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OMG,This is awesome to make Cheesecake from KRAFT

2012-01-03T10:21:00.000-08:00

I made this PHILADELPHIA New York Cheesecake from Kraft for New Years Eve Party. It was a big hit!! I even was asked to share the recipe. So I want to share it here too! My picture is below and it was so light and delightful to eat. My party said it ranked up there with the Cheesecake Factory. I could hardly believe it. My whole family likes it to. I will definitely make it again. Thank you Kraft, I love your recipes! Sorry I had a bite out of the cheesecake before I took the picture.

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Happy New Year and a Healthy one

2011-12-30T15:23:00.001-08:00

Just want to wish everyone a Happy New Year and that it will be healthy one too!

Blog Giveaway Winner

2011-11-20T18:09:00.001-08:00

I want to thank everyone who commented and stopping by to play! Thanks so much for all the wonderful compliments!! And the winner is.......................

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Congratulations Chantel for winning the necklace!

Blog Giveaway!!!

2011-11-12T21:11:00.001-08:00

It's that time again to have another give away. It has been a long time since I have done one and this time I'm requesting if you live in CANADA and UNITED STATES you may enter the giveaway! Remember to enter you need to post in comments your name and currant email address so I can contact you if you win. This is what is being given away is my Isabell Necklace. For more information click on the picture and you can read more in detail about this beautiful piece. Entry deadline is on Saturday November 19th at midnight Central Time. My son will draw a name and I will contact you on Sunday November 20th and also come here to my blog to see who won. Good Luck and thanks for stopping in!

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Halloween Pumpkin Earrings

2011-10-22T21:28:00.000-07:00

Here is my most recent listing. These are so cute and I hand cut them separately. Great to wear for this halloween season and the next and the next.

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Anniversary Roses and Candy

2011-10-10T10:48:00.001-07:00

Our Anniversary was last thursday on Oct 6th. The day was just about the same as when we were married, sunny and very nice. This was 21 years ago. So this is what my husband gave me with some candy. So sweet and I really enjoyed our anniversary!.. Thanks so much to my husband!! The Roses are still looking great after 4 days.

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Witch earrings and necklace

2011-09-26T09:25:00.000-07:00

Here is ny newest project and I'm so happy how it has turned out. You can click on these to give you more information on them. It has been fun doing this! The earrings are so cute I almost want to keep them for myself.

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123Team Treasury Challenge-Flower Power

2011-09-13T15:23:00.000-07:00

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Raspberry Chicken Salad with Grilled Peaches

2011-08-29T09:05:00.000-07:00

I came across this recipe on Annie Eats Blog. I'm telling you she really has great recipes on there. Here is Raspberry Chicken Salad with Grilled Peaches. Make the whole meal at once and your done so delicious and easy to do. My husband really liked the flavor of the chicken. This is my picture below doesn't look like the one on her blog, but you get the idea. So try this and you will be happy you did, I was!

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Handmade Top 10 Jewelry Category

2011-08-15T05:47:00.000-07:00

I thought I would try this site developed by Timothy Adams called Hanadmade Top 10. I decided to try the category jewelry to enter one of my pieces. What happens is two pieces of jewelry is shown and then you vote for which one you like better. I entered my love necklace. So here is s treasury I did showing some of the pieces that were entered. Now please go vote for my LOVE necklace!! Vote here: Handmade Top 10

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Shattered Glass

2011-08-10T20:15:00.000-07:00

These past few days have been hectic for us. Our dog has a herniated disc so we are trying to take care of that which is not easy. Then last night all of a sudden there was a big crash in the bathroom. We took a look at the bathroom glass door just shattered all over. Thanks goodness no was was taking a shower or in there at the time. It sure was a mess. Glass all over the bathroom floor in the tub. I wish I took pictures before we cleaned it up. But forgot. In a hurray to get it up off the floor. Not sure what caused this to happen. The glass door we had for 15 years.

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1000 Words

2011-07-24T22:08:00.001-07:00

The title 1000 words was an article in our local paper called the Ames Tribune. It was about my son's Boy scout camp at Mitagwa. He came and told me this time he was in the paper online. Here is a couple of shots they took of him. I really like the first one of them saluting the flag. He is the middle one and the other two are his troop members. Oh, when I look at this I can't believe how he is grown up.
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Sneak preview of new Necklace.pendant

2011-07-21T14:36:00.000-07:00

This will go on sale tomorrow in my Etsy shop. I'm doing a sneak preview here. It is a love necklace/pendant all hand cut by me. I think it is a fun piece and can be worn with other chains.

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Aaaahhh the smell of Cinnamon

2011-07-18T10:47:00.000-07:00

Here is my newest treasury on EtsY:

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My dog and his new bling

2011-07-11T07:00:00.000-07:00

I was so excited when I open this package up Saturday. It is from a shop on Etsy called DogGoneNice Now my dog looks great in his new collar with his name on it. I did not know that you can form the collar around him so I did not do this in the pictures so excited to put the collar on him and started shooting. This collar is very professionally made with high quality leather. I know this will be my dogs last collar on him. I would highly recommend DogGoneNice.

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4th of July parade

2011-07-05T18:07:00.001-07:00

We went to our local 4th of July parade because our son was in it and here is him in the center back of picture getting ready to CRASH the cymbals. He just started drum line this year and will be in the High school band. The weather was so great for the 4th. Hope everyone enjoyed your time on the 4th. Happy belated birthday America!

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Order of Arrow Ceremony

2011-06-27T05:32:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited this past week. My son was at his Boy Scout camp all week and he was picked for Order of Arrow. That is a special ceremony they hold for boys that are picked out of camp and have to due certain things required of them to get this Order of Arrow Badge. You can see it on the guys below is a white sash with a red arrow. This is what he received after the requirements.The ceremony was held at Mitigwa, Iowa. The first picture is the beginning of the ceremony. We had to walk from there to a different part of the camp and all Order of the Arrow scouts lit a path for us to follow and we are not to speak during this ceremony. It was neat to see this being performed. My 2nd picture is a night shot in the second location of ceremony and the last picture is my son being picked on the left. We(his dad and I ) are so proud of him and congratulations to you Jared!

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Look What I requested for a Birthday Card

2011-06-06T07:05:00.000-07:00

I have requested several cards from ExpressivePapers. She has always pulled through and I love her work! She does an amazing job with her cards. This one I needed was for my step mother in law who is turning 80. So I told her kinda of what I was looking for and she asked a few questions to get more details and this is the card she came up with. I was so excited when I opened it up it took my breathe away. Such great detail. She has two Stores on Etsy and Artfire. She also is on facebook I would highly recommend her! Thanks so much ExpressivePapers and the photos are from her.

