The Family Jewels

Happy Halloween Blog Sale!

In honor of Halloween, I'm putting all our Spiderweb Jasper (also called Russian Serpentine) on Blog Sale!

Click here to see the selection!  Here's a sample:

Just type BLOG in the promotional field at checkout, and the system will take 50% off.  Also, I'm leaving up the Blog Sale below (the gemstone bracelets) so you have more time to take advantage of that offer too! 

The sky is falling, the sky is falling... Oh, and New Blog Sale!

There will be a new blog sale just as soon as I get back from Curves.  Yep, you read that right, I'm doin' it!  :)  EDIT: Well, there apparently will be a new Blog Sale NOW rather than later, as Mom's not ready for Curves yet!

On another note, it is so, so very cold here in my place.  Part of the ceiling fell in last week during the Week of Torrential Rainfall, and it seems like there must be a direct opening to outside or something.  It's terribly chilly. 

For the new Blog Sale, I'm going with the Ready-to-Wear theme and taking 50% off our New Arrival Gemstone Bracelets!  The whole folder is on sale!

Here's a sample:

Just type BLOG in the promotional code field at checkout, and the system will take the discount!

Wow, I'm impressed, y'all...

When I sent the sale out two and a half hours ago, we had 6 Lepidolite items, 16 Lapis, and 19 or so Malachite.  We're now completely out of Lepidolite, down to 10 items in Lapis, and 14 Malachite!  Must be a lot of shopping going on this morning!

Hockey and New Blog Sale!

I have a hard time believing that the weather is going to let up, as it's still gray gray gray outside.  But hopefully! 

Thanks to Steve here at work, I'm headed to a hockey game tonight in Nashville.  I've never been to one, have no concept of the rules, but I think it will be really fun!  My friend is bringing a radio so that we can keep tabs on the Red Sox-Rockies Game 2, of course  ;)  Tonight will probably be a better game than last night, as that was painful to watch for even a big Red Sox fan like myself.  Though I've never seen the Rockies play, I know they're better than that!

Anywho, new Blog Sale time!  Today I'm discounting this folder of beautiful New Arrival Gemstone Necklaces!  Here's a sample: 

Just type BLOG in the promotional code field at checkout, and the system will take 50% off!  This sale will only be good for a couple of days, so take advantage ASAP!

Training and Bridesmaid Dresses

Fun fact: When I first started working in the family business, I started as a Packer.  Packers are the great folks who make sure your package gets boxed, bubbled, taped and sent as safely as possible on to you.  We put in the oh-so-popular Thank Yous too! 

We have a new Packer this morning, so I've been having fun doing the training for her today.  It's been a long time since I've packed, and it's been a good time getting that rhythm back.  It's pretty peaceful once you get goin'. 

Because of the training, the email's going out a smidgen late, which means I'll extend the sale a day.  I figure there will be few complaints about that!

Totally different subject... I had to go to Nashville yesterday to try on bridesmaid dress samples for my friend Jennifer's wedding.  It was actually a lot of fun, and the dress she's leaning toward is beautiful and will be easily alterable to be a fun short party dress post-wedding.  We'll see--I have to admit that I wanted to buy several of the dresses just to have for myself, but alas, I have neither the resources nor the reason to have such beautiful formalwear!  Maybe someday?  :)

Rainy Days and Mondays... Blog Sale!

It's a rainy, rainy day here in Clarksville.  It's sort of the joke that those of us in the family who live and work here can have no concept of the weather or temperature outside, as we may never go outside even once on some days!  Not the best side effect of living and working in the same building, but at least there's no expensive commute?  Before anybody feels too bad for me, I did get outside for a picnic and nature walk yesterday, so I do see sunshine  :)

I'm putting our wonderful gemstone clasps on sale, exclusively on the blog!


And there are more!  The whole folder of New Arrivals Gemstone Clasps is 50% off when you type BLOG in the promotional code field at checkout!

Sassy Sunday! Moukaite!

For today's Sassy Sunday Sale, I'm taking 53% off all our Moukaite!  It's one of my favorites, and I am just on a high after tonight's game and wanting to share the love...

Just type in SASSYSUNDAY in the promotional code field at checkout, and the system will take the discount!   Only good until midnight EST Sunday night!

The chip bead Blog Sale is STILL good, so check that out below!

Quotes and Fire Engines in the Morning

I woke up to the sound of fire engines wailing outside this morning--pretty startling!  I called the police to see if there was a fire on my street, as our buildings are all joined so a fire at the end of the street could mean not great things for the whole block.  I was told that the power was out.  I'm still unclear about why that required wailing sirens, but alright :)

I'm re-reading a good book right now, The Solace of Leaving Early by Haven Kimmel.  There's a quote that I just think is beautiful near the beginning of the book: 

She knew the planet tilts on its axis to nearly the same degree that a woman's womb is tilted outward, that we are walking into and out of the light, every day, and a thousand million times, more than we can every count or claim to recognize, all the elements converge toward what can only be called a miracle, so often it happens that it must be the very nature of the world...

And while we're at the quotes thing (I love quotes, I have to say), a friend sent me this one:

Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time.

It's quoted as said by Sara Paddison, though I have no idea who that is.  It's pretty appropriate to my life right this second, so it resonates... 

I hope you have a relaxing Saturday!

Washington National Cathedral

Aidan and I went to services this past Sunday at Washington National Cathedral, which, to my understanding, is where all the state's religious ceremonies take place...

Don't forget to check out the blog sale below  :)

Chip Beads Blog Sale

I love some of these new chip beads, so I'm putting them up for the new Blog Sale!  Check out the whole folder of New Arrival Chip Beads, all 50% off!

Just type BLOG in the promotional code field at check out, and the system will take the discount! 

PS - I am so excited and really pretty shocked that the Sox are still in it!