Saturday, March 21, 2009

NEW DRAGONFLY NECKLACE















Thought I'd share one of my new designs I just listed yesterday in my Etsy shop! It's a beautiful black shiney gem called a "hypersten stone. I wrapped a beautiful brass dragonfly around it and attached a white flower on it's back as if it's carrying the flower away!


Just to let you know I have a "special" going on in my shop! With any $20 or more purchase from my shop (excluding shipping) you have your choice of a free pair of earrings either made with sterling silver or brass, your choice! The turquoise bead in both pr. of earrings is a vintage swarovski bead.

Friday, March 20, 2009

SOME OF MY FAVORITES




Today I thought I'd share with you some of my favorite purchases! These are just a few because believe me, I've made a lot over the last couple of years. First is the "snowpeeps" from loblollystudio. They are so cute I ordered 5 this season from her. I can't wait to get more! Next is my all time favorite soap "pure romance" from dennisanderson. I just can't get enough of it! Yum! And last but not least is my beautiful necklace from jorgensenstudio, I first ordered the matching ring then my hubby bought the necklace for my birthday! Love them both♥ I hope you enjoyed my favorites and now their shops are linked so go take a peek at them!
It's a beautiful sunny day today in my part of Ohio and will be busy watch 4 yr. old grandson....so no studio work today!

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

STELLAR JAY




I ran across these gorgeous pictures on Flickr yesterday and wanted to share them with you all. I asked for permission to blog about and permission was granted. This is one of the most gorgeous birds I've ever seen and the photography is most excellent! It's called a "stellar jay", and the photographer is theeye on etsy. I'm thinking I'm going to need one of these pics from her and I don't usually buy pictures of birds. Go check out her shop for beautiful photography!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

I FINALLY DID IT!!!!!

I've always seen these cute collages that others make with Picnik but have never been able to, probably because I don't take enough time OR have enough patience to learn! Well.....here's my first collage and I hope to just improve from now on! I want so bad to buy the premium upgrade to Picnik but I just had to purchase an upgrade to Flickr, so I'll have to wait! Just haven't figured out if there's a way to upload more than one pic at a time on Picnik.

Hope everyone's had a wonderful and sunny day today, 71 here in this part of Ohio! So happy to come home from 80's in Florida to 70's in Ohio, yippee!



Monday, March 16, 2009

LOLLISHOPS HAS A BRAND NEW LOOK!!


Lollishops has a new look to the front page! I love it and think you will too! Please go check it out! Hand Picked Items is awesome and "Recently Listed Items" is just the sweetest! Love it Sadie! Now hurry....go take a peek right now!




I'M BACK FROM VACATION





Well, I'm back from vacationing in Florida and even though it was a beautiful warm, sunny week in Siesta Key it's always good to be back home! We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful week of warm and sunny weather, 83 t0 86 all week!
That's me doing what I do best on the beach, hunting down the most beautiful shells and boy did I find a lot.....including that "sea urchin"! There were tons of them every day washed up on the beach, so happy I found one that wasn't alive and could be taken home. I have some really gorgeous shells I will be showing you in the coming days, so stay tuned. Sunset on Siesta Key Beach was just beautiful and we made sure we were back home from dinner to enjoy it every night.
Our first night there we saw something that I never want to see again. I haven't decided if I want or should share with everyone. I will make my decision after I talk with my friend Kathi of "care to bead".
I have so much to do just getting back so stay tuned for more pics! One of the first things on my agenda today is to go buy that sweet caddy that Dawn from "the feathered nest" put on her blog and her new Walmart find, lot's of beads will go in it, I think I need 2! Now you'd think I'd be cleaning, doing lot's of laundry, grocery store and so on.......but I couldn't wait to get home and buy those 2 items because I so need to do more organizing of my studio!
So excited to be back, hope you'll all stay tuned! xo

Friday, March 6, 2009

Thank you so much "SparklyPark" for including me in your 1st treasury, I'm honored! Here's the treasury, would love it if you checked it out, left a comment and clicked on some shops and then checked out her shop by clicking on her name above!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=45768

I know....I said I wouldn't be posting any more this week, but it's such a thrill when someone let's you know they've featured you in their treasury! I'm in the hotel room about 6 hrs. from Florida and on hubby's laptop! Florida here we come......but not till tomorrow, gotta get some sleep, we've been on the road since 3:30 am, yikes!!!!! ((((hugs)))to all!