elisem is having a shiny sale! Her work is amazing, if you are not familiar--I have one of her necklace crowns and I get compliments every single time I wear it (bought it in another one of these sales, in fact).

Sale!

So today I went to the post office in downtown Palo Alto to mail some packages, and on my way to the grocery store afterwards, I did a little shopping. The bead store was having a sale on some of their strings, and I got a string of black pearls for $30 and a jade pendant for $20.

I made this:

( Pearls and jade, it reminds me of a fantasy novel I read once )

If you like jewelry, you should really check out elisem's giant clearance sale--there are some super big discounts in there, and she's adding new stuff periodically. Her work is gorgeous. I bought "The Pirate Bride," which I was drooling over all through WisCon.