A Crafty Crafty Weekend

Lawdy, lawdy, did I do a lot last Saturday. 

I had been planning to do a lot of crafting since I finally got some energy. (Turns out I've been fighting a parasite for over a month. Go figure.)

I made a list of projects I wanted to do, got all my supplies together, and had at it.

Sadly, I didn't tackle quite my whole list, but then, I don't think I really expected to. 

Anywho, here are some sneak peeks of what I did accomplish with posts on all them to come.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

A Couple New Beaded Bracelets

You may remember my Beaded Bracelet kick from a few weeks ago. If not, you can refresh your memory here.

This caused me to branch out into a different kind of beaded bracelet. 

Not too blingy, understated, simple, really my kind of bracelet. 

I got 15 in strands of gemstone beads from Fire Mountain Beads for less than $2 a piece. The rose bead and heart charm I already had. 

I see a lot more of these in my future.

What do you think?

Thanks for coming by and have a great day.

Cross Stitch Results

Ya'll might remember me telling you here that I was taking up Cross Stitch for the first time. Well, I kept going with until Christmas happened. I managed to do quite a few little things before then and below are some pictures of them. 

Somehow, I miscounted when I tried to do the swag

And miscounted AGAIN on the top swag. One of these, oh one of these days.

The patterns that didn't come from kits came from Pinterest, no surprise right? Well, I was surprised at how many Cross Stitch patterns there are on Pintrest and plenty of ways to use the finished products. 

Link

I'm thinking of doing some necklaces like the one above.

Thanks for coming by and have a great day. 

Some Beaded Bracelets

After I made the bracelet's for our dear family friend Debbie, see here, I got in a bit of a bracelet making kick. I've had tons of seed beads and all sorts of other beads FOREVER and I figured now would be the best time to FINALLY use them. I went on such a kick I think I made nearly 3 dozen in one day. Granted, while they're not spectacular, they're still something.

I'll probably make some earrings to go with them in the near future. You can expect to see more soon.

Thanks for coming by and have a great day.

Bling Bracelets

One of our dearest family friends, Debbie Warren, came to me one day and asked for my help making some jewelry. 

She's what we like to call a Mary Kay Lady. Her proper term is Mary Kay Sales Director. If you're in the North Georgia area and would like an incredible Mary Kay Lady or if you want to join Mary Kay with a Lady who has been so successful she got a car in 1 MONTH, here's her webpage. 

As a director, she was invited to participate in a bracelet making party. She loved the bracelet she made so much she wanted to make more like it. Of course, she's so busy being a director, she doesn't have time to make them herself. Thus, I come in. 

She bought some strings of beads at JoAnn's on sale, (Woo! Go saving!) and some beading elastic. She gave them to me and I went at it. At first, I wasn't very crazy about them. They were too 'blingy' for me. If you know me, that probably seems crazy seeing as how I'm not of slight stature or anything. 

Below are some of the bracelets I strung up for her:

I also made a couple of pairs of earrings to match:

She was so excited when they were done and so was I. They've really started to grow on me in terms of the amount of 'Bling.'

Mary Kay is a great company. They do so much for their employees, after all, what was the color of the last car your company gave you? ;) They also do so much with different charities, they really do Enrich Women's Lives. Debbie is also a great person that has really been able to make Mary Kay work for her. You can be sure she will do her best to take care of all your Mary Kay needs.

Thanks for coming by and have a great day.

The New Year

And here it is! 2013! 

I don't know about you but 2012 has been a huge year for me and I know 2013 is going to be even bigger.

I've been trying new things and can't wait to show them to you. I also have plenty of things planned that I also can't wait to show you. In the mean time, here are some teasers.

Thanks for coming by and have a great New Year!