thank you, big ed and kathy!

my mother and father in law were here visiting for a while and boy were they a big help!  they spent a lot of time with the girls so that i could work and try to get caught up.  i would just like to say thank you so much!  what a big help.  i am still a bit behind, but doing much better than before.  glenn and i even got to go away for a couple days, which we haven't done since the girls were born!

behind.

my dear sweet little junebug has been very sick.  it has been almost a week since we have slept for more than 2 hours at a time.  her fever has been VERY high and we ended up at the hospital last night, doing blood tests.

of course she is my top priority right now and it has caused me to fall behind on work a bit.  (i have a very delicate little balance i try to maintain and it doesn't take much to set upset it!)  i sent an e-mail out to my customers who will be affected and they have all been very understanding.  

i really am a dork.

this is a photo of the pick i made for my very favorite musician, colin meloy of the decemberists (it is a line from one of his songs).  i sent it to him and it was returned to me, marked "insufficient address", or something of the sort.  i tried sending it again, we'll see.  for some reason i just really want him to have one...

very cool

so my wonderful aunt kandy purchased 9 of the "joyful. patient. faithful. cuff bracelets yesterday!  we talked and agreed that everyone in the family should wear them during my mom's process, kind of like the yellow livestrong bracelets.   even the men are into it, as long as i put a "manly" hammered, oxidized finish on them!

fundraiser

my mother was recently diagnosed with multiple myeloma, or bone marrow cancer.  it has, of course, been extremely difficult.  when i tried to think of something i could do, this was all i could come up with.  i made a cuff bracelet that says, "be joyful in your hope, patient in your affliction, and faithful in your prayers", which is a scripture my aunt sent to me.  i am not a traditionally religious person, but that really fit the situation and i knew she would love it.  on the inside i wrote "my body is strong and healthy".  once i finished it i decided there was more i could do.  i could use this bracelet to help more than just my mom.  so i am selling these in my etsy shop and 10% of the proceeds will go to the multiple myeloma research foundation.  

old dog, new tricks?

this here is simon, my 4- year old "terrier mix".  i rescued him from a shelter in denver late last summer.  originally, he was not allowed to come into my studio because he just could not leave maybe alone.  maybe tried to be friends with him, but simon would have none of it.  now that i am quite certain maybe is not coming back, i've been trying to get simon to become my new (although reluctant) shop companion.  he is having a very hard time adjusting to the new rules, but i am hopeful...

sick. sick. sick.

someone has stolen my name, silver sparrow designs!  i am just sick in the core of myself about this.  she has silversparrowdesigns.com and she has a facebook page under silver sparrow designs.  i just cannot believe that someone would do this!  when i first came up with my name, i did very extensive research to make sure that no one else was using it...  i do not know what to do.