More Creations

It's been crazy busy around here -- all sorts of Christmas prep going on, but I thought I'd share a few pictures of what I've been doing.

A friend saw these on pinterest and fell in love -- I offered to make them for her and subsequently have ended up making 4 more pair :-)

My mom was making these over Thanksgiving and I thought I'd give them a try -- a fun sassy scarf!

And last, but certainly not least -- I was asked to make a butterfly watch and put together these two for the customer to choose from.  Amazing how the same theme can end up with two totally different looks.

That's all folks -- enjoy your day!!

UGH .... for sunshine!!

People think I'm crazy when I say I don't like the sun and it makes me sick, but today is even more proof!! 

The girls and I went down to my parents this long weekend.  Well technically we went on Sunday and came back on Tuesday.  The girls didn't have school on Monday or Tuesday so we took advantage of it and all went to a water park in Greensboro.  We had a blast -- spent the whole time riding one ride -- but the downside of it is not I'm paying for it.

I don't have a sunburn or anything to show for it, just exhaustion.  It's almost like I have the beginnings of a flu and the only thing I can attribute it to is the sunshine.  Happens every time.  Oh well, the girls had a great day and it was worth it.

The upside of it -- I've spent the day creating!!  In October I'm partnering with a local business to support breast cancer research so I'm busy making watches galore to get them ready!!  Here's a couple of pictures of what I've done recently.

 

Bring on the Beads!!

So after a few crazy hectic weeks, I was able to carve out some time to create last night and this morning.  Seems like the times I need to de-stress are the times I can't don't have the time or the energy to do what needs to be done.

So, anyway, I was able to pull out the beads last night and have several wonderful creations to show for it.  Thought you might like to see as well.  Hope they give you a little smile as well.

These are the first of some team watches.  I've done a few before that were orange and blue and had Florida Gator charms on them.  I'm now just waiting for the charms to come in the mail -- looking forward to a Tennessee Vol's one and a Boston Red Sox --  who knows what else will turn up??

This one is one that I did much earlier this spring, it popped and so the lady asked me if I could restring it.  Amazingly she had all the beads, I did restring it and added another pink square foil bead, so hopefully it won't be under as much stress and won't pop again.

Turquoise was the order of the day for this watch -- with a modern twist.  I love these silver curvy spacer bars.

Saved the best for last!!  I saw the solid bars and fell in love with the colors.  Had no idea what I was going to do until I brought it home and realized that not only did I have beads in all the matching colors, I also had an antique gold face.  I love the way it came together and it's really comfortable to wear.  The solid pieces are on the back of the wrist so there's no gouging or anything -- I've worn it for two days now and I love it!!  This one is sized small to fit my wrist perfectly.  Maybe I'll just keep it!!!