Black Friday Sale!

I have started my Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sale.
Please enter the coupon code "BLUETHANKS2010"!

Holiday Craft Madness!

I want to make glass jar snow globes for my holiday marketplace because I have saved so many mason jars and they take too much space in our small kitchen (my hubby always complains).

I went to Hobby Lobby and Michael's and bought bunch of little trees and ornaments to create mini christmas trees.

Now our whole house is occupied by my holiday craft madness. I am glad I don't live in 500 sq ft NYC studio any longer...

このミニクリスマスツリーは、二週間後のホリデーギフトマーケットに出品するために制作。うちのキッチンに山のようにある、ガラスの空き瓶を使って、スノーグローブを作ろうと、家中ゴミをまき散らしつつ、制作に励んでます。

常日頃、アリゾナの田舎ぶりにうんざりしてますが、こんなことニューヨークの狭いアパートじゃできないので、今の広いスペースに感謝！

Crafeteria @ Frances

This is the second Holiday Season since I opened my Etsy shops.
Last December was only two months after I started my shops so I didn't do much.
I joined a few local shop's and church's Holiday Marketplaces and that was about it.

Today, I received an acceptance email from a shop named Frances here in Arizona.
It is the 7th annual Frances "Crafeteria". They said there were more than 200 applicants and I am one of 40 artists chosen. Really?

I heard about Crafeteria from a woman who stopped by my table at a local shop's Holiday Market last year. It was a horrible market that had more than 12 vendors and only 6 customers stopped by...
She recommended me to apply the Frances's market next year and I did.

Now I have to start not only making more jewelry but also thinking about how to decorate my table. Busy, busy, busy!

Hurricane Sandy Relief Bracelet

I spent 13 years in NYC before I moved to AZ. I was there when 9/11 and the Blackout happened.
Fortunately, I didn't have to experience this disaster but my mind is ALWAYS in NYC.
I would like to contribute something.

This is my Hurricane Sandy Relief Bracelet.
75% of the proceeds from the sale of this bracelet will be donated to the American Red Cross Hurricane  Sandy Relief (http://www.redcross.org).

Available at my Etsy shop.

13年間のニューヨーク生活で、9.11も北米大停電も経験いたしましたが、今回のハリケーンは引っ越してしまった後。運がよかったと思う反面、これを他のニューヨーカーと分かち合いたかったなと言う思いもあり、このブレスレットをチャリティーに提供することにしました。思っていた以上の反響があり、驚いています。