Oh Juls, why do I love you so?

She had a sale!

It wasn't my fault.

Makes you want to lick the screen, huh...........

Juls work is wonderful!

Challenge Accepted!

as my daughter would say.

A friend gave me beads that her husband had purchased

while traveling and asked me to create some pieces

for her.

Beautifulness.

 African turq. trade beads, lapis, turq. from Instabul and 

some AMAZING tiger's eye beads.

The tiger's eye has such life.

I have had some time to play and have used the tiger's eye and the turquoise.

Some jasper. 

I really, really had fun with these. These were a stretch for me

and I am psyched for my friend to see the pieces I made for her.

And these are my favorites.

When she showed me these Ruby Sodalite rounds, I knew immediately 

what I was going to do. Love them.

I hope she likes what I have created so far.

I promise to share more finished pictures as I move through

my "project".

 

I.Heart.Macro

I promise this is the last Christmas photo.
I am just in love with this!!

To see what others are sharing, go to Lori's blog.

There are some amazing shots.

Happy Sunday!

Bead.Soup.Sign.Ups!!!!!

Saturday!

Sign ups!

I can't wait.

Sign ups are a lottery this go round.

Please go to Lori's blog

Pretty Things

for all the details.

This will be sooooo much fun.

Thank you, Lori for

organizing this again.

Sign Ups!

Go! Now!

Taking down the tree!

It is always so sad to take down the Christmas Tree.

The house feels so empty when it is gone, not to mention

how dark it will be at night.

Here are some shots of the crew taking down the tree.

It really was a big tree!

Under the tree!

Love the foot next to her head.

Out with old and in with the new!

Time for a sale!

I need to make room for new goodies!

Please use the code Happy 2012

for 50% off everything!

Yes, I said 50% off of everything!

Go, now!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

This past week or so has flown by!

Family arrived, Christmas came and we had a blast! 

Christmas dinner was AMAZING! 

Somehow I managed to time things perfectly.

Everyone left and I reclaimed my house. :) 

We have been relaxing and doing not much of anything since the 28th! 

I am loving every minute of this doing nothingness! 

I finally feel like I am catching up on sleep, gloriousness!

Not many pictures were taken, despite my new camera that I can't 

seem to put down.

The tree, clearly before Santa arrived. :)

We headed to the Skins game on the 24th! Had a blast, even though they lost.

Someone had a gooood time! :)

We played our annual Christmas Day football game.

(ok, the boys did.)

Everyone had a great time.

I am not sad to see 2011 go, it was a rough year for all of us.

I am welcoming in 2012 with open arms! 

This will be a great year.

 The only resolutions that I am going to make are the following:

Eat healthier

Exercise more

Be present

Relax

and, to try to grow my business!

That feels achievable.

Happy New Year's to all of you!

May 2012 be a great year!

Have you ever seen this many lights?

This is the front yard!

Keep in mind, all of the lights ON the house move!

(roof, sides, etc.....)

Santa is HUGE!

I love this house!

It's almost SOUP Time!

I. Can't. Wait!

Please hop on over to Lori Anderson's wonderful blog

Pretty Things

for more information.

It is a lottery this go round, only 200 folks will be able

to play along.

This will be fun!

Bokeh

or my attempt at it. I borrowed an amazing lens from a friend (do I have to give it back?)

and played.

Here is my attempt. Not quite all the way there, but nice.

bummed that this ornament got broken....

this may be my favorite shot of the evening, 

the tree reflected in a picture hanging in the living room.

Happy Tuesday!