I was featured...

Jen of the new indie shopping blog, Product of the Day featured my braille name pendants. What a nice surprise. It made my day. Thank you JEN!!! Read about it here.

it's been tooooo long...

It's been ages since i've posted and I know that's no way to keep readers reading my blog. So, shame, shame on me ;) but I do have an excuse...i've been working on a new product that I hope will be well received. Because I love making my braille pendants SOOO much and I love the response I get when customers receive something personal as well as charitable (a portion of every sale goes to the American Foundation for the Blind), I decided to expand the line and design infant and toddler tees with simple braille words on them. They can also be personalized.

I've been hard at work in R&D, ordering various brands of tees, testing different ways of attaching rhinestones/studs, embroidering and working on a website.

I first ordered Rabbit Skins tees but decided they weren't quite the quality I was looking for. I'm going for boutique quality here...so I decided on American Apparel. Not only are they high quality, 100% cotton, they are sweatshop free and Made in America!

So, with a few tees in hand, I set to making some samples and I must say, I LOOOVE making them as much as the pendants, maybe even more. They are SOOO cute and something unique and again, charitable as I will again donate a portion of every sale to the AFB.

And since these tees are so special to me, I decided they needed their very own website. You can check out the work-in-progress website...http://bittybraille.com. Slowly but surely, this new venture is taking shape and I'll soon be placing a large order for tees, making up more samples and having a professional photo shoot with an adorable bunch of baby models (well, ok, they are my friends children, but hey...they ARE cute!)

So, there you have it. My excuse...it's a good one, no??? Oh, and because you are a faithful reader, I will be offering a secret special, super-duper discount on my new braille tees as soon as the site is up and running at full speed, OK??

My latest work...

I am lovin' this new design and plan on making a whole fun bunch of them! They'll all be a little different but the same basic style. The orange one has a stamped "hand" in brown, then mixed with shades of orange cat's eye beads and silver tone beads. I then added chocolate brown suede cord. It has a very bohemian feel but it's really very elegant as well. Oh, happy :) The other one is in tones of gray and black with an Asian feel to it. Love it as well. More to come soon...

Finally Friday

I haven't posted in awhile as I've been really working at getting my new indie designer feature blog, Indie Diner, off to a roaring start. It's going great so far and I'm getting fantastic feedback. It's funny how it came about, really...I was laying in bed one night not being able to sleep for all of the ideas swirling through my head...plus I was hungry and then the words came to me..Indie Diner. I loved it and couldn't wait to get started, which of course, led to more restlessness! Take a peek when you have a moment and let me know what you think... Indie Diner.

On other notes, more ideas for pendants and charms have been working their way into my head too. I sent for a very cool mold of angel wings. I've made one pendant so far with it and I just love how it came out. Now it's just a matter of getting better pics of my pendants. My mom just bought a new camera, a really nice one, so I may have to borrow it. Scanners just don't capture the dimension and texture of some of my items.

My press release went out back in February for my new braille collection. Gosh, I just realized I never even talked about them here! Well, that will have to wait until another day as my beef stew is calling my name and I must attend to dinner preparations :) Hugs to all who even bother to read my blog ;-)

Yum, yum dessert

Here is my latest collection of pendants being sold at my etsy shop. They were inspired by tasty desserts. I was up late one night, not being able to sleep (again) due to ideas flowing throught my head. I almost wanted to get out of bed and start sketching these. On the top row, we have: Rainbow Sherbet, Strawberry Cheesecake and Spumoni. Bottom row, we have: Watermelon Sherbet Pie, Mississippi Mud Pie and Key Lime Pie. Ok, are you drooling yet??? Bon appetit!

Find my sin charms at relish at home...

I recently sent two sets of my deadly sins charms to Kelly at relish at home. They don't sell online yet but they have an awesome brick & mortar boutique in Berkeley, CA., so if you're in the area, please take the time to stop in and say hello.

From J. Lynne Cosmetics....

J.Lynne Cosmetics Anniversary Sweepstakes 2007

Happy Anniversary! To celebrate the beginning of our 3rd year in business, we're inviting everyone to sign up for our 2007 Anniversary Sweepstakes, featuring prizes worth over $1000.00 in J.Lynne Cosmetics products!

Check it out here.