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Memorial Day

2011-05-30T04:36:00.000-07:00

Remembering all who have gone and everyone who has fought for our freedom

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Chocolate cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting seen on Nate Berkus Show

2011-05-23T10:49:00.000-07:00

I really enjoy watching the Nate Berkus show. I usually watch it later because I TVO it. This segment was Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis of Georgetown Cupcake share their recipe for Chocolate Cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting . I have to tell you they are to die for. So glad they were willing to share their recipe. I would highly suggest making the recipe. My husband thought they were wonderful! Best compliment I had in ever making any kind of cakes or cupcakes. I know my cupcakes don't look at perfect as theirs but still the great taste. My hats of to those two sisters!

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Kitten vs a scary thing

2011-05-16T06:22:00.000-07:00

I just thought this was so funny to share.

I'm on Artfire front page right now!! ATouch of Green

2011-05-09T06:26:00.000-07:00

What a very nice surprise when I got on Artfire this morning to see a Featured Collection by Prospero'sBookself called "A Touch of Green." I saw my watch. Yipee! Thanks to Prospero'sBookshelf and Artfire!!

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Here's one for MOM

2011-05-02T05:51:00.000-07:00

4 Years Of Age - My Mommy can do anything;
8 Years Of Age - My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot
12 Years Of Age -My Mother doesn't really know quite everything.
14 Years Of Age -Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either
16 Years Of Age -Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned
18 Years Of Age -That old woman? She's way out of date
25 Years Of Age -Well, she might know a little bit about it
35 Years Of Age -Before we decide, let's get Mom's opinion
45 Years Of Age -Wonder what Mom would have thought about it
65 Years Of Age -Wish, I could talk it over with Mom

Mother's Day Video

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You could win $100.00 Gift Certificate on Artfire

2011-04-25T05:21:00.000-07:00

Artfire has a drawing everyday to win $100 gift certificate on any store you would like to purchase from. Anyone can win. You don't have to be a seller either. So hurry up and sign up and they will send the daily collection to your email box to see if you win. When signing up you will get your personal code and that will be your code if they draw that to win. I have signed up and it has been exciting to see if the code matches mine. Also each collection that gets sent is so beautiful. Here is the link to sign up.....

Artfite collection of the Day

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I did it!

2011-04-18T06:09:00.000-07:00

I finally took the plunge and decided to start facebook. Artfire is having a boot camp about all the social networks so I decided to learn to use it since I could get help! Thanks so much for the boot camp Artfire!! I don't have many likes since I'm new but thank you to the ones I do! Click on link below.

Chicken Enchiladas

2011-04-11T08:28:00.001-07:00

I really enjoy making these for my family. I have also enjoyed making them for company. Everyone seems to like them. You can add your own variations like peppers or mushrooms but below is the recipe and options to use.

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

2 cups of chopped chicken (cooked)
1 pt. sour cream
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 cup chopped onion (optional)
1 c. chopped green peppers (optional)
1 pound Monterey Jack Cheese
1 pound Colby cheese
1 package flour or corn tortillas
Taco sauce

Mix chicken, sour cream, soup, onions and peppers. Spread some of mixture in bottom of a greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Heat tortillas and add chicken mixture to the center of each tortilla. Sprinkle each with cheese on top. Roll tortillas and place in pan. Spread desire amount of taco sauce and cheese on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 min.

Decorah, Iowa Live bald eagle Nest cam

2011-04-04T05:54:00.000-07:00

I have been watching this off and on and really enjoying watching the bald eagles babies hatch. They still have one egg left to hatch. Watching the parents feed the babies is interesting as well as them taking care of switching off the nest. The cam is usually on 24/7. Hopefully you will enjoy this too.

http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

Sites to help Japan

2011-03-14T08:22:00.000-07:00

I am so sadden to see what has happened to the people in Japan. I can't even imagine what they are going through. Here is a list of some of the sites that you can do to help support Japan. It is all up to you. Click on the bold text to take you to the sites.

AMERICAN REDCROSS you can also text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10 from your phone (you'll be prompted to confirm with a second text reading YES).

SHELTERBOX boxes of food and medicine

INTERNATIONAL MARINE CORPS

GLOBAL GIVING

CONVOY OF HOPE text message by texting TSUNAMI to 50555 (you'll also be prompted to confirm with a follow up text of YES).

What I have learned on being on crutches

2011-02-28T06:10:00.000-08:00

I have been trying to heal these past few weeks. I'm definitely not an ice skater. So I fell and fracture my ankle on Feb 4th. Picture below is my cast. This is the first time I have been on crutches and needless to say it isn't fun. Now I understand how people feel. This is a learning lesson for me. What have a learned so far.

1. Lots of patience. I think this is a life lesson for me, what is that patience

2. Upper body strength I'm definitely developing that. Especially going up stair backwards in my house on my butt. The triceps are getting a very nice work out besides other parts of me.

3. Can't talk on phone using crutches- this just doesn't work need the hands free thingy

4. House work-Yeah! I love this I don't have to do it!! But I have no elves either (okay my husband is trying to do this)

5. Microwave-of course it had to stop working while I'm on crutches then have to use the "oven" what is that? My husband has been so wonderful cooking. Thanks to him!!

6. I really love this one-Electric Start this is so nice to have your car get started before you get in. I really appreciate I have this. High on my recommendation list! Works great for being on crutches.

7. Strangers- They do care because will open and hold the door for you!! People can be nice

8. Chair on wheels this is great if you have a chair at home that has wheels (and I'm not talking about a wheelchair)you can roll around if you have wooden floors. Help save on crutch-in it

9. Books, movies, magazines-I'm enjoying this one also. Plenty of time to catch up on my movies and reading.

10. Steps-I have not mastered using crutches going up them, but much better going down them

Hopefully you have enjoyed this. Need to have the dummies for using crutches. I needed that book. Maybe You tube has something I need to go check it out.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

2011-02-14T06:00:00.000-08:00

Wishing everyone a Happy Valentine's Day and enjoy it!

