My "Christmas Birds" Killian and Kaleena and I send our best wishes for a very Happy Holiday season to you and your flocks!

On the topic of holidays and gift giving, I'd like to tell you about Parrot Toy Angels, an all-volunteer organization committed to providing toys, food and other avian supplies to companion birds in difficult situations. Each year they have fundraising auctions on eBay, and it's a great chance to get some fantastic gifts (for your human and bird friends) and help parrots at the same time!

I donated one of my "scrap clay" bird necklaces which you can view here: Cockatoo Necklace. This year's auctions run until December 11th, and to view all items that are up for sale, please go to the Parrot Toy Angels eBay store: http://stores.ebay.com/parrottoyangels

With Thanksgiving here, it's a wonderful reminder to reflect and focus on all that we have to be thankful for. It can be so easy to get overly busy and caught up in holiday preparations, that I sometimes catch myself taking my blessings for granted.

One of the things I am most thankful for is YOU, my amazing customers and "fans", who continue to be such a wonderful part of my life. I truly appreciate your business, your friendship, and the inspiration and joy that you bring me! Killian, Kaleena and I wish you and your flocks a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Since I have so little inventory left, I will be closing my eBay Store within the next few days. I will be using my Etsy shop to stock new inventory in the future: http://www.aliciascreations.etsy.com

The remaining inventory of jewelry from my eBay Store is currently being auctioned off at low starting bid prices (with Buy It Now options) ending on July 27th, so pop over and take a look!

Please note that although I am closing my eBay Store (for non-auction items) I will continue to list pieces on auction on eBay once in a while. You can always find my listings by searching for my eBay seller name (parrotjewelry) or looking at the bottom of this page: http://myworld.ebay.com/parrotjewelry/

Besides parrot jewelry, I have a few other things listed on eBay this week!

Did you know that I used to sculpt humans before parrot jewelry took over? :) Here is one of my pieces, which I originally sculpted in clay, and then had cast in resin. I hand painted the features, and each one is unique in the limited edition.

This striking Phantom of the Opera face is on auction on eBay, and will be made into the winning bidder's choice of a pin or a decorative magnet!

In case you missed them the first time around, I've re-listed these gorgeous green jasper and feather earrings, with dragonfly charms, on auction until July 27! Killian donated the feathers, and these earrings have a very eye-catching look!

Killian happens to love St. Patrick's Day! ;) He wanted to spread the green, so I've made a pair of beautiful earrings with some of his molted feathers! They are adorned with jasper, glass beads and a some dangling dragonfly charms. The earrings are on auction on eBay for the next week.

In other news, I'm making my way through the stack of orders that came through on February 1st, and it's coming along well! If you'd like to see a few works in progress and recent custom orders I've created, you can find new photos in my Facebook photo albums.

At this point, it is looking like I should be able to have February's custom orders all completed sometime in April. I will be putting the Custom Order Request Form back up on my website at the end of this month, on this page: http://www.parrotjewelry.com/orderform.html You will be able to place your custom order requests on March 31st.

On April 1st, I will be drawing just a few orders that I will fill around the end of April, and the exact number that I take will depend on how many I still have in line from February at that point.

Kilian and Kaleena (pictured) and I wish you a Valentine's Day that is absolutely overflowing with love!

To celebrate Valentine's Day, from now until the end of the month, all of the items in my eBay store are on sale! Below are some of the birds currently available - the birds shown here happened to be sold, with non-paying bidders, so are now back for sale! If you missed them earlier, here is your chance to snap them up at a discount.

Female Eclectus Necklace

Red Lory Earrings