Wishes for a Blessed Christmas

 

12-24-2013
To all we send  wishes of prosperity, love and celebration this holiday season.  This year we  are  without our families in person but  of course  with them in spirit.    As we  wind  down this year  we  wish to thank everyone who has  supported us on starting M&D Design.  It has  truly been a labor  of love.   We have added a few more pieces  to the Etsy  shop  so swing in and  take a look.  I will be adding more pieces this week.   I have been experimenting more and more with wire work and  just finished  reworking a necklace and earring set in tiger eye.  It turned out great but it has been sold.  I hope to add another set to the shop soon.  Working with wire is a  fun new  direction  for me and I am  full of ideas for the future.  Once I get the hang of it better  I will try to  share some tutorials.  For now enjoy the pics  and enjoy the holiday  cheer!  Until next time.

Christmas Time

12-14-2013
Well Christmas time is almost  here.  We have been very  busy  creating beautiful pieces for giving.  Stop by our Etsy store and see all the new pieces that would be perfect for Christmas  giving.  We hope this is a peaceful time for all and a time of family.   The weather here as in the rest of the US  has been chaotic.  We have had snow, ice, single digit weather and beautiful 50  degree days.  Last  weekend was a single digit weather day and of course that is the day I decided we needed to take food and treats out to a local no kill animal shelter.  It was so cold  but we managed to visit every dog and give them a special treat or two.  It is heart breaking to see so many loving animals without homes but we are so grateful for shelters such as this.  Please if you are considering adopting choose a rescue pet and if you are not looking for a new companion please if you can support your local shelters.

We are so excited that our business cards  are  finally done.   We are pleased with how they  turned out.  Not sure  if we will leave the colors the way they are but love the design.






I have been exploring more wire techniques and having lots of fun at it.  Below is a pair  of  earrings I just finished  that would be perfect for holiday parties.  Mitch has continued creating amazing steam punk pieces that again would make a perfect one of a kind gift.  Check  them out  below and at the shop.  Stay warm  and remember to tell those you love that you love them every  day.

Thanksgiving and Christmas Creating

12-1-2013
Happy December!  I hope your Thanksgiving was blessed and full of reasons to give  thanks.  We are especially grateful  this season for my husbands remission from very aggressive lymphoma. We pray for continued remission and are grateful to all our friends and love ones who have uplifted us and supported us during this stressful time.  Hubby and I started a tradition when we were dating that if  we were in orphan mode ( too far away from family to  have Thanksgiving with them) then we found a community organization to  volunteer to help them with  Thanksgiving  lunch.  This year it was the Salvation Army in Lubbock.  It warmed our hearts to see so many volunteers. Often there has been a paucity of help in other places.  This organization does so much to help those in need.  My plug for them is this is their greatest fund raising time so when you see a red kettle drop in some coins and be grateful you can help.
We got to get out yesterday and even though overcast was a beautiful fall day in Lubbock.  I have enclosed some pics of a local park we took the "bosses" to.  Still haven't  figured out the waterfowl here as we are a loooong way from the ocean yet   we have seen Ibis, sea gulls, and a pelican!  They are either very confused or I am!
We have been busy creating for Christmas.  We are still trying to get the Etsy shop moving so please check it out and tell your  friends about us.  This week was a lot of pendants and a few earrings. Life partner is back on track with  his antique watch re-purposing.  I think he has some pretty good ones and he is using a lot of the rubies that are in the old 17 jewel watches.  Makes for a particular good combo for Christmas time. Remember any feedback is appreciated.