Want to see some (homemade) jewelry?

Good evening! Boy, was today ever hot! 108 degrees today!! by 9am i was sweating like someone poured a bucket over me! lol
well, tonight i brought photos of some of the jewelry i have been making. i don't have any of DH's wire wrapping since he didn't
complete his first rock/pendant yet. all he has so far is a twisted wire shaped and ready to wrap around a stone/pendant. He
didn't work on it this week though, like we did jewelry making! :D
Here are some of the memory wire bracelets i got done.

And the matching earrings.

A close up of some more earrings.

The bracelet on the right end is one my DH completed! :)

In the photo below, DH made the pin (at bottom) and necklace on the right end!! The two red ones, i have yet to finish.

Some more necklaces and unrelated earrings.

more jewelry we got done!!

i apologize this next photo is so dark, i had planned on brightening it in photoshop but it didn't install that easily yet! :)

This next photo was a work in progress at that point.

This is what it looks like today, it still needs a clasp! :)

That's about all i have done so far! tell me what you think! :) Big HUGS to you for sharing this time!! Have a BLESSED weekend!
Hope to see you tomorrow! :D

Wanted: new 'puter

just popping in to let you know that i MISS you already!! it's been only one day that i have not been able to use my computer but it feels like F-O-R-E-v-E-R!! Right after i visited one of the last blogs, that i like to venture each day, my mouse arrow froze up YET again and i had to hard crash, that was Thursday morning!!! DH mentioned it to his son and found out it's probably the hard drive but LUCKILY he is coming out here for a visit and will bring a new (to me) hard drive that he has! YAY!!! but it will be a LONG tough week, til then! even though i can use DH's computer as i am now, it doesn't have all my files here!! (insert sad face here) it's pretty wierd realizing just how much of my life is wrapped up in this box that i type into (my computer)! lol ANYWAYS, i don't want to hog up DH's 'puter since he does ebay on it. But right now, he is out in his workshop, so i figured i would pop on, say HI and let you all know what's happening! OH and i will take better photos of the jewelry i have been making... i took some photos and they were terrible! :) i am off to check my emails! Big HUGS to you! Thank you so much for caring enough to comment! each one feels like a HUG!:) Have a BLESSED evening and i will try to pop in this weekend again! :D

FUN with bargains!

Good evening! i hope you had a WONDERFUL day! it got pretty hot here again today (high 90's) but DH and i, packed up some beads and went to a rockhound friend's place to craft together!
While she worked on covering a terra cotta pot with polished stones, i made a few earrings and DH learned how to polish (on his buddy's polishing machine) and wire wrap stones!! it was really FUN!! we will surely be doing that again!! They asked us to come over since they are getting ready for local gem show that is quickly approaching! they already have a booth paid for in advance and asked if we had anything we can sell. so we are trying to get a few items together to get money for the REAL FUN that will be coming up in Jan. / Feb. Quartzsite (scroll down a bit to see the shows ground photo to just ONE of the shows!!)
i can hardly wait to go to this Arizona show! We have gone to the local gem show, last year & LOVED it and this show in AZ is WAYYYYYYY bigger and cheaper! i am so excited about it! :)
Anyways, back home and the FUN we had this past weekend! hehe
We picked up this skull for DS.

this photo of three glass & foiled plates doesn't do them justice. they are really LOVELY!

same with these next two dresses. these photos just don't do them any justice.

this black dress is totally AWESOME, with some bead designs on it!

This FUN lot was only three dollars and includes a jade rock, a node rock, along with three bracelets, a cross and a heart photo locket!! BARGAIN! :D

i could hardly resist this BEAUTY!!

i also found more ephemeral and because DH bought something from our book guy, he gave these to me! :)

and last, i found another FUN pair of shades for just two dollars!

Goodness how we LOVE that swapmeet! it was too funny today when we were at our friend's place, another friend of hers stopped in and asked where i got the top that i was wearing, and i had to laugh and said the swapmeet... then not to long later, she asks about the rings i had on and got the same response! lol i REALLY have filled my life with things from there! AWESOME things, too!
Well, i am just HAPPY to have that swapmeet since we really didn't have a decent thrift store or dollar store in our area for a long time... only recently, (within the past year or two) a COOL dollar store moved in downtown.
What are some of the things YOU like to do? i would LOVE to hear it! Cause i LOVE when you visit ME! :) Thanks so very much for sharing this time!! have an AWESOME evening!! HUGS!! And i will see you in the morning! :D

Bargains!!!

What a week it's been! sure hope you had a much BETTER week! This Saturday started out with rain, which is always surprising around here!! lol but it didn't rain too hard or long and the swapmeet went on without a hitch!
With all the troubles i had with my computer last week, i realize that i didn't get to share with you, all the goodies we got from Tender Loving Care sale. Tender Loving Care is a charity that many donate goods for selling and the money helps those in need in the area, and i LOVE when we can help the people in this community!! It's tough enough just living out here in the
desert and for many who cannot leave it, there are basics that so many need help with!
it's a really WONDERFUL charity with FUN sales about four times each year.
Here are some of the items we got this time, like this thing that we have NO idea what it is or does!! lol it is almost like a very long chinese finger trap.
Remember those?

i also found this LOVELY Christmas runner and stitching kit, that was NEVER opened!!

