Just a quick note to any of you who might have been considering a home party. Don't hesitate to book a party just because I'm going back to classes in the fall! While I will be finishing up nursing school over the next nine months, I won't be starting up another day job until January at the earliest, which will give me plenty of time to make jewelry.

So if you've been thinking about it but held off thinking I might be too busy, now's a great time to schedule your own party. Stop by the party information page for more info, or fill out the contact form so I can answer any of your questions directly.

Labels: party, shameless self-promotion

I just received the e-mail confirmation of my latest bead order.

Now ordinarily this wouldn't be a particularly big deal (other than the anticipation of shinies to come) but it's perhaps the biggest little order I've ever made. I just officially ordered my first mini-stash of diamond beads. The diamond beads I've seen in the past seem to fall into two categories: exceedingly high quality beads that are droolworthy and decidedly unrealistic to just have floating around in my base stock; and glittery diamond chips that while pretty, are generally too expensive for me to justify. So this was a big step for me.

Admittedly, some of the mini-stash will be going towards a set of jewelry for myself. My mother's wedding is in October, and I've been asked to be the matron of honor. Obviously I accepted, and now that I have my dress, jewelry is the next logical step.

The diamonds I ordered are by no means high quality in the traditional sense - they're a translucent milky white to silver. From the picture they did seem to have a nice amount of sparkle, though. I'm planning on pairing them up with some mauve pearls, or maybe a bit of pink amethyst.

So we'll see how the experiment goes once the diamonds show up in the mail. In the meantime, I get to look forward to getting something decidedly sparkly in my mailbox!

Labels: beads, diamond, jewelry