And what a Happy Day it is!

Hello friends.  

It's November 19th

and Happy Birthday to Me :)

Just a quick blog post to update you on some news and general goings-on.

Yesterday I went in to see my super cool orthodontist, Dr. Yurfest.

It was meant to be routine adjustment, 

but he gave me the best early birthday present EVER

by removing my braces sooner than I expected.

I can now smile a big, huge smile in pictures. 

I can both eat and carry a conversation at a dinner party. 

And I can floss my teeth in under 20 minutes again!  

Do you know how joyful that last one makes me? 

So my birthday celebrations usually span a good 3-4 day period.  

Last night we got decked out for the release
of the Beaujolais Nouveau 

at a cocktail party in town.

Tonight is family birthday dinner night out.

Tomorrow is a Girls' Night Out  
(I have the best girlfriends ever).

Sunday will be a fancy date night with me and my love.

Will you take me to Canoe, Jonathan? ;) 

My birthday present to myself was a double yoga class today.

God, do I feel great after that!

Workwise,  jewelry production is on hold until Monday.

I've got a new line of inspirational jewelry I'm working on.

I think it's going to be really, really great.  

I'm aiming for a mid-week unveiling.

And that's what's been going on.

So it's Friday, which means you all have something to celebrate, too!

Happy Friday, friends. 

Have a beautiful, beautiful weekend.

Love,

Alice :)

A Crystal Ball and a Rose

Hey friends,

I know. I've been a naughty girl, skimping on blog posts lately.  

What can I say, I've been down with my second cold in 3 weeks.  

Don't even ask me how annoyed I am by being slowed down.

While it hasn't kept me from my daily yoga challenge 

(today was day 14/60), it has been forcing me to take it easy.

Happily, I was able to finish up 2 new things for you today.  

Crystal Ball ring  

sterling silver, 14k gold, and clear quartz

 

Click here to see it in my Etsy shop, along with a full description, etc.

A Rose is a Rose ring

original art etched in sterling silver

 

Find it here

 

I've got 2 more new things (etched pendants - an owl and a butterfly).

They're halfway finished on my workbench.

If all goes well, you'll see them tomorrow.

Hope you're all having a nice week so far.

Wish me luck that I might kick this cold before it travels down to my chest.

xo,

Alice :)

Yoga jewelry

In case you missed it

yesterday I listed a couple of new pieces in my Etsy shop

inspired by last weekend's trip.

Om pendant  

hand drawn and etched in sterling silver

with Namaste charm

Find it here

Mini Heart pendant

hand drawn and etched in sterling silver

with "Lock the Knee" charm

Find it  

along with an explanation of what it means  

here

Love to all!

xo,

Alice :)

Bikram Yoga 4th Annual Women's Retreat - redux

I'm back from my yoga weekend in sunny Orlando.

Here are some pics of the fun times:

Pranayama breathing

Awkward pose
that's me in the purple top, front row

Eagle pose

The retreat consisted of four 2.5 hour classes,
plus sunrise meditations, posture clinics,
and a Q & A session with an esteemed panel of experts.


At night we got spiffed up for dinner.

Me and Emmy Cleaves.
Such a tremendous honor to meet and learn from her.
Her official age is a secret, but we guess it's in the neighborhood of 87.
She has the flexibility of someone born in 1987. You should see the legs on her.
She is an inspiration!

Me and Rajashree (Bikram's wife).
Double-honor. She is one of the warmest people you could meet.
I loved her energy.


After the retreat ended on Sunday afternoon,
I stuck around to watch my friend Julie compete in the
Regional Yoga Asana Championships.



She won first place for Georgia. Go, Julie!!! :)

Julie doing Standing Head to Knee pose

Julie doing Guillotine pose

Afton doing Bow pose

Rabbit pose

Crane pose

Scorpion pose

Crazy, right?

Pretty amazing flexibility and strength.

I stayed for the championships to watch my friend compete,

and I left knowing that I'd be on that stage next year.

Doing this retreat was an incredible experience.

In the span of a weekend I got to know some of the most fascinating

and inspiring women I've ever met.

I had the privilege of learning

from the 2 most pre-eminent ladies of Bikram yoga.

I gained a wealth of knowledge that has deepened my practice

and confirmed that this is the yoga for me.

I've committed to doing a Bikram Yoga 60-day Challenge.

60 consecutive days of 90-minute classes.

Today was day 8 of 60, 

and with every day so far I've had my best class yet. 

Practicing daily makes all the difference in the world. 

Turns out there's no way to really understand that until you actually do it.

There's so much more to say, but I'll leave it at that for now.

I'll be blogging more about my yoga,
so stay tuned.

:)

Yoga weekend, here I come

This weekend I will join 150 women from 

all over the US and the world at the

Bikram Yoga 4th Annual Women's Retreat

in Orlando, Florida.

I'm looking forward to learning yoga
from Bikram's wife herself, Rajashree Choudhury.

So Excited

Off to catch my flight!

Have a beautiful weekend, everyone.  

I'll see you back here next week.

Namaste,

Alice :)