Archive for the ‘Life’ category

Stringing Crazy

February 16th, 2009

Now that I have started making jewelry, I have been trying to make as many as I can. I made ten bracelets total in December, but as I mentioned in the last blog, one of my aunts bought five of them and the other four were given as gifts for Christmas. So at the end [...]

I Started Making Jewelry

January 25th, 2009

Right before Christmas, I decided I wanted to make jewelry to give as gifts. I started making my Mom’s bracelet. She is a beader/designer, so I thought she might appreciate my efforts to try and make my own stuff. That’s how it started. Here is a look at the finished bracelet and earrings set: It [...]

My Grand-Puppy!

January 25th, 2009

Well, it’s finally happened, I’m a grandma. A little earlier than expected, but I’m not complaining. My dog, Sweets, had puppies earlier this month. It was her first pregnancy (and last…I’ll make sure of that). I felt so bad for her because for the last few weeks before the babies were born, she looked completely [...]

This is Us

August 3rd, 2008

I just realized I have been writing blogs about my life, beadwork, and embroidery, and you haven’t even seen who we are. So I figured I would go ahead and put a blog out so you can put the names to the faces. This is me. I am sometimes silly, sometimes serious, and sometimes neurotic [...]

Grandpa’s Cardinal

August 2nd, 2008

I love doing embroidery. And I love giving them as gifts because it makes those I love happy. I try to find things that will be significant to the people I make them for. For my Grandma it was hummingbirds, but for my Grandpa, it is cardinals. This is what the cardinal project looked like [...]