Fall days

I'm generally not a fan of Fall, but I've got to say that the season produces some of the nicest turbulent skies and gorgeous rich sunsets.  Of course we could absolutely do without the hurricanes and storms that have landed of late.

This sunset was particularly stunning.  Gazed at it like a zombie trying to soak it all up.

Fall is always super busy.  I'm not sure if I have posted any of these photos before.  I tend to lose my mind regularly at this time of year... the result of wearing 50 million different hats to run this little jewellery biz in the most hectic time of year!  Getting super-excited for the One of a Kind Show!  Check in on our Facebook Page to win some free tickets!  Today our third draw was announced.  There are three pairs of tickets up for grabs!  Go and enter!  It's so easy!

I've been hard at work jimmying the website soon to re-launch and building up stock for the show as well as filling store and online orders.  Love all the pretty materials in use this season.  Lots of brights to cheer up the season!

Accidentally dumped a very well organized box of findings, and will have to finish tending to that mess another day, but visually I liked the jumble, so snapped a pic.

Daylight is so short, but maybe this is a good thing.  The evenings have been super productive!

Not that I haven't escaped for a few outings with friends and enjoyable breaks.

A late night dinner and birthday celebration...

Lovely home cooked meals...  S. made the yummiest jerk chicken for dins last week.  Salivating just thinking about it!

Potted some cuttings for friends.  Saving one for K.D. and then keeping one so to as to ensure some plants survive the winter.  

Cheerful lunch visits...  Got some ahhhmazing soaps from J.S., my now retired soap-making friend.  So happy to still be able to enjoy some of her delightful suds.

Supported Vonelle on their CD release night like a proud auntie.

Made sure to take advantage and enjoyed a rare balmy day with a market stroll.

Spotted a mention in the Now Magazine article about Toronto Fashion Heroes for 2012.  So thrilled to be listed amongst all these talents and icons.

And okay, I also really like Fall colours.  One more plus for Fall!

Did you notice how it's Christmas everywhere the second Halloween is over?  It's time to get our Holiday spirit on! Looking forward to a super-fun Holiday Season ahead.

For now, on to the next thing on my huge long checklist!  Putting my shipping and packaging hat on!  Have a happy day!  Bye for now...

xo

m

October days

Here are some photos taken over the past couple weeks.

Sparkly nails, sparkly jewels. 

Crystallized Bracelet and a Tiny Charm Bangle sample.

The array on my dresser after de-jeweling one evening.

A Twinkle Pearl Creme Necklace -- available by special order.

Coffee break and mini donuts with a friend.

Adding Sale items to the Shop.

The resident at emerg drew this.  It's a diagram explaining the parts of my brain that are causing the vertigo.  I think he meant parts of my ear, not brain... He let me keep this masterpiece.

Rain booties bought on eBay.  Bit big... may have to pass them on...

Spent a day café and restaurant hopping with a talented friend.  We were working hard on some new MoonRox related things.

A visit to one of my favourite shops on Queen.  I wish I could spoil myself and buy up armloads of pretty Parisian things in there.

Vegetarian Thanksgiving feast.  We never do the traditional Thanksgiving in my family.  This year we had a veg craving and went to Fresh, and were pleasantly surprised that they offered 40% off to patrons on Thanksgiving Sunday.  So nice!

Thanksgiving Day was spent lounging in the sun with my Sis and W. in High Park...

Followed by a birthday dinner for Aunt L.  Polish feast.  Yum.

Been enjoying mixing some MoonRox new and old with some other pieces I have collected!
From left to right are:  Shine Bracelet (from a few years back), a chain maille find, Crystallized Bracelet, a blingy bracelet from my friends at House of Moda and the Entwined Stalactite Bracelet.

Here's another dresser top shot.  In the foreground are the Stunning Ring (available by special order) and the Scissors from the series of Handy Necklaces.  In the little container are some of my favourite rings and earrings.  Mixed in are a resin and sterling silver ring by Cinelli & Maillet, a House of Moda infinity ring, a AMT "diamond" ring, a ring inherited from my Grandmother, Fancy Pearl Drop Earrings (available by special order) and a crystal encrusted coug.

Dining out after running errands...

Baklava galore.  Some may have come home with us.

A. and I ventured around Bloor St. for LOULOU Magazine's Shop 'Til You Drop. 

The shops were abuzz!  

'Twas a fun evening.  And got me excited about MoonRox being featured in this month's LOULOU Deals all over again!  Don't forget to take advantage!

Made some new pieces that will debut at the One of a Kind Show this November.  These are the scraps... sometimes discards are pretty too.

Sorted the nail polish stash.

Selected these...

and went nuts and did this.

Explored unfamiliar neighbourhoods.

Enjoyed Fall foliage.

Not to be super cheesy, but nature amazes me all the time.  The colours of this leaf pile are all incredible.

Capped off the weekend with a celebration for R.'s birthday with friends.

The past couple weeks have been out of the ordinary.  I have not felt 100% since my vertigo incident so I have not been able to work as much as I would have liked.  I've tried to pretend as if everything was fine and go about my day... but I have had moments of dizziness and have been downright exhausted.  Plus, I have totally missed riding my bike.  Suddenly at 4pm this afternoon, I felt normal again!  I hope this means that life will return to its originally scheduled programming now!  Crossing my fingers that I feel just as good come morning!  This post has taken far too long!  It took ages for the photos to load.  Now it is late!  Off to sleep.  Goodnight friends.  Hope you enjoyed your weekend!  Be back with more this week...

xo

m

Happy Thanksgiving!

After a productive day café hopping in the neighbourhood and working on some exciting things with Miss K., I am taking this Saturday night to rest and to catch up on blogging.

To our fellow Canadians, Happy Thanksgiving!  Hope you are enjoying a fabulous weekend!

xo

M

Vertigo

This week I had scary moment... and a visit to the ER... with debilitating vertigo.  I could not move a single centimetre without feeling horrendously dizzy and nauseous.  It felt as if someone had found their way inside my head and was pulling me to the ground from the inside of my ears with all their might.  It is the worse feeling I have ever experienced and rendered me entirely helpless.  Unable to move comfortably, I lowered myself to the floor to a full horizontal sprawl.  I slowly slid across the room to reach upwards from my low position in order to unlock the front door so that help could reach me.  The 12 step distance that may normally take 1.5 seconds to travel took 20 minutes by my slow-glide method.  Crawling would have been too jarring an action.  It was half comical and half pathetic.  My family was so helpful.  A huge thank you to the troops who came to my rescue.  My resourceful sister called Telehealth and conferenced me in.  After a series of questions, they recommended I call 911.  I refused such an extreme measure and decided to taxi to the hospital.  Before we left for the hospital, I felt I was on the upswing and was able to stand up again... though wobbly.  It was diagnosed as benign vertigo or BPPV.  It came out of absolutely nowhere in literally one second.  I was so relieved to eventually improve and am crossing my fingers that I never have to suffer vertigo again.

Now, the reason I am sharing this on this here jewellery blog, is to remind people to have emergency plans in place.  Have telephones and numbers handy.  Make sure someone has a key or access to your home.  In my case, I will now keep water and maybe some meds near floor level should this happen again.  It's been a few days of resting, not getting up to much and I am feeling 95% better.  Not quite ready to drive a car or ride a bike yet though. Getting a little stir crazy, so hoping to be 100% tomorrow.