Colonoscopy

2011-01-31T06:09:00.000-08:00

Today my husband is going to have this surgery in an hour. We are new to the experience. I decided to see what was on the internet and thought this was funny to find this book. I guess we should read this because now after drinking the liquid this morning he almost passed out. I hope I can have him make it to the hospital before he tries to do this again. He was doing fine drinking all liquids last night. Hopefully all goes well. I do highly believe everyone should have this at least once. I know someone who went in for a regular check up and ended up finding cancer in the colon and had to have quite a few feet removed. So please don't put this off after you turn 50. I'm actually impressed with my husband because he just turned 50 last month and is doing his today. Quite impressive for me that he is doing it quickly.

Love-ly gifts for valentines

2011-01-24T05:52:00.001-08:00

Island Spice Pork Tenderloin

2011-01-10T06:19:00.000-08:00

I made this last week from Annie's Eats Blog. This was so good my family enjoyed it. My husband thought the house smelled like I was baking cinnamon rolls. Once I served the dish he thought I was becoming quite the cook. I have really enjoyed this blog and made several things from it. So now I want to share. Here is my picture of the pork tenderloin. But when you see hers on the site she takes better pictures. Island Spice Pork Tenderloin was so sweet and spicy at the same time. I enjoyed every bite of it and so moist. I also Highly recommend the Salmon with Strawberry Salsa. The ingredients doesn't sound like it would go good together, but let me tell you it was wonderful!

Treasury on Etsy

2011-01-07T19:42:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year!

2010-12-31T19:56:00.001-08:00

Just want to wish everyone a Happy New year and that it will be healthy and a prosperous one!!

Mother nature or God's creation

2010-12-27T11:50:00.001-08:00

This is what we woke up to this morning. So beautiful.

Toasting Glasses 2011

2010-12-20T05:48:00.000-08:00

This is my most recent item that is in my Etsy store. I had fun making these. Hopefully we have a better 2011 than 2010. Cheers and wishing you a Happy New Year!

50th Birthday Party

2010-12-13T04:54:00.000-08:00

My husband turned 50 a week ago and I surprised him with a party. I had an open house for family, friends and neighbors. Well he was surprised. It turned out well and we are so thankful for everyone who showed up! He likes ice cream cake and special thanks to DQ for making it.

Snowman Ornament

2010-11-29T09:46:00.000-08:00

This is my newest item, it is a Snowman Ornament. Collect him or give as a gift for that special person who loves to collect snowmen. He can hang around until February. Click on the picture for more details.

Tip for finding spider webs

2010-11-22T08:14:00.001-08:00

I found the best way to find spider webs in your house is to have the room with no lights on or even do it at night and then have a flashlight on and go around the room looking for spider webs. (Hopefully no one thinks someone is trying to rob you.) It is so easy to find and have your vacuum cleaner ready or if you use a feather duster and just clean them after finding them. I'm planning a party and just came up with the idea.

Story about Smoke Detector

2010-11-15T09:13:00.000-08:00

This is funny. I had a couple of guys come over to install new carpet in our house. One of them told me that the neighbor across the street sounds like the smoke detector is going off. So I said I will go check and I went outside and sure enough I could hear the smoke detector as soon as I step outside. I decided to walk over across the street to her house but did see a light on and thought that someone was home so maybe it wasn't hers. I could not hear exactly where the sound was coming from because I'm deaf in one ear. So you lose your location of where the sound can come from. I decided to walk down the street on the west side and could still hear it. Turned around to walk to the east side and could hear it. Not sure which neighbors house it was coming from because no one was home since it is a week day every one is at work. I walked to my backyard and could tell it was not coming from behind my house. I went inside and called my neighbor across the street where the light was on and asked if they were okay. She said yes and I explained that a smoke detector was going off and I could not locate where the noise was and if they could go outside to find out. They meet me outside and said they could hear it. Then all of a sudden I just remembered that my husband took out our old smoke detector to put up a newer one. It was trash day today. I walked over and opened up the trash and sure enough it was coming from our trash bin. ( I was so embarrassed, let the neighbor know it was in our bin.) I took out the detector and took out the battery. My husband forgot to take the battery out. So it was pressing on something to set it off. I called him and told him. What a laugh. Now if you update your smoke detector make sure you take the battery out before throwing it away.

Fruit Pizza

2010-11-08T19:16:00.000-08:00

My family really likes this and I do too. We had a Boy Scout meeting tonight and I brought that with other desserts that were there. Guess what? It was gone and so I didn't have left overs to bring home.

The Snowman

2010-11-01T10:47:00.001-07:00

I was notified that my snowman I made is a new treasury today. I just listed him a few minutes before he was picked! Thank you to riskybeads the curator of this wonderful treasury!

The Snowman treasury

New in stores of Etsy and Artfire

2010-10-25T08:08:00.000-07:00

This is my newest! Bronze Cocoa Necklace

New items in my Etsy store

2010-10-18T05:24:00.000-07:00

Flower in the Mist Necklace

Heart and Pearl Earrings

Hot Chili Pepper Necklace

Boy Scout Popcorn

2010-10-08T08:43:00.001-07:00

My son is selling popcorn for Boy Scouts this year. If you are interested just click on the pictures below to take you there. Quite a variety to choose from. It is good to from my experience.

The winner is...................

2010-09-26T16:23:00.000-07:00

Congratulations NGS!! I want to thank all who particapated!! Just to let you know my 13th year old did the drawing. Look below at the picture for the earrings. If you want to see closer click on picture. If you picked number 2 that is the earrings I made for all the bridesmaids. Congrats. I had quite a few who picked that.

IT's that time again another.........

2010-09-20T05:15:00.000-07:00

Giveaway!!
Yes, it has been awhile since I did a giveaway. Here are the details.
First applies to United States and Canada only. The drawing will be on held Sunday Sept. 26th, 2010 at night and I will notify the winner. Last time to enter will be 6:00 pm CST. Next look at the picture with the earrings and select the number you think the bride choose for her bridesmaids to wear. You can only choose one number. To help you decide below that is the pictures of the bracelet and necklace I made.
Next in the comments put the number you think the bride choose for earrings for her bridesmaids and also will need your contact information if you win. If you pick the correct earrings your name will be entered twice in the drawing and only once if you didn't pick the correct earrings. Good luck! The last picture is the giveaway(necklace) that you could possibly win.

Below is the necklace to win! Click on the picture for more detail

New listing -Light Sapphire Earrings

2010-08-30T06:12:00.001-07:00

Here is my newest listing"Light Sapphire earrings" I hand forged them from a square wire and formed this shape. You can click on picture for more info. All made out of sterling silver wire and earwire.

