Summer in Oakland...

is like the dead of Winter in Los Angeles.

I usually don't mind the cold so much, but today I do. I wonder if these feelings mean our days in the Bay Are are numbered. Something to think about...

Summer calls for Block Parties

Block Party (Spike Lee Style)

Mixed Berry in the Fields

Mixed Berry For Me

Forever & A Day

At least it feels like it has been forever and a day since I have had a bit of time to myself. Over the Memorial Day holiday (somewhere between the zoo, the park, the City and the movies), I was able to finish the pair of pretties that I've been thinking about for a while...

Russian Hill (inspired by our visit to SF)



I finished another pair tonight. Pics tomorrow :D

Words

I added these words to the foyer of our new place. I love that they look handwritten.

Check out the rest of the goods over at Hums and Tiddley Ponds.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to Mom.
Happy Mother's Day to Aaji.
Happy Mother's Day to BA.
Happy Mother's Day to my friends & customers.

Cinco De Mayo

Been looking at a lot of art lately and definitely find myself, again, drawn to bold colors and abstract design. Still waiting to clear some room for a proper workspace to present itself in our new house. Maybe tonight. I want to get my thoughts into some new designs.

Baby K is enjoying pre-school so much more these days. I am glad for that, but she barely gives me a hug and a kiss when I drop her off, already busy scanning around for her favorite toys and books. It's a little sad.

Mid-Move

The movers did their thing on Sunday, but there is still so much left to do! It is a very disconcerting feeling having your stuff in two different places. I'm so ready to be DONE with this move. If only I could snap my fingers and make all the chaos go away. And, moving with a 3 year old?! Oh Man. Poor kid does not like this one bit.

I hope to be back to creating and listing new work soon. Hopefully by this weekend. In the meanwhile, remember to get your photos in for the Mother's Day Contest!

Mother's Day Contest

~SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY EVENT~


Send me a photo of you wearing your earrings for my blog and have a chance to win.
The winning photo gets to choose TWO pairs of Fields of Honey earrings from my current collection
(keep one for you and send one to another special Momma in your life!).

Winner will be selected by committee (me & the "honeys")

Contest deadline: MAY 1ST, 2008 so I can ship in time for Mother's Day.
Send photos to: fieldsofhoney@gmail.com

Happy Mother's Day to the Mommas out there!

Back from our mini-break!

We are back home. It was so nice to be able to spend some time at home with my parents and much-missed cousin, Sonal, and edible niece Sayuri.

and some new work I did not get a chance to post before I left...

Favorite Things (& my fave pair of the bunch!)



Love & Riches



The Early Bird


Happy Gudi Padwa

p.s. I have got to add a video of my kid saying this :)

Spring Shower

Onward and Ground Level

In a few weeks, we will be moving into a house with actual outdoor space. A deck and a yard. Figured out today that I've become quite comfortable with high-rise living over the last 5 years. Although it may sound crazy, I'm going to miss living in a teeny concrete box in the sky.

and my newest listing...

In Full Bloom

the roses really are that pale!

Moving Along

So we are moving this month! I'm so sad to be leaving our building. It was kinda like living in a dorm again. Now we will be in a house like grown-ups. I know it is for the best though - a kid needs a yard! Especially my kid ;)

And back to another place I had the great luck to have an extended visit...Florence, Italy.


Going Native

New Goods in the Hood

Aqua SeaFoam Shame*

*been dying to use this forever. these feel right.

Big Bear Weekend

Ready to Soar

My girl is so ready to be out and about. So am I. Just not today.

I'll Make It Better

Indoors and all the things that come with that...

In Treatment (marathon style)



Not Your Typical Natural Girl

Outside Fantasies

As we stay inside for the 4th day in a row, I can at least fantasize of being out.

Ferry Ride

Fever. Black. New.

