Pick Me!!!!

I belong to an AWESOME group of talented bead weavers that sell on Etsy. Each month, we do a challenge and this month it was "A Study in Monochrome". If you click on the picture, it will take you to the blog where you can vote on any of these beauties.... I'm #6, but don't feel obligated to vote for me... (I'll just pout in a corner, that's okay.... LOL) There are some truly stunning pieces!

If you click on the picture, it will take to the blog where you can see all the lovelies up close and personal!

Just wanted to remind you that I am also having a sale in my shop until the 27th. Snap up all these wonderful Halloween goodies before it's too late!

Fritos and Fluff

For those with culinary sensitivity, please read no further... Just look at the pretty pictures.....
Maybe it's because I'd been reading Janet Evanovich's book Mean Thirteen, or it's my eternal immaturity... I love fluffernutters! For those not in the know, it's a Peanut B utter and marshmallow Fluff sandwich. Now, I have been known to put potato chips or tortilla chips inside a PB&J, but hadn't thought of doing that with my fluffernutter. So, the Fritos were a side dish...
Then, some of the Fluff oozed out... So, what could I do? I had a Frito in my hand and scooped it up with it. It is REALLY good! Now, I don't promote this in large quantities, but a few here and there are just yummy! Yep, just a big kid.... that's what I am!
I entered Margie Deeb's color challenge and here is the result:
I don't know when I'll hear anything, but it was fun doing this!

I Was Tagged....

A few weeks back, actually... I am a BAAAAAAD blogger! Valarie did it to me.... I forgive her since I love her drawings!
So Seven Random Things....
1. I love fluffernutter sandwiches (you know... peanut butter and fluff). Yep, just a big kid here!

2. I absolutely despise beets! Had to eat them as a kid and was so happy to find out my hubby hates them too!

3. I have the knees of an 80 yr old.... Here's what I wear most days....


The hamster's name is Sandy....

4. I have large feet - size 11!... As my Mom says - 'We won't blow over in a stiff wind...' Of course that was before the movie The Mighty Wind came out....

5. I was a jock in high school. (MANY moons ago...)

6. Reading is a favorite hobby of mine. I read at least a half hour each day - usually before I fall asleep.

7. I am allergic to scallops.

Phew! Done! Now, I have to decide who to Tag... hmmmmm... I'll let you know when I do it...
Yep, I'm a brat too, but I think you already knew that.... LOL

I've Been Blogging in my Head Again....

I know that fellow bloggers understand... So much has happened in the past two weeks since I posted....

First, hubby is knee deep in his pole building project and the girls are enthralled by all the machinery and big trucks. They love looking to see the progress when they get off the bus.


I've been a maniac at my Etsy shop and adding things (almost) daily. I've also been keeping up with forums and other such craziness. You can now see my newest pix on Flickr and items in my shop by looking at my little badges here.
A couple of things I will be listing this week.


The past two days I've been working on setting up EGADS! The Etsy Guild for Art Dolls and Such in order to promote this great medium! I am ALL about Etsy now. I've decided to sell solely through my Etsy shop and now all items in my shop have FREE Domestic Shipping...
So please take a peek. Thanks!
Also, I will be putting a mailing list opt-in here soon so you can get quicker updates!

Whatcha Think?

Can you see I've been fiddling? What do you think of the new layout? I added a Flickr badge so you can see the latest pix I've uploaded and an Etsy mini so you can see what's in my shop. How cool is that?
I also added a few things to my Etsy shop yesterday and had gobs of fun with Bloglines. If you aren't familiar with it, then let me tell you ALL about it! I love to read blogs, but I rarely do because I forget, or hate having to click on each bookmark. (So last year!) A guy on one of my flickr groups mentioned this site and I'm in heaven! One stop shopping for all your blogs! Add each blog and then you have a list and one click will bring up the blog without having to go anywhere!
Now, I command you to spend MANY hours on the internet surfing these sites!

