Recent Jewelry

My wire working is getting better...I was super excited about these earrings! 

One day I will be good enough to make the spirals spiral in the same direction...but I do kind of like the whimsy they have because they don't.  I heart them.

I donated some pieces for a silent auction to benefit a friend of a friend's mom's cancer treatment.  She has b-cell lymphoma and the awareness color for lymphona is green, so I was asked to incorporate that color in my pieces.  I didn't know it was specifically lime green...oops.  I wish I had been able to attend the benefit, but that was upgrade weekend.  

I did a wire wrap bracelet and earrings with gold tone wire.

Then I did a criss cross bangle with some super cool earrings that I wanted to keep for myself...but I resisted the urge.

The absolute best part of donating the jewelry and seeing pictures of the benefits is knowing that her treatment is going well...she is doing great!

I need to get busy, April is almost over and I have two April birthdays I need to create gifts for.  I'm late...my bad!

Things I'm Loving - Spring 2011

I think it's very cool how a small accessory can change the way you feel or change the feeling in a room.  I fell in LOVE with these soap dispensers at Pier 1 and had to have them for our bathroom.  Aren't they so cute, fun and happy?

Close up!  I think if you look hard enough you can see blurry me and the camera.

Another thing I am loving this spring are shells!  I always have the jar of shells in our bathroom, but this spring they have invaded the living room and the front bathroom too.  I can't wait to go to the beach!  In the living room they are surrounding a candle on our coffee table.

My office is not immune either.  I have lots of fun spring time pencils and I bought some new pens...I outgrew my usual pen holder I keep on my desk.  Good thing I had this fun pink vase with polka dot ribbon stashed in a drawer!  FUN!  I realize I am silly.  I'm okay with it.  :)

Let's not forget fun spring time accessories!!  I saw this ring and had to have it.  I love butterflies and I love how big and awesome this ring is!



What spring would be complete without a big orange bangle?  It also came in turquoise and yellow if orange is not your thing.

Spring has to be, by far, my favorite season.  It makes me happy.  What's your favorite season?

Happy Falloween!

Yes, Falloween!  My theory on decorating for this time of year is to blend a large amount of fall decorations that will last me from September until after Thanksgiving when the Christmas decorations come out, with a few Halloween items that come out from the end of September to the beginning of November.  So Happy Falloween!  Here is what I have around my house right now...

On my front door I have a door bucket with some wonderful fall sunflowers.

In my entry way on my decorative door knob hooks, I have a Happy Halloween witch.

In the kitchen I have a jack-o-lantern candle holder on my stove and a beaded pumpkin one on the bar.

In the dining room I have a fall flower arrangement and bowl of gourds on the side board and an arrangement of jack-o-lanterns on the dining table.

In the living room I have fall decorations on the coffee table and end table and Halloween decorations hanging on the hooks of my wall mirror and a jack-o-lantern on another table.

A glass container in my guest bathroom that holds shells in other months of the year gets switched with small gourds in the fall.

 On the balcony I have a fantastic metal jack-o-lantern that stays out all year.  When it isn't October he lives under the table and holds mosquito spray, but in October he is out front and center, ready for beautiful fall evenings.  He is accompanied by a spider planter decoration.

And of course since I spend so much time in the office, there has to be a fall theme there too.  Here is the wreath from my door and my little jack-o-lantern.