Things are FLYING!

The rings have become white hot, within a week they've landed in three galleries (DC OKC and FL)
A friend is taking me to her friend in Big D who owns a gorgeous gallery and we'll be talking to them about retailing the rings through their space as well.. How perfect is that? I have not actively sought out shops in Austin but so far the people who have inquired have wanted consignment rather than wholesale purchase. Since I never liked the odds of consignment as a shop owner I really don't like it as a designer. So, the rings will remain wholesale only.

And while the iron is hot.... I actually AM getting the chance to show our chairs to a unique hotel group and they are being considered for two of their boutique hotels! Something in our Karma must be white hot somewhere.

Our shell bottles have been featured several times on Etsy in the past week and now I am on the verge of actually being completely sold out. I am tired but it looks like I'll be spending the next 48 - 72 hours in the studio working on both the bottles and the rings.
I'd rather be busy than idle so this is great!

Lastly, the restaurant on 53rd has finally opened and the food is a revelation! We don't do the downtown scene in Austin often but as far as I know, no one else is doing something this innovative in Austin.
Corn Raviolis that have the fresh crunchy sweetness of corn right off the stalk, swoon worthy homemade hummus with grilled baby octopus, steak with balsamic whip and grilled black mushrooms and the whole dinner was finished with this wild dessert that I can't remember other than grilled peaches with sweet basil sorbet.

Food coma had set in halfway through dinner and when we were finished with dinner and dessert there was just a rosy golden glow of well fed happiness blanketing everyone.
I don't know if you can get a vibrational high from eating well, but it certainly seemed possible after that meal..

May has been an exceptionally nice month. Knock wood, it continues.