SIX Not so Golden Rings

Merry Christmas, everyone.

There will be one more shop update between the holiday and the New Year.

But tonight,

and for the next few days,

I'm going to cook.

And finish shopping.

And wrap and rest and spend time with my three year old wonder.

You all stay warm.

Thank you for making my season bright.

XO

Inner Spaces Ring

{Tuxedo Agate, Sterling Silver}

Heart Nerve Sinew Ring

{Sterling Silver, Fossilized Coral}

Inner Spaces Ring

{Landscape Jasper, Sterling Silver}

Illumine Ring

{Sterling Silver, Yellow Opal, Turquoise}

Inner Spaces Ring

{Sterling Silver, Deschutes Picture Jasper}

Through the Canopies Ring

{Sterling Silver, Chalcedony}

In the shop at 7pm.

Update Tonight

I stumbled out of the studio a bit before dawn.

The sky and air were a blackened lavender

punctuated with bits of gold.

The street smelled like yule log and fresh crescent rolls,

as the bakery up the block was waking up for the day.

The Christmas lights in the square had long since been turned off,

but then they were still alive,

reflecting the street lamps and the few cars passing through,

twinkling in the trees,

casting off bits of borrowed light.

It was a beautiful morning.

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Final Push

*stone stone stone*

December Talk About Blog

The Handmade Division is talking aspirations this month.

Where do you see yourself being in 5 years?

Wow.

I can barely picture tomorrow.

And somedays I can hardly remember what I did yesterday.

Five years seems like an eternity.

But when I blink it will be gone.

Like these five years past.

In typical Rosy fashion, I'm posting late.

Because somehow I forgot that today is Wednesday.

I was scraping flux off the tile floor and doing other mundane studio chores.

Then I woke up.

Five years from now.

Five years from now, I'll have long hair again and the time to style it.

The Monkey will be eight,

and hopefully running after him will be a four year old.

Things will be a bit more settled.

It will be a time of doing rather than waiting and planning.

I'll have a slightly larger home,

preferably a small farm,

with more character and more light and less problematic plumbing.

I'll have a shower large enough to not bump my elbows.

And a gas range in the kitchen where I will have finally mastered the family recipes.

I'll have a second dog.

In five years I'll be smarter in my business.

My skill set will have expanded and hopefully, my studio as well.

Be it here in Fuquay or somewhere else.

And maybe I'll have left Etsy behind . . .

strong enough to try it on my own.

I'll be less scattered.

I'll be more sure.

I'll still have questions but the question-to-answer ratio won't be so extreme.

I'll have cultivated the confidence that somehow still evades me some days.

I'll be solidly and joyfully myself.

Not quite so fast to place pressure on my own shoulders.

But faster to laugh.

In five years I'll be grown up.

No longer in my twenties.

My work will have evolved,

my style will likely be the same and altogether different.

I'd like to try things other than jewelry.

Like lighting.

Or furniture.

Maybe Rosy could be a lifestyle brand.

In five years, I'll be looking back on the past five years.

With appreciation,

and more knowledge than I had at the beginning.

I'll be looking ahead to the next five.

With a better idea in mind,

and a clearer point of view.

One thing I feel certain about:

I'll be making.

As that's what I am meant to do in this life.

xx

RR

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See what my teammates have planned:

Andes Cruz: www.andescruz.wordpress.com
Tess Norberg: www.nova-designs.blogspot.com
Rebekah Timlin Meddles: www.lunasadesigns.blogspot.com
Jewelry by Natsuko: www.jewelrybynatsuko.blogspot.com

Bella-Bijou Jewellery : www.bellabijoujewellery.blogspot.com

Beth Cyr: http://bcyrjewelry.blogspot.com

Tosca Teran: www.nanopod.wordpress.com

Thomasin Durgin: http://metalriot.blogspot.com/

Lisa Hopkins Design: http://lisahopkinsdesign.blogspot.com

Baubles

I got a few things listed this afternoon.

The truth is that it's been so insanely busy at home,

I feel like I'm barely in the studio.

The blog is gathering dust, isn't it?

Just the nature of the holidays, I suppose.

We've had more family around than I can remember seeing since my wedding.

And a long line of contractors coming through the house

to give us estimates on repairs that need to be done.

(Remember when Keith fell through the ceiling?)

The Monkey has had holiday parties.

He met Santa the other day.

I'm still miles away from the end of my shopping list.

Things are just flying by.

So this update is small.

There's a turquoise ring that is supposed to be with it,

but I'm not yet happy with the contrast on the silver.

It will be listed tomorrow or Thursday instead.

Merriment Earrings

{Sterling Silver, Resin, Stone}

Merriment Earrings #2

Merriment Earrings #3

Nailhead Ring

{Sterling Silver, Dryhead Agate}

I really hope to be able to blog more this week.

And the goal, which has yet to be met,

is to have smaller shop updates more often.

I'd like to get the point where I'm having two a week.

Plans, plans, intentions.

But meanwhile . . .

back to running.

Love to you all!!!!

RR