daily drawings- a stash from last week + family portrait

This is super funny if you know us...super cheesy if you don't! Merry Christmas!
This is my new preferred method of travel, after spending the night at the O'hare airport last night!
A winter bird in the snow...
mmmmmmm....swirly!  

Happy Holidays! I will post some pics of fun gifts after the big reveal tomorrow! 

Daily drawing ...Holiday edition #1

Hello!   Finch's Holiday boutique was a great success! I sold lots of necklaces and earrings and one pair of gloves! I am thinking of using the rest of the collection to begin a new Etsy shop. (maybe in January...)

Check out the blog for some more great "in store" shots of the sale here.

All the holiday shopping at the boutique as well as putting up our TINY, but real tree has put me in a Christmasy mood so I drew some ornaments for you (2 days in a row!).

Enjoy! 

PS: a holiday "family portrait" to come :)

the rest of the pictures!!!

here are the rest of the pictures from the below post!

I'm back! (finally!) Finch's Holiday Boutique

Hello hello... I know that it has been such a long time! I have been super busy + exhausted from work, but things are looking up :)

Even though it seems that I have been un-productive on this blog, I was shocked to realize how many things I actually made for Finch's Holiday Boutique while sitting on the couch! I made tons of beaded medallions before I started putting everything together last weekend. 

I am proud of the collection that I will have for sale at Finch's this weekend! Here are a few shots of the tags that I made as well as the overall collection. (sadly, I was unable to get great shots of each individual item (dead camera and last minute timing!) but I am hoping to get some "in store" shots at the sale this weekend!

kara = missing in action???

Hello...I wanted to apologize for my lack of posts lately! I have been buried in stressful days + late nights (well, later than 5pm which is when my brain switches off)  + weekend days at work.

The busy time at work makes me just about able to pour a glass of wine and cook dinner when I get home- and not much else.

The only thing that I have been motivated to do is to sew beads to things- something that I completely enjoy and is blissfully mindless.  When I can work up the energy to take a decent photo, I will post some new beaded medallions (that will eventually become all sorts of glorious necklaces and jewelry items). 

i haven't forgotten about you*don't forget about me...

xoxo

new necklace!

I finished this necklace the other day- I had this beautiful metal pendant that was missing its center and needed some love. I used beads in shades of green and blue around an old rhinestone from a different broken piece of jewelry. The back is finished with a scrap of dark turquoise leather and the pendant dangles happily from a vintage chain. Hopefully, it will find a new friend at Finch's Holiday Boutique !

studio mate

I wanted you all to meet my studio mate!  She sits on my window sill in all sorts of compromising poses and looks sassy. I rescued her from the Rose Bowl flea market in LA.