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Okay my last post I did as I was running out the door so here it is, one of my favorite jewelry designers website and blog-site. I hope you check it out!

Tina Tang's Website

Tina Tang's Blogsite: Tangy Tidbits

S.E.D.

Here is some mindless drivel(is that even a word?) That I will admit I stole off Tina Tang's blogsite because I found it humorous and amusing. (Tina Tang was one of my many inspirations in building my jewelry business even though we've never met, let alone shared a Starbucks. The woman has built an amazing jewelry empire that I'm envious of but inspires me to achieve what I want!)

S.E.D.

(no this is not abbreviated for Severe Emotional Disturbance (though some may disagree) but Self Evaluation Document:

Name: FOX
Occupation: Aspiring Jewelry Owner/Designer, girlfriend, mum,
Favorite Food: Sushi(preferrably, Spicy Ahi Roll w/ Cucumber-extra spicy)
Favorite Movie: He's Just Not That Into You (at least right now not that this movie had any great substance to it but that it just reminded how stupid one can be when one is dating or in pursuit of dating or any of the others not mentioned. Face it girls we've all been there in at least one or more of these situations and if you say no...you're lying! or you're just perfect therefore never able to truly be my friend...lol)
Favorite TV Show: Life on Mars
Favorite Piece of Haute Fox Jewelry: I'm a Square (pretty self explanatory)
Hobbies: hmmmm do I even have time for these? Well yes actually I do... hair, retro style, jewelry.... eating...
If I were on a desert island the one _______ I'd like to have would be:

Drink: H2O, nothing beats it!
Book: Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, Wind In The Willows and Standup Paddle Magazine(sorry I have to do things in threes)
Friend: One that would put up with my probably explosive outburst about not having what I needed on the desert island.
Piece of clothing: Enough to cover so I don't get sunburned! (the whole skin cancer thing you know)
Accessory: my own eclectic collection of my own jewelry: I'm a Square, Buddah and Me and Silver and Shells
Album:Sons of the Pioneers (just to be weird! I grew up listening to it)
Pet: My parrot of course, Avocado
Ice Cream Flavor: omg! it would have to be the caramel di whatever(can't remember the exact name of it but can't forget the flavor!) Mochi ice-cream from Bubbie's definitely!!!

So now you know what goes through the eccentric thoughts of a jewelry designer. Feel free to share your own S.E.D. with me or others(wait that sounds kind like some STD doesn't it? Well just be sure not to confuse the two please.) :)


ps- i will be sure and post Tina Tang's blog site next as I was so bold to use her SED idea! check it out!

Okay so I've been away... okay so I've been away for a long time but kidney stones will do that to you. First they told me it was a kidney infection. Then Doctors corrected themselves and said it was kidney stones. Two weeks of severe pain I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy and plenty of pain meds it passed. I felt like I had delivered a small stone the size of a grape nut! (Hey do they still make that cereal anymore?) I was still in pain a week later and returned to the doctor to be informed that I still had a kidney infection a return to antibiotics and two weeks later still was not feeling well. My children thought I was the woman from hell. (Pain will do that to you, you know.)Well once again the doctors were wrong because I passed another stone on Sunday. So far no more pain. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and drinking lots of water. I think I've sprouted gills!
So it's back on track and returning to work and designing jewelry which to be honest I didn't think much about in my weakened condition with the exception of just wearing my jewelry. My theory behind that is if I can't feel well the least I can do is look good and let's face it girls...jewelry always makes one feel good. Here's a picture of my favorite piece currently.(I'm A Square-hammered silver square on silk cord It's paired with my second favorite piece(Buddah and me- on a silk cord)

So with all that said and done the only thing I have left to say, DRINK YOUR WATER!

Do your part!

We are keepers of the earth and we have a responsibility. I use recycled materials in my construction of my jewelry such as gold and silver. I refuse to create things that would hold a part in the destruction and thoughtlessness of our actions to this planet I call home. I was made aware of the enviromental ad campaign by Ashley Judd recently and wanted to share it with you. We all have a responsibility. I also think we need to hold those in public office accountable as well. I hope you share my concern as well. Please view the following and make your own conclusions. Mahalo!

Fox

Just when you thought that Sarah Palin had finally receeded into the back of our national consciousness like a bad dream, she’s in the news again. This time, according to CNN , it’s because her continued ’support for aerial wolf-hunting has sparked a heated cross-country war of words between the governor and an environmental ad campaign fronted by the actress Ashley Judd, with Palin calling the organization funding the ads an ‘extreme fringe group.'’

Take a look at the ad in question above (as long as you can stomach a bit of graphic wolf carnage) and let us know - does it strike you as extreme and fringey or is it a valuable instrument of awareness raising?

