Nick the Squirrel

A funny little tale about Nick the Squirrel....he lives in my parents backyard and LOVES Ritz crackers. He actually scratches at their patio door 'til you open the door to give him his treat. He gently bites the salty cracker right out of your hand, and scampers off to the patio chair to nibble it, just like a person would at the dinner table. What a little gentleman! After about 3 crackers, Nick has had his fill... and just like that, he is off to play with his squirrel friends and will be back the next day for his treat!



(I'm resisting the urge to photoshop a little bowtie on him!)

New!! At Bonzai Beadwear!!

How pretty would these be on your Thanksgiving or Christmas table? Wow your guests with these beautiful beaded wine and martini glasses! What a treat to drink a apple martini out of such a beautiful glass! Matching cake server will look beautiful serving your homemade pumpkin pie...mmmm! Warm copper wire plays off the amber, chocolate, gold and red irridescent beads... how pretty! What a great hostess or housewarming gift!

Please check them out in my shop! :)
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soon to be listed!

I'm a winner! lol

So when I checked my email this morning, I was informed by Shirley of Kerreraskye that I won her blog contest! Whoot! I cant wait to receive my beautiful necklet, it will keep my neck warm and it gets cold here in Chicago!! I just love the beautiful soft gray color. Check out her wonderful blog if you can! :)

http://kerreraskye.blogspot.com/

What Designers Blog feature...

My Magic Pink Waterfall earrings have been featured on what designers blog! How cool!  You can view many pieces on the slideshow on the page linked below. Take a peek at the link that feature the earrings as well as the work of many talented artists!

http://www.blog.whatdesigners.com/2009/09/slideshow-september-picks.html

I am laboring on Labor Day! :P

So after taking 2 days off, being in Wisconsin....I have to catch up on a few things today. Making jewelry for my upcoming show, catching up on twitter, my blog and etsy... I'll be laboring this Labor Day :) How about you???

Have a great Labor Day everyone!

Home Improvement on the cheap!

So... I'm sure everyone who has ever looked into replacing their tile has been to Home Depot (or Lowes, Menards, or your local tile shop) and seen the mosaic tile pieces that come in one block. They tend to run on the expensive side, so when we were renovating our master bathroom, I decided to save $$ and just purchase 4 large tiles, (costing a total of $10!!) put them in a cardboard box, hit them with a hammer (which felt mighty nice, I might add!), and mosaic them myself! Now, this took a lot more time then I thought...I was sitting on the floor and piecing together the mosaic myself. My back was killing me the whole time. Not only do you have to fit the pieces together, but you don't want the same colors next to each other, if you can help it. But here are some photos of the project, hopefully this will help someone out there! :)

Work in progress...
Whoa this really is a "before" no floor at all lol! My dad was probably using some "choice" words during this shot.



Just the big tile around the tub...


Some afters.... (I still need to take some new pics of the finished, painted and decorated bathroom :)










But the end result is something that I am so proud of, and cost nothing in comparison to what it would of if we'd purchased the ready-made mosaic tiles...Voila!

Giveaway on thepennypinchingmama!

Hi! there are some really cool giveaways on the pennypinchingmomma's blog!
Click here to check them out...and GOOD LUCK!!

http://thepennypinchingmama.blogspot.com