sightseeing in tucson. cactus!

the ladies at tracie and steve's rehearsal dinner.

brandon & nicki at tracie and steve's rehearsal dinner. note the charming white lights in the trees.

what a great little chapel, right?

the ladies + brandon & andy decorated steve & tracie's car.

tracie and her dad alvin.

steve and tracie look so happy! what a beautiful moment captured.

sarah and sweet jack.

here i am singing karaoke. however, the reception wasn't technically a karaoke party. in my defense, we were just following in the footsteps of steve's friend who was karaoke-ing sporadically throughout the second half of the evening.

katie, tracie & nicki checking out tucson on sunday, post-wedding.

I've been slowly adding a bunch of new charms to Moonwater Designs, so if you haven't checked out the sight lately, be sure to stop by! I've been using lots of vintage paper fragments in my designs these days, including some great vintage greeting cards and old playing cards that I found at a flea market a few weeks ago.

"Slept in" this morning until around 9:30, then sipped coffee and tinkered around on eBay looking for neat vintage photos the rest of the morning. Brandon and Koda and I walked to a bagel shop. What a beautiful sunny day. Koda made some new friends at the bagel shop, including 2 little kids just his size and a boxer dog.

I've got to work on stuff today, so just thought I'd sit down relaxed for one last time as I have a lot to finish! Tomorrow I mail 40 charms to the Junkmarket in Minneapolis. I sure wish I could make that show.




I have on my queen of spades necklace charm- my latest endeavor being charms made from vintage playing cards- while Bran has on his ace of spades t-shirt. It's purely coincidence, but made us feel like geeks nonetheless!

I just received a boatload of fortune cookie fortunes from one very special Moonwater Elf! And anyone who has ever been referred to as a Moonwater Elf knows the term is one of endearment, as I've more than once had a lovely person or two or three helping me with all the last-minute craziness.

Thank you!!

This is a picture of Brandon and our friend Justin walkin' the dogs. I love the trail and the foothills in the background. The foothills are beautiful, but having them so nearby in our new house means poor phone reception and no more NBC. And I digress.

We took the dogs to a little stream today, where Koda went for his first swim. He ran into the water right away, probably because Memphis the brave Golden Retriever went first! We walked down this little trail with the foothills in the background, and found a sweet little swimming area.

Otherwise, today was spent sipping coffee, eating ice cream, making an attempt at jogging. Interestingly, the ice cream came after the jogging- one would have thought it would be the other way around.

I've been thinking of a bunch of new jewelry ideas. I need to update my moonwaterdesigns.com blog desperately! It's not that I don't have news to report-- it's that I am busy in the studio (i.e. our garage) filling orders. One of these days, hopefully. Speaking of- I need to get to work and take advantage of the next few hours. I have a few orders to package, some necklaces to solder for next week, and have to gather some things for the Junkmarket- as in, find the appropriate images to bring to Kinko's this week. Talk about last-minute!

I'm desperate!

Greetings friends and lovelies,

I have an exciting opportunity on the horizon, and need your help! Fortune cookie fortunes are such magical little pieces of paper, and I know people often tuck them away somewhere. My favorite holding spot is my billfold- you know, the place where other normal people keep dollar bills? Well I use my debit card, and keep fortunes there instead. On September 13, I will be sending some necklace charms to an event in Minneapolis, including 10 fortune cookie fortune charms.

If anyone out there has any number of fortunes collected that they wouldn't mind sending for a very last-minute project, I would be forever grateful!! I will probably even send you a colorful piece of mail and maybe even a sparkly surprise in return.

My address is: Nicki Honner, 1212 Nez Perce Way, Fort Collins, CO 80524

To those who have fortunes- THANK YOU, and to everyone else- wish me huge jewelry-making vibes as I have a lot to do in a little time frame. Not that that's anything abnormal, mind you.

PS- Just wanted to add that going down to the local store and buying a box of fortune cookies sounds great in theory-- but all the stores I've tried have resulted in bad batches of fortune cookies. Seems like the ones I get at restaurants have so much more character- better messages, lucky numbers, etc.

This is one of the frames I have completed! The glass is an iridescent orange - yellow sort of color. Very hard to describe and capture on camera.