Love Always Mom

This is a link I made from Art Clay (silver clay) to honor my mother. I'll be including it into a bracelet. I had a stamp made of my mother's writing and made an impression for the back of the link. A "love" definition stamp was used for the front along with the shamrock to honor her Irish heritage. The plan is to make links for both my sisters so we all will have one for a bracelet or necklace. I'll be keeping this one for myself as it's a first try and not so perfect.

Charmed by Nature - GIVEAWAY!

Lorelei Eurto has a great giveaway (again!). This time around it's this cute collection from Kylie Parry. Stop by their blogs and see what these talented, generous ladies have been up to and for links to their shops. Thank you!

I'll Trade Ya'!

I had a booth at the Binghamton University Spring Craft Show on March 19th. My friend, Daniele, helped me out with the show. It's always nice to have someone with you to chat with when it's slow and help you out when you need to take a break.

Located right behind me was Julie from Latherati Soap Foundry. I'm so glad she introduced herself to me. We chatted off and on during the show. As the show wound down, Julie came over to look at my jewelry. I guess she liked what she saw because she said, "Hey, wanna barter?!" She picked out one of my latest bracelets (above) and then
we set off to her booth to continue our wheeling and dealing.

All of her scents were fantastic but my favorite were Longbourn (figures as I love Pride and Prejudice) and Matchmaker. I was also able to get Daniele a body spray with patchouli in it which I knew she loves. Check out Julie's Etsy shop (click on the logo below) for some fabulous lotions, creams, soaps and more! I've fallen in love with them. Thanks Julie!!

Another Snow Day...

Well, this was a surprise. It's not the fact that we got snow. It's the quantity!! Nineteen inches!! Really?!

This is the door I normally let our dog, Nola, out of but I had to use our other back door as this one had the snow packed right up against it. Nola didn't know what to do when she went out the door. She went down the stairs and immediately popped over to this door. She then hopped like a bunny out into the yard to do what dogs do.

The kids aren't as giddy as they usually are since all their snow days have been used up and are now using up future vacation days. And me? I'm not giddy at all.

Great Green Girl Studios Giveaway!

Andrew Thornton is offering a chance to win this fantastic giveaway from his family's Green Girl Studios. Head on over to his blog for more information! Thank you Andrew and Green Girl Studios for this generous offer!

Just in time for Christmas!

How would you like to win a $250 gift card to Best Buy? You can enter for a chance to win one through one of my favorite blog sites: FarmgirlFare. Check out Susan's blog for more information. Ho! Ho! Ho!

Smitten Kitchen: My Newest Blog Find

I was just Googling "Ricotta Pizza" and came across this great blog, Smitten Kitchen. After reading over Deb's ricotta pizza recipe, I visited the current/main page of the blog and she has a recipe for spaghetti with chickpeas.

After reading her first paragraph I laughed out loud. It's as if I had written this blog entry while thinking of my friend, Daniele. If you are a runner you may like that recipe and any others who like to cook I'm sure will enjoy this blog.