Just a quick note!

FYI, the shop will be closed from June 24th until probably the end of August and all stock is coming with me to the conventions. If there is anything in the store you really want, I recommend getting it before then.

Little Irritations

Do you know what really bothers me? Though I consider myself to be a well-educated woman, knowledgeable about many topics, I, for the life of me, cannot learn anything about cars or car repair. It's not that I haven't tried; I have, really. My Uncle Wayne and all of his boys are geniuses with car repair, and everyone considers them to be the family mechanics. My cousin Kevin is usually the one who works on my car, but he doesn't do any of the things I need done this time around: the check engine light is on; the brake light keeps turning on for some reason, only to turn off when I actually brake; the oil needs changed; the AC is screwed up (and have I mentioned that our heat index is regularly hitting 100F here?), and I have a squeaky belt that needs changed.

All before Otakon.

Finding a mechanic in my budget is frustrating and time-consuming. I need this car to make it to Baltimore and back, and I need to still have the money to garage it in the city after the repairs are made.

So I guess what I'm saying is that any advice on mechanic-shopping would be appreciated.

I was going to post pictures of the new items for the conventions today as well, but my camera is completely dead and its beautifully bright green emergency replacement isn't here yet.

Utter boredom?

I think I've finally hit the lowest point of boredom physically possible. Right now I'm sitting in my BIS class. It's called Intro to Word, Excel, and Power Point.

We're learning how to highlight text.

Yeah... I've been able to do that since PCs first came out. Tempted to sit back here and work on friendship bracelets from Otakon.

How are you guys?

Hurray!

Yesterday while I was out with my future wife, we stopped in at Jo-Ann Fabrics because there is a super store conveniently placed behind our favorite restaurant. Since we're going to Otakon this summer, I was really excited to find some Asian-style charms and findings on clearance. Today I made a mountain of cell phone charms out of them.

It totally made my day. :D

Been awhile, huh?

With finals just around the corner and all of these last minute projects, papers, and speeches due, I'll admit that I just haven't really had the time to photograph any of the jewelry I've got made, much less make a ton of new stuff.

No, my friends, that will happen during Spring Break. I have all the Artbeads stuff done and ready to post, I just fail at having free time.

But you can expect to see a preview of the stuff for the summer conventions at which I'll be selling.

I am proud to announce that Eclipsical Jewelry, in conjunction with Espirit Studios, will be going to Otakon in Baltimore, Maryland and Matsuri Con in Worthington, Ohio! Otakon is the last weekend of July, Matsuri Con is August 13-15. There are a couple summer festivals I'd like to sell at, but I think I may have my hands full just prepping for these two big events.

So if you don't here from me for awhile, it's alright. I'm just up to my ears in work.


One last thing, and that is that I am currently having a 30% off sale until March 20th. Order and get 30% off your total!