sweet tweets!

i call them 'sweet tweets', and they're now available in my shop, with more to come! aren't they darling?

today has been busy for me so far. i received an email from my first wholesale customer asking for a reorder on my 'the dawn is still dark' earrings (except she wants 30 pairs now instead of 20), so that was awesome! this time, i have all my materials handy, so i can make her order super fast. she informed me that she's sold 29 (out of 40) pairs of my earrings (two styles; the other is 'green day') since she put them in her shop a month and a half ago. i wish my earrings sold that well in MY shop, haha! but i love doing wholesale, so i think it's great :).

also, i figure now is as good of a time as any to start thinking "christmas", so i've been deciding how much of everything to order from my suppliers so i'm prepared for the (hopeful) rush starting around october!

and good news from my college (texas tech university) came: not only am i being provided with a bunch of financial aid this coming academic year, most of it is in the form of grants! why? i made the president's list! this on top of my dean's list honours a few semesters ago... wow. i guess i didn't really realize how well i was doing in college! my gpa is around 3.95, woohoo!

well that's about all for now. i've got a LOT of stuff to do this weekend, so i'd better get crackin'!

♥,
melissa

new!

it seems like i was telling my friend whitney almost a month ago that i was planning on making star earrings for my shop. well, i finally got around to it, and i think they look pretty darn good! what do you think?

this set is called 'heavenly'. i've made 2 more sets that will be listed in my shop soon, as well. i really like them a lot, and i hope they sell well :). they're $20 for the pair, and they come in a cute gift box with a gift tag attached.

also, i thought i'd share that saturday i tried on my size 6 skirt (that i LOVE), and it fits me again!



maybe those .6 mile walks brandon and i have been taking every night are helping me lose some weight! i sure hope so, because i'm getting fitted for my wedding dress this wednesday :D.

also, a few blogs ago i mentioned that i drive past director robert rodriguez's house every time i drive in to austin. i managed to snap a picture while driving by his property on saturday:



he's got a ton of land, and the whole area is fenced off and covered with 'no trespassing' signs, and even a special entrance for delivery personelle :p. the gate in the picture is of the regular entrance.

and i also got a better picture of crestor the bird (that i told you about a few blogs ago)!



see him perched on the top of our rock? okay, it's not the best picture, but still.

well, i've got to get off the computer and do some grocery shopping. i hope everyone's having a great day :).

♥,
melissa

oh noz! teh internets is failed!

you might have noticed, the internet, that i have not been adding to my blog the last few days. let me explain: i live in a very small town, and when 70mph winds come through (with rain, hail, and a vortex that became a tornado a few miles away), the radio signal that connects me to the internet via a huge tower nearby goes bye-bye! well, just such a scenario took place a week and a half ago, and while i was able to connect to the net for 5-minute spurts, i certainly couldn't type out a blog these past few days. we had a technician come out and fix everything (finally...), so now i can resume my blogging (and running my business properly)!

things that are going on:

• i listed some new pendant necklaces in my shop! here's an example:

• there are these two birds that keep perching next to our windows and peering in at us. one we named harvey, and the other crestor. like the heart medication. this is because he has a crest of feathers on top of his head, and i though 'crest-or' would be a funny name :p. i couldn't get the best picture of him (he flies away when i pull out my camera, the sneaky bugger), but here:

see him up there? sorry for the crappy-quality photo, it truly was the best i could do in a split-second!

this is the archway in front of our house. there are eggs in the birdhouse, but no birds seem to be using the bird feeder yet for some reason.

there's harvey on the electrical pole's guidewire, watching me carefully :p.

• i'm having a clearance sale! grab what you want a.s.a.p. because i'm unlisting all that stuff friday morning (maybe saturday if i forget, haha). there are tons of pendant necklaces in there for just $5!
  
• i am so looking forward to seeing my favourite author, chuck palahniuk, in just a few weeks! i just got done reading his nonfiction fugitives and refugees and i've started on his other nonfiction stranger than fiction.
  
• i am a big fan of quentin tarantino and robert rodriguez (whose house i drive past whenever i drive to austin), so it's amazing that i never got around to seeing the grindhouse double feature of planet terror and death proof. well, i bought them and watched them with brandon this weekend, and let me just say that i am in love with death proof. what an awesome flick (other than all the drug use, but it does sort of serve a purpose). the music is really cool for the most part, too.
  
• my wholesale order made it safely to its owner, and she loved the earrings! i am so happy! if they sell well, she's going to order more :).

well, believe it or not, that's all i've got to say right now. i hope everyone's having a great week, and don't forget to check out my clearance!

♥,
melissa