2 More Weeks!

Yep, as any red-blooded Stay at Home mom is doing at the moment - counting the days!! OK - the normal disclaimer... I love my kids! Today, my 7 year old reached the I'm bored with everything stage, and I hit, I'm too tired to think of new ways to make the day go by....
But, in 14 days, the kids will be whisked away in the Magic Yellow Bus...
So, in the meantime, I'm trying to get organized... (No laughing!!) I truly need to get my butt in gear and do something consistent with my beads and critters with this blog, my shop and even (gasp) my website! I am hoping to have that done this week.
I did make one command decision and decided to list in my Etsy shop or my Flickr site for the moment. Of course, I haven't listed anything new lately, but I did make a decision....
We got some new neighbors last week and the deer that have been hanging out in their yard are hiding for now. However, I did a few snapshots before they decided to stay in the trees.
So far, I've seen two young bucks, one big buck, three doe and two fawns. They ride in a herd, except for one doe. She keeps to herself, and I've invented a whole torrid story of why she was ousted from the group. Yep, I need to get a life!

OK - Stop your begging!!!! Here is a picture of a bracelet I made with Miss Faith's bead she sent to me when my knee first started to bother me. So, it's my Knee bead (even looks like one!) I had to make matching earrings too...

Enjoy!

The Wait is Almost Over!

Many of you know I am a Harry Potter fan... A HUGE fan... I wasn't always, but then one day, I picked up the first book, then by the end of the summer I'd read all 5 that were out and had to wait a YEAR for book 6! Now, Book 7 is almost here... I've read all the other books several times over (something I rarely do...) and can't wait to see what happens. I must admit, I did take a peek at one of the spoilers that rushed around the Internet, but I won't say anything here. I'll just wait like the rest of us to see what happens to Harry and crew.
But, while I'm waiting, I did put a bunch of earrings on my Etsy site and spent most of yesterday surfing Flickr... What a cool site! I can see I'll be spending MANY hours there once I've finished off the Deathly Hallows... I posted many beads for sale there as well. For those interested, feel free to peruse the goodies. After 6 weeks, our digi camera came back all happy and fixed, so I've been snapping pix left and right... Hence the rush of pictures... Here's my worm dude... Still working on a good name for him...

$2 Bras and Hibernation

Now, this may surprise some of you - but I'm not a world wide traveller... No exotic lands to explore, no jet setting to Paris for dinner.... So, when I went to my local Wally World to get some hamster bedding (see how exotic I am!) my head was turned by the clearance racks outside the entrance. Being a thrifty gal - I got giddy... Sad, yes, I know....
But, imagine my surprise to find bras going for $2!! And they had them in my size!!! Woo Hoo!!! I snapped up a bunch and went on my way. Alas, I got home, tried them on, and found I was no longer that size... (The only part of me shrinking I guess.... LOL) So, I returned them, but there were no more $2 bras...sigh...
As you can see from my last post, I've been REALLY bad about posting here. I've become a bit of a hermit it seems. For about 18 months, I've been battling knee pain. It has gotten to the point now that I am going to get a partial knee replacement. At 41, I am quite young for this, but with kids 6, 6, and 7 - I need to be able to get around - fast too!
Also, our digital camera broke. If you don't have an extended warranty on yours, get one! It did take 4 weeks to get it repaired, but it only cost us shipping to the service center. I was SO happy when the UPS truck pulled up yesterday!
Now that I know the date of my surgery, I've got a lot to do before then, so I hope to post more often and now I can even post pix I've done since the camera broke!
Off to play with some beads and clay!

My New Favorite Earrings!

Most of you know how much I love Faith's beads....

Don't you just LOVE the swirls in those beads? The Cobalt AB swarkies go wonderful with them!

I planned on selling them, but the more I looked at them, the more I loved them! So, they are ALL mine!!! (Yep, I'm wearing them now too!)

