jewellery party for me. She is even serving some refreshments! So it is an open house sort of thing from 1pm until 5pm on Saturday. I am very excited about both of these events. I would love to see you all at one or the other, so come on out if it is at all possible. Feel free to email me if you need any more details.

I am having a jewellery sale on November 21st. A friend of mine has been very gracious and offered to host it at her place from 1 pm to 5pm. If you are interested in coming please email me for more details. I have been making alot of jewellery but really I have so many more ideas than time. And getting pictures is practically impossible so there haven't been any blog posts or Etsy listings. I did do a custom bracelet adn I am hoping and waiting to hear from the lady who purchased it. I am really nervous about the shipping. Usually the post office ladies have you fill out a customs thing, but this time she didn't so I am concerned that it will get hung up in customs or worse just go missing. That has happened to me 2 times when I bought stuff. The seller of one of the purchases was really great and sent a replacement item. Well, here are some sneak peaks for you. Take care and be well!

As soon as I can get some better pictures these juicy ladies will be in the shop.

Serpentine?? and blog Exposure.

I made these earrings from a project in a magazine and I really like them. The only problem is that I don't know for sure what the stone is. Jade or Serpentine? But I know nothing about the properties. What I do know is that they look fabulous with Carnelian. I am going to put them in the shop anyway.
Also something relatively exciting happened. One of my bracelets, the one pictured in the blog banner actually, was featured in foundHandmade.com. Go here and scroll down to the second part of Eye of The Tiger. It is a very cool website helping people who want to buy handmade stuff find what they are looking for. Check it out!!

Random Bracelets

Here are some bangles and brangles.
Rhodonite. Ocean Jasper. Ocean Jasper with Pyrite.

A Little For You, A Little For Me

This funky peice is headed to Austin. It is a crazy little necklace I made for a friend of mine who lives far away and who I miss a great deal these days as we both go through the experience of new motherhood. It would be so sweet if our girls could grow up as friends, but alas our paths were near only briefly. It is made with black tourmaline, pyrite, turquoise and a ruby moonstone. I hope this inspires fun and harmless craziness my dear!!

This necklace of smoky quartz and turquoise is going to my beloved Auntie Jan who is battling cancer right now. I know she is going to kick it's ass. The smokey quartz is to help negate the effects of the chemo and radiation and the turquoise is to help re-establish wholeness and to help her communicate what needs to be communicated. I love you Auntie Jan.
And last but not least, this beauty is for me. This crystal I have had for a long time. I think it is my first clear quartz point. I put a carnelian ring that I made around the top of it and wrapped it all together with copper wire and then I made the necklace part with copper chain that had amethyst, labradorite and iolite wrapped in, (a left over strand from Mystical 3 strand) and some other copper chain with various carnelian, rose quartz, smokey quartz and other agates in it that were given to me by a sweet old lady who was a customer at Extra Foods. Back in those days you know.

Neptune

There is a new necklace in the shop. It turned out to be rather serendipidous. I wanted to make a necklace with the amazing pyrite I got from Norah's shop and some bright smooth blue apatite. I must have been imagining the apatite because when I went to the local bead stores it just wasn't there. I ended up getting some darker more interesting apatite instead. So once I got home and started to pair it up with the amazing fine pyrite I had from Norah I saw that it just wasn't going to work the way I wanted. So I pulled out the last of the Healer's gold pyrite that I had, there were 18 beads left and I layed it all out. I thought it looked a little flat and short so I decided that I might as well use up the faceted pyrite that was left too. There were exactly 18 of those too! I thought that was a clear sign of what was meant to be. And just to create a bit of pop and length I used the rest of my gold filled balls too. It worked out perfectly.

How Wood You Like This?

Here is just a tiny sneak peak of 1 of the few projects I have going on at the moment. The blogging has been slow due to a lack of pictures to post, but here is a shot taken with my phone of my latest creations. I am loving all of these bracelets. They will be on Etsy soon.

Ideally...

Wouldn't it be nice if this could be the front page of Etsy. HOw many hits would I get if this poster tool was the front page for a day? Well there are some new items up. Check it out!!

Makes no Difference if it's Black or White ripmj

These are custom made for a friend. Christa Lynn is a bodytalk practioner and reiki Master. I think she's a master. I know she teaches classes. But if you are ever having a look around, if you are interested in trying an alternative therapy I really recommend Bodytalk. I love it!

Christa, if these don't call out to you that is ok, I have other ideas as well. Have a great day everyone!!