Happy 2011...!!!

Hmmmm...well, I'm only 10 days late with that greeting and that's better than I have been in quite some time!
I'm back and I hope to stay healthy enough to hang around for awhile. My crohn's disease was so bad last fall that I ended up having 'suprise!' surgery. I came out of it minus a just over a foot of intestines and my appendix.
Now i feel pretty great! And the best part is, no more hella expensive self-injectable (yikes) meds that don't work (and give me arthritis and make me tired/cranky). I'm just on a maintenence dose of Imuran, and I'll cross my fingers that I stay out of the hospital and away from another surgery for a long long time!
Now I am looking and seeing where I'm completely behind on things, and I'm starting to work on fixing it.
I'm hoping that by the end of the month I will have made some headway. I'll get back to listing in my Etsy and Artfire shops, and then I'll be working on my website.
So, anyways, Happy New Year!! Hope It's a good one for you and yours. :)

Item of the week.....

This 1930s goldtone filigree, colorful enamel & purple rhinestones coat/dress clip is springtime in jewelry form.



It's so bright, colorful and cute....and if you didn't like it as a clip, it would make a wonderful centerpiece for a necklace.

Available in my Artfire studio right now. If you tell me you saw it on here, I'll give you free shipping. Click the heart to go there ♥

What I've been working on......

1950s valentine girl
Originally uploaded by CapricornOneVintage

I have been sorta busy this week, even if it doesn't seem like it. I am currently dosing down on prednisone after my annual holiday Crohn's flare...getting ready to try 6-mp soon. The prednisone and current retrograde planets make me feel very unenergetic but I have forced myself to do some things.
So far this week:
I have cleaned out and organized my workspace (I'm too embarassed to post the before photos, but maybe I will do the afters).
I have made a list of all the things I need for building my photo light box and researched where to get the lights and materials. I will have it done this weekend :) I'm so excited about this!!
I have sorted out all the jewelry that needs repairs and stone replacements. I will begin repairing in the next few days.
I did list an early 1900s Arts & Crafts watch fob on Artfire. Its really very cool!
I also scanned and posted some new things to my flickr account tonight.
Now all I really want to do is eat candy and go vintage shopping............♥