<![CDATA[Indigo Willow® Breast Milk Jewelry & Keepsakes: Latest News]]> https://www.breastmilkjewelry.com Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:36:22 +0000 <![CDATA[The Mad Rush to Christmas 2022 (Part 1)]]> https://www.breastmilkjewelry.com/blog/the-mad-rush-to-christmas-2022-part-1/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:59:30 +0000 https://www.breastmilkjewelry.com/blog/the-mad-rush-to-christmas-2022-part-1/ I've decided to update my blog here. It's only been 8 years since my last entry! I've never been good at keeping a journal up-to-date, and as expected, my blog has gone neglected for far too long (unfortunately!). I've been in business since 2013. These past 9 years have been such a whirlwind of craziness, ups and down, highs and lows.

Each year around Christmas things get crazy. This year is no different, but earlier this year, my business has the added factor of moving from Arizona to South Carolina back in April and May. This put the Mother's Day orders a bit behind where I wanted them to be, but I am finally done with orders for customers whose milk was received in May and June. After Mother's Day our orders trickle off every year, so I am able to get through the months following Mother's Day (especially those after July) much quicker. In the past month, I've created stones for, completed, and shipped jewelry to over 150 mothers. All of this in ONE MONTH. This is unprecedented for me, but I wanted to get my wait time down for my customers and give myself a little breathing room so that I'm not so busy around Christmas time! Even with this mad rush I've been doing, I'm still a little behind. I'm working on orders from July to September currently. (I try complete them in order, but sometimes I am waiting on the shipment of a setting or something that prevents the completion of that order and I have to wait until it comes in to complete it). ...Click for Part 2!

]]> I've decided to update my blog here. It's only been 8 years since my last entry! I've never been good at keeping a journal up-to-date, and as expected, my blog has gone neglected for far too long (unfortunately!). I've been in business since 2013. These past 9 years have been such a whirlwind of craziness, ups and down, highs and lows.

Each year around Christmas things get crazy. This year is no different, but earlier this year, my business has the added factor of moving from Arizona to South Carolina back in April and May. This put the Mother's Day orders a bit behind where I wanted them to be, but I am finally done with orders for customers whose milk was received in May and June. After Mother's Day our orders trickle off every year, so I am able to get through the months following Mother's Day (especially those after July) much quicker. In the past month, I've created stones for, completed, and shipped jewelry to over 150 mothers. All of this in ONE MONTH. This is unprecedented for me, but I wanted to get my wait time down for my customers and give myself a little breathing room so that I'm not so busy around Christmas time! Even with this mad rush I've been doing, I'm still a little behind. I'm working on orders from July to September currently. (I try complete them in order, but sometimes I am waiting on the shipment of a setting or something that prevents the completion of that order and I have to wait until it comes in to complete it). ...Click for Part 2!

]]> <![CDATA[The Mad Dash to Christmas 2022 (Part 2)]]> https://www.breastmilkjewelry.com/blog/the-mad-dash-to-christmas-2022-part-2/ Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:58:55 +0000 https://www.breastmilkjewelry.com/blog/the-mad-dash-to-christmas-2022-part-2/ (Part 2 continued below)

So, as much as I wanted to be completely *current* with orders leading

up to Christmas, it didn't quite happen the way I wanted. Still, 150 orders

in a month is astonishing if I do say so myself (and I do!). =&91; I've heard

lots of complaints from my family about how much I work, and I've

promised them that I am "almost done" with catching up. I'm determined!

I've been working on orders so quickly that my poor husband, who has

been recruited to help me ship things, can't keep up! This next batch we

have going out has maybe 50 orders or so going out to happy mommas

in time for Christmas. So, that's how it's been going here! It's madness,

but it's MY madness, so it's okay.=}


Anyway, I just want to say thank you for being here, for reading my little

bit of a blog, and if you're one of my waiting customers, for being so

patient! The move had me behind, but I'm chugging along getting things

out to you all. Your patience and love is much appreciated!! <3

]]> (Part 2 continued below)

So, as much as I wanted to be completely *current* with orders leading

up to Christmas, it didn't quite happen the way I wanted. Still, 150 orders

in a month is astonishing if I do say so myself (and I do!). =&91; I've heard

lots of complaints from my family about how much I work, and I've

promised them that I am "almost done" with catching up. I'm determined!

