Thank You! And what Im up to for the next month...

Thanks go out to everyone who participated in my Birthday Sale yesterday! My shop will now be closed until mid August. If you live in the Phoenix area you can still get my work at the Mesa Art Center Store.

During the next month I will be a studio assistant at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. While I am there I also get to take a bookmaking class from Dan Mayer and a metals class from C. James Meyer, which I am very excuted about! I will be blogging while I am there so come back to see what is going on at Arrowmont!

Let the SALE begin!

TODAY ONLY! Today is my 25th birthday so I am having a 25% off sale in my shop. Help me pay my tuition in the fall by purchasing something for yourelf or for a friend! I just listed tons of new items! Get it while you can because after today my shop will be closed for a month while I am at Arrowmont in Tennessee!!
If you purchase something in my shop today your paypal account will be automatically refunded 25% of your purchase total.

Thanks for looking!

July 8th

Last Tuesday was my 24th Birthday. It was by far, one of the best yet! I started the day out by going to the grocery store and buying about 200 popsicles. Then I took them to the Boys and Girls Club in Guadalupe (where I used to teach art and now just volunteer sometimes) and gave them out to all the kids. Then all 200 something kids sang me happy birthday and gave me sticky fingered hugs. I couldn't have asked for more. It was great!

I spent the rest of the day with friends and family just hanging out and having fun.

I also got some really great gifts that I love!

Scott gave me a dock for my ipod. I love this thing! It is so great! I don't know how I ever survived in the studio without it. It even has a remote, so if an embarassing song comes on that I don't want my studio mates to know I secretly love, I can change it real quick without having to run across the room throwing things out of my path to save myself from the humiliation of everyone knowing I still listen to the Spice Girls. Ok, so I dont actually have the Spice Girls on my ipod, but I don't share the same taste in music as the people I share a studio with so the remote comes in handy. The sound quality is great too. I really do love this thing and have been taking it with me everywhere since I got it.

My little brother gave me the first season of the hilarious show, Flight of the Conchords on DVD. The show is an HBO series (I dont have cable) about two guys from New Zeland that are members of the band Flight of the Conchords. Very dry humor. Check out some clips of the show Here, Here, or Here. Guaranteed laughter convulsions. I promise.
Then I went to the studio (yes, on my birthday) to do some work. I don't really consider it work though...because I love what I do so much. Anyway, my friends there had made me this killer necklace! They sometimes call me The Flame, its my nickname, if you know me then you know why:) Hence, "The Flame tunrs 24." This will adorn my studio wall. Forever. I love you guys!They also collaborated and made me this AWESOME little sculpture. I love it. See the little pearl? Isn't it gorgeous?! I think they should sell these on Etsy! (Its about 4" high.)My friend Kristin gave me a gift card to go to a swanky salon in Scottsdale. I am saving this for a cute back to school haircut! And she took me out for some yummy sushi at Kabuki. It was delicious!My mom gave me a new flat iron that I've been wanting for a while. Sometimes I like to make my BIG hair small...and flat. Thanks mom!
So, another year has passed and now I'm older and wiser. Thanks for being there with me and for making my birthday great!

Megan Auman

So, I've been drooling over Megan Auman's jewelry for over a year now. I "met" Megan last year when I applied for graduate school at Towson University where she teaches. We spoke a couple of times on the phone when she interviewed me. I wasn't familiar with her work before I applied, I was more familiar with the work of Jan Baum who is the department head there. I looked Megan up on the internet and found that I loved her work. I was really impressed by her drive as an artist, and I also felt like I could relate to her more easily because she was a young female metalsmith doing exactly what I want to do in the field. Megan was part of what inspired me to get on Etsy and start a Blog and has been a big influence on me. She is someone that I look up to in the field and has been very helpful to me even though I did not end up at Towson.

The point of all this is that I really admire Megan as an artist and have wanted to own some of her jewelry for a long time now. My birthday is next week and I decided to get these earrings above for myself. I love them and have been wearing them everyday!

You can check out Megan's shop here. Her work is really gorgeous!

A Girls Best Friend: Crocs

Who said diamonds are a girls best friend? Obviously those girls never wore Crocs. These babies are my best friends! I have them in 3 lovely colors and wear them almost everyday. They are perfect... easy to clean, closed toe, and heavenly comfortable (even on a 15 hour day). True LOVE. Seriously, you have GOT to try them. They will change your life. Its like walking on 2 inches of marshmallows...barefoot.

Oh, and I just got this lovely pair above from my mom for my birthday. Thanks mom!