Slow and Steady...

On our recent trip to Nevada, we visited my Aunt and Uncle in Henderson.  They have had numerous turtles ever since I can remember.  They have this super cool enclosed area in their back yard where the turtles live, and they even have tunnels built in for them to go underground. 

What struck me most though were the empty shells of deceased turtles that my Uncle found in the desert.  The patterns in their shells have been on my mind since. 

The other day when I got my supply order in, I had all these little discs that I immediately saw turtle shells in.  As I was making them, I began to think of turtles and what they represent.  Of course the old story of the Tortoise and the Hare came to mind. 

Slow and Steady wins the race....so says the Tortoise.  I've always been impatient.  Slow is not really in my nature.  I like things fast.  Fast reader, fast eater, fast walker, fast, fast, fast.  When I can keep my impatience in check I find that I am more often than not rewarded for my waiting.   Sometimes I need a reminder.  To take my time.  To take things slow and steady.  Just like my friends the turtles.  :-)  These are listed in my Etsy Shop.  

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!!

Unbelievably busy, and something new....

It has been a busy, busy week. Both daughter's had some kind of project due that required presentation boards, my youngest had a special program at her school for science night, and I've been volunteering my time to help out with the most awesome project. Every year, my daughter's preschool studies a different "habitat". This year it was the ocean. We built a huge walk through ocean display. I plan on blogging about it later, and showing you all the fabulousness in pictures, but I don't have the time right now. It was a huge community effort to build it, and I look forward to sharing it with you.

I have had 3 new projects started for this week, and have been working on orders, but that is really all I've gotten accomplished jewelry business wise. I did get one project finished.....




These are my latest. I've been calling them "Cobbled", and I'm afraid the name has stuck now. I've been wanting to do some all sterling silver earrings lately, and these are the first ones I've done. I have plans for a couple more all silver earrings, now I just need to find the time to make them!

I'll be listing the earrings later this afternoon at AmyNicoles on Etsy! I hope you all have a fabulous weekend.