1. They tell me fevers are a natural and healthy response, but they still scare me! Sigh...baby girl.
2. One of my customer's ear holes turned black from my Sterling Silver earwire. Sadly, some people's chemistry is prone to discoloration (like those who turn green when they wear copper). It still made me feel awful. I think I might just stick to using oxidized sterling from now on...
More info on the topic here:
http://jewelry.about.com/od/jewelrymetals/a/skin_reactions.htm

The relevant excerpt on Sterling Silver:
Sterling silver is 7.5 percent copper, but the most common stains from sterling silver jewelry are black, and occur when the metal tarnishes (darkens due to a reaction with gases in the air). Some sterling pieces are coated with products that help keep them from tarnishing, but the coatings will wear off in time.

Ways to Eliminate Staining
* Switch to 18 Karat gold, a more pure metal.
* Platinum is expensive, but rarely reacts with our skin.
* Ask your jeweler if the piece can be coated with a new layer of metal or a clear protective film along edges that touch your skin.
* Coat the jewelry with clear nail polish where it touches your skin.
* Choose stainless steel jewelry when possible, especially when buying body jewelry components.
* Titanium is another metal choice, for its non-staining qualities and for people with metal allergies.
* Watch for jewelry labeled hypo-allergenic. It's formulated for people with hightened sensititivies to metals.
* Keep your skin dry when wearing jewelry.
* Wear offending pieces for only a short time.
* Keep your jewelry clean and tarnish-free.
The last three - emphasis added by me- will likely do the trick for Sterling Silver.

And here are a few more tips for all your Sterling Silver jewelry:
a. Remove your jewelry before bathing and sleeping.
b. Remove jewelry during periods of strenuous activities, exercise, swimming (pools or ocean), work, washing dishes, household chores, etc.
c. If possible, store jewelry in an airtight zip-lock bag when not wearing. This prevents tarnishing.
d. Avoid contact with all chemicals -- perfumes, hair sprays, dyes, etc.

3) And finally...new work! Oxidized Sterling & Brass! Yah!

New Moon on Monday


Outdoor Concert Series


Green Monsters

Getting into the groove

Despite our on-going pre-school germ battles, some new work.


Rinsane & Ridiculosity


Hungarian Peasant Garb


Bed Of Roses
the song I hear in my head whenever I take the University exit on the 80



Come To Me Anthony Bourdain
just for a day, maybe



Unworn Wedding Dress
still hanging in my closet, for real


...and even more coming later today!

It's Time for a Birthday Party!

Today was my daughter's birthday party. We had it at a sweet little art studio in Berkeley and invited all her friends. It was so much fun and I'm just totally overwhelmed with the awesome community we have built here in the Bay Area.

I will leave you with this photo for now. Just the two of us...

Oh Bugger!

Not sure if it is the permanently gloomy skies and/or my relative lack of knowledge of photography, but I cannot get the type of pics I need lately. Grrr. Head. Wall. Repeat.


Meet Me in Tuscany



NYE in SF


Thrifters & Drifters
The colors are so lovely together IRL, but these pics are just not quite right.

Happy Birthday Baby!

Today is my daughter's 3rd Birthday. Happy Birthday to my sweet little one - you have brought so much LIFE into my life!

Mommy loves you very very much.

Need Napa NOW

I need to convince J that we need to take a trip to NAPA very very soon. We have not been over there since last Summer when Magda and Courtney came up to visit. It is just impossible to *not* be romantic in Napa.

Napa Reserve

Mine first. Mine always.

I made a pair just like these for myself about a month ago. I them wear all. the. time. I didn't think I'd make them for the shop, but last night I changed my mind. This shop is me so what's the difference?


DIP (no, not the fondue place on 3rd)

Moody Blues

This weekend is supposed to be a wet one. We'll be staying in. Baking some cookies and cupcakes for Baby K's birthday events. Sipping hot cocoa. Good times.

