I found PicMonkey...

As a blogger I know it's all about the photos. Nobody cares about the words I write. They want to see what I have to share.

I've been trying to catch up on my favorite blogs today when I buzzed over to Sweet Bee Cottage. Janelle has shared a cool site called PicMonkey. She told me that I had to drop everything and go check it out. So I did and the creation above is what became of my playing around for just a few minutes.  It's like having your own photo editing software online. It seems some of the peeps from the old Picnik website, that recently closed up shop, have created this new dynamic website www.PicMonkey.com They have an awesome sense of humor, too.

This is what the photo started out looking like. I finally got around to photographing the Cherry keyring that my friend, Heather, from Dragonfly Lampworks designed a bead for. It's the cutest little thing with Cherries on both sides. Now I just need to "get around to" placing it in my Artfire.com shop for sale. So many things...so little time...
Do go by and monkey around at the PicMonkey photo editing site. You'll have fun.

Bad News...Good News

Ugh! I've been Laid Off....

Bad News...yepper...I just found out Tuesday...sigh..

Right now I'm looking at the positive side of things. 

A) I wasn't asked to clean out my desk

B) Hopefully, I'll be back in 30-60 days

3) I now have time to blog!!

I had just come back from a mini vacation of 5 days off to celebrate the "Birthday Week".

It was an awesome week of celebration, time spent with wonderful friends, and very special gifts.  The thing I like most about my birthday week is that I get to spend one on one time with my wonderful friends/sisters.  We checked out a new tea room, lunched, went to the movie, people watched at the mall, had a massage and spent time catching up on each others lives. 

I was feeling pretty special and luckily had no clue as to what would happen next.

Remember that saying "When one door closes another door opens".  While the door may not have closed, more like I just got locked out, it has come at just the precise moment.  Right now there is a wonderful new "top secret" project that I now have the time to work on with my wildly talented friend Heather at Dragonfly Lampworks.  I'll let you know when the big reveal happens...wink...wink. ;-p



Check Your "Boo-bies" Bracelet

I'm joining up with Rachelle and all of the other wonderful bloggers today for "Feature Yourself Friday" please click over and see what everyone else has to share on her wonderful blog. Also, sharing with the ladies over at While He Was Napping Blog who are having an October Spectacular Halloween Link Party. Please join us and share your Halloween related post.

As most people know, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I purchased this cute lampwork beads set from my friend, Heather over at Dragonfly Lampworks, who donated the proceed to the Breast Cancer Prevention Fund, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Using this charming set of 5 kiln-annealed beads I have created a whimsical bracelet by adding assorted Swarovski Crystal beads and silver findings.

The adorable ghost features a mini pink heart on her bootie. There is a "pink ribbon" on the clear/orange bead. This "Boo-bie" bracelet measures 8" in length. The lampwork beads are pretty chunky and take up space when you wrap the bracelet around your wrist.

Lampwork Bead Sizes: Ghost Focal (20mm x 24mm), Tab Pumpkins (14mmx17mm), Disc Accents (5mmx12mm)

I have placed this bracelet in my Artfire.com Shop.