So...Hey!

Hey guys! Sorry it has been so long. I don't know where the time has gone...all I know is it is gone! Let me see...I think a list is in order. Here is a list of all the things that are happening in my life right now:

1. I work all the time! 6 days a week 8 hours a day.
2. I don't seem to have much free time to craft anymore.
3. I love the Classic episodes of Doctor Who, I'm watching them on Amazon Prime.
4. Apparently, I dress eccentrically...
5. I am now, "some lady" and no longer a girl :( 
6. I got to the gym at least 5 days a week.
7. I am trying all kinds of new things with my hair.
8. I am reading through the Bible and am in Job right now.
9. I love the Anne of Green Gables books, currently on book 7 and only one more to go : /
10. I'm working on a 1/4" hexagon project with English Paper Pieces.
11. I have fallen for AHHHs.
12. I go to the movies like once a month.
13. My laptop will not turn on.
14. I still love Etsy trades and have tons to tell you about! 
15. I now have a small collection of vintage Pyrex! 
16. I learn all the time.
17. There are so many things I want to do.
18. I'm planning a trip to Disney World?!
19. I miss my family : (
20. Sometimes I feel busy and other times I don't...what is up with that? 
21. I watch the Mythical Show when I remember too. 
22. Jake is in Japan.
23. I have a new facebook profile pic that everyone loves, but I think it's a lie because I don't really look like that.
24. I want to blog better.
25. I am thinking about 30 day challenges for my blog.
26. I am thinking of different ideas for blog posts.
27. I miss video games.
28. I really like hand sewing! 
29. I love my life, just the way it is and the way it was and the way it will be.
30. I have so many goals!
31. I may be addicted to fabric...
32. I feel very strong in my faith.
33. I have discovered froyo! 
34. I like to get letters and packages in the mail.
35. A friend has introduced me to GLEE...and I really like it! 
36. I want to make a hexagon quilt! 
37. I love having money to shop with.

There. I think that is it for now. I want to blog more and hope to be able to soon. I may have to experiment more with blogging via my iPad...

Number five: Discovering Downton Abbey.

You will probably think I am coming late to the party, but I just discovered Downton Abbey this summer! Crazy, I know. I guess I have been living under a rock because there were two entire seasons for me to watch!

I love period drams like that and like Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Anne of Green Gables, etc...They are wonderful.So it is no wonder why I enjoyed Downton Abbey. I think that Katie was the one that really encouraged me to watch it. And Amazon Prime had it for free with instant video. So that was nice! I would watch at least one episode before I went to sleep at night.

But by the time I was ready to watch season 2, Amazon did not have it for free (they do now). Katie, the wonderful cousin of mine! Works at the local library and she came home with season 2 for me the very weekend I needed it! We watched the entire season in one weekend! It was great!

Now I cannot wait for the third season to come out! But it does not come out until January! Ugh! I guess I will have to console myself by watching Supernatural with Katie instead. Oh well, I enjoy that one too.

Monday Movie - The Big Bang Theory

Monday Movie

Can you believe that there is less than a week until Christmas?!?!?! It is so amazing! We are all really excited here and are having a hard time waiting! If you are having a hard time too take a look at this video from Rhett & Link and just enjoy the Christmas spirit!

Listing of the day

I posted both of these pieces today! Necklace and matching bracelet. I designed both and was thrilled when I was finished. I was so surprised that it came out so well!

Also! I was really excited to be featured in an Etsy treasury today! How cool is that!!

Listing of the day

Here is the bracelet I posted on Etsy this afternoon!

I hope you all have a great weekend!

9.3.11 Etsy Listing

This is my newest listing! A lovely Pen Necklace. Pen necklaces seem to be rather much liked by the general population of crafters, so I hope it was a good posting :D

New Post Today

Here is the bracelet I posted on Etsy today!

L' Via

Here are a couple of necklaces that I posted on my Etsy shop today!

 

L' Via

 Another view.

 Another one.

And another!

Tada!!!!

Well, I know it has been a really long time since I have posted anything and I do have an excuse...You see....Today....I Opened my ETSY Shop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yippy Skippy! I opened today! So there are some pictures of some of the items I posted. I plan to add something new everyday, so you guys will have to keep up! lol

So, come and see my shop! And I have a coupon up too!

 

Wish me luck!

Gifts!

This was a gift for my Aunt Nancy!

She just graduated from Calvin College!

Congratulations Aunt Nan!!

 

The best part is that the central stone was in a car when she bought it and she gave it to me so I could do something with it!

April...The Missing Month

Last month, I was really busy. Not only was on working on a graduate level marketing project, but I was really, really crafty! I completely finished  those awesome clay peices I made earlier this year.

 

Like the Celtic knots I did?

I got a book from the library and loved it so much I had to buy it....and make almost everything in it!!!!!!

I had to buy some new beads...well, technically not beads, they don't have holes.

Then I had to buy settings for the stones I bought!

 Then I got to make stuff!

This one is actually my own design.

See my sketch?

Another one of my designs.

With the original sketch!

My design again! I love this ring!!

Another little necklace I designed.

Just look at it! It is so triumphant!

Oh yeah! I got a pair of FREE Crocs!

 You might know that I got into doing surveys online a couple of years ago. Well, I joined a new website...http://www.focuslinesurveys.com/....And the surveys on there actually add up to real money. Once you have accumulated $25 you can "cash out" and order a gift card. It only took me about 2 months for my first gift card and I almost have enough for another one! I got an Amazon.com gift card for $25! So, knowing me, what would I buy? Pink shoes of course!!!

I hope you guys all had such an awesome April!!!