Where can I start? Maybe I should start where I left off back in January wishing everyone a beautiful new year. I hope that 2012 has been filled with greatness for everyone so far. It’s practically October and by now, many people know that my little “baby new year” image in the last post was a bit of foreshadowing… as I have been away in my own world, away from much of the internet and this blog for months creating something (or someone) new. Welcome, my dear dragon baby Xander. He is a bright shining light in my world.
And he’s not the only creative shift that’s come this year. I am just now getting back to my work, aromatically, visually and otherwise, it seems filled with new vision, new beginnings and a new way of looking at old things. (We’re planning some re-vamps and other re-launches by the end of the year).
One very new thing that I’ve been thinking about for quite some time has been opening a little etsy shop to showcase the jewelry art work that I have been creating since 2008 and showing at a Boulder gallery since 2009. This week it has finally come into being. It’s just a little something but I am so very excited about it. Maybe it feels like a big thrill because it’s my first step out after the baby has come, who knows. For now, I am just ecstatic to be showing my work to a wider audience. And hey, if anybody wants to buy some, I won’t say no. 🙂 Click here to check it out.
So, I’m also hard at work at the studio preparing new works and launches for the later Fall and for the holidays. I don’t know if everyone does, but I find this time of year very stimulating and I’m feeling good about creating new designs. The very first of these is Indus, a petite homage to India and it’s blessed elixir: chai tea. (I could have meant mango lassi, as blessed elixirs go, but that’s not terribly Autumnal). I’m really feeling the spices right now, all that warmth is like an attracting glow for me and I think I need it. Of course, this is just a start. Other delicacies are on the horizon to be sure. But that’s for another day and post. Today, I just want to say that it’s great to be back.
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Hello Dawn…….Welcome back……what is your Christmas scent? Spicy ,and Earthy with an Angelic Sexiness thrown in ? Your bubby is gorgeous,and since his early days,when the World had him in their collective prayers,that photograph is testimount they helped. Xander looks like a robust boy and I want to squeeze him in a big Saffy hug.
Good luck with your Ersy store….
Thank you so much, Sally-Anne!
Yes, the world’s prayers created miracles and as you see, he is doing well, gaining tons of weight and even beginning to laugh (which you cannot see in this very serious picture, but we’re hoping to capture it soon in a photo). 🙂 As for the Holiday scent, I am hoping to have two finished that I have started. One is a resinous, ancient sort of design concept and the other is a much more modern, soft, somewhat gourmand, skin scent ( haven’t created a gourmand in quite some time and there have been requests for it). You know, the scent you describe “Spicy ,and Earthy with an Angelic Sexiness thrown in” reminds me of last year’s Holiday scent, “Caravan Spice”. Thank you for all of your prayers and best wishes for the etsy shop! Happy Autumn to you & fragrant hugs, Dawn
Xander is adorable Dawn. I’m so glad he is getting stronger and stronger each day. You sound so renewed and focused! Here’s to great success with your new Etsy shop.
🙂 Thank you so much, Lisa! Yes, he is getting bigger and bigger by the minute, I swear. Well, I’m working on it (the focused and renewed part…) but I’m glad to appear so (lol). Thank you for your wonderful well wishes for Xander and the etsy shop and all my best to you, my dear~ Dawn
So nice to hear from you again Dawn! Thanks for posting the picture of your precious little one (adorableness) and also the link to your Etsy site. I can’t wait to check out your jewelry creations. And spicy scents sound perfect for this time of year! Best wishes to your family and for all of your creative endeavors. XO
🙂 Hi, RusticDove~ It’s great to be venturing back into life again. Yes, Xander is the epitome of cuteness, I have to say. ❤
Thank you for the hearty welcome back and the wonderful well wishes. I hope to be able to post more regularly, if not as often as I would like. Blessings and fragrant hugs to you~ Dawn
Congratulations, Dawn, that is wonderful news about Xander. He is tres adorable! Wishing you all the excellence life has to offer. Love Lyn
Thank you, Lyn! It’s been a wild ride on a rough road with Xander’s entrance, but we’re slowly coming out of it all. He really is a wonderful little boy. 🙂 Tons of love to you as well and much success with all that you are creatively up to these days as well! oxo, Dawn
Good to see you back, Dawn.
I’m so glad that Xander is doing well. You’ve been in my thoughts and prayers these last few months; hopefully that may not seem too odd a sentiment, but my third son had a very rough start to life because of a congenital heart defect, and although he’s now a healthy 13yo, I haven’t forgotten how difficult that time was.
Big cheers for your new endeavor!
Thank you, Dionne! And thank you for the thoughts and prayers… we so needed them all, and they have made an incredible difference. Xander is doing so well, and I absolutely believe it is in large part from the enormous outpouring of energy and love that was sent him by the world. I will always be grateful.
I am so sorry to hear of your 13 yo’s difficult beginning. It is incredible how these kids heal themselves. I think it is we who hold the scars much longer; sadly. But, I am so happy to know that he is healthy now. ❤ Sending much love to you and many blessings~ Dawn