A BUMP in the Road and a Bridal Set

Okay, I apologize.  I have been completely absent for months.  I can't believe how much has changed since I last wrote.  Sadly, IHD has taken a back seat to my latest endeavor...I'm making a baby!!!  Yup that's right, my eggo is prego.  I'm 21 weeks today, halfway there, and we are having a little boy.  So, being pregnant definitely forced me to change some things about running my business.  There are certain chemicals I can't use, certain smells I can't stand (metal!  Yeah, thanks, that's REAL convenient), complete and utter exhaustion that prevents me from working when I come home from my day job.  It has been rough, BUT, it's halfway over already!  It is hard to obsess about jewelry when all you can think about is food, haha.

I have continued to sell some pieces online and have done some super fun custom work including this set for Kayla, a June bride from California.

She requested a cascading bib style necklace with turquoise and teal glass beads on oxidized silver with a matching pair of cascading dangle earrings.  They turned out really great.  I'm sure she will be a beautiful bride!  I absolutely love doing custom pieces for weddings ;-)

Monday Must Haves, or Monday Must Wants

For today's installment of Monday Must Haves I present an inspiration item.  Unless you happen to have close to 10K just sitting around.  Today's item is a stunningly beautiful diamond and platinum ring circa 1915.  Its Edwardian in style with a delicate floral, leafy, berry filigree pattern on the sides.  I love my engagement ring, but wow would this be a kick ass right hand ring!

I apologize...

The last two Mondays have been lacking Must Haves.  Its been a little rough around here for the past two weeks.  Miles has been sick, and thus missing school, which means I no longer have the freedom in my Monday mornings to come up with Must Haves.

In case you are unaware, Miles is the little boy that I nanny for to pay the bills and fund Ivy Haus, but also I happen to love him dearly, which works out nicely for all parties involved ;-)  He is two months shy of turning three and he is the sweetest, funniest, most loving, little whiner I have ever met.  Oh, and he likes to model my jewelry, see...

Hahaha, look at that pose.  He could be a model.  Maybe he will be one day ;-)  

Gotta run, off to pick the little gipper (as my husband calls him) up from preschool.

Ciao!

Happy Fall...

I LOVE fall!  I think fall is my favorite season, just ever so slightly ahead of spring.  You know those perfect fall days when its cool, but the sun is warm, and it smells like leaves outside, and everything just feels so calm and quiet.  Those are my favorite days!  In honor of Fall I created a treasury full of fall-ish stuff.  Enjoy...

Monday Must Haves...

Hello everyone!

It's time for another Monday installment already, whew, these weeks are going by too fast.  I had grand plans for posting on Friday about my impending 1 year wedding anniversary...but apparently those plans were too grand.  I'm hoping I don't end up with a bunch of "Monday Must Haves" and not a whole lot else!

Anywho, before I get to this weeks totally awesome must haves, I just wanted to say that I have the best husband ever :-)  None of this would be happening if it weren't for him and his constant words of encouragement and gentle nudging in the right direction.  I love you Kyle!!!

Okay, cheese factor accomplished.  I couldn't decide which of these two items I wanted more so I'm listing them both.  The first is an adorable little print called Friends.

It's just so vibrant and colorful and puts a smile on my face.  I'm coveting this one for sure.  It is by a super talented woman who lives in Mexico named Gennine Zlatkis.  Check out her Etsy Shop, Gennine, she has many adorable and amazing watercolors for sale.

Here is the next must have item for the day, well items.  I want it in a few different colors, or maybe all the colors!

This is the Modern Striped Bottle Vase from Dalhaus run out of Vancouver by Heather Braun-Dahl.  She has a bunch of amazing pottery available for sale in her shop and it all is deliciously modern and minimalistic like these lovely vases.  Beautiful!

Thats all for today!  Happy Monday everyone and enjoy your weeks ;-)

Monday Must Haves

So, now that my schedule has changed a bit and I have a little more free time I was thinking about getting a bit more serious about this here blog.  I was thinking about doing an entry on Monday mornings about some items on Etsy that I've either added to a treasury, which will be theme based, or items that I covet.  Here we go for today!

How to make a tiny wire bow

I received a message from a fellow Etsy user who was curious to know how my little wire bows were made.  So the following is a tutorial on how to make your very own tiny bow!

I start with 3" of hard 20 gauge wire.

Thanks so much PcbCutie for writting.  I hope this helps and let me know how it turns out ;-)