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DIY: M

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Like  you, I’ve seen this project all over the internet and like any other fad I have to try it out to see if it’s all it’s cracked up to be. This project was fun, fast and relaxing. So yes, try it and do it with prettier more sparkly buttons. I used only what I had in my house.

I first painted the letter pink. Mainly because I’m starting to accept that I like pink and that doesn’t make me a bimbo. So I’m incorporating it more in my wardrobe and house.

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Heat your wonderful hot glue gun and tell it you love it. Cause really, how far would we ‘creative’ people get without Mr. Glue-gun. So then basically just hot glue buttons wherever you want. In any order you want. You are in charge! 🙂

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Don’t you love the colors?! Mrs. M. 🙂 I like the sound of that!

OK, I would do a whole lot more yellows and oranges. Too bad so sad, but it turned out pretty cute not buying anything. Now at this point, if I had all the molla at my disposal (watch out!) I would use glitter rhinestones, clip on earrings and glitter spray paint. But I did have the rhinestones!

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And that ended nap time. Emma was awake and thrilled to see we were playing with small colorful buttons. 🙂 But not happy I had to ruin it all by sticking the camera in her face and tell her to say cheese! This was her attempt. I think she could have given more effort. 😉

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* my thanks goes out to Mr. Hot glue gun. Love you man.

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Eric, this is for you

Congratulations Jenise! You won the beautiful two pairs of earrings! I’ll contact you. 🙂

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I love my brother. He is generous.

He just came back from New York to attend a charity.

He likes to dress up.

He is kind.

He is protective.

He likes making Emma laugh.

He likes spoiling those he loves.

He doesn’t like people telling him what to do.

He is hard working and driven.

He is loyal.

He looks like my dad.

He is super social. Everyone who meets him likes him.

He is very handsome.

He used to have an obsession over he-man when he was younger.

He is a born leader.

He is currently single and living in Seattle. 😉

He loves a challenge.

He’s my wonderful brother and I love him so much!

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Earrings

Here are the earrings, so sorry it’s taken me this long! Can you believe I forgot to post them?! lol It’s been a crazy busy day. Hope you comment and win!

This pair of earrings I made thinking of Spring. These reminded me of flowers. 🙂 I love wrapped jewelry, it just speaks to me. They dangle beautifully and are light on the lobes.

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This next pair of earringsare special. They were made with beads I got when I was forst starting to get into jewelry making. Light and durable you’d think I would wear theses ore. I’m just not a red person. I pretend to be, I want to be…but then I look in the mirror in the morning and switch into black or blue earrings.

So for you flashy outspoken ladies- I hope you win these!

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** winner will be chosen tomorrow night.

(which we’re going to the zoo lights and I’m really excited. Great family time with great friends)

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winner and cupcakes

Congratulations to MARIA!!! You are the new owners of the green bracelet and green glass earrings! 🙂 Email me with your address. Thanx!

New jewelry coming up later today! They are beautiful in my opinion!!! It’ll be worth it for you-trust me 🙂

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In other news, we… made cupcakes! (‘we’ being a relative over generalized term) From scratch. Yummo. They were a little more dense than I would have liked but they were tangy and I loved that. Eggnog cupcakes anyone?

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I wrapped them for Trav to take to his work but I guess he forgot them. Maybe tomorrow he’ll bring them. I’m also a little obsessed with cool plates like what’s pictured. Oh, anthropology, if only I have millions to spend on plates from you.

I topped them with toffee and chocolate chips. The icing is chai cream cheese.

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Jewelry Giveaway

Jewelry. I just have too much. I have tons. Tons people. I sell it as much as I can but I keep getting/making more. So…I’m giving away lots this week. Keep coming back to comment. The winner will be chosen randomly. The good thing for you? I’ll be giving away more than one piece a day. Hopefully. If I have time. Today I’m giving away 2 items. A bracelet and earrings.

I don’t know what the thing with me is, but I believe strongly in stretchy bracelets. I used to think that they were cheaply made and kid-ish. That was until I started buying/making clasp bracelets and decided clasps are stupid. They are hard to do one handedly, and always rests on the top of your wrist keeping the pretty beads/crystals out of view. Stupid. Enough ranting! Let’s focus

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So I made tons of stretchy bracelets that went with most of my clothes. So why a, I getting rid of some? If I haven’t worn it in forever meaning in the past 4-5 months it’s a potential for you. And um, need I say theses would be awesome FREE Christmas presents too!

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Secondly, here is a nice pair of light green glass earrings. They are super tough so if they fall (because I drop everything including these beauties) they won’t break. They are adorable on and very light.

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The winner will be chosen tomorrow morning. Just leave me a comment to enter the drawing!

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Bath time

this is emma again, coming to you live from the bath tub. which in itself is one of the happiest places in the world which can rival disneyland. just the thought of bath time brings a light to my eyes and i will do anything mom asks. clean up. throw things away. make dinner. i really am amazing.

my aunt jamie is here and she is so super fun to watch me in the tub. she plays with me and she loves to pretend. which i’m an expert in. in my observation adults loose their imaginations as they age. a horrible way to live. no wonder peter pan went to neverland. anyhoo….

here is jamie posing and wishing she wasn’t getting her picture taken. hehe i like power.

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Noneisn’t she beautiful. my mommy did her hair. i love it. and finally here i am. cheeese!

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Embrace the Camera!

My sister is in town so she was told/asked to take a picture with Emma for this post. She resisted, er I mean was excited and tried to hold Emma. Which my lovely little one started yelling and jumping off the couch. lol Great. So here’s our action shot. Enjoy and have a great Thursday!

I’m linking up with Emily.

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Sherlock Holmes

I’ve never really been into TV shows. Trav was into LOST and now The Event and Fringe. Both of which don’t really interest me. I prefer mysteries where you find out what happened. Too many questions came up unanswered on LOST and just soliditfied why I watch what I watch.

Such as Masterpiece Mysteries. ESPECIALLY SHERLOCK HOLMES! Such an amazing show that is funny, witty and at the end you see your own deduction attempts as a great failure and only on TV can it work. I’ve tried seeing what people do fo a living based of their fingernails and I don’t get anywhere. Who knows, maybe I’m not destined for a life of crime fighting. But I love watching Sherlock do it. He’s so weird, quirky and exactly like the books.

Check them out on PBS, you can watch all 3 movies for free until Dec. 27th!

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dad

dad,

I love you so much and every time I look at this fern I think about how much you liked to tend to your fern garden. Every place we live I make it a point to buy a fern. It feels more like you’re going to come over and play with it. Trim it, look at the different variation. Share a cup of peppermint tea with me. Dream together.

My house is always open to you. Love you

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