I needed to make life simpler, so I started a new blog. I know that doesn't seem to make sense, but I've been neglecting this one anyway.

So, I will now post to my new blog located at jularee.wordpress.com. It's not just a jewelry blog. I plan to talk about everything from jewelry to my writing to cooking to the metaphysical. It's a wide range of ( Read more... )

It's been almost a year. Recovery has been difficulty but it's now time to rev up my life ( Read more... )

Black Friday is just another Friday to me. I shopped on Black Friday once when my kids were little. I remember waiting almost 2 hours in a checkout line. At that point I vowed, "Never again," but this morning I thought about heading to AC Moore since they were having a 40%-off-your-entire-order-from-5-AM-until-1-PM sale. Nah.... I couldn't think of ( Read more... )

Too bad that most of my reading these days has been online. I'm reading current events, Facebook entries, email, and I'm researching photography techniques and how to run a successful Etsy shop.

Too bad that most of my writing has been writing Facebook entries, email, descriptions of my jewelry, and lists of ideas for future projects.

Now that the ( Read more... )

I wrote about Jularee, my hand-crafted jewelry business, in December 2009.

The business hasn't made much progress since then. I've kept it out there, selling to friends and colleagues, giving my jewelry as gifts to family and friends. I finally made my first Etsy sale in 2011. I was excited about selling a pair of earrings to a stranger who lives a ( Read more... )

I've been out of school a little over a month. After school closed, I spent three days attending the ISTE conference in Philly and have had two meetings and had to respond to a few emails. That's actually very little time spent on school-related business this summer. It's been very good for me to be able to ignore it for awhile ( Read more... )