Wear a Tree and Create Some Fireworks

After repairing my crashed car, visiting my family in Vermont for a week, eating lots of coconut cake, flipping out in response to a power failure that made me believe my kiln was broken, and attempting to fill some new wholesale orders, here I am! Above is my new obsession - tree necklaces! I've been creating them in all sorts of colors and combinations, I can hardly pick which one to keep for myself!

I moved into my new apartment/studio one month ago, and I still don't feel settled. I'm just 2 bookshelves and a trip to a clothing donation center short of being at home. It's the bookshelves that have me stumped. How tempting it is to give in and buy a new beautiful bookcase in the style and color that suits my liking. And yet, how equally tempting it is to buy the cheapest thing on Craigslist and make do until I'm in a house that's permanent. This dilemma has left me with piles of books and papers on the floor. And it's just a bookcase!

Here's hoping for more beautiful weather, a busy 4th of July at the market, and some fireworks in your life - whatever that may mean to you.

You Only Live Once

It has been an incredibly eventful week, in both magical and horrible ways. I'm mostly settled into my new apartment and have been catching up on making new glass jewels. I acquired my first drum set (yay!...And do you like my new pumpkin-y stripes in the background??) less than 24 hours before getting into my first car accident (ouch!). Both events were quite exciting and draining... Hopefully I can make it to the Saturday Market and back before taking my poor little car into the shop on Monday morning.