Grow and Bloom...

I made another flower.  This time a ring in sterling.  

I think earrings must be next!  :-)

It can be found here!

The last day...

I guess I'm working backward here in sharing the last day of our vacation first. We were by the San Francisco airport looking for a good place to eat breakfast when lo and behold, what before my eyes should appear? The See's candy factory in San Bruno!

Hubby nearly had a wreck slamming on the brakes to get me there! ;-)

Growing up, we would visit the See's candy store in the mall whenever we went to Reno. It is the sweetest memory of my childhood.

We were hoping to take a tour, but alas, they didn't offer tours.

I instead had to soothe myself with a hand picked pound of See's best caramel, almond and milk chocolate combinations.

I am a happy girl. I'll worry about the weight gain later! :-)

Keeping personal business private..

I've been thinking a lot about minimizing the exposure of my personal life when it comes to the Internet. Take Facebook for example. I currently have a personal page, and a fan page for each of my shops. Recently I've had several people whose names I don't recognize to be added as a friend on my personal page. I'm sure they are just people who have found me through my various business interactions on the web, but I feel strange approving them to be friends of my personal page.

I talk about my kids once in awhile here, but my FB page has all kinds of pics of them and other family members and friends. I have all my settings set so that only friends can see my pics and posts, but today with that whole thing about FB publishing phone numbers really decided for me what I've been thinking of doing for awhile now.

I guess what held me back is not wanting to look like a real witch. You know, like I didn't want to associate with people I've met on the web.

So, know this. I appreciate everyone who has taken an interest in me and my work. I love getting to know you, interacting with you, and sharing my work with you. So here's the deal.
You can find me here on my blog, you can follow me on Twitter Here My fan page for Amy Nicole Artisan Jewelry
is Here and my fan page for my findings shop is Here

If you are interested in following the little bit of leather work I've done, the best place to keep up with me is on my blog.

Over the next couple of days I'll be editing my personal Facebook page to only include those who I know personally, and have interacted with recently. Thank you for understanding that I am only trying to protect my family.