My Return

I have been so freakishly (is that even a word???) busy with my everyday life that I have been neglecting my blog which I apologize greatly for. I have been creating like crazy and have found that earrings are my current creation of choice! I hope everyone is well and also hope everyone is enjoying their summers! Fall is just around the corner if you can believe it. My daughter starts Kindergarten here in a few weeks which is so bittersweet. I am so incredibly proud but at the same time so incredibly scared that she is growing up. I hope I have taught her what she needs to know in order to be successful and meet friends. I am sure this is a normal mom fear =) I will have to post a pic of her first day!

slacking...

I have been slacking quite a bit with my blog and I feel so lazy because of it. My daughter started PreK a few weeks ago which was a BIG deal for me. Just another sign she is growing up so fast. She and I spent our summer doing all kinds of fun stuff so I wasn't keeping up as I should. Now that she has started school, I am very excited to get back into the swing of things and get moving. I have created some great pairs of earrings the last few days...

Vintage Fusion

I have added a new line of earrings with a vintage twist to my Etsy store. I came across some really cool plastic beads which I just had to make earrings out of!!!

Summer Blues!!!

This summer has been pretty quiet for me sales wise so I decided to use the time to create some new designs and am also currently working on updating ALL of my photos on both Ebay and Etsy for all my designs. This is a huge challenge as anyone who has ever done it knows!!! It has been soooo hot here in FL that I am ready for some cooler weather but we have such a long summer left to go!

My Mood

My mom, sis, and her boyfriend just left yesterday after being here 5 days. Since they have been here I have not been creating many designs as I have been super busy. We went to the aquarium, enjoyed my daughter's 4th birthday party, and also visited with family. I am always really bummed after having to leave them since they live so far away and we don't see them often so I have a tendency to feel like I am in a creative "rut" and have a hard time creating new designs. To be proactive this time, I forced myself to sit down and work after they left yesterday and it was actually a great decision because I ended up creating 4 pairs of earrings (which I will be posting this week on Etsy=)).

My goal is to throw myself into creating over the next few days and hopefully avoid my slump completely!!! Visit HandspunJewelry.etsy.com over the next week and hopefully I will have overcome my grumpy mood=)))

Copper

I have oftentimes seen jewelry created with copper findings and thought it to look quite beautiful and interesting but I had never gotten up the never to try it myself. I finally bought some copper plated accessories to create some necklaces and I just love it. Copper has such a timeless look and really compliments many other stones. Now all I need is a million dollars to buy all the stones, copper, and silver I want!!!

Check out some new stuff at my Etsy shop...

Visitors!!!

My mom, sis, and sis's boyfriend are coming down for a visit in June for my daughter's birthday. I am sooooo excited. They are only down for 5 days so we are going to have a pack a lot in. I also have been working like crazy jewelry making!!! I get so sucked in to creating=)

I was also able to finally create my first Treasury for Etsy yesterday. It was a lot of fun looking thru great Etsy finds.

Check out the Treasury I created at http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=53846