The holidays were a blur of craft shows, holiday sales and production work. I want to thank everyone who purchased my jewelry last year or came out to one of my shows for the support. Halfway through last year, I took the plunge and began to work on my jewelry full time and it's been a super exciting and challenging time and I look forward to growing my business this year. I'm going to be putting a special focus on my brand new enameling jewelry classes, expanding my presence boutiques and art galleries and marketing my website.

My classes are now being offered on Verlocal and Dabble. You can always book a private enameling class for just yourself or you and up to three of your friends on my website. But if you'd like to attend a class with other students, these sites will pair you with other participants, but still with only four people maximum in my classes. I have several upcoming dates listed on both those websites, so check them out if you're interested in joining a class.

In other exciting news, I've finally decided to create a Iris Willow Jewelry Studio facebook page for my jewelry. I was dragging my feet on this one, but I finally have it set-up. If you have chance, check it out and be sure to like my page.

Also, I just added gift certificates for jewelry to my website. So if you're thinking of giving my jewelry as a gift, but can't decide what suits your recipient, let them pick.

I'll leave you with a couple of photos from my holidays.

I took a little time off over the holidays first for a little trip to Tahoe to play in the snow and soak in the hot springs in Sierraville. I'm a mountain girl from Colorado, so it was nice to feel real winter there.

Next I traveled to St. John for a little tropical beach time, which was rejuvenating and the crystal clear ocean was filled with beautiful coral and fishies.