On Loop

Burning that midnight oil tonight, working to this song and remembering how moving it was to see live on stage last weekend!

The day has come

To my little brother the day before your wedding day:

I never thought there would come a day that I could easily admit that you have grown up. When did this happen?? Gradually, then all at once I guess. In my mind you are still the tiny little boy who dominated at hide and seek, was super picky about food, loved playing with beanie babies, and who would happily play dress up with me and my friends. How did you grow up into this tall, mustached, degree wielding, wedding bound adult man? However you managed it, I just wanted to tell you how

 proud I am of you for all you have accomplished. First graduating with a degree in your field of choice, then finding the love of your life and now you are going on in the ladder of life and tying the knot tomorrow. Although you may be growing up, you will always be my little brother and I love you!

Xoxo - your big sister 

Lately

A collage of things I've recently been interested in:

-Icelandic geothermal rugbraud that takes 7 hours to cook underground.

-A rock you can stand on in Kjeragbolten, Norway.

-A two headed conjoined twin whale that washed ashore 

-The band, The 1975 

-American Apparrel CEO Dov Charney 

-Hard boiled eggs 

Happenings

While I was away in Iceland, I got notified that my jewelry was featured on Jimdo's instagram page! Jimdo is my current web host and has always been amazing to me and what I do. Thanks so much for the love!

Also a little while ago I had the pleasure of creating something for Prom. I used to babysit the lovely young lady who's modelling her new jewelry in the photo below. Doesn't she look stunning?!

This shot is from my balcony spot at my little show last night, met some of the nicest people there and it made me want to take a dive!

Impromptu Showing

So I'm doing a little showing of my work at an unusual place for a short window of time today from 5-7pm : You can find me at the Briarcliff Apartments Leasing Center as they kick off their start to the Summer pool season :)  Random adventures and maybe I'll get to swim afterwards? hahaha! Perhaps I'll see you there!

xoxoxox -Amy

On Loop

This song has been dictating my life lately. 

I love cats, but do I love them this much?

Saw this book today and I was instantly relieved: obviously someone loves cats far more than I. Though I was momentarily tempted to try my hand at this, I quickly  decided to pass. (My mediocre knitting skills far outweighs my desire for a knitted replica of Han and Sock)  However, if anyone wanted to knit my cats for me... 

Photo Update

Photos from the past few days. Valentines day, donating appliances, sushi, friends, birthdays, and aliens!

Objects that Speak

Since I'm still recuperating from this flu, I've spent a lot of time indoors. I was looking around my home and thought how interesting it is how we accumulate objects and how these objects have feelings attached to them. It's funny how certain things become more cherished than others and how something as mundane and ordinary as a found pebble could mean more to you than your most expensive piece of china. What makes these "things" feel the way they do? This is just a rambling post that could go on and on but it is strange when you think about it right? What objects hold meaning to you?

Xoxoxo - Amy

Clean up

So we were pretty lucky with the hurricane this time around. Woke up to lots of debris on the lawn but other than that, nothing too dire. Since it's still pretty nasty out, I've been using this indoor time to ready my studio for the holiday rush. Cleaning off surfaces and organizing clay parts and pieces. It seems like it takes 2 minutes to destroy a clean place that took 2 hour to clean... My ultimate goal is to have such an organized space that it never gets messy. Hahahaha I know, I know, just let me dream :)

I've also been sketching a lot lately and as a result have come up with some pretty holiday ideas! I'm going to try and put some of these into reality this afternoon.

Hope you all stayed dry and safe during this storm!

Xoxoxoxo - Amy

Sundays at home

Early morning exploring, coffee, cleaning, kitten cuddling, soccer watching, hash browns and cozy corners with a good read.

Xoxoxo - Amy

Weather affects my mood

I belong in Washington state. I heard its rather rainy there. Are you affected by the weather? I know I am. I enjoy sunny days but I get the most done when it's raining. Today I've already practiced yoga, cleaned the house, and sketched for an hour. Wish it rained every morning :) now I'm studio bound to finish some orders!

Xoxoxo - Amy

Morning sunshine

Got up bright and early, the weather has really cooled down from last week! I recently have been drinking hazelnut coffee and it makes my mornings so much happier :) A nice breeze is motivating me to get ahead of some work, that is truly rare.

In other news, we are getting ready to make an office space for Kirk! The room is so bare looking, it's odd. Cleaning out that room pushed us to clean out a bunch of rooms and we donated more clothing and objects the other day. My observation from cleaning is: out of sight, out of mind is really real! Who knew I needed these old magazines I hadn't seen for years until I re-found them yesterday? Hahaha what are some of your cleaning epiphanies?

Xoxoxo - Amy

Anniversary!

Today marks 11 happy, crazy, adventurous and most of all loving years with my now husband Kirk! We started dating when I was just a tiny youngin' of 13 :) and we've been laughing ever since!

To mark this joyous occasion, I made myself a pair of earrings :) of course!

Xoxoxo - Amy

Goal!

Hooray! I'm celebrating a reached goal  today: I have now posted more entries this year than I have in any other years of keeping with my little blog! Looking back at the past years worth of entries it's really amusing to see how my business has grown and changed. It's also very amusing to see how I lapse into a posting pattern which basically goes like this : post about new work, post about shows, forget to post for extended period of time, post about my lack of updates using photos. Around and Around it goes ! So, seeing as my first goal has been reached, I am choosing a new goal of adding more personal insights and diversified content to my posting style. It's not promise, but I said it. So hooray for reaching goals and here's to being brave and creating new ones!

がんばって！

( Good luck/ do your best!)

Running Around

Yet another gray day here in Baltimore. I've been running all over delivering orders and sending packages out at the Post office. It seems like my experience at the Post office varies depending on who I get at the counter... I was told today that I could not get delivery confirmation for any of my packages because they were too small. Even though I've ALWAYS gotten it and I haven't changed my packaging in ages. Who knows. On a lighter note, finished baking these divine sweet potato tea biscuits.  Now I'm off to refill my collections gearing up for Ridgley's show on the 14th.  Have a great Halloween Weekend everyone!