If your opinion falls into the latter category, you can check out the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund’s new Web site dedicated to exposing Palin’s anti-conservation agenda at EyeOnPalin.org .

In with the New but save the Old!

(Honolulu Advertiser library photos)

We just finished celebrating the Chinese New Year here in Hawaii, so now that it is officially the New Year twice over most folks are ready for out with the old in with the new. I hope you don't apply this to your jewelry. I posted this before but thought most would appreciate it if you hadn't seen it before or if you did and lost it you can say you found it again.

Come on with these economic times you want to make the most of everything you have!

Here is a great home remedy for cleaning silver. You will need:

1. An aluminum pan (like the disposable ones you buy to bake a cake or pie)
2. Hot Water (must be boiling hot)
3. Box of Baking Soda

Place your silver jewelry on the aluminum pan first. Spread the pieces out so each piece of jewelry is touching the aluminum pan and so that it is not too crowded.

Boil water in kettle, when it reaches boil, pour the boiling water into the aluminum pan so that the jewelry is completed covered by the water.

Last, sprinkle in the baking soda into the water. The water will start fizzling and sizzling and steam will come out that smells like rotten eggs. The steam is partly composed of the sulfur (which creates the tarnish). Stir the water a little to make sure all the baking soda dissolves.

After the fizzling stops, you can pour the water out and rinse everything with cold water to wash off the baking soda. Most of the jewelry will look like new! If some are still tarnished, just repeat the process again.

February is here and so is that wonderful time of the year...Valentines Day! I haven't quite understood why we celebrate it since he was condemned to death! Here is how it reads in the history books though:

The History of Valentine's Day

Have you ever wondered how Valentine's Day came to be?

The Story behind St. Valentines Day is a fascinating one. Although February 14th is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers, Valentine's Day card and other gifts between couples in love, it originated as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop.

As early as the fourth century B.C., the Romans engaged in an annual young man's rite of passage to the God Lupercus. It's earliest orgin was the Roman festival Lupercalia, observed on Feb. 15. Lupercalia celebrated the coming of Spring on the Roman calendar. Lupercalia became a celebration intended to ensure the fertility of flocks, fields and people.

The names of the teenage women were placed in a box and drawn at random by adolescent men; thus, a man was assigned a woman companion (a sexual partner) for the duration of the year, after which another lottery was staged. After eight hundred years of this cruel practice, the early church fathers sought to end this practice.

In an effort to do away with the pagan festival, Pope Gelasius ordered a slight change in the lottery. Instead of the names of young women, the box would contain the names of saints. Both men and women were allowed to draw from the box, and the game was to emulate the ways of the saint they drew during the rest of the year. Needless to say, many of the young Roman men were not too pleased with the rule changes.

Instead of the pagan god Lupercus, the Church looked for a suitable patron saint of love to take his place. They found an appropriate choice in Valentine, who, in 270 AD had been beheaded by Emperor Claudius.

According to church tradition, St. Valentine was a priest near Rome. At that time the Roman Emperor, Claudius II, had issued an edict forbidding marriage. Claudius had determined that married men made poor soldiers because they were emotionally attached to their families. So he banned marriage from his empire.

Valentine, a bishop , seeing the trauma of young lovers, met with them in a secret place, and joined them in the sacrament of matrimony. When Claudius found out about this "friend of lovers," Valentine was thrown in jail and condemned to death.

While Valentine was in prison awaiting his fate, he befriended his jailer, Asterius, who had a blind daughter. Asterius' daughter befriended the kind priest by bringing food and messages to him. Valentine fell in love with the jailer's daughter. Asterius requested that he heal his daughter. Through his faith he miraculously restored the sight of Asterius' daughter and converted the two of them to Christianity.

After some time in prison the priest was ordered to appear before the Emperor. The emperor, impressed with the young priest's dignity and conviction, first tried to convert him to paganism to save him from certain execution. But Valentine reversed the strategy, trying instead to convert Claudius. He failed. Just before his execution, he asked for pen and paper from his jailor, and signed a farewell message to the jailer's daughter and signed it, "From Your Valentine." He was stoned and beheaded on February 24, 270 AD.

Valentine become a Patron Saint, and spiritual overseer of the annual festival. Although the lottery for women had been banned by the church, the mid-February holiday in commemoration of St. Valentine, involved young Romans offering women they admired and wished to court, handwritten greetings of affection on February 14th.

The greetings eventually acquired the St. Valentine's name. One of the earliest cards was sent in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans to his wife. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time. The card is now preserved in the British Museum.

Hmmmm seems a little odd to celebrate someone who got themselves stoned and head chopped off but to each his own. If you have a Valentine or not check out the jewelry on my website. I personally give myself a Valentine's present regardless of my relationship status just to remember I'm worth it! Check out the sales!

Foxy