Hello friends!

How are the holidays treating you?  I hope full of fun and anticipation.    One big bright spot in all of the business has been a Secret Santa jewelry exchange hosted by Molly Alexander of Beautifully Broken Me.  It seems like a while ago now that she invited me to participate along with 11 amazing artists, some familiar and some were new to me – an altogether impressive group of ladies.  We were given names drawn by random and were to create a necklace  based on a few questions that we answered in the beginning.  This week was the deadline (and it seemed so far off back then!).  My Secret Santa has been revealed…. I received a wonderful surprise from Beth Brickner of Vintage Sweets.

I was completely over the moon with my gorgeous necklace….I don’t know how Beth could have designed anything more perfect for me…it’s got the classic colors I love – sparkly Swarovski crystals mixed with a bit of rustic hand-stamped silver.  And look at those perfect fused fine silver rings!   How did she know how much I love charms…and long necklaces?  I especially love how she incorporated  the word {sweet} from both of our blog names.  She even created earrings to match.  Thank you dear Santa!!!

I’ll post some pictures soon of the necklace I created for my exchange recipient.  Just want to make sure she’s surprised too!  I’ll admit I’ve been hopping around the participant’s blogs trying to get a peek of the exchange necklaces….they are just starting to pop up.  Molly will be posting a compilation on her blog soon, I believe.

As always, I thank you for stopping by.  Enjoy the rest of your week!