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A Mother's Day Gift for Grandma: The Unsung Hero of Their Lives

A Mother's Day Gift for Grandma: The Unsung Hero of Their Lives

"Gramma Barb is the unsung hero of our lives. The kids love taking the bus after school to her house where she has fresh baked bread and people magazines! On Sundays during game time, her and I always find an excuse to get out of the house and shop together. It's just not the same standing in each others drive ways and chatting from 6 feet away. We cannot wait to be close again! I feel these photo…
Birthday Gift for 12 Year Old

Birthday Gift for 12 Year Old

"For my soon to be 12 year old daughter, Piper. She's in pink in the second picture. These are both photos from family vacations, one in North Carolina and one in Oregon. Piper chose them herself. As a family we love to travel, unfortunately, this year we've had to cancel two trips due to family health emergencies and now related to COVID-19. This is a crazy world we're living in. This locket will…
How Your Locket Arrives: All the Details

How Your Locket Arrives: All the Details

Many of the lockets I make are on behalf of someone who is ordering this as a gift. They've chosen photos, decided on gold or silver, and now it's my turn to get to work. And with Covid-19 sweeping the globe and keeping us all at home, there are even more lockets being sent directly to someone else. A few of you have asked for gift notes, expressed curiosity about what the box will look like, whet…
Order By Dates for Mother's Day: Keepsake Lockets

Order By Dates for Mother's Day: Keepsake Lockets

Ok listen, we're in the middle of a massive worldwide stay-at-home order and I need to tell you about the upcoming deadlines for Mother's Day locket ordering, but all I can think about is eating Taco Bell. I miss it. I miss it so much. Also, let me clarify that I only eat the bean burritos (hold the cheese), so I feel sort of pretentious about my Taco Bell love. Why am I even telling you this...QU…
Double Photo Locket with Pictures of Beloved Cat Inside

Double Photo Locket with Pictures of Beloved Cat Inside

"These photos are of my cat, Merlin, who passed away a little over a week ago after a hard battle with a fatal disease called FIP. We knew that the "cure" was never a sure thing, and suspected that his life would be shortened by the disease anyway, but tried the medication and bought six more weeks of time. He was my first pet, and has been my constant companion since I was 11 years old. Now I'm 1…