Welcome to the Love & Lockets Newsletter!
Hello! Welcome to my newsletter! It’s a fun little extra for my biggest Think Goodness/Origami Owl fans. My plan is to send out my newsletter the first week of each month, with bonus editions if something absolutely AMAZING happens. I always get excited for something amazing!!
Word of the Year?
Back in December 2019 I thought I would do what so many others were doing in recent years: choose a word to guide me through 2020. I used to make New Year’s resolutions when I was younger, but they never really stuck and I gave up on making them at all. A word, however, seemed simple. The word I chose for 2020 was JOY. Then Covid happened, and it was hard to find much joy in the day-to-day. I did try to focus on it, and I didn’t focus on just finding joy in my journey, I also tried to focus on not letting other people STEAL MY JOY. That’s a hard one at times, for sure!
After 2020’s word choice, I had to look at a new word for 2021. I decided to go with BELIEVE. One reason is that the overall Origami Owl (now Think Goodness) team I belong to is called Team Believe. Another reason is that I liked the thought of believing in myself. Finally, I looked at the word believe as believing the best is yet to come - it became a hopeful word.
A friend of mine chose INTENTION as her 2022 word. Honestly, I am still stuck as to what my 2022 word will be. I did find a great article, though, from Mountain Modern Life to help guide me in making my choice and you can read it HERE. What will your word be to guide you through this year?
Making a Quest!
My family and I started a quest at the end of 2021 to see a game in the home arena of every NBA team. We are all big basketball fans, and this seemed like a fun quest to take on. Living in the Houston area, we have seen many games at Toyota Center, the home arena for the Houston Rockets. In December 2021, we added two more arenas to our list: American Airlines Center in Dallas (Home of the Dallas Mavericks) and State Farm Arena in Atlanta (Home of the Atlanta Hawks). Due to injuries and Covid protocols, we didn’t get to see all the stars for the teams we saw play, but we still got to see some of them! The Mavs played the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Hawks played the Chicago Bulls.
We told our son to pick a t-shirt at each arena for his fave player on that particular team. In Dallas he picked a Luka Dončić shirt and in Atlanta he chose a Trae Young shirt. Luka was injured when we saw the Mavs game, but Young came off Covid protocols for the Hawks game and he was so much fun to watch! I also decided that if we saw a home team play that had a Duke Blue Devils alum on it that I would pick out a shirt, too! Cam Reddish plays for the Hawks, so I now have a cool red Hawks shirt in my collection!
While we were in Atlanta, we visited the College Football Hall of Fame, the Georgia Aquarium, Centennial Olympic Park, and a bunch of sneaker stores! The Duke/Clemson game we were planning to drive to South Carolina to see got postponed (darn you, Covid!) and with weather turning super rainy, we ended up driving home a few days early! Definitely looking forward to going back to see the Coca-Cola Museum and Six Flags Over Georgia (plus a cool puppetry museum!).
Are You a Collector?
Origami Owl launched its exclusive Charm Collector’s Club last month and it filled up quickly! Signups for February began on January 5th, and you can still get the FREE set of Claras as a welcome gift AND add a reduced cost locket set. February charm sets will start shipping out between 2/1-2/10/22.
A Little New Year Humor…
Y’all know I love Adrienne Hedger’s comics strip Hedger Humor. I picked out a couple new year themed faves to share with you this month. Enjoy!!
Valentine’s Day is Coming!!
Y’all!! Can you believe we are a little more than a month from Valentine’s Day?! Crazy! Our Valentine’s Day Collection arrives on Friday, January 7th! YEA! I am getting a sneak peek tonight, so be sure to join my VIP Group (links in Follow Me Everywhere section below!) for the reveal tomorrow!! Our Valentine’s Day jewelry is always full of sparkle and is so pretty!
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