Happy Halloween and I'm the Guest Blogger on ICE Queen Zine today

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

You all know its my favorite holiday along with Valentines Day! I hope you all got lots of treats and few tricks today.

I am the guest blogger on today's Inspiration Monday over on the ICE Queen Zine. Come read how Halloween inspires me! If you are interested in doing a guest spot on Inspiration Monday, just email Carol@IceResin.com to get scheduled!

Our Halloween wasn't as fun as it should have been.  Today is Rob's birthday but we are waiting to celebrate until we move  I am still packing and still waiting to see WHEN I can schedule my move...sigh.................I am so ready to have it done and over with so I can get back to making art!   Fingers crossed I'll know something TOMORROW!

Sneak Peek of an upcoming Art Weekend

Jen Osborn is organizing an intimate, all inclusive art retreat at a gorgeous location in Michigan in April 2012. It's going to be a fun filled weekend!

She along with Tracie Lampe and myself will be teaching some great classes! Check out Jen's website, to read a bit more about it. She is still finalizing the details, but more info coming soon!!!

Thank you for the Mail Love

Even though I've been so busy I can't find time to sit and blog, I wanted to say a public THANK YOU to a couple of wonderful ladies who sent me mail love the past couple of weeks.

First is from Ms. Brenda Sue- who is always so generous and such a wonderfully fun lady!   She sent me a lovely package of YUMMY in delicious chocolate bronze and decadent rusty black rust from B'Sue Boutique.

Her findings have really gorgeous finishes that you will not find anywhere else and they are quality pieces.  If you make jewelry you MUST go shopping at her website.  Thank you Brenda Sue for this love! I want to sit and make stuff but I'm on hold until I move. So I put these in the box today and  will be dreaming about them until the day I can unpack and play with them!

And on Monday, my dear friend Vina Jane sent me a wonderful package too completely out of the blue. I have been thinking about her and setting aside a "pile" to send her too-we must have felt each other vibes!!! Anyway please excuse the messy photos, my worktable is a real NIGHTMARE right now!

She sent me a bunch of chain, sari ribbon, some gorgeous blue beads, a sweet propeller ring and a PINK crab pin. I LOVE HIM and he is already attached to my cardigan!!  Also tucked in there was a special necklace for me.

My very own Airship Pirate medal!!! Thank you Vina Jane!! XOXO I've got a package for you too and I will mail it tomorrow!

Thank you girls for the mail love!!!

Industrial Chic Giveaway

Hey Everyone,
I just wanted to let you know about a few giveaways on the ICE Queen Zine Blog this month.  Actually its SEVEN giveaways!!! 


You can win a mystery box of loose Industrial Chic charms and goodies for your  mixed media projects just by leaving a comment on Technique Tuesday and Flickr Friday blog posts from October 7 through October 28.

A total of seven winners will be chosen at random-one for each bloggy day. Winners will be announced on the blog and on Facebook on October 29.

I can tell you-I am the one stuffing the boxes and they are STUFFED!!!! I am shoving in as much as I can in each box so the winners will have lots and lots to play with.  The winners will need to be careful when opening them because of the amount of product in the box.  Each box is different and all are FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

RUN over there and comment on the Tech Tuesday or the Flickr Friday posts now for your chance to win!

It's Witch Time!

I finally put the little Witches doll pendants up on Etsy!  If you were interested in Baby Elsbeth, Maeve or Siobhan you can now find them in the Etsy Trunk Sale Shop..  Each doll will come on a 24 inch long pewter colored silver chain.

I also have other Halloween themed jewelry in the shop, including the Haunted Ferris Wheel, Baby Moth Man and Things that go Bump in the Night Necklaces..

If you are interested wholesale and carrying these in your boutique, please email me.

I've been promoted and other good news.

As you know, I recently started working at ICE Resin as the customer service rep. I absolutely LOVE it. I love doing customer service, answering questions and helping people. In addition to that, I have recently been promoted to being Susan's Assistant, which is even more awesome! 

 I am now helping her with all sorts of things from organizing the office, helping hire new employees, researching sources, trade show coordination, etc...  Once I move I'll also be able to help with bench work and creating prototypes for production.  An Assistant's job is varied and you never know what you will be doing next-which also makes is very exciting and never boring.

Add to that, I get to work with the most awesome people in the world-I feel so very blessed to have this opportunity.  I've worked many many years on building my jewelry making, creativie and artistic skills to get to this point.   All of that hard work has finally paid off in the fact I get to assist someone I've admired and called friend for years, and I get to work with a group of absolutely AMAZING women. 

And other great thing has happened-I am going to be a Mother again!  Ok, that's a tease-I'm not pregnant, I'm adopting two rescue cats.  

Meet Ethan (Sphynx) and Bo (Bombay/Burmese mix), they are just over a year old. They are BFF's and a bonded pair that had to be adopted together.  This is the PERFECT match for us- we had planned on getting two cats when we moved, and one of them was going to be black. Black cats are the last to find homes in shelters, but they are the smartest most lovable ones!   I've wanted a Sphynx for years but never saw one that needed re-homed.  Finding both a black kitty and a hairless kitty together is a miracle and MEANT TO BE!!!! 

Hopefully we  will be able to pick them up this weekend.   I am so excited to have kitties again. Bettie would prefer to stay the only child but I'm sure she'll get used to them in no time.