Updates in my Etsy Store!

Yes, this is a commercial, but I think it's one you might enjoy!

I've added some things to my Etsy store!

 I've started to make headpins again.  I thought I'd try for a bit of humor to lighten up the end of winter.

How about some bacon and eggs?

This really looks great to me!

Here's the link!

What would you do with these?  I'm thinking charms or earrings.

If you're thinking of going on vacation to a theme park or two,

how about some mouse ears?

These even have roses on them!

Here's the link.

For my lampworking friends, I have a lot of new shards including these.

Here's the link for them.

These flower buds are my favorites!  You can check them out in my store.

Here's the link.

I have a new section in my shop called Earring Pairs.

Check it out!

I love these discs!

The frit I used reminds me of a verdigris patina on metal!

These are OOAK!

Here's the link!

Okay, the tour is over!  Hope your day brings you much joy and happiness!

I Heart Macro! My Favorite Model!

My Favorite Model agreed to pose for

I Heart Macro this week!

So, here she is!

 

I Heart Macro!

There's my Girl!

Wrapping Up an Exchange

The time has finally come.

The exchange will be over at the end of the month,

but with some of the concerns about packages taking so long to mail,

I decided it was time to put my beads in the mail to Irene.

Since the beads I made were hollow beads.

They also had fins and tails,

all of which could be broken without good packing,

I had to be very careful.

I lined the bottom of the box with bubble wrap,

then I wrapped each bead.

One bead is going to be sent to Beads of Courage.

I found a small box for each bead.

I lined each box with bubble wrap.

I added a business card,

then I wrapped each package with more bubble wrap.

I added one more layer of bubble wrap to the top of the box.

Whew!

Now if those beads don't get there safely and unbroken, I don't know what I'll do!

The box you see is the box that will be returned to me.

I have to go to the post office and have postage put on the inside box and the outside envelope!

I don't mind!  It's all part of the exchange!

This is the box that will be mailed back to me with my trade beads.

It's a beach theme!

I'm anxious to see them.

I'm mailing the box and the beads in an envelope!

I can hardly wait!

 

Three Beautiful Things This Week

Three Beautiful Things This Week was inspired by a wonderful blog that Clare writes called Three Beautiful Things. Everyday, Clare writes about 3 Beautiful Things that happen each day in her life. It's a wonderful blog! I can only hope to imitate her in a very small way.

1) Yahoo!  Our ten inches of snow did not materialize, but we did get an inch of rain which our local weatherman said would have been about 12 inches of snow!  We did get a little bit of snow, but it wasn't enough to worry about!  Hopefully, this month, we'll get more moisture, but I'd sure rather see rain than snow!

2) I found out the other day that I will be having cataract surgery this month!  I am so very happy!  At first the doc wanted to wait for a year, but then, when I told him my horror story of driving at night in the snow, he said, "How about a month."  I was thrilled.  I also found out that the doc has a great sense of humor.  As he was leaving the room I said, "Have you done this before?"  He turned to me, and with a straight face said, "I heard there's a video on YouTube.  I'll watch it the night before your surgery!"  I am so happy about this.

3) Pixie loves her thunder shirt!  I was finally able to get it off of her.  She snapped at me, and she's not a vicious dog.  She just loves her thunder shirt.  I washed the thunder shirt, and got it back on her.  She's happy.  I'm happy, but I think I have to buy another one.  I will need to wash it again.  I want her to be happy!  :0)

And We Have a Winner!!!!

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't save the photo of the random number generator.

So, to make a very long story short,

You're just going to have to trust me on this one!

There were 16 eligible comments.

The random number generator chose the number

12.

Congratulations,

Misty Bentley!!!

I will be in touch to get your address so I can mail your beads to you!