One of the reasons I became a journalist was because I love telling stories.
I also love gossip, good or bad.
So it’s hard for me to keep quiet about an amazing media opportunity for Hexagon. It was mentioned to me month ago, and since then I have been mailing photographs and samples and discussing prices with the outlet.
“Can you handle hundreds of orders?” my sister asked. Um…if this deal goes through, I’m going to have to. I have been told that my site could get 25,000 hits once the story goes out.
Back to journalism. I have written several stories, such as this one, about a fashion company going under for inability to produce orders. Success, it turns out, can kill.
It’s odd being in the position of not knowing if I’ll be able to get the materials I need on time. Calls and emails today to close to 10 companies that wholesale the items I need have gone unanswered.
So I am vacillating between being very excited, and scared–and trying to stay focused, since the whole thing may not happen.
OMG my email just beeped. PLease let it be the leather guy.
The ice pendant is a success!
So much for the trip I’d been planning for NYC, to seek stores to carry Hexagon. The Big Apple has become The Apple Fritter, with sweltering temperatures unlikely to fall anytime this month. (If an actress like Ashley Greene has resorted to dressing this way, imagine what mere mortals are suffering.)
Thinking about the sweaty souls in Manhattan, and in Cincinnati, where my family lives, I wondered if jewelry could possible offer any respite. Silly question? Mais, non! Especially when you happen to be a designer big on vials. I have just filled a round plastic vial with water and set it in the freezer. In a few hours I’ll add wire, attach a chain, and wear it to see if it provides a satisfactory cooling effect on the décolleté.
I have always had a thing for enamel. I have a terrific (if small) collection of tole dishes, and I never tire of gazing at their rich colors and (mostly) ’50s and ’60s designs.
I reviewed my “greatest hits,” the pieces that sold right away from my very first collection (WAAAY back in February!). This pendant here, a mix of chrysoprase, rhinestones, and vintage enamel was snapped up by Bee Free boutique, and it sold immediately. Unfortunately for me now, I have no black-and-white pieces, nor any rectangular pieces. But I do have plenty of rhinestones.
I’m doing a new dance around the design studio. It’s similar to the camel walk, a dance my mom tried to show me when I was a kid but I was laughing to hard to repeat the steps. But you can