Feature

I am posting a bit early today...it seems like most of my blog posts have crept into a pre-bedtime ritual! I do, however, want to share some good news that I woke up to. Laura from Bright, Bold, and Beautiful featured my shop in her blog today. I am very honored that she posted about Blue Hour Designs! I have a little surprise for her readers so go and check it out! :)

Thank you very much, Laura, for your wonderful feature!

Right now I am heading out the door to drop off our car to the doctor for some minor fixing. I made some muffins and coffee and I'm throwing the kids in the car for breakfast.

I am going to try and get two more rings in the shop today....I have a full schedule and it seems like there is some conspiracy going on because I swear that the day is getting shorter and shorter!

- Little Edit -rings will go up tomorrow :)

A GREAT day

I am getting some attention.

One of my favorite blogs highlighted my Bulbous Botswana ring today.

Seeing that post and the comments just made my heart swell! Thank you Mrs. French :)

Not only does she do a wonderful, inspiring job with her blog, but she is also an amazing photographer. I am a happy, happy camper right now!

So what, you ask, is spinning in my workshop today?

Why these girls:

'I See Red' and 'Explode' are my favorites, but really the whole album is wonderful. No wonder I love it...they have bands like Depeche Mode, the Smiths, the Cure and Bjork listed as influences to their music. All bands that I adore.

Right now I need to go eat dinner, go for a walk/play at the park (yep I play too ;), and then head back down to my workshop to finish my pieces today. I am working on two rings, two necklaces and a couple pairs of earrings. I should be able to list them tomorrow morning. I'll of course post them here first :)

See you tomorrow...

Unexpected day

Last night I had a nice surprise. My husband found a site that featured my jewelry five days ago. The site is scoutiegirl.com and they showcase handmade items everyday. That is very cool...and so is the site. I am going to have to start visiting. :)

So today did not end up being the day I planned for. First of all, I couldn't get my gas tank for my torch open. I had been struggling with it because the the tank key did not fit very well on the tank, so opening and closing was a real pain. I think the previous owners stripped it a bit. Well that meant that we had to load the kids and run to the welding supply dealio and get a new tank. By the time we got back, it was lunchtime...which is always a long process because little mouths have to be fed and then wiped, a diaper changed, songs to be sung (the youngest), restroom visit (the oldest), and a book read, fills the tall order of getting my children tucked in for naptime. Then clean-up, because they are not exactly clean eaters! hahahaha

After that, it was a whirwind of chores, some materials needed to ordered, kids to be played with, dinner and yadayadayada.....until POOF, there went my day. And now I am here for a few minutes before I get to bed so that I can get down here in my studio nice and early to make up for my lack of progress today.

So basically I have had to learn that although a plan and a schedule is a great thing, I have to learn to go with the flow because the reality is that I have two ittybitties and that's just the way it is. I have to admit that giving up a lot of my personal freedom has been the hardest adjustment to motherhood....good thing I love my monkeys A LOT!

So okay, tomorrow is another day for another plan....let's hope for the best ;)