Green and gold earrings

These opulent earrings are "Victoria," named after a very special person. It took me a huge part of the weekend to complete these because they were very difficult. Talk about labor of love. I wanted to feature them on the EtsyCREST blog on March 17, and the way they're setting this up required me to have the earrings posted to my shop beforehand. More lovely pictures and details of Victoria are available at the shop.

So, I have been sick the past two days. An awful cold, non-stop sneezing, and a fever that comes and goes. At least I don't have the flu because I got a flu shot in the fall, but it still sucks. I was hoping to avoid a whole winter season without getting sick to no avail. My fever is finally gone, and though I'm still not 100% I figured I should get my butt to work tomorrow anyway.

At least I had CNN and Eliot Spitzer to keep me entertained during my sick-in. I love how the NY Post was all, "couldn't he at least have booked her on the Acela?" Hahahaha.

A note: I took down a few pieces from my shop because I would like to solder a few of the fastenings of those pieces shut. I just bought a soldering gun and I'm teaching myself how to solder, but I'm waiting on the solder I ordered to arrive in the mail before I can complete the work. I should have those pieces back up in a few days.

And a final note: a huge thanks to my mother-in-law, who bought Astrid! She also gave me an article about a local jewelry designer who was featured in our paper. I'm jealous - I wish my jewelry was featured in the paper. Apparently this jewelry designer has celebrity connections so she had them wear her designs. Maybe I should mail some of my earrings to Paris Hilton.