In addition to making these yummies, I added some items to my Etsy site and put up a bead set on eBay....

Here are some pix so you can see some of the goodies.

Hope you are having a wonderful Spring and your pollen count isn't making you miserable!

I've been a B-A-A-A-D blogger!!!

Time has slipped from me like water through my hands. I've been busy, but don't know what I've really accomplished... Yes, I've made more beads, sculpted a few more things, but haven't made a necklace, bracelet or even a pair of earrings in a bit...
I've become addicted to Neopets and am trying to wean myself from it and participate in the real world a bit more...

At the moment, I have some polar bear beads up on eBay and made five more today... I'm a bit polar crazy at the moment. Maybe that's why we got snow yesterday and today.... I woke up thinking I was back living in NY state...






I'm hoping Spring will come and stick around soon. I see the grass turning green, but still have to put on my winter coat... Yuk!!! However, I hear those robins singing, so I know I have to be a little more patient....

Happy New Year!

I am a bit late with my salutations, but the thought has been there for over a week! =8->
I had all sorts of pictures to show you, but if you want to take a peek, go to my picture trail site and see the goodies I made for people this holiday season. For now, I wanted to show off this super cool cloud picture that I took on Christmas Eve. Anyone have an idea of what type of cloud this would be?





Also, I wanted introduce my Schnozzle family to you all. I would love to hear what you think of these pendants. Too weird? Super Cool? Just too blasted funky?


I'd love to hear from you all!

My Bead Slave... LOL

I don't have much to report, but one of my favorite lampwork artists has been on my mind... Faith Davis Ferris. She is dedicated to fill all my bead needs... However, as of late, people have been snatching up her beads left and right and I'm awful mad about that! But, then again, I am so happy that she's getting more and more recognition... Aah, the insight to my tortured soul...
(Yep, getting a bit stir crazy not being able to out and about for the past week...)
However, if you don't believe me, take a peek at her stuff!
Her website is here.... Her current eBay auctions are here... Her blog is here...
So, if you drop her a line, tell I said to make more Boro! LOL!!!
Enjoy!

Updating While Laid Up...

On Friday, I had some minor knee surgery, so I'm sitting here on the couch, watching my hubby run around, take care of the kids and the house, while I get to update my sites. Pretty good deal eh?
At this point, I put some stuff on Etsy - a few cute bead sets that I was surprised didn't get snapped up on eBay. Of course, I'm a bit biased, but I really liked these trios and have no idea why they didn't get the hits or the bids...


Cute - right?




I also updated my picturetrail site with some newer sculpts as well as some beads that I hadn't posted there yet. Even added a picture of a new eyeball pin/pendant!
We are so not ready for the holidays, and I'm hoping to use the next couple of days to bead up a storm. I am working on my website and plan on offering some beads there as well as the usual suspects, but that may take a bit.

As I logged in today, I updated to the new version of Blogger. Of course, in doing that, I had to change email addys since I messed it all up... So, if you get a notification from mafairies instead of Sooz - it's still me.. I blame it on the pain meds!

These Puppies had 18 bids!

eBay is such a brutal place. Imagine my surprise when these babies ended up with 18 bids and sold at over twice my buy it now price! I don't want you to think I'm bragging, but I am gobsmacked! I've never had more than a few bids on any one item and this ended up in a bidding war!








It made the day have a nice ending to what was a tortuous day. An afghan hound ambled down our street, obviously lost and clueless about the cars that speed down our road. I called her from the road and had to make the decision to take her to the Humane Society. Hubby thought with two dogs already and three small children in one small house, it would be too much to keep her overnight. All the way up there, I tried to think of reasons why she had to stay at our house... She's such a sweet docile dog and I just knew she would fit in perfectly in our home....
Great news is, I called them this morning and her owner already picked her up! I guess I'll just have to lobby for that hamster one of my daughters wants... LOL

Have a great Turkey Day!

Happy Halloween!

