good news monday

My friend Shana Rae sent me this photo of her daughter, Sophie wearing a Secondsister necklace I made her a few months back.

When I saw it my heart skipped a beat.

I still have a few fiber necklaces in my shop from the Summer collection. Check it.



In other exciting news...

Registration is now open for Spark. I'll be there, with my buddies and my creative juice bubbling. The main classes this year are going to be amazing. According to my sources, the tickets are selling fast so if you are thinking about it you better decide soon. They also added an option to split the payment.

In case you missed the fun last year, here's a short of the magic that took place.

|SPARK| from Jmills ENT. Jeremy Miller on Vimeo.

Oh and also...

this makes me happy.

I love to whistle but I don't do it much anymore because I worry about making the little wrinkles around my lips worse. Nothing says aging quiet like bleeding lipstick.

Today is a day for positive, happy thoughts. If you have good news, I wanna hear it.

Bad news? Save it sister.

my friend shana rae

A few days ago, I received an surprise gift from a friend. I just love when that happens, don't you?

Shana Rae is a photographer that I have talked about before here on Suaviloquy. She is the mastermind behind The Florabella Collection, textures and actions. She sent me her textures to try.

I couldn't wait to use them so I snapped some photos of still life in my studio.

Now, although my photography skills don't even grace the hem of Shana Rae's talent, I was pretty pleased with the results.

The Florabella Collection is very reasonably priced and money well spent if you fancy photography. Just you wait. I'm honing my skills and I might become the next big thing to hit the photography scene.

Not bloody likely, but nice thought eh?

Thanks, Shana Rae. You're a peach.

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Here's a few pics from our big day yesterday. Yes, that is a big goose egg on Birdie's forehead, and no, the Judge didn't even ask us about it.

Birdie was uncharacteristically charming and sweet to everyone and the Judge was very kind and happy to be doing his job.

It was a good day.

winter? what winter?

Are you nesting?

Are you hunkered down in your fuzzy socks, eating soup and watching the snow fall?

Not me!

As a designer I'm already well into Spring.

I'm shopping for butter yellow duponi silk and periwinkle enamel flowers.

I'm looking at Shana Rae's photographs and pondering how I might interpret them into something that dangles from your ears or glitters about your collarbones.



Shana Rae's work makes me weak in the knees. I think I love her.

I'm starting to get my bearings on what Secondsister Spring is all about. And I'm looking at my past Spring items for new inspiration.

The last photo is a set of earrings I just posted yesterday. They are in the shop. If you can't live without them, I understand. I'm making a pair for myself.


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