Ames flooding

2010-08-16T05:30:00.000-07:00

We had our worst flooding in history this past Wednesday. Since 2:30 pm on that day we could not use our water in the whole city because it was contaminated. We had to boil water before we could drink it. Many of the restaurants had to be closed. We had to conserve water for several days so no laundry to do or no dishwasher to use. Our city has done a great job and yesterday we finally received the okay to drink water from tap again. Yeah! Thank you to all whole has helped Ames get back on their feet. We are still in the process of cleaning up the areas that were mostly flooded. That will take sometime. Thank you for everyone and the states who are helping out!

Here is a video of the flood:

I finished a special order for a bride

2010-08-09T10:25:00.000-07:00

I finished a bridal request order. Here is the necklace. I posted earlier the bracelet. Next time I will post earrings that match the order and I probably will have you guess which earrings she choose. So stay tuned because there might be a special giveaway on it. Here is the necklace she requested for her bridesmaids to wear. If you like this and want to request for your special wedding let me know.

Storm-83 hours without electricity

2010-07-28T06:45:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday at 3:00 in the morning we had a storm blow through. I thought nothing of it. Hard rain hit the windows. I thought it was like any other storm. I just wanted to sleep. Then I knew the power went out so I got up to called the power outage. Decided to go back to bed. Went to bed and woke up around 7:00 am and thought wow the electricity is still out. I went to my back window and this is what the back yard look like. No wonder no electricity. I found out a few hours later on the radio in the car that we had 70 miles per hour wind. 2,000 people were without electricity. I thought we would get the power back on that day. No we ended up being the 200 people left to have power off. 83 hours without power. We did have the neighbors give us a genator temporarily for our freezer and frig. Thanks to great neighbors. Then they ended up getting their power on and we had to wait another day. Thanks again to the backyard neighbors they hooked us up to their house for juice to our frig and freezer again. Without that we would have lost everything in our freezer. We did lose some things in the fridge. Here is what happened. The neighbors tree branch blew off and knocked down the powerlines in which knocked down the pole and broke it in half. So this was going to take them sometime to get our electricity on. Infact it took the guys 7 hours to get this all back together. They ended up digging in our yard to put a pole in. I was hoping they would find oil, but wishful thinking. I really appreciate electricity now. I forgot what it was like without air conditioner, no TV or no radio. The good thing is I didn't have to clean house or cook! (the pictures are from my son cell phone)

Easy Lemon Poppy-seed Bread or Muffins

2010-07-12T06:50:00.001-07:00

My son requested to have me make lemon poppy seed muffins. So I checked into my recipe book and found a great and easy one to make.

1 pkg lemon cake mix
1pkg lemon pudding (instant) use dry
1/4 c. poppy seeds
1/2 c. oil
4 eggs
1c. water

Mix all ingredients until smooth. Pour into loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes, or pour into muffin tin and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes

Hope you had a Happy 4th of July

2010-07-05T08:02:00.000-07:00

Hope you enjoyed your 4th of July!! We decided to have a quite one this year. So it was nice not to go anywhere. Stayed home and watch movies. Did you see any specatular fireworks?

Wisconsin Vacation

2010-06-28T06:11:00.001-07:00

Came back from vacation for Wisconsin Dells and the Door county area. So here are some pictures of the vacation. I'm waiting to get a video from our cousins about our zip line at the Dells. Then I will post a picture of that or the you tube. Our first picture is a storm coming up at Door County. We are at Door County in Peninsula State Park.

This is a gorgeous art gallery we stopped by. My husband just wanted to buy the whole thing. I was surprised! Just need more money.

Can you guess the stadium? We took a tour of the Green Bay Packers Stadium.

We are entering the ferry to take us to Washington Island.

This is a view in the evening at the resort we stayed at.

Etsy anniversary Sale

2010-06-25T21:37:00.000-07:00

I'm going to celebrate my Etsy anniversary sale. So starting now until July 1st I will have 30% OFF. You read that correctly 30% OFF. Read about it in the announcement section. Catch the link and start saving: Cthingsetsy.com

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What do you think this is?

2010-06-14T07:20:00.000-07:00

Well I really got myself into something that surprised me! See if you can guess what it is. I'm sure the clues will help out. Don't forget you can click on the picture to see a closeup view. I was walking along a creek that my dad owns and I fell into a weed. As I got up I started to have severe stinging and then I started welting up. The stinging lasted for the rest of the day. If I only knew what it was I was by a creek and could of use that to soothe my stinging by washing with the water. Do you know what this is? It is called stinging nettles. I have never heard of it until I fell into it. Here is a picture of it on my arm. This is the 4th day of it. It only stung that day but the redness and swelling was for a week.

What I'm working on

2010-06-01T05:59:00.000-07:00

Here is what I'm working on now. I have a bridal order and I'm done with the bracelets as you can see here is one of them. I also will be receiving more pearls soon to work on the necklaces. I have some of the earrings done to. I will post more on the necklaces when I finish a few. I love doing custom orders! So fun to see how the customer reacts when you are finished with it. Thanks to Emily!

Wings on Things-treasury

2010-05-24T09:30:00.001-07:00

I really like the new Etsy Treasury. You can make one anytime you want. I really didn't like fighting for one. Thanks Etsy for the feature! Here is my newest one: Wings on Things:

Citizen's Academy-Jail

2010-05-20T05:31:00.000-07:00

You guessed it we got to see the jail on this class. First the jail supervisor talked to us for awhile before we had the tour. I found this part very interesting but makes since. Story County has 104 bed unit but they necessarily don't use it all because inmates need to be put together in a category or you could have a lawsuit on your hands. They can't take a murder and put them in with a drunk driver because they might not get along in the cell and then you might have a lawsuit. He told us you have to be able to balance the inmates so there are no problems. He told us some statistics about our veisha celebration. Since FRI, SAT and SUN are the major partying he told us that out of those three days this year they put 107 people in jail. Since January 1st 2010 they have processed 7000 people at this jail. I thought that was high since we are not a big city. We do hold federal people in this jail too. Then he told us some stories of two men that was his worst problems that he ever came across. We can ask him questions, then go on the tour. When we toured got to see the laundry area and they showed us that they wear orange clogs instead of tennis shoes. I thought that was funny. Another interesting part on the tour was this area that holds all the cameras of the whole facility. There is someone watching all doorways and inmates and taking phone calls. This person lets people through doors. The big screen had about 40 different cameras going at once. It was alot to watch. No sunlight in this room either. In fact the whole facility doesn't have sunlight. When we toured the inmates they have 3 sections. The women are divided out from the men. Then the men there were two holding areas. One was called a hub where you see on TV they are all together sitting around tables. That looked like 50 people in this area. The next section is secured off because it more for the dangerous inmates. These are sex offenders, murders, suicidal or have health issues.Definitely more security there. Actually the whole jail is really nice. It only is 9 years old and looked like new. They do have the working inmates cook, clean floors and other jobs. There are TVs in the rooms and if bad behavior happens then the tv is off. IF they have good behavior they can read a book at the library. So that is the last class I will have. Tonight I go to my graduation ceremony. Wish me luck!

