2Roses's Blog – June 2010 Archive (3)

You're an idiot, thanks for asking

There's an old expression, "too clever by half".

Here is one permutation of that in real time.

We woke up yesterday, checked on our Etsy store, and there was a sale

from one Rhonda Ryan. Hurray. Nice way to start the day. Or so we

thought.

Checking with Paypal revealed no payment, but this could mean all kinds

of things. so we wrote:

"Hi Rhonda,

We have received your Etsy order for the 2Roses… Continue

Added by 2Roses on June 12, 2010 at 10:00am — 16 Comments

Las Vegas Jewelry Week 2010

Rolling down the Las Vegas strip at 10pm on a Friday night and it’s a solid 98° outside. We’ve been here before. Its going to be jewelry/hell week in Vegas. Saturday does not disappoint as the temperature rockets to 110° by mid-morning.

Ok, the shows are in nice air-conditioned casinos, so we’ll only have to fire-walk from show to show. We mention the weather as one possible reason for the noticeably light crowds in town. Having been to… Continue

Added by 2Roses on June 11, 2010 at 4:58pm — 1 Comment

Earrings to Shut My Mother-In-Law Up

"Why don't you make nice jewelry that normal people can wear?" My mother-in-law is generally a sweet person, but our jewelry seriously disrupts the balance of her universe. We don't have the heart to let her

know that we actually find this amusing. Instead we made these, as a sort of offering/sacrifice. Unfortunately, we did not anticipate the law of unintended consequences, as this gesture simply reinforced her…

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Added by 2Roses on June 1, 2010 at 8:48am — 2 Comments