Lukas Taproom (coming tomorrow)



Count Your Sunny Days

Sick Children, New Earwire

They should really let you refund your first month of pre-school. By the time your kid has caught every single strain of whatever, she spends all of 5 minutes there.

New adventures in earwire. :D

Flatiron (I cannot get over how gorgeous these beads are. I really should make a little something for myself before I run out!)



Forbidden Fruit, Silver Remix


Listing soon.

Slow Moving Train

Today I feel like one of those slow moving trains that chug chug along at a snail's pace and go on forever. Damn daylight savings.

Fashion Show At Lunch

I Lied.

Panasonic Lumix proved to be more than I could manage. Decided to go forward with a Nikon D40. So far, I'm on schedule to start listing this weekend. Yee Haw!

Street Cart Find


The Beauty of Beer at Sunset

New Camera, New Work

Got some work photographed, finally. The Panasonic Lumix is an inferior camera. No doubt. That being said, I am going to attempt to make it work. I hope it is just a case of figuring out how to make it do what I need it to do. I'm up for the challenge (now that baby K is in pre-school 3x a week) and I have no interest in paying that 15% restocking fee if I return it.

Here we go.


Instant Vacation (Take 2)


Wedding Dress from Wien


I'd Rather Be at Camp Towanga

Whoa. 34. Really?

34 just isn't a sexy age. I was totally okay saying and being 33, but 34 is just no good. NO GOOD. So what the heck am I going to do about this? Well, since I'm 34 today, I guess I better get used to saying it all this year because 35 is, if possible, an even less sexy age. On a positive note, 36 doesn't sound so bad. Happy Birthday to me :)

And a Fields of Honey update since J & K are both asleep and I have a few moments to myself. After one too many beatings from my toddler, my Digital Elph finally stopped working on Saturday night. I really loved the little guy too. Sigh. Anyway, this time around I decided to go with the Panasonic Lumix because I could get it *plus* a two year insurance plan for the price of a new Digital Elph. Living with my girl means you get the insurance (this is one of those "no questions asked" policies). It made the decision easier.

I have BIG PLANS for Thursday and Friday!! And if all goes as planned, be listing new work starting this weekend. Yay!

Here's a pic I took of the kid after lunch today with the new camera.

7 random facts

Here you go, Heather...
1. I drink Diet Coke even though it makes my stomach hurt.
2. Harry over Wills.
3. I cannot whistle.
4. I'll be 34 in 4 days (not random, but still awfully strange).
5. I love my kid's face when she is happy, sad, screaming, laughing...and am so glad we found our way to each other because there is noway J & I could have made that face and it is the most amazing thing EVER.
6. On my Tivo - What Not To Wear, The View, Coupling, Lost & New Adventures of Old Christine.
7. I missed parched on my SAT and, to this day, throw it into conversations whenever possible.

ONE DAY EVENT!

Today, Feb 29th, 2008, I am having ONE DAY SALE . Many of my works are on sale today only. After today, they will be removed and reworked. They may come back in Sterling Silver and they may be gone forever and turned into something else. Just shaking things up a bit :)

Take me to the deals!

Not enough hours

First off, I had planned to post HAPPY BIRTHDAY ESTHER on here when it was actually your birthday and not 3 days later. Sorry, girlfriend. I totally love you and thought about you on her birthday. Can you believe it has been 21 years since Feb. 23rd has been known to me as, above all else, "Esther's Birthday" - I just can't get over it some days. Life does zoom by after all.

I did not get around to listing everything. However...

Hiya Hooters (Hiya for the BBC version of The Office + Hooters for the US version)


and

Not So Odd Balls


did make it.

2 more works coming tomorrow at baby K's naptime.

HB Piers 9 through 13


Still No Words

Friday Preview, LOST

Some new work being listed later on tonight.

First Choice Is Best


For The Smilers


And what about LOST tonight? Who is Ben? Who is Miles working for? What happens to Claire? When and how does Jack go from respectable doc to drunken suicidal frequent flyer?