The jewelry flew westbound- and made it!

A "loaded" shipping fee and a very frustrated FedEx employee (who had to individually wrap each piece of jewelry in bubble wrap as I looked on and critiqued) later, all of the pieces for my jewelry bouquet have arrived in California. I am giddy with excitement to see how everything will turn out. I spent a great deal of time playing with the pieces before I mailed them off so I got a little attached to them. It was relieving to read in an email from the artist that she thinks I did an excellent job picking out broaches and thinks this will be a masterpiece! So, thank you to all of my family and friends who contributed. I'll post pictures as soon as I get it back in the mail.


(image by Kate Spade New York)