Haiti relief

I think it is very cool that in this day and age we can easily make a donation with just a touch of our cell phones!  If you text 90999 you will be making a one time $10 donation to the American Red Cross for Haiti Relief.  If you text 864833 you can make a simple one time $5 donation to the United Way for Haiti Relief!  In the body of text write "haiti" for either one.  You will then get a auto reply sent back to you, requesting that you reply back to it with a "yes" to confirm that you did in fact make a donation. Awesome! Check out CNN if you want more options.  Let's help our world when and where we can.

A gift in my life

Being married is sometimes very difficult and I married a really great man.  I have to admit we have had our share of ups and downs but lately there just seems to be a whole lot of ups.  I don't know why but I consider it a great blessing and it makes me very happy.  Last night he showed up to dinner with this book in tow.  It's really great and so is he.  Just for no reason and it was so unexpected.  How did I get so lucky?  I don't know but I like it.

I know "things" don't make a life but you start putting the sentiment behind those "things" and they really do start to add up.

Free Canvas 8x10 print!

I took this photo of my friend's wedding in October.  I hope they liked it because I made a canvas wrap of it using this free 8x10 coupon.  It cost $14.95 to ship it.  The Canvas People are giving away one free to every household!  This is a great deal and I wanted to share it with all my blog friends.  Let me know if you use it and what you thought. 

Another snow storm! I'm soooo bored!!!

I knew I couldn't NOT make something, especially since it's too cold to do much else!  I got a catalog in the mail and it was full of wonderful jewelry and clothing and handbags, I'm drooling just thinking about everything I wanted.  Their prices were a bit high on most things.  They had these really neat earrings that they called the "Spiral of Life".  I thought, I bet I could make those.  So I did.  The one on the left turned out better than the right one but still not to bad for my first try.  (sorry for the poor photo quality, I didn't have my good camera tonight) I used sterling wire and I hammered them just a bit in the center like they showed in the book.  I struggled with getting the exact match on roundness but then after the fact watched a couple of youtube videos and discovered how to make that easier.  Here is a simple video on wire spiraling.

Thinking and thinking

My mind has been busy even if nothing else has been!  Jim is almost finished with my new artist room.  I'm trying not to start new projects until I get moved in but that is making my mind crazy!  Anyone else feel like that?  You just have to make something or else?!  I'm looking forward to my little art space that I can leave everything out in and I can just walk in and solder if I want, or paint or sew or write.  Whatever I want, whenever I want, without having to drag all my supplies out from 3 different locations!  Without having to clean it all up and put it away because company is coming or because it's covering the kitchen table...I'm so excited!!

Great first day of 2010

I started off the new year with a fun filled day.  I went to a New Year's Day Auction with my friend Donna.  My first purchase was 16 rings for $11.  Most are costume jewelry but I fell in love instantly with this pinkie ring with Jesus on it.  It's from Italy as that is all that is stamped on the underside.  Also you will notice in the photo the green & white squares.  We bought this very unusual chess set that appears to be made of jade or ivory but I couldn't tell you for sure.  We went in on it together and paid $30 a piece which is a total bargain.  We are going to try to resale it and hopefully find out it's worth a lot more than we paid for it.  Of course, I know ZIPPO about antiques so I'll keep you posted on what we discover.  Too bad The Antique Roadshow is not in the KCMO area anytime soon.

Donna bought a really old airplane peddle car.  It's red and very cute!  She only paid $100 for it.  We decided it would look really great as a picture prop for children.  I can't wait to try it out! 

My husband and I topped off the evening with dinner and a movie with friends.  We seen the Sherlock Holmes movie.  It was good, a bit long but everything explained well.  Of course they left the ending for a part II. 

Today is my family Christmas party (we had to postpone due to the blizzard over Christmas).  I'm making homemade bread (1st time ever!) and going to try to organize a few places around my house today.  I'm sure the day will go by super duper fast and I won't get anything done at all.  Such is life.  I love it! 

Happy New Year!

I want to wish everyone reading this a Happy New Year full of blessings from God above!  It's been a great year that has went by really, really fast.  I'm sure 2010 will be one of many challenges for me as I look at my goals.

1. Lose weight- seriously now!
2. Set up an Etsy store and be more creative this year.
3. Read my bible more and go to church on Sundays
4. Spend more time with my kids and my new grandson
5. Write a cookbook
6. Start recycling everything.
7. Say "I love you" often
8. Be more diligent at everything I do.
9. Learn more about my blog and how I can improve it.
10. Just be "me" and have lots of fun this year!