09/01/2026
Greetings my loves and lovelies!
Long time no see!
I sincerely apologize. I am still working on the glow up of my studio, which may not be complete before the end of the year.
For full transparency: my last remaining grandparent, my maternal grandfather, my Papaw, passed away at the age of 100 in March of this year.
By an INCREDIBLY generous MIRACLE, the kind and generous grandfather my Papaw was chose to leave me a monetary gift, and to leave my Mini with an equally funded 529 account for her educational needs, both current and for college.
This wasn't a "I can quit the court process for my disability, my husband and I never have to work again, immediate lifestyle change" money... but it was nonetheless absolutely LIFE CHANGING money for us.
We were able to call on the 529 account for things my daughter needed for school (clothes, book fair money, other educational-related expenses), and we were able to use my inheritance for a number of projects the house absolutely needed (a deep clean-- which I cannot recommend enough if you ever have the opportunity; it has done so much for my mental health! I literally cried and tipped the cleaners an amount I've always wanted to be able to give someone who has done "dirty" work for me!), catching up on ALL our pets yearly shots and checkups, and a year of their flea and tick prevention, ALL AT ONCE, instead of having to space it all out, getting our garbge disposal fixed and our dishwasher replaced.
The organization and glow up for my studio was last on the list. We were going to do it on a much tighter budget that it actually needed.
But then, by some other absolute miracle, my uncle, the executor of my Papaw's estate, has recently discovered a forgotten life insurance policy with my mother as the sole recipient, and has decided I should have that money. It's not much, but it IS enough to do my studio right and then some, and I am just SO UNBELIEVABLY GRATEFUL for it.
The downside is that since it was forgotten, it has to go through probate court for payout. Therefore, it's entirely possible that I will not see this money before the end of this year, if not early next year.
I have bought a lot of materials and pieces for products, but some I can't put my hands on most until the studio gets organized.
This DOES have SOME benefits for you, though:
Namely, I will be working on pieces I CAN make to build an available inventory while I wait.
Pouring resin will be hard but not impossible, and I'm now pouring Eco-Resin on the regular.
So while bespoke and made to measure stuff is on pause for a bit, I will be making stuff that can be bought and shipped immediately! And rest assured, we'll be doing our best to have plenty of gifty inventory for the Christmas buying season! (I'm especially looking forward to doing some experimentation with eco and epoxy resin in cameo pieces!)
That also means that if you see anything you like, in colors you like, you can snap it up IMMEDIATELY with ZERO waiting period for it to be made!
Thanks for hanging in with me! I can't wait to show you what comes next!
❤️-
~M~
Cc: JJ Jones
Anna Jones
