Dragonfly necklace

I have an affinity for dragonflies; I just think they are so whimsical. So I named this new necklace Geillis, after the equally whimsical heroine of Mary Stewart's Thornyhold. I recently re-read Thornyhold and was charmed all over again by the beauty of that book (which I'll be reviewing on Paperback Musings soon). Anyway, back to my dragonfly. I oxidized the sterling chain by hand to match the vintagey feel, and the whole thing is about 18" long.

I also forgot to mention that I made my first international sale! The Je t'aime earrings sold to someone all the way in England, and I finally got the chance to see if the international shipping rate I estimated was accurate (it wasn't). I ended up having to adjust the rate, which is now also reflected at the shop. Unfortunately I'm unable to offer delivery confirmation service for international orders at this time, but the rate is pretty comparable to domestic shipping, so that works out.

Shoe shopping

I've been on the lookout for work shoes that I can wear this summer, preferably peep toe pumps or wedge sandals. But I wasn't holding out hope because shoes are so hard to find for my ridiculously tiny feet. I did find a pair of wedges at my favorite shoe shop, Nordstrom, but they were going to charge me not only shipping, but sales tax as well. So instead I tried Shoes.com, and found this perfect pair of Franco Sarto peep toes in my size! How lucky is that? I was even more ecstatic to find out that not only do they offer free shipping and no tax, but I was able to get an additional 20% off using a promotional code. And because I like you guys, I will share the magic code: BFF09. Enter this at checkout and they'll take the discount. Instead of $80, I ended up paying only $65. Not bad for my recessionista find, eh?