Fianlly in TEXAS!

We're home!!! Back in the Lone Star State! We moved into our new place on June 1st, and we are closing on our house on Monday! Super excited about that! I'm currently working on setting up my shop again, my wonderful husband made me a custom sized worktable to fit in a 'L" shaped nook in our garage. So I have an awesome new table to work on, and it's got custom shelves! YAY!

I'm hoping to get a few things started by Monday, and I have two orders to work on from some awesome customers so far! Gotta love summer time, it's when I get a good wave of business.

I have also signed up to be a seller at The Peddler Show, they have we wait listed as of now since they have lots of jewelry vendors (they don't want to crowd their shows with jewelry) but it's an organization that travels around Texas to different cities (large and small) to sell/show artists' handmade items! I'm kinda excited about this...even if I am on the waiting list for different cities. Hopefully it will turn out to be a good thing...if so, I will probably be showing in Lubbock, Amarillo, Arlington, and New Braunfels, TX...we'll see about the others...

Back to NC, but not long Texas...

SO we're finally back...well, I say "finally" in a non enthused way...unfortunately we are back in North Carolina. We're almost out of here though! 2 more weeks to go! We just returned from a lovely two week vay-cay in Texas covering our grounds from Houston, San Antonio (for my sister-in-law's wedding) and of course Amarillo for a house hunting trip!

We've found it alright, the home where we will be living for the next 3 years in the panhandle plains of Texas. It's super cute, has a large open floor plan and more than enough room for us to grow! It's perfect, and has potential for updates, as we have already planned these out....you know we're all into that kind of thing. We watch a tad too much HGTV I think, but it's great and we're excited! James and I are both from TX so it will be so nice to be back for a while. Although I've only been to Amarillo once, while house hunting, it's a lot nicer than I thought and seems like a wonderful town. I'm SOOOOO ready!

Here are a few pics of the house in Amarillo!

As for the jewelry, I've packed all the tools and supplies away until we move, as I mentioned previously we're staying at our friends place until the move on May 28th! June 1st is our ETA there, so I'll begin setting up shop as soon as I can. The garage has a perfect little nook for me to have a shop table, light and equipment for jewelry making. Hopefully I can start back up again soon. I'm really starting to miss it!

As for other news I've recently updated my selection of jewelry in the Just Joolz gallery in Canandaigua, NY. The owner, Francie, asked for new pieces to refresh my stock. June, and summer in general, are the busiest times for them, so fingers crossed on some sales!!!