I've been working on orders so quickly that my poor husband, who has

been recruited to help me ship things, can't keep up! This next batch we

have going out has maybe 50 orders or so going out to happy mommas

in time for Christmas. So, that's how it's been going here! It's madness,

but it's MY madness, so it's okay.=}


Anyway, I just want to say thank you for being here, for reading my little

bit of a blog, and if you're one of my waiting customers, for being so

patient! The move had me behind, but I'm chugging along getting things

out to you all. Your patience and love is much appreciated!! <3

]]> <![CDATA[My Journey To Breast Milk Jewelry]]> https://www.breastmilkjewelry.com/blog/my-journey-to-breast-milk-jewelry/ Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.breastmilkjewelry.com/blog/my-journey-to-breast-milk-jewelry/ As most things that are worth-while, my journey to Indigo Willow is a long and winding road...

All my life I've been artistic. For as long as I can remember I've loved sketching ideas, drawing, sculpting, painting, and eventually got into logo and graphic design, and crocheting. My love for art ran the deepest, though, with jewelry. I love creating beautiful, wearable things! I began making placenta pendants as a creative outlet for myself while working as a placenta encapsulator; this also gave my customers something beautiful as a keepsake to remember their pregnancy. 


Eventually, my passion for creating mixed with my passion for nursing my beautiful little one, sparked more fires in my soul, and led me to the creation of breast milk jewelry. I loved being able to commemorate my time breast feeding with a physical keepsake and decided to begin offering this to other mothers who feel the same way about breast feeding their precious little ones. I had initially started offering breast milk jewelry as an extension to my placenta encapsulation business, but my jewelry became so popular there that I had to open a business solely devoted to it. To choose my company name for Indigo Willow I combined two of my favorite things--my favorite color indigo and one of my favorite trees, the willow. Both of these meant peace and happiness to me, just as breastfeeding my little one does. 

A little about me:

I'm a Registered Nurse turned stay at home mom and childbirth educator. 

I've been an advocate of breastfeeding and breast milk's healing and nutritive properties since the birth of my little one. I've enjoyed our breastfeeding journey for the past two years. It's been a long and bumpy road. I've had supply issues and dealt with soreness from a super-hungry wee one. I'm truly thankful that I have been able to continue breastfeeding despite my struggles with it.

]]> As most things that are worth-while, my journey to Indigo Willow is a long and winding road...

All my life I've been artistic. For as long as I can remember I've loved sketching ideas, drawing, sculpting, painting, and eventually got into logo and graphic design, and crocheting. My love for art ran the deepest, though, with jewelry. I love creating beautiful, wearable things! I began making placenta pendants as a creative outlet for myself while working as a placenta encapsulator; this also gave my customers something beautiful as a keepsake to remember their pregnancy. 


Eventually, my passion for creating mixed with my passion for nursing my beautiful little one, sparked more fires in my soul, and led me to the creation of breast milk jewelry. I loved being able to commemorate my time breast feeding with a physical keepsake and decided to begin offering this to other mothers who feel the same way about breast feeding their precious little ones. I had initially started offering breast milk jewelry as an extension to my placenta encapsulation business, but my jewelry became so popular there that I had to open a business solely devoted to it. To choose my company name for Indigo Willow I combined two of my favorite things--my favorite color indigo and one of my favorite trees, the willow. Both of these meant peace and happiness to me, just as breastfeeding my little one does. 

A little about me:

I'm a Registered Nurse turned stay at home mom and childbirth educator. 

I've been an advocate of breastfeeding and breast milk's healing and nutritive properties since the birth of my little one. I've enjoyed our breastfeeding journey for the past two years. It's been a long and bumpy road. I've had supply issues and dealt with soreness from a super-hungry wee one. I'm truly thankful that I have been able to continue breastfeeding despite my struggles with it.

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