Updates

After a hiatus over at another blog site, I've decided to return home.  If you have been following me over at that other blog, come on back here and keep track of what viadellaRosa is going to be doing for the rest of the year.

One of the things we're going to have is a featured artisan.  I'm a member of the Artfire Crazy Train Guild, and I want to represent my fellow artisans in a special way.  Over on the left there you'll see the featured artisan.  Go visit their shop and see the wonderful things they have to offer.  While the featured artisan on the Crazy Train changes daily, my featured artisan will change weekly, based on the artisans chosen for the week.  If you would like to be a featured artisan, please feel free to email me at support_vdr@outlook.com.  There's no charge to be featured; I just like to spread the love.

If you are a regular visitor to my store you'll see that the store has a different look and a different selection that has been rather slim of late.  The product line at viadellaRosa is expanding; currently, we will be carrying:

• Rosaries, Chaplets, and other Prayer Beads
• Patron Saint Necklace - ready to ship & made to order
• Women's Jewelry/Accessories
• Men's Jewelry/Accessories
• Unisex Jewelry/Accessories
• Keep Calm & Pray Your Rosary Pendants - ready to ship & made to order
• Handmade rosary cases & boxes

Also, check out our new policies for updates on shipping, returns and new contact information.

Sometime in mid-August or early September, keep your eyes open for viadellarosaHome.

Till later!

I hope to become the fish on the left.

 

Even we in the handmade community have to deal with business concerns.  It seems that my mind is now turning to these subject matters as Spring turns into Summer.

In the Spring, Lucia Carrill bloomed into a pretty little shop absolutely full of cool items.  Now it's time for it to shine in the Summer sun!  With the planning that goes into being featured at The Little Black Box for June, I've thrown in some serious plotting about the future of the company.  Where I want her to go, how I want her to grow.  I think that if I'm going to make this here venture into a true career, it's time to roll up the sleeves and get to work.

You'll see more of this over the next coming month, especially over at the kickstarter.com website.  I've got plans.  Groovy plans.  And, yes, I said groovy.  

As well, it's also time to look at viadellaRosa and see where she wants to go as well.  She has evolved from a rinky-dink hobby to a beautiful online venue, and I believe I'm ready to take her to the next level.  Once I figure out what that next level is.  Again, more of that in the months to come.

I haven't been listing any new products for the past few days, but, don't worry, there will be much more coming in Summer, including some new additions to both product lines.  

So, while I turn these bright visions into reality, I hope you'll follow this blog and come on this crazy ride with me.  

Till later!

Splish Splash.

 

So I was going to write a nice blog about one of my new listings at KeshkinGirl Jewelry, but instead, I think I have to vent a bit about how my day went, and what I did to fix it.

I walk into work today, with jobs already piled up to my nose, when someone decided to drop off a bus of the organizationally-challenged on the corner and let them come into my store.  Of course, I pride myself on my customer service skills so I do my best to help these people with their "last minute" needs when what I really wanted to do with scream at them to get out of my store and go take a few time management courses.  

It never ended.  From 9:00am to 3:30pm, it was a steady stream of people I will graciously term "special".  The medley of questions asked today rivaled someone running into a McDonald's and asking if they carry Big Macs.

About a metric ton of paper (recyclable paper, of course) later, and I was released into the wild.  I ran like my hair was on fire and jumped in my car.  I couldn't have gotten home faster if I'd jumped in a tardis.

Fortunately, all was quiet and peaceful when I walked in, so I high tailed it to my shower.  Blessed, hot water pounded all the stress out and I decide to try a new product I'd purchased as part of a bundle set from Avon.

<--- This is the set I purchased, and I took one of the shower gels out for my own use. The actual bundle is no longer available on my website, but I still have it available for a bundle price. Comment below if you want it, and it's yours.

I always like to try things before I promote them, and today was the perfect day.  

First of all, let me say that the scent is absolutely beautiful.  Not too strong, not too weak, it has a fragrance that I can only describe as "yummy-sweet-floral." All those tight muscles in my neck let loose and I felt all of the stress heading for the drain.

The shower gel is a moisturizing blend, like all Skin So Soft products, which is good for me.  I have to admit that I've always had dry skin, but this summer?  I feel like I'm sitting on a hot rock by some cactus in the middle of desert turning all kinds of colors.I guess I'm getting to that age... bah.  

My skin immediately drank up all the moisturizing goodness, and I can say now, almost 4 hours later, my skin is still soft and it still smells yummy.

Then I dabbed on a little of these ---->  They Hyacinth to be exact.  

This is the Limited Edition Avon Little Dot Fragrance Trio.  Shh!  It's actually not available until Campaign 21, but I have to rave about it.

While the original Little Dot Perfume Set actually contained five single-note fragrances and sold in 1886, this tribute set contains three of the most popular, Rose, Violet and Hyacinth.  

I find the Rose scent to be very light and delicate, and not the typical rose scent you would expect from a fragrance.  No heavy, cloying smell here.  The violet has a very vintage scent -- it actually reminds me of a perfume set I had when I was a little girl, and of course brought a smile to my face.  The Hyacinth, however, is my favorite.  It's light and sweet and I felt like such a girly-girl when I dabbed it on my pulsepoints.

Needless to say, all of the tension of earlier today is completely gone.  I absolutely ready to tackle this weekend of cleaning, Sunday School and the television, where I will be camped out all Sunday after church.

Hmm... perhaps after Sunday, I'll need another dose of Hyacinth to lift my spirits again. 

Oh, yes, and the pretty, I listed today?  

I call her Alhambra.