Cyber Monday!

So today is Cyber Monday...  You probably already knew that, though, unless you live under a rock.  So I'm having a sale today - originally, it was for my Facebook Fans, but I'm opening it up to everyone!  You can enter FBCyber at checkout, and get 30% off your purchase of any ready-to-ship item!!  Like these:

Matte Onyx Earrings

Russian Amazonite Earrings

Faux Granite Bird Ornaments

Dragonfly Seed Bead and Jump Ring Bracelet

Ruby Quartz cluster earrings

Triple Strand Coral Bracelet

Turquoise Seed Bead and Jump Ring Bracelet

So head over today and do some shopping!  There are a lot of good deals to be had today!

Black Friday

If you want to shop in your pajamas, and avoid the crowds, I have a coupon code that's good through Monday.

THANKS20

This will get you 20% off your entire purchase!

I've had to stop taking orders for custom snowman and penguin ornaments a little earlier than I had planned. My son is having surgery on Thursday this week to address his sleep apnea issues, and I have a lot to do ahead of that to make sure I can give him my full attention while he's recovering.  I still have a few left to finish up, but should have those shipped out Monday or Tuesday.  In the meantime, here is an order that I sent out last week!

New Ornaments!

I've just been plugging away at ornament orders this week and last - these two went out yesterday!  Now I just have 3 left... I guess I'll be pretty busy this weekend and next week.  Fortunately, things have slowed down at school a little bit, so I'll have a little more time to get caught up.

Seeing how busy I've been with just one class has made me thing about my plans for 2013.  I'm going to hopefully be attending an accelerated graduate program next school year, so I will be VERY busy.  I'm letting you all know NOW, so you can start planning your ornament orders, if you want one for 2013.  I'll only be accepting a limited number of orders, and it will likely take a lot longer for me to get them shipped out, so with that in mind, I'll take orders for 2013 beginning in January, and ending mid-November.  I'll keep reminding everyone, but please know that it's not because I don't want to make them!  With my son in school full-time now, it's time for Mommy to head back out into the work force, and this is the first step!

Friday Shop Update

I got a few new things listed in the shop on Friday...  I went to my local bead shop on Thursday for a wholesaler trunk sale - it was FANTASTIC!  I especially loved this first bracelet - matte onyx, gray jade, crystals, and sterling silver.  I really loved the onyx as soon as I saw it, and I just had to have it!

I also picked up these little spiders at the bead store - perfect for Halloween, don't you think?

Happy Holidays!

It is my pleasure to introduce you to the newest member of the Custom Family Holiday Ornament family - the Penguin Family!!!

As with the Snowmen, you can choose the colors for hats and scarves, as well as for the year plaque if requested.  Be sure and order yours by the end of November!!

Kindergarten

It occurs to me that I forgot to blog about Stephen's first day of school! Sorry - this picture was taken before I took him to school. Normally, he rides the bus in the morning, but my mommy heart just couldn't take NOT walking him to his classroom on his first day of Kindergarten. And I totally didn't cry!

It has been 2 weeks since Stephen started school, and as expected he loves it! He is playing with the other children, and enjoys the addition of P.E., art class, and music class. This is not to say, however, that this has been a smooth transition. For the past 6 months or so, Stephen has been waking up early with increasing frequency. And by early, I mean 5am, and sometimes earlier. For the record, a 5-6 year old should be getting 10-11 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period. Stephen is sitting on 9 most days. This started to become a daily issue over the summer, but we were hopeful that all-day kindergarten would wear him out enough to sleep longer, as he is really suffering from being so tired all day. We finally had enough, and took him to the pediatrician about this, and she suggested that we give him melatonin, and try to keep him up later. This is easier said than done - Stephen is ready to go to sleep usually between 7 and 7:30, instead of the 8pm that the doctor suggested, but we are keeping him up as best as we can. Unfortunately, it's not working very well after 1.5 weeks... Sadly, this has affected his behavior at home and school, as well as his school performance, but we are all working proactively to help him as much as we can.

Despite the sleep issues, Stephen's teacher reports that he is really a wonderful boy, and a joy to have around. That's what we love to hear!

New Schedule

Well, it's been back-to-school time around here!  My son started all-day kindergarten, and my husband is back to teaching as well... lest you think this leaves me to sit around all day eating bonbons, let me tell you what I'M up to!  I decided to go back to school too!!  I'm only taking one class this semester, since it's been 11 years since I was last in a college course, and frankly, it's taking a bit of extra work to remember how to study again.  Hopefully once I get back in to the swing of things, I'll be able to get a good blogging schedule set up too.

I have managed to make a few things over the past couple of weeks, though!  Everything can be found in the shop, of course.

I'm ready to pull out my clay here soon - I have a lot of ideas in my head right now, and just not much time for implementation.  So stay tuned!!