Hot as Heck!

I remember pretty much every 4th of July since I moved to Kansas (14 years ago!) as the turning point for unbearable weather. From here until about the first week in October (I moved here on October 3, 1997 and I still remember the feeling of walking off that plane into the stifling heat and humidity like it was yesterday) we don't really spend much time outside. Thank goodness we're heading to Northampton in a few weeks and will get to hit the beach at least a few times!

In other news, I've added a new made-to-order ring to the shop. 

Textured and oxidized sterling and one tiny garnet.

1/2" wide band (but can be made smaller if you wish). Made to order in your size. In the shop now. 

Don't forget, the giveaway is still open until Friday the 8th! I'll accept entries until noon CST and I'll announce the winner here Friday evening. 

Have a safe and fun weekend, y'all!

xo

It's GIVEAWAY time!

The contest is now closed to entries. I will announce the winner right here around 7:00 CST this evening (July 8th)! 


To celebrate the upcoming start of my new life as a full time silversmith and mama, I'm giving away this necklace:

Blush pink vintage glass and garnet. 

On a 21" fully adjustable sterling silver chain.

Sweet and delicate. And just a little suggestive. 

I really love this necklace. In fact, I was tempted to keep it for myself (again). But I made it specifically for this giveaway, and give it away I shall! 

The First Official Buffalo Lucy Giveaway...

Six possible ways to enter:

1. Become a follower of this blog (over there on the right -->)  = 1 entry

2. Become a fan of Buffalo Lucy on Facebook  = 1 entry

3. Become a follower on Twitter  = 1 entry

4. Post a link to this giveaway on your blog = 1 entry

5. Post a link to this giveaway on Facebook = 1 entry

6. Tweet about this giveaway = 1 entry

Then leave a separate comment below for each entry (include your email address so I can contact you if you've won)!

 Please be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry.

You can enter up to six times!

On Friday, July 8th, I will use a random number generator to select one of the comments as the winner.

Good luck!!  

xoxo

The Kids are All Right

First of all, the kids ARE alright. Thank you all for your kind words and healing energy for Alice. She is feeling much better and even had her first day back at "school" (ahem, daycare) today. The mamas finally got a little rest and, thanks to our fabulous au pair (sounds much more sophisticated than "housemate who babysits," doesn't it?), we got a much needed night to ourselves last night!

We finally saw The Kids are All Right! I have to say, I went into this movie with huge reservations. When I first heard that there was a movie coming out about a lesbian couple whose kids contact their sperm donor father I was lit with excitement to see it. Especially since the two lead roles were played by Julianne Moore and Annette Bening, two of my favorites! But my bubble was burst when I heard that part of the storyline involves one of the two having an affair with a man.  Thinking this would be just another hollywoodized version of lesbian life (we must want to sleep with men at least some of the time, right?!), I was less enthusiastic about seeing it.

But I had it all wrong! The movie is fantastic and does an amazing job of showing that this family is just like any other. An affair affects them (the whole family) in the same way it would any family. It shows that we deal with the same issues as straight families... the hard work it takes to sustain a long term relationship, the hard work it takes to raise children together...

It made us laugh because we could see ourselves in the characters. We could see our quirks, our flaws, our fights, our kids. It made us laugh at ourselves. And then we left the theater in tears because it made us cry for all the same reasons.

So all in all, a fantastic movie that does a fantastic job of showing a family like ours just like it is:  fabulously imperfect and average.

Go see it!

In other news...

I never did get a chance to list that Indian aventurine ring that I made last week. I was planning to wait and do one big shop update with some other new things, but my plans to actually *make* those other new things got sidetracked by life. So I'll try to add the ring to the shop this evening.

The other thing I finished last week was this custom piece I made for someone special...

Citrine, garnet, aventurine and sterling:

This one won't be in the shop, but I will make more like it in the future.

Right now I'm working on some chunky new rings.