Citizen's Academy-Emergeny Vehicle Operations,Crash/Collision Analysis

2010-05-17T05:30:00.000-07:00

We started this class by learning about our obstacle courses we were going to drive. We had 3 course to drive between cones that were set up and if you ran over a cone that was a persons life. We did get to drive the sheriff's car. My first course I drove was to pull out and weave through two cones and then parallel park. After parking to come out and weave around 2 more sets of cones and then go into this box of cones and do a full circle come out of that and then weave back and then back into a box of cones. From there to pull out of that and make a sharp turn and pull into a diagonal set of cones. Back out of that and go back to start. I did this twice. Was not good at the parallel parking, but I did not knock any cones over. The next course to me was the most fun. We started off weaving between cones drive straight forward and stop in a box of cones. Then back up doing a sharp right into a set of cones and coming out of that weaving back to start. You can go as fast as you want. I also did this twice and much braver the 2nd time I took out a cone and was flying as they tell me. The 3rd course was to back up straight about 100 feet and stay between the cones. You can go as fast as you want. The first time was to look over your shoulder and back up. The 2nd time was to only use your mirrors to back up. The 3rd time was to open the car door slightly and look out the door but keep your head down and back up. That was fun. It was because if someone was shooting at you this would be safe way to get out of a situation. I did not knock any cones over this course either. I will write about visiting the jail on Thursday.

Citizen's Academy-Firearms-Hostage Negotation

2010-05-07T10:51:00.000-07:00

This past week was exciting for me. First we had our meeting on Thurs last week and then we went to the range to shoot a 9 mm Smith and Wesson. I will talk about the meeting first. When they call in the ERT stands for Emergency Response Team that is new term instead of Swat. These are the items the ERT takes with them but are already geared up in their armor. Radios, Kevlor, gas mask, gas (of various kinds), breaching tools, M-4, SIG 229, MP5, autolog shotgun, gps, and distraction devices. This is what our team caries it will vary in different areas. They passed around the M-4 and the MP5 guns. Then we had a lesson on how to hold our guns in class. No ammunition was used during this time. We had to practice stance, how to hold the gun and where to look through when aiming. How to put the safety off and on. Then Saturday we went to the range and put on our belts and holsters. Then we practice some more on drawing, firing and how to load a new magazine. This was my first time doing any of this. I was having a hard time drawing. My gun would not come out of the holster. I was not quick draw McGraw. Infact I was the last person to be able to get my gun out. We had to have safety glasses on and earplugs. Then we went over to the range to shoot. The first half of the class shot then the 2nd half. I was in the second half. First we had to load 2 magazines. Then shot 10 rounds we were at the 15 yard range. Then we moved back to 20 yards range. Shot 10 more. Then loaded another magazine and shot 10 more at the 25 yard range. Well for my first time out of 30 rounds 4 of them were not even on my target paper. Braised one along the shoulder and one in the gonads. (Look out for that guys!) The rest were in the body cavity and head because we were to practice shooting there. It sure was fun and here is a picture of me shooting. They guy behind me was a deputy to help assist and watch. We all had one. My husband actually had the Head Sheriff watch him. First pic of me then of my husband.

Theme for Artfire (from Beverly Hillbillies)

2010-05-01T18:56:00.000-07:00

Sung to the Beverly Hillbilles theme.

Come and listen to a song about a website named Artfire,
it is a place where you want to become a buyer,
Started by a man name John Jacobs with his team,
and now they rank up high with a gleam.

Sell that is, market place, globally.

As a pro seller there is so much to choose,
you can list as many items so you won't loose,
keep up with your customers by messaging,
even answer all their questioning.

Artfire that is.
handmade, fine art, media, design

Now it's time to put this song to an end,
adding a hyperlink to send
a website here you want to see,
is Artfire sells crafts to be.

Artfire that is. Shop, sell, don't yell. Wonderful Contest! Thank you for your patronage!

(what I like about pro account feature of Artfire is quite a bit. The rapid cart is great! Item importer is wonderful! Merchandizer is excellent! I love the incoming referral URL's. Artfire just keeps coming up with new things and all the contest they do!!

Citizen's Academy-Support Services

2010-04-26T08:59:00.000-07:00

This past week we talk about support services. What happens in this area of the office is serving papers. The sheriff's office goes out to serve papers such as warrants, eviction notices and also garnish wages. I found this very interesting on how they come across different places of how people live. She said she carries a bag with different items in it to help her. One is treats for dogs. You'll never guess the one thing they bring is flea tick collars. They put them on themselves because if they have to go to a place they have come across getting fleas on themselves. They did show some slides of what they come across in the apartments. Some people never let there dogs out and what a mess that was. Imagine being the landlord to have that cleaned up. When notices are being served to leave the house or apartments they have a window amount of time to get out of the place and if they are not out when the officer comes back then everything is moved out onto the curbs because it was court ordered.
The other topics they talked about was reserve officers. These are all volunteers and go through training and then help out when called by the sheriff's office. They may help out with football events or directing traffic. There is also a dive team that volunteers. Right now they have 10 volunteers. Just recently were pulled to go to Lake Laverne to search for the person that was missing on campus. They showed how they go about searching at night and what gear they wear. It was all very interesting.
This week's food menu was, roast beef casserole, buns, vegetables, apples/oranges, cookies and a banana cream pie dessert.
Next week I will be having my shooting lesson, so stay tuned!

