new pendant + new tattoo

hey there! i finished a new pendant the other day. it's an aqua color druzy stone set in sterling silver with a clear swarvoski crystal. my friend bought it already for her mom's bday...yay!
and i got a tattoo, it's till healing. i brought in a design i did and the tattoo artist made it even better! i absolutely love it! Surrender has been a big word for me in the past 5 years i'd say. i've been learning how to not fight the present moment or any uncomfortable feelings or situations and trying to just flow. while trusting that it is all happening for my good and everything is in divine order.
i still don't know if i'll ever get the art nouveau half sleeve i want. i was pretty nervous about getting this surrender tattoo. it is on my inner forearm. so it's the first tattoo i have that is very visible. so we'll see!

retro

chris and i went to our friends housewarming party this weekend. she wanted everyone to dress from a different era. i picked the 50s and chris picked 60s-70s. it was so fun to dress up! here are some pics...

my jewelry in BUST magazine!!!

one of my pieces of jewelry was featured in the current issues of Bust magazine! i'm SO thrilled and honored to be in such a cool magazine such as Bust. i about flipped out when they contacted me to send them my multi-chain body chain. here is the scan of the feature they did on body jewelry. my body chain is the one in the lower right corner...check it out :)(click on image to make it bigger)

beach bound!

happy saturday! we are heading to the beach today. it's supposed to be sunny and 77° this afternoon and i can't wait to soak up some rays! what are you up to today?!





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giveaway winners

jackie of the purple monkey won the hoodie and eleise of one artsy mama won the jeans. congratulations ladies!!! i'll be shipping these out to you soon :)

all by myself!!!

hi everyone, happy st. patty's day!
so i finally got a chance to use the new equipment i got for my home studio and this is my very first stone setting i have done all by myself! no teacher around to ask for help. i am so proud of myself. it was really easy. easier than i feel like it is sometimes at class. maybe i'm just more comfortable going solo. but i think it turned out really cool! it's a druzy agate set in sterling silver that is oxidized. i can't wait to make more! i have so many ideas. :)

i've been sick since last friday and today i am just starting to human again. i have heard that so many people are sick right now. hope you are all staying healthy! i'm downing this fizzy vitamin C drinks all day. you can buy little packs of powdered vit C and they are 1000 mg and taste pretty good. i got tangerine flavor and it tastes like watered down tang. i love tang! tonight i am going over to a friends and we are going to make shepards pie and make pretty green drinks. i will actually be putting on makeup and wearing clothes other than pj's for the first time since last friday! haha
hope you are having a great day...do you have any fun st. patty's plans?OH don't forget to enter the GIVEAWAY if you haven't already. i'll be picking a winner on friday!

shopping!

so i did a little online shopping. i may or may not have overdone it a tad. but i bought everything from forever21 and it was SO cheap! i got a lot of great deals. i love that place for cheap trendy clothes. how do you think i did? i might need to go to stripes anonymous hahaa! i really try to find other prints i like but i rarely do unless it's from a more expensive store. anyway, i can't wait to wear my new clothes. i don't shop a ton so i am super excited!!!