This Spin Art machine has been such a favorite of mine as a child. it was irresistable to me!!
And even though we have to cut more papers and buy new paint, the machine still works!!!

When i spotted this book, i snagged it quickly! lol i have never seen this done before and thought it was a FANTASTIC gift idea!!

Someone took an old reader's digest hardbound and decoupaged a LOVELY saying with picture, onto it. Then curled up the corners and made it all starchy and stiff!!

Cool, huh? :) i thought so too!!
And onto the swapmeet and finds like this little totem for a buck.

This next photo was a three dollar lot, which includes things like a perfume pen and block of coconut oil soap with molds, a book and new tomato pin cushion, with pins included too!

These FUN Jack-o-lantern earrings were only a quarter!!!

i LOVE this bottle (but then i am a bottle NUT! lol) with a little dancer inside!!

here is a closeup! This bottle is a musical one and the little dancer does a jig!

These little containers open and were only fifty cents a piece!!

This haunted theater and the pink bead necklace draped on it, were free when my DH bought a whole lot of baseball cards and matchbox cars for a bargain price to him!!!

it has a hole in the back for a little light to go inside and light the window in front! Too CUTE! :)
These dragonware ashtrays were a surprising bargain at only fifty cents each!!!

Are these chickens SWEET!?! they hold votive candles and are metal!!

i am going to save the rest for tomorrow!! i sure hope you stop back in cause i LOVE your visits!! big HUGS to you and thank you for sharing this time!! See ya in the morn!! :D

checking in

Just checking in, to say i am ok... my computer, however, not so much! All last week it was causing me stress with acting up and then it got so bad that it would not even stay ON!!! so after shedding a few tears and whining how i seem to need yet another new computer, DH decided to try blowing out the dust. So after making sure he grounded himself, he carefully opened up the side and with a can of air, lightly blew away the dust from all the inside components! and lo and behold, my computer seems MUCH HAPPIER!! Although i have not yet really taxed it (this morning was the first day in DAYS that i visited all my favorite blogs again!)i am hoping that is all my computer needed! HUGS to my honey for being so careful too!! i will be back later tonite with some FUN bargains, even though it DID rain this Saturday morning! HUGS to YOU for your patience with me!! :D Have a SUPER day!

Sharing a few links

Good morning! it has been MUCH cooler around here lately. Still in the 90's but even the pool water temperature is dropping FAST! lol
i wanted to share a few links with you, that are new to me. i hope you enjoy them too!
First off, i found Shabby Chic Papirskatter
There you will find all things Vintage! like photos, labels, and sooo many angels!
Next i found Cool & Cute Blog Stuff , where you will find FANTASTIC paint shop pro tutorials but it is so easy to use many of the same ideas in photoshop, too. All the tutorials i found, related to your blogs in some way, so i hope you can find some useful info there, like i did!! :)
A Print A Day where you will find some FUN inspiration, as well as something to print daily!
At Vintage Catnip you will, also, find something new each day!! FUN FUN FUN!!!
oh how i LOVE to find new bloggers with the same interests or even sometimes a new to me interest!! i sure hope you pop in and visit these WONDERFUL bloggers, maybe you will revisit them, like i am sure too!! hehe
Thank YOU so very much for sharing this time!! HUGS! Have a GREAT day! :D

Crafty things

Good evening! i just got done watching a FUN documentary about the original Woodstock!! it was FANTASTIC! i didn't get to go since i was too young but i would have LOVED it! i remember listening to the cassettes of the music, over and over!! Country Joe and the Fish, Joe Cocker, Janis, Jimi!!! it was GREAT!! :)
Anywaysssss back to the 21st century!! lol i have been crafting, if you can believe that!?!! i use to craft so much and still do have a lot of crafting materials in storage! it's tough to find the room to craft and so i have done less and less each year to the point of almost stopping completely, upon discovering the digital world of scrapbooking!! hehe it's now been a few years and my hands have been itching to get back into the physical crafting world! :) For a few years, DH & i did chain maille jewelry, he doing the chain part and me doing the decorating with colorful beads!! But now that we have a TON of AWESOME beads we don't know what to do with them or we just don't have the talent to do what we want with them! hehe i tried covering a wooden bead with seed beads, the other night and got as far as the third row. then i had to go into a bead in the previous row and broke the darn bead, pulling the needle thru! lol Then i found these little bead pie magnets . This is an EASY way to use up some of those smaller beads!!
And it looks ADORABLE on the 'fridge too!

i have also been playing around with some of the fabric i have accumulated over the years!

And in making these little pincushions, i can use up some of my calicos!

i think i may try to make a little cowboy/girl hat and MAYBE even make a beaded hatband! oh the FUN of it all!! :)
Thank you so very much for stopping in for a visit! i LOVE our time together! :) HUGS!! Have a MARVELOUS evening and i will see YOU in the morning! :D