New Line of Earrings and New Shop

AdornedByLily.com

Adorned By Lily is my newest line of jewelry.  This line of earrings features many of the same design elements as Libellula Jewelry but is created with quality commercial findings so that I can offer them at a budget price point.  All earrings have hypoallergenic anodized niobium or titanium ear wires.  I anodize them to match the other metals used in the designs.

When you click through you'll notice that this shop is hosted as a Poshmark Boutique.  The savings of not paying listing fees or gallery commissions allows me to price them very competitively.  Poshmark's percentage is very competitive compared to what I am used to paying the guild-affiliated galleries where my work is sold.  Please check out my newest venture! 

Christmas in July Sale!

 

My Christmas Eve Kitty

Ten years ago, this Christmas Eve, I was finally able to capture the feral kitten I had been feeding for three months.  A thunderstorm was forecast along with a nighttime low that would have been miserable.  I was determined to get that kitten inside no matter what!  Luck was on my side because his curiosity about the holiday cooking aromas enticed him inside and I was able to close the door.

That precious tuxedo cat was so scared that he opened the cabinet door under the kitchen sink and hid there.  I kept hearing a tiny meow and realized that he wasn't really *that* scared and wanted me to know where he was.

All this time, we thought that *he* was a *she* and got quite the surprise when we found out that Olive was a boy cat.  After hiding under the kitchen sink on Christmas Eve, only one name suited him.  He was named after the character, Randy, in A Christmas Story.

Here's my boy:

Every year I think about how he has been my most precious gift.  =^..^=

A Musical Time Capsule From 1974

KMart was known for having what they referred to as KMart radio.  In reality, it was tapes that combined store announcements with music and played on a loop.  The company, Tape-A-Thon made those compilations and Archive.org has digital audio files of the preserved December 1974 KMart Radio reel to reel tape.

I was only a child but it still takes me back.  I need only the smell of waxy bayberry candles and chocolate covered cherries and I'm suddenly back Christmas shopping with my mom.

The country was in turmoil but KMart tried to provide the moms a soothing soundtrack to get them in the mood for shopping.  Those classics often dated to when they were children and likely provided the needed nostalgia. 

Now, where are those chocolate covered cherries...