Life is Like

A box of chocolates... 

And you really never know what you are going to get.

Recently gifted to me was this sweet box by Deb.

She thought it would be perfect for the 

Chocolate themed bracelet that I made. 

I think she is right. Don't you?

Thank You!

I'm using this post to share in the Pink Saturday.
Which I haven't done in awhile.
It will be fun to visit the other"pinkies"!
Thanks for stopping by.

Free Collage sheet

Put together by me just for you!

Dress Form Ball Blog Party!

One of the blogs I follow 

The Polka Dot Closet

is going to have a 

Dress Form Ball.

February the 7th - 14th

All dress forms are welcome!

12 feet or 12 inches tall

Paper, metal, wood

Old or New

Dressed or ala natural

Homemade or store bought

As many dress form Posts as you like.

Plus a giveaway

Check out her blog for additional details.

Hope to see ya there!

Moonlight Journey Journal

I used these collage sheets to do this journal

http://www.moonlightjourney.com/images/Becky118.jpg

http://www.moonlightjourney.com/images/Image24.jpg

http://www.moonlightjourney.com/images6/Becky200.jpg

http://www.moonlightjourney.com/images/Becky22.jpg

And these products:

Zutter - Perfect Closure Set

EK Success Nostalgics stickers

K & Co. ephemera and stickers

Hero Arts stamp,

Beaded trim, ribbon, misc. beads,

 gold string and a little lace.

I may add some glitter but 

I haven't made up my mind yet.

Thanks for stoppin' by and looking.

Cards for a Friends

An unexpected surprise came to me this week. 

I had two different friends request that I 

make some cards for them.

I was delighted and honored to fill their requests.

The first two were for an engagement and an anniversary.

I neglected to to take a picture of them 

before she came to pick them up.

Then I got a call from one of the the friends 

that she given the cards to.

And she wanted 3 cards for her family. 

So this is what I created especially for her. 

The smaller cards are done with her color requests

Today's Bracelet Creation

African Jade medium nuggets, 

glass flowers, Czech grooved rectangle

Copper daisy spacers and toggle.

Scarf Pin for Mom

More than likely she will not be wearing this with any 

scarf. But she can attach it to her beach bag.

The ice skates are to represent the many years 

she lived in Michigan. 

Not to mention both of her kids played on 

travel hockey teams.

My brother was really good! Me, not so much.

The Dolphin is to represent the recent decade 

she and my dad have lived in Florida.

The "M" is for the first initial of her name and for mom.

And the rest are just random charms.

One reminds me of a snowman 

and Mom loves them.

Bracelets and Pendants

Tinkered around with the Vintaj metal 

embossing folders for this heart Pendant.

Added a Tim Holtz Idea-o-logy vintage keyhole 

and used some of the Alcohol inks.

Then using this pattern I found 

at Art Beads

http://www.artbeads.com/make-a-bracelet-vintner-weekend.html

I made my version of it. 

 I followed the pattern requirement for the number of seed beads

for one of the bracelets.

The other I used less seed beads to see how much shorter

 I could make it with out loosing the design.

About 1/4 of an inch.

These two bracelets are made of

Mill Hill antique glass seed beads,

 flat sided freshwater nugget pearls,  

mat tila beads, gold tone toggles.

Loving the earthy color.

And this one I use a pale purple nugget pearl

with a silver toggle.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hope Tag

Using one of the

  Winter Children ATC Collage 

sheet from Moonlight Journey, 

I created this Winter Tag.

It was fun to use all sorts of punches and dies.

Diamond, gold and tinsel glitter, Lace 

 and beaded trim.

For me, my Hope is that the 

winter goes by quickly.