"Design Journeys" exhibition by AIGA in New York. 

Thank you, Julie for opening up your beautiful home to host a jewelry party.!

If you are interested in hosting a private jewelry party at your home, please email me. I offer great discounts and it's a wonderful chance to preview my new collection and the host gets a $100 credit to shop.

••Small private parties are available for the New York tri-states area only. Out of states parties require 40 or more confirmed guests•• 

Today is an Art festival day with parents at Apple Montessori school.

So I stopped by quickly to see my girl, Chloe to do an art project with her this morning. But as always, she didn't want me to help. 

Treats for the kiddies.

On my way out, I spotted my little guy. A real treat for me!

He was having so much fun, he just smiled at me and went on his way.

Wait a minute… he must've not seen me… Did he see me? Look at him with all these girls!

I took the kids by MYSELF to the Kids Spring Fest event by TimeOut NY while Andrew went to go see his dentist. I was really excited to go to the city since I often complain to Andrew that we don't do the city events anymore. Why live so close to the city if we're not going to take advantage of all the cool stuff that this NYC offers?

About 10 min. later, I changed my mind. It was a challenge keeping Shane entertained while Chloe did her art projects. All he wanted to do was run away from me. 

Chloe was so happy, doing projects, and staying close by me.

Shane had about 3 lollipops waiting for Chloe to finish.

Then he was really running around, sugar high…

There was a live music which kids loved.

kids yoga class

All Chloe wanted was popcorns, cotton candy and ice cream. I couldn't buy any of them because I forgot my wallet in the car along with the stroller when Andrew dropped us off. Besides, all the lines were so long that we couldn't have waited given my squirmy Shane. 

SO, today's big lesson was, I will NOT take the kids outside by myself especially to a crowded New York City park. After a couple of hours, all I wanted to do was get on my big fat SUV and get the heck out of there. I love New Jersey. I love all the private big parks where the kids can run around. I love that we don't have to wait in lines to get on swings. I'm not going to fake anymore. I love the burbs.  

While Andrew took Shane to a park, Chloe and I went to a paint your own pottery place, called Doing Dishes in Montclair, NJ. I used to make (drag) Andrew to these kind of places with me, but now I don't have to! I have my willing partner who is as happy as a clam to do art projects with me!

I forgot to take pictures of our final pieces before we left, so I'll be posting the finished products next week when we picked them up. They were actually mother's day gifts for the kids' grandparents, but I forgot the fact that we have to leave the pieces to be fired in kiln and that it takes 6 days. Oh well… 

Chloe painted a bird house for me.

Shane's first art project!

It's here!

I am happy to announce that we're officially launching this new personalized baby pendant on my website! To celebrate it, I'm offering a ONE lucky reader to win their own baby's profile pendant in sterling silver with a chain, worth $255. You can see all the prices on my website. To enter, simply leave me a comment {one entry per person, please} by this Friday and the winner will be announced on this Mother's day, May 9th. The randomly picked winner will then email me his/her own kid's picture to cadence@cadencelee.com to process the order {further details to be followed for the winner}. 

Here are some pictures of my happy clients who got their daughter's profiles made. The reaction I received when I hand delivered their pendants was truly unforgettable. They both got teary eyed. 

I love that I was able to make something very special to them. THIS is why I love what I do… 

Aleena used to be one of my good friends at work until she got engaged and decided to leave us to pursue her MBA in D.C. How selfish of her. ;P Before she left the company, she modeled for my new jewelry line. We literally locked ourselves in one of the small conference rooms during lunch and did the shoot. The light was absolutely horrible but she still looked gorgeous in the photos. Thank you so much beautiful girl and I'll see you at your wedding! In Africa! Congratulations again. 🙂