BLAH, BLAH!!! Have a SPOOK-tacular night! My girls are going to be cats and cheerleaders, which is s switch from the usual princess outfits.... Me, I bought some glitter lashes today and have some blue hair spray....
They don't want me to dress up, but hey - I'm the Mom and I wanna!

The 22nd was my birthday and I got THE greatest gift from Tera! They have a black base and have purple, blue, green and orange dots and they are FABO!!! They look sort of like this...
She has a birthday bead list and it is such a great idea, I plan on doing that on my website too!

Here is a picture of the hawk that visited me this summer. The picture is a bit blurry, but that was all he would hang around for....

Not Yet Friday the 13th...

I realize I am quite bad at posting to my blog. So, I figured I'd get ahead of the curve and wish you all a Happy Friday the 13th!

The show I'd planned to tomorrow, fell through, since it's being all Friday the 13th on me. I have been beading some and am really happy with a few pieces. I will hopefully get some decent pictures to post here soon.

The best news... I finally got a picture of that Hawk!! Yes, I am easily amused... I heard him the other day, and hoped he would go to the branch he hangs out on. I turn and look, and there he is! He patiently waited until I got my camera and took a few pictures of him before flying off! They aren't the best pictures, but at least it's better than the specs in the sky I was getting. I have to upload them on the computer...



In the meantime - here's a picture of my glow in the dark ghost earrings.... Click HERE to see how they glow in the dark....

It's Been 20 Days Since my Last Confession... I mean Post...

Can you tell I am having way too much fun? I apologize for not posting, but with the kids not here I can get so much done and my mind is spinning with ideas!
For those in the Maryland Area - I am kicking off my daytime beading and clay classes at the Artway in Damascus.

As some of you know, I belong to Etsy's Crest Team. We will be having an event on October 13th! I love the fact that is Friday the 13th, and I'll have plenty of spooky things there to stay in the mood.
Here are the location details:
October 13, Friday
Location: 1220 L Street NW, Washington DC 20005 (corner of 13th and L Streets)
Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm


I hope you all are enjoying the fall weather. At the moment, the windows are open and I'm off to do some weeding!

Aaaah.... Sweet Silence!

Yesterday, all three of my girls got on the school bus and I felt the first burst of freedom. I went to Target, shopped, then went to the doctor - got a shot - YUK! Went home, did the grocery shopping, took a nap and still had over an hour before they got off the bus...

Today, I'm catching up on my listings and restringing some necklaces... Here are a couple of pix of what I've got on eBay at the moment...

Are you sick of my aliens yet?

Here is the latest in my Alien Series... He's kind of a Grumpy Gus... Maybe it's because he's got no legs... LOL

I haven't put him up for sale anywhere yet, but will soon... There is only eleven more days until my kids go to school. I should have more time after that to post more goodies for sale...

Also, have been beading like crazy to enter a couple of things into the Fire Mountain Gems Beading Contest.

Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Here's my nature pix of the day... I was hacking my azalea bushes and up popped this guy....

Happy August Everyone!

Hard to believe it's August already... In less than four weeks, my little ones will be in school and I'll have some time to really kick up my productivity. For now, the heat is keeping us inside and a bit cranky.

For the past two weeks, a peregrine falcon has been hanging out, but always scoots away when I get the camera out. I got one picture, but it's just basically a dot in the sky. The other day, it tried to come closer, but I heard a cacouphany of crows and watch two of them basically run the poor falcon out of town. He/She is still about since I can hear the cries, but not as close as before. So, in lieu of a picture of a falcon, I'll give you a picture of a rainbow that appeared over my neighbor's house after a serious righteous storm.
Pretty cool huh?
I am finishing up the Kidz Camps that I've been teaching at Polymer Clay Express and everyone seems to be having fun. I've been quite impressed what these kids have created.

I've finished up two alien beads and they are on eBay at the moment, and have another one done, just no photos yet.

Stay Cool! See you soon!