Citizen's Academy-Field Services

2010-04-22T04:46:00.000-07:00

This past week we had field services talk to us about traffic stops. Sgt. Dodds and two of his men were the presenters. They told us what they look for before they stop people because you need a good reason. Then they went through some scenarios of how to stop people. When they have a felony the deputies stop the car differently then a regular traffic stop. I found that to be interesting so the deputies don't put their life at risk. After they talk to us we then went outside and perform some of the scenarios. My husband volunteered for one and he did get to talk on the sheriff's PA for this scenario. Then we could sign up to ride with the officers. So I picked this last Saturday when Ames had VEISHA. I thought it was going to be wild but it turned out not to be. We rode around campus and saw quite a few college kids drinking. Since this is the biggest weekend for the celebrations. Then we went out of town and picked up someone for speeding. I got to watch the officer in action. I even saw the incident on camera. Wow I was in the Sheriffs car by myself. That felt cool. We rode around some more and then he went to his favorite spot to find speeders but only stop a person with a headlight out. So not to much action when I rode. I did tell him I would like to ride with him if it was a high speed chase, but he said they don't let citizen's do this because it is dangerous. Darn! That was the action I wanted. One thing I did notice is while he is driving he can call in a plate to see if the person has any violations and then pull them over. I do have respect for what these officers go through. I did get to ask quite a bit of questions and he told me stories of things he had done. Tonight is my class again so next week I'll report as to what went on.

Diaper Cake

2010-04-19T05:17:00.000-07:00

I'm going to share about a diaper cake I made for my niece's shower. I will write on Thursday about my Citizen's academy. I decided to research on the internet on how to make the diaper cakes and there are plenty of ways to make them. All the decorations I used was on my niece's shower list. Even the brand of diapers she wanted. So no guessing games for me. Below are my stages of making the cake.

1ST Layer

2ND Layer

3RD layerPutting on the ribbon
Final stage decorations-then I used shrink wrap to cover this and used one of her blankets as a presentation for the wrap

Citizen's Academy-Media and County Attorney

2010-04-12T05:49:00.000-07:00

This week the first subject was Media. The sheriff's office appoints one person to handle the media because when the officers go out to the accident scene they need to do their job. The media is their asking questions and if they can get close to the scene as possible the media will do that. So the department has one person who handles all the media response. He tries to answer questions the media asks but can't always say everything in detail because the story is still be investigated and unfolding. When the accident tends to be serious and involves quite a bit of the community that is when they release a press conference so everyone can be informed.

Our second speaker was the county attorney. He did a few scenarios just by adding different facts into them. Suppose you were walking down the street and you see someone grab someone's purse would you run after them as a citizen to catch them? Do you have rights to do that? If so how would you stop them? Suppose the scenario is now you just hear about the incident and didn't see the person snatching the purse and this person yells "Stop him he just took my purse". Would you still have rights as a citizen to stop the person who is running and try to arrest them? How would you do this? Suppose now that the same thing happens you hear about the purse being snatch, but this time you know the person has a gun, what would you do? The last scenario is you know the person has a gun and you see a cop ahead what would you do then? Your rights as a citizen is the 4th amendment and if it's violated then you can take that person to court. In the first scenario if you saw the person who snatch the purse and tried to stop them in some way in which you injured the person who was running. Then the victim can press charges on you for injuring them. That's when the lawsuit becomes civil and the county attorney steps in. I found this all interesting because if just one fact changes the whole scene of the crime changes. Makes you think what rights as a citizen you do have.
This weeks food menu was our Chicken and rice casserole, mixed canned fruit, lettuce salad, buns and cookie.

Citizen's Academy-DRE/Traffic Safety

2010-04-05T06:00:00.000-07:00

This past week has been very interesting as well as exciting on the academy. On Thursday the topic was traffic safety and talking with a DRE. Do you know the top 3 traffic fatalities? The number one death is no seat belt. The second one is speed and the third is OWI'S. I would of never guess that. Then we had Sgt. Belz talk to us about his job as a DRE. Do you know what that stands for?
Drug Recognition Expert. He is like an investigator. He gathers all information when someone is picked up for OWI and then he is the one to question them to see if they are on other drugs besides alcohol. It was very informative. I had to do one of the Field Sobriety Tests in front of the class. Oh, boy! I ended up doing the Walk and Turn test for when someone is stopped for alcohol. I have never been picked up for drinking so I had to walk the 9 steps with one foot touching the other foot on a straight line and count my steps out loud and turn around and go back again counting out loud. Do you think I passed this test? I didn't and I never had a drink. Before I did this I explained to him my situation of my health and they do take that into consideration. So if you have a handicap of some kind then the DRE can figure that into the situation and that is why the breathe test is given to see if alcohol is present. This DRE has been doing his job for quite sometime He has done 140 drug evaluations and out of that he is 95% accurate. That means he knows what drugs a person could be on before the urine sample. The urine sample is the last step in doing a drug evaluation.The DRE told us he has a story for every question someone would ask. Man, was I surprised at the stories he had.
This week's food was, pasta casserole, green beans, bun, banana, oranges or apples to pick from and cupcakes.

Citizen's Academy Communications

2010-03-29T05:00:00.000-07:00

This was very interesting this week. We talk about Communications in which includes dispatching. I was really impressed of all the calls and how they have to dispatch. We were given a test and on the test was three columns one labeled Numbers, another Color and the 3rd was the alphabet. What we had to do is listen to the dispatch and write down everything that was being said in the correct column. This was not easy because sometimes the dispatch had 3 things said at once and it came very fast. In a split second and try to write down the info too. I know I didn't pass this test. I now admire those dispatchers!!
Later today my husband and I are going to sit for 4 hours and watch them at work and be able to ask questions. I found it interesting that they are now looking to update the program that can use texting or pictures to send to the dispatchers that might help them out. I also found it interesting that people use the computer to call in 911.
The jail food menu was Hamburger casserole, lettuce salad, hot apples, bun and cookies.

Citizen's Academy

2010-03-22T06:00:00.000-07:00

You are probably asking what is this? Our county has offered what is called "Citizen's Academy" in which the Sheriff's Office offers for 10 weeks free a training about the office. Our county hires quite a few citizen's to help run the Sheriff's Office. I thought this sounded exciting so I asked my husband to see if he wanted to go and he did. We also get free food from the jail if we want to. The topics they will be talking about are
1.Administration
2.Communications(dispatching)
3. Support Services
4 DRE/Traffic Safety
5.Field Services
6. Media Relations/Internal Affairs /County Attorney
7. Firearms Special Unit (we get to shoot guns)
8. Investigations Drug Task Force
9. Jail
10 We Graduate

One of these classes we get to ride with the Sheriff car. I can't wait for that. Another class we get to drive the car. So stay tuned every week I will put something new up at what we learned in class.
This week we talked about Administration and how the Sheriff's office runs, what includes the budget, the history of the office, how many employees. Our Office has 82 employess and they hire 18 citizen's to help keep the budget down.
The menu for food was Chicken and rice casserole, bananas, orange slices, assorted cooked vegetables, cookies and brownies. We did eat there and I must say it was good.

