Summertime

We have been busy this week - in spite of the heat. I don't know why we insist on living without air conditioning... Our thoughts are that we are more aclimated to the seasons, and the extremes - as our workshop is pretty open. We also pat ourselves on the back because we are using less energy, and contributing less to the pollution.

But gee whiz! It is HOT!

In spite of that, we have managed to make and ship a bunch of hair sticks, kitchen implements, a heart box, and the ordered "hug" is almost ready to ship!

We are now closing Sunday - Wednesday so we can get more production done.

We are running on Zen hours during those days. I call it "while you are shipping!" Monday, while I was doing the shipping, we had two German tourists in who were very nice. They bought a piece of enamel work by Lis, and three boxes, so the happenstance, Zen thing worked.

The one fellow came over and began his trek in Los Angeles - Six Weeks on a big Bike!! He is retired, and his friend joined him two weeks ago! They came to see America, and will visit us on the web when they get home!

I am getting more requests from shops for reselling our hair sticks and barrettes... We are not set up for wholesale, so I will most likely pass, but maybe not. Every time I do a custom order for a hairstick, I learn a bit more. We are beginning to add a bit of Lis' cloisonne' and enamel work to some - They will be very popular, I think.

I have joined the American Craft Forum and am listening to what some artists and gallery owners are thinking about. The economy, imports, demographics - lots of conversations to think about.

Our sales on ebay and amazon are holding... we are preparing for the last half of the year.

Christmas buying starts in ernest in July!

Can't believe how fast time is going by.