Featrued Etsy Blogger: RoseWorks Jewlery on Etsy

It's that time again. To do what, you ask? Silly! To showcase the Etsy Featured Blogger for the Etsy Blogger Street Team. Each month, as a memeber of the Etsy Bloggers Street Team, a member is featured on our members' blogs. This month, the featured blogger is Roseworks Jewelry Rose is part of a mother daughter team who design different items for their stores. Rose is the proprietor of Roseworks Jewelry. The store she shares with her mother is called KsTreasures on etsy, also titled, Kindred Spirit Treasures on etsy. Rose, of course, is also a blogger. Be sure to visit her blog for fun and informative reading.

Now, for the good stuff. Let's take a look at Rose's stores on Etsy.


















This crocheted bookmark is from the store that Rose and her mother share called Kindred Spirit Treasures. Isn't it gorgeous? I believe that this is an item that Rose's mother made, but I'm not sure. It doesn't matter, it is stunning!

















Look at this beautiful bracelet! It is such a stunning piece of wearable art! The technique is called off loom weaving, and Rose did a wonderful job on this bracelet! The title is: Purple Snake Bracelet. Can't you just feel the texture of that bracelet! Wow!


















This stunning set is called Safron's Firebird Necklace! That is absolutely amazing! I would love to wear that myself! Oh, my goodness! My jaw will come up off of the floor eventually!

















Isn't this work of wearable art stunning? It's called Purple Royalty Rope Necklace! Amazing!


















For the young of heart, Rose also has a bracelet, a hemp bracelet! Think of how much your tween, teen or college student might like to wear this!

Wasn't that fun shopping in RoseWorks store? Take another visit on your own. You won't be disappointed.

It's Almost Here! Tax Time!

I'm thinking that my CPA is thinking, "Oh, no, she will be here soon. Must hide. Must hide. Must hide!" I know that sounds desperate, but since I am truly fearful of going to prison should I attempt to prepare and file my own taxes, I consult with my CPA accountant, usually in March, about my taxes. When I call the accounting firm for which he works, I hear his secretary whisper, "Bob, Bob, it's her. Are you in? However, I am very persistent. I don't give up. I call until Bob says that he is, again, willing to prepare my taxes for me.

I truly do attempt to organize my tax information to make it easily accessible and "figure-out-able" for Bob. I fill in the questionaire Bob sends me. I try not to leave blank spots in it, especially in the areas of income and the income generated by my very small business. I'm not sure, but I think I've seen Bob cringe when I bring in my files.

What Bob doesn't know is what these files look like BEFORE he sees them. In my defense, I do write the word "SAVE" on my cardboard box that once housed the ceramic heater I bought at Menards.


















It just makes sense that I should save receipts, invoices, etc. to give to Bob when I go to him to have my taxes readied for the government.



















It's easy to do, too. I simply take my box, and, on a cold and snowy day, when there is nothing else to do, I dump that box on my bed, turn on the TV, and sort. And sort. And sort.
Now, since it's not February, and, right now, it's not snowing for the moment. It's cold, though. I won't go through the sorting process. Just know, that in my box marked SAVE, I have enough to keep me busy for a couple of cold, snowy days before I go to see Bob.





















I'm not worried. The nightmares for Bob haven't started yet, but I do need to get ready to see him. February is such a short month. Maybe I should start tonight!

The Art of Relaxation!

When it comes to relaxing, my dog, Spike sets a wonderful example. Right now, on this beautiful fall day, he laying by his tree, in the sun, sleeping a peaceful sleep. I feel like joining him, but the lawn chair in which I am sitting doesn't recline, and I don't want to go and lay in the leaves under the tree, so I'll just close my eyes for a bit, and see if I can relax enough to sleep. When I relax, I like to turn on a good movie for a snooze, melt glass, lay down for a minute, do you see a pattern here? I'm following the example of Spike who never lets anything or anyone get in the way of his naps. I usually torch in the morning when I am widest awake. When I finish, I go upstairs to check email and check on Spike. This morning this is what I found. He was in a total state of relaxation! He didn't even hear me come in the room. I had covered him up before I went downstairs to torch. While I was relaxing by doing, he was relaxing by not doing. Don't you just love it? There are plenty of days that I wish I were a dog.