Pendant Sale

2010-03-15T19:27:00.000-07:00

I'm having a Pendant Sale in my shops! Either you can go to Etsy or purchase from below of Artfire.

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Ring and a pendant

2010-03-08T10:34:00.001-08:00

I took another jewelry class and made a pendant and ring. I was going to plan on selling the pendant but I liked it so much that I'm keeping it. The ring I planned on keeping already because I wanted to make one and it is my first. I'm pleased with it, but I did need quite a bit of help from my wonderful instructor. She is so patient in class and knows so much. I'm really thankful that she is around here. You will need to start looking in my store soon for some metalsmithing jewelry.

Mustache Birthday Cake

2010-03-01T09:44:00.000-08:00

Oh, yes you read that title correct a mustache birthday cake. My son turned 13 this past Saturday and he wanted a mustache birthday cake. Is this funny or what. We have a friend who has been making his cakes since he was two, bless her. She does such a wonderful job. Just ask what he wants and she delivers. The cakes always look great and are so moist and yummy! All chocolate inside this one. I wish I could say I did this but I can't even come close!

The Teacher by Leslie Pinckney Hill

2010-02-22T06:02:00.000-08:00

We have been cleaning out my mother-in-laws places and we found this book of poems. I felt I wanted to share this one since she was a teacher.

THE TEACHER

Lord, who am I to teach the way,
To little children day by day,
So prone myself to go astray?

I teach them KNOWLEDGE, but I know
How faint they flicker and how low,
The candles of my knowledge glow.

I teach them POWER to will and do,
But only now to learn anew
My own great weakness through and through.

I teach them LOVE for all mankind
And all God's creatures, but I find
My love comes lagging far behind.

Lord, if their guide I still must be,
Oh, let the little children see
The teacher learning hard on thee.

Rain-Made by People

2010-02-15T06:21:00.000-08:00

Have you heard this it is really cool!

Great video-Embrace Life-always wear your seat belt

2010-02-08T06:38:00.000-08:00

I thought this was so touching so I wanted to share it!

Mom, sister, mother-in-law, friend, teacher, counselor, neighbor, aunt, grandma, and great grandmother

2010-02-01T05:00:00.000-08:00

Death. It is very hard to grasp when one dies. Joan my mother-in-law just passed away this past Tues. around 7:00 pm. Her whole family was able to be there when she died. It was a blessing for them to be able to do this. She held out until everyone arrived and the Chaplin said her liturgy. The last words we said was "deliver your servant" then she died. I will cherish the times that we had. It is so humbling to see all the people who loved her and hear the different stories one views of her. Joan I will miss you and I do LOVE YOU!! Bless you!!

Valentine's Day Card contest

2010-01-25T08:05:00.000-08:00

I really wanted to put my pictures of the frost on the trees I took the other day, but somehow my pictures are not on the computer no longer and we are not sure what happened to them. I am very disappointed because I wanted to enter them in a contest. (bummer) I think I have a bug on the program but will have to see if more disappear. So I'm posting about the Cool Moms Picks Valentine's Day Card Design Contest. I first saw the contest on Etsy Storque blog It has ended on Jan 22nd but waiting to hear the results. I wanted to challenge myself for fun so I entered the contest and this is what I came up with.

Favorite Sayings

2010-01-18T09:25:00.000-08:00

I didn't know what to write today so I just picked some favorite sayings off the internet. If you have something favorite for a saying please share I would enjoy reading it. I remember one my dad always use to say "when pigs fly".

Things I can learn from a dog... If you don't have to go somewhere, stay under the covers as long as possible"
-- Author Unknown

IF I had my life to live over again, I'd dare to make make more mistakes next time.
--Nadine Stair

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.
--Gilda Radner

The quickest way to know a women is to go shopping with her.
--Marclene Cox

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman."
-- Margaret Thatcher

To attract men, I wear a perfume called New Car Interior
--Rita Rudner

My husband said he need more space so I locked him outside
--Cynthia Walker McCullough

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti
--Sophia Loren

As long as you know most men are like children you know everything
--Coco Chanel

New Necklace in store

2010-01-11T04:55:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a Happy New Year!! This is my latest piece in my Etsy store called Scartlett. It is made with swarvoski red magma. You can click on the picture to give you more detail.

Thank you readers and clients!!

2009-12-28T06:19:00.000-08:00

I just want to take this time to thank everyone who has commented on my blog. Enter the blog giveaways and all my clients to purchase something from me!! I appreciated every bit of it! So....

After Christmas Sale-40% off everything on my Etsy Store

2009-12-26T11:51:00.000-08:00

For a limited time I'm having a 40% off of everything in my Etsy store! So shop while you can because I may decided to not have this going on tomorrow or the next day. It is for a short time!
Just click on the picture to take you there:

Etsy
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Quick recipes for the Holidays

2009-12-21T05:29:00.000-08:00

Do you need something that taste good yet doesn't take much time. I have 3 recipes I will share with you for the Holidays..The first one is real simple takes only 2 mins. It is called
Poor Man's Turtles. What you need is
1. small twist pretzels
2. rolos
3. roasted peanuts
4. a microwave and a microwaveable plate

First put the pretzel on a microwave safe dish, then add one rolo on top. I try to make 16 of these at once. Then microwave around 20-30 sec just soft enough to put the peanut on top of the rolo. Your done! These were a hit a few years ago when I brought them to a party.

Next recipe I don't know the name but the ingredients are

1. Mint M&M's
2. Vanilla almond bark
3. Twist pretzels
4. a stove or microwave and a pan

I use a stove and put the bark into a pan over the stove and melt the bark. Once melted put the pretzel in the bark to coat. Do this in groupings of 6 or 7. Then put tray lined with wax paper. Press 3 Mint M&M's in each circle of the pretzel. Put in refrigerator to chill. Around 5 min. Ready to serve and eat.

The last one is from Kraftfoods. com. It is called Planters Micowave Peanut Brittle. It is just great to eat. Just can't have one piece. I will direct you to the site so you can get the recipe there. Kraftfoodspeanutbrittle

Merry Christmas from Cthings!

Le Chic Necklace

2009-12-14T05:30:00.000-08:00

Here's my newest item in my Etsy shop. Just click on picture to read more about the necklace.

