Spring Desires

I am taking a break from listing...phew! I have decided to peruse some of my faborite shops on Etsy, and have found some delightful pieces I am drooling over!

The Becky Cosmetic Case


This lovely cosmetic case is made by by MaryJMaalouf. I search her page often, and am always inspired by her beautiful handbags, and by the gorgeous colors she selects.


Blueberry Patch Soap with Sweet Almond Oil and Shea Butter


DressGreen has amazing handmade skin care products. I actually have several of their bath soaps, and adore them!


K I N D L Y. E A R T H... Emerald green quartz and gold earrings


Lastly, I am drawn to these gorgeous earrings by CrowandIris. Gorgeous gorgeous color, perfect for the spring.

Spring Creations

You may be aware, the last 6 months of my life has been turned upside down (in a good way). My family sold our house and moved in with my brother, aaah:), while we waited for our new house to be built. That means that I no longer had an office space, and was trying to keep on top of Fable Bay orders, and to continue to create. That was the hardest part. My brothers house was 20 miles from my kids' school, and I drive a gas guzzling monster. So most of my days were spend driving them to school, and waiting....not exactly delightful. This meant that creating was done in late evenings, if I had the energy for it, and photographs were taken about every other weekend. I listed very very little during that time. I let a whole lot of old pieces expire, and I had a few burnout moments, where I considered whether I wanted to keep doing this.

Ultimately, the answer was YES, I love being creative, and I adore making things with my hands, especially beautiful things. We moved into our house about a month ago, and in the last month I have been able to build my office space, and get myself setup. I still have a long way to go before I am fully used to the place, but already, I feel like my life is getting back on track.

Long story short, expect new things from Fable Bay! I have been working like crazy, and am listing often now! in the same respect, expect things that have been in the shop for a while, to go bye bye:) once they sell, or expire, some of these long term items will not be returning.

Tomorrow I am updating (although i did list a couple today, i just couldn't wait:))


Fable Bay

My Poor Blog;)

My poor neglected blog! I always think of great things to write about, but somehow never make it there. OY;) I am full of ideas, but never fully prepared, LOL.

Last weekend, for example, I went to my very first Gem Show! So excited to go. I packed my daughter up to go with me (she's 4, but already obsessed with jewelry). We took a 4 hour drive to Seattle, and had a super great time. I found lots of stunning, beautiful gems, although many were still just too pricey for me, YIKES $800/strand made me scared;).

I had great plans to document the whole adventure and write about it here on the blog, but....I forgot my camera at home! Me! The lady who basically has a camera attached to her body 24/7, forgot the camera. seriously, i need more sleep, lol.

I got a few after the show, in the Seattle Center Fountain, with my daughter, but failed to take any cell phone shots inside. Sometimes I wonder about myself, lol!


Adyson at the Fountain. At first she was terrified of falling down into the pit.



But eventually, I couldn't keep her out of it;)

and to not disappoint, here are a few shots of the gems I did get.



AA grade Peach, White, and Grey Moonstone: So lovely!



AAA grade Mystic Mandarin Quartz: OMG!



Moss Amethyst

The rest is viewable on my Facebook Fanpage. Stop by there, become a fan, and take a look! :)

Gemstones, gemstones, gemstones!!

Ok, it FEELS like I have waited FOREVER for these gemstones, but oh boy was it worth it! If you follow me on facebook, you have already seen them, but I just can't help myself;), I have to give you a view of them here too!

Black Spinel
Mookaite Jasper
Amethyst
Moonstone
Green Onyx
Garnet

It's going to take me days to get to each of these, and make beautiful new items, but if you see something you like, you are welcome to send me an email, I would love to create a custom order for you! Checkout my facebook fanpage for more gemstones, even though I wanted to, I have not listed them all here;)