Valentine's Day Bake Sale!

After deciding not to get the super-duper-large box of Valentine's Day cookies at the store; I came home and made my own! Valentine's Day Cookie Necklaces! Each cookie is right at 1" tall, and strung on matching ribbon with silver findings. Tie closure. $16 each plus shipping. I only have these three available, so if you want one, get yours now!

Cloverfield & Updates!

So... I went last night with some friends to see Cloverfield... And we all really enjoyed it! I was really expecting it to be awful after all the hype, but I wasn't disappointed at all! I'm not going to say anything else about it, so that I don't spoil anything! I know a bunch of people have said it was terrible, but even on Rotten Tomatoes it has a 77%, which is pretty high for that site! Woohoo!

In other news... January is going by super fast! I have some Valentine's Day goodies that I may be posting next week. Here is a sneak peek:


It's some of my little hand-stitched hearts! I've got a bunch of Valentine colors, and some sweet scented ones, too! Right now they're only $10! Let me know if you would like one (or more!). P.S. - the red one is Red Hot Cinnamon scented! ;)

I'm also taking orders on beaded items - cakes, cake slices, flowers, castles, etc. If you want anything, get your order in soon!

Well... I've got many things to do over this long 4-day weekend, so I'm going to go get started!

I hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Yum yum beaded cupcake!

This little beaded cupcake totally needed his own post! Note the sweet little pink sprinkles and the cherry on top! I just love doing these! I've even started doing scented ones! Woohoo!

I'm currently working on a tiny little version. Look for her sometime near Valentine's Day! <3 <3

Happy Thursday!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful 2008 so far! Mine has been super busy!

I've got many new things for the shop finished! I will most likely start posting some goodies next week! Don't look for everything all at once though! I'll be posting bits here and there all throughout the year, so as not to overwhelm everyone! (And myself! lol)

For now... I've got a couple of extra necklaces! Ready to ship!

Sweet Sundae Necklace - $16 plus shipping. Seed bead colors: Marshmallow, Raspberry Ice, and Frosty Rootbeer. Be sure to let me know the length of chain you would like!

Mermaid Lagoon Necklace - $18 plus shipping. Seed bead colors: Blueberry Sorbet, Turquoise, and Arctic Spearmint. Again... Let me know the length of chain!

Both necklaces are made of high-quality silver plated wire, glass seed beads, and lots of love! Beaded pendants are around 5/8 - 3/4" tall, and beaded on both sides.

I'm not going to be taking custom orders for these, so if you see one you want, you better snap it up! Click here to order yours!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Helloooo!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Mine was super awesome! Even Jimmy said it was probably one of the best and most fun Christmases he had ever had! Wow! (I wonder if it was the matching red flannel pajama pants that my Mom gave to everyone and had us wear while opening presents? Yep; Mom, Dad, Jacob, Tessi, Jimmy and I... Oh! And even baby Taigen! Allll were wearing matching pajamas! I LOVED it! :D Mom said it was so it would feel like Christmas morning, even though we were doing it on Christmas Eve night. Hehe... I just love my Mom! lol I think it's going to be a new tradition!)

My birthday was wonderful, too! It was a 'cupcake' birthday! Hehe... I think Mom and Dad bought one of each cupcake-related and themed thing they could find in town! lol Books, dishes, stickers, stamps, papers, tote bags, clothes, craft supplies... All with a cupcake theme... Honestly, I don't know where she finds all this cool stuff! lol I'll have to post a picture! (If I don't forget! lol)

I'm not going to type much more right now... I want to go play with all my new 'toys'! Hehe! And, I just can't even believe all the ideas I've got right now that I want to try out! I have a new 5-subject cupcake notebook - courtesy of Mom - that I've been writing/drawing everything down in... And when I look over it... I don't know where to start! lol

It's a good thing I have two weeks off work to experiment! Woohoo!

Later!

And so it begins...

...Christmas Vacation!!! I've had the theme song from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation going through my head for about 3 days now! lol And it's finally here! Yippy!

Two and a half weeks to do whatever I want! Woohoo! lol Well, actually, most of this first week is already booked up, but the second week... I should have some really nifty things to add to my shop after the new year! I'm debating on whether or not to keep some of the things for just my DB Girls. We'll see. ;)

Last night was the first 'Christmas' of the year. lol Jimmy and I celebrate Christmas with three different families. His family was last night since most of them have to go back home on Monday, my immediate family is Monday (my birthday!) and then all of my family on Christmas. I love having three different Christmases! lol Oh! And I can't forget mine and Jimmy's Christmas! With our little four foot tree! Hehehe... lol (Yea, yea... We haven't gotten around to getting a 'real' tree yet! And it's a good thing, too, since Bi-Zu has knocked over TWICE now! :P)

After our Christmas last night, I just feel so happy and blessed. I've got so much to be thankful for; so many wonderful people in my life, my little business is doing so well right now and the ideas for new things are constantly flowing, I have a wonderful husband who is so sweet and such a hard worker, I have a wonderful job that allows me to have a lot of extra time for other important things. Just so many things... I'm not saying that I never have problems or that my life is perfect. I just feel like whatever comes my way, I know that I will be able to handle it.

And all these petty little things... They just don't matter! These people who have tried to bring me down in the 'recent past' (These are people from online; people I've never met and will most likely never meet... Shocking, right? lol) they've wasted their time! And I almost feel sorry for them that they have nothing better to do than pick on people through the internet! lol

I'm also so incredibly thankful that I still have a little brother. We just came so close to losing him. It is a real honest-to-goodness miracle that he is still here with us. Maybe sometime I'll post pictures of what was left of the car...

Hmm... I feel so mushy mushy right now! lol But I'm just so happy! And I know where it's coming from. ^ ;) I think I might go turn some cartwheels!

So, now tell me... What are you thankful for?

Tuesday

For lack of a cuter title... :D

So, today I come into work, and one of the little boys from last night asks me if the Dust Bunny food is still piled in the floor around the couch.

"I don't know. Have you looked?" I craned my neck to get a better look at the floor.

The food was gone!

"They came out! Did you see 'em, Ms. Amanda???"

"No, I had to leave. I missed them!"

So I guess the Dust Bunnies waited until everyone had left, and then ventured from under the couch to munch out on paper dots and sequins!

Either that or it all got vacuumed up. lol

I just love those kids!

Speaking of kids... I just found out that I get to see my little Cousin Crystal in a couple of weeks! They're all coming in from Florida after Christmas. We're going to do some after Christmas shopping in Pigeon Forge, work on some crafts together... It will be great!

At first we thought they weren't going to be able to come in. My Aunt and Uncle both work at the Kennedy Space Center and when the shuttle launch didn't happen a few weeks ago, they were afraid it would cause everyone at the KSC to have to go right back to work after Christmas. Plus, my Aunt has to be there when the shuttle goes off, so there was going to be no way to get out of it. Luckily things worked out, and they'll be here around the 27th!

I decided to take off work tomorrow so that I could go Christmas shopping with a friend. I can't wait! I just love shopping for gifts! And we're eating at one of my favorite Italian restaurants for lunch! Yum!

Well... I got a bunch of seed beads in the mail today as a gift from one of my favorite suppliers, so I just have to go and make a few little beaded Mickey ears with some of the new colors! lol

Have a lovely night!