Birthday cake for my hubby

2009-12-07T05:00:00.000-08:00

My husband really likes the Red Velvet cake with buttercream frosting. So I made it this past Tues. He really likes the Cinnamon Imperials candies. I only have a heart shape cake pan so I used that and decorated with stuff I already have. The only thing when I make this cake the color never looks the same year after year. Don't laugh because I'm not an expert in making or designing cakes. You can tell that I'm a amateur.

My Ornament Exchange gift came

2009-12-01T12:58:00.000-08:00

Last night around 8:00pm which I think is very late for the UPS man to be delivering, but I was happy he did! My son mentioned it was from Georgia and I knew right away who sent it. Whitni from The delightful Daisy. We were paired up by pampkeringbeki who was hosting the 2009 Bloggers ornament exchange. I was like a kid in the candy store couldn't wait to open it up and my son wanted to watch. The packaging was great because it took me a little bit of time to get into it. The beautiful blue box it came in. I love blue and I already just enjoyed looking at it. The box is a treasurer itself!

Then after opening the beautiful blue box my wonderful "Li Bien" Ornament I found in it. Just gorgeous!! Thanks so much Whitni!! It is a great ornament!! I love the story inside too! Just amazing! Can you believe this is all hand painted through a tiny opening in a mouth blown glass.

Part 3, Metalsmithing class #3

2009-11-23T09:06:00.000-08:00

Well I did it!! I didn't do all this by myself the teacher did help out. I ended up finishing my piece and had to polish it. She took it home to tumble it. No tumblers at school. SO this is my finish piece and what do you think? I also had time to make hammered earrings and here they are.

Part 2, Metalsmithing class #2

2009-11-16T06:02:00.000-08:00

I went to my 2nd metalsmithing class last Tues and this is what I did with my piece. I soaked the copper piece in acid to make the etching. Then cleaned it and the teacher helped me put my bail on by soldering it. Then we solder the two pieces together the silver and copper. Soaked in hot acid and cleaned again. I then filed it and sanded it to make the corners rounded. This is what it looks like now. Next week I will show you my finished product. I really have enjoyed the class and the teacher is really fun! I want to take more but budget is probably going to stop me for now.

Ornament Bloggers Exchange

2009-11-11T07:20:00.001-08:00

PamperkingBecki is having an ornament exchange. I did this last year and it was fun. Click on this to do what she requests. You will not be disappointed! Thanks for doing this Beki!!

I have a little secret

2009-11-09T05:33:00.000-08:00

My new little secret is that I'm taking a beginners class in metal smithing. We have 6 students all together and I'm really enjoying it. So far we only had one class. I will have 2 more days for class. We had to pick out a design and begin working with it. I couldn't come up with one fast enough so I just did a leaf. So far I have the leaf cut out from silver and I'm working on the copper etching of the leaf veins. Below you will see what I have done. I plan on making a necklace out of it. Wish me luck. The tough part is coming for me I have never solder. So I will show my progress in the next couple of weeks. Hopefully it turns out.

Double Delight Peanut Butter Cookies

2009-11-02T06:41:00.000-08:00

I watched Oprah last week on Wednesday and she had people on the show who won millions of dollars. This lady won the pillsbury bake off contest and it was the double delight peanut butter cookies. So I decided to make them and I must say they were really good. Check the cookies out here for the recipe. Oprah

Who's lurking in the leaves?

2009-10-26T04:30:00.000-07:00

The leaves really fell down on Friday. We have Sycamore trees one in front and one in back. They produce the biggest leaves you will ever see. I decided to take a quick picture of them before I raked. Also look what is in our front yard for Halloween.

Newest Item in Store

2009-10-19T04:00:00.000-07:00

This is my newest item in store. I had fun making this necklace. You can wear it with other necklaces you have and also with the variety of colors in it can be worn with quite a bit of different clothes. There is no clasp so it slips on and you can wear it to whatever color you want showing in front or any color for a focal. To read more click on picture. Thanks!

Ajdjss Guild is raising money for Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence

2009-10-08T08:34:00.001-07:00

AJDJSS also know as Artfire Jewelry Artists and Supply Shops are helping raise money for breast cancer and domestic violence. These are just some of the studios below. Each studio is either having a percent off on the jewelry or free shipping so be sure to check out what they are offering. Then a certain percent or dollar amount is going to either charity. If you don't want to purchase you may go to this blog and donate too. Here's the blog: Artfire Guild Event Blog Thanks for everyone's participation and check out other wonderful items in the studios by clicking on the pictures to get to their studio.

Blog site that is supporting Breast Cancer/Domestic Violence

2009-10-05T06:11:00.000-07:00

Click on either sign to take you to the blog site which will donate money or you can buy from the sellers and they will donate. Thank you!!

Breast Cancer or Domestic Violence

2009-10-02T09:04:00.000-07:00

I'm in a Guild called AJDJSS and this month we are trying to raise money for either the Breast Cancer or Domestic Violence. Please visit my Artfire store or can see some of the items on the right that I have for sale. I would like to donate $1.00 for every items sold between now and the end of October. If you just want to donate money this is the blog that will take it: http://ajdjssguildevents.blogspot.com/ Also you can find other nice items from other shops on the blog just click on there name and will take you there. Thanks for all your support and just for reading this!!

Nice surprise!!

2009-09-21T05:15:00.000-07:00

I had a very nice birthday this weekend even though my husband was ill. All thanks to my neighbor who is a friend and another friend who is out of state. I want to show what my neighbor surprised me with. She made up this all herself! What a very nice a beautiful surprise. The pink flower is a hibiscus she has. Thank you Julie and thanks for taking me out to eat!!

And the winner is.........

2009-09-18T22:27:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Kat for winning my blog giveaway!! I just want to thank all of you who entered and also all the wonderful comments!!

My birthday is coming up so this means-BLOG GIVEAWAY

2009-09-14T05:30:00.000-07:00

Since it is my birthday coming up this weekend I want to have a drawing for a giveaway and this time I will be giving away two items that are a matching set. Here is what you will receive earrings and a necklace. If you are interested in the giveaway please put your name and how I can contact you to win this. The deadline will be this Friday Sept 18th at midnight CST. I will contact you Saturday morning and also post on my blog who won. I don't mind if you are from another country feel free to play. My son will do the drawing. You can click on the picture for more details.

Sept 11th-Let us pause for this day

2009-09-11T08:18:00.001-07:00

Just pause a few minutes to this Day for everyone that was involved.