What exactly have I been up to?

Here, let me show you!

First we did this.

Prom.

Then we did this.

Congratulations Caroline! You did it and we are all so proud of you.

Followed the next day by this.

PARTY CUPCAKES!!!!

Now, this is the ONLY picture of her graduation party

that I have. Seriously! I was planning on taking a bunch,

I mean, I had 65 people in my house.

But, right smack dab in the middle of the party,

(as I sat down to eat)

Danger Boy did this.

(graphic, you may want to just scroll right on down)

Yup, jumped down the stairs, didn't duck and smacked his

head on the wall/ceiling edge. 8 staples. Required an ambulance

ride to the ER as his pupils were different sizes. 

Some how, no concussion, go figure.

Then we did THIS!

Saved the best for last…

Disney World!

Can you find Nemo? :)

(i may see a Christmas card here…..)

These are my daughter's favorites! That little girl in the

bottom left, no idea who she is but if you look closely, you can

see a HUGE Princess kiss on her forehead. She was soooo cute.

And this isn't even all. I just got tired making collages. :)

It was an amazing trip. Disney's level of customer service

is stunning. Clean bathrooms, no trash on the ground

at their parks, friendly staff. Truly amazing. I think that there

are many companies who could learn alot.

Phew. We have been busy.  

Well, I am off to make some Soup!

They arrived!

My ingredients for Soup!

Look at all this wonderfulness!

Great packaging

Individually wrapped goodness. I love how she

used pages from a book or advert.

MMMMM!

Look, 2 focals!!!!! And a wonderful leaf toggle clasp.

 

Now, these are my fav! Blues swirled in cut crystal, I think.

Thank you Lisa.

I can't wait to get started playing!

I.Heart.Macro

Can you guess what this is?

I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. 

So, here is my first I.Heart.Macro in ages.

Hope on over to Lori's wonderful blog

Studio Waterstone to see more macro goodness.

Happy Sunday!

Wow!

In the middle of organizing all of the

Bead Soup parties, Lori is having an

amazing giveaway!

5 giveaway's to be exact!

I can't stand it, want them all.

Please hop on over and check them all out.

Go.

Now!

To her Pretty Things blog!

Has it really been a month

since I have posted?

Sorry about that, life has been

crazy! And I have all the pictures to prove it!

Ok, they are still on my camera,

but they are there!

What have I done, you might ask?

We have had Prom,

graduated my daughter,

then she turned 18!

In the middle of her graduation party,

Danger Boy (my 13 y/o son) cracked his hard

head on a corner which required an ambulance ride

to the ER and 9 staples to close it up.

Then we shipped him off to Colorado,

got him back and 24 hours later we all headed

out on VACATION!

Disney World was a blast! Total blast!

I promise to share photos! Promise.

AND.....

I am playing along in the

Bead Soup Blog Party!

Yeah!

Did you know that Lori was the reason that

I started my blog? Really!

I wanted to play along, so I started my blog

and haven't looked back since.

Isn't Lori amazing?

So,

My partner is Lisa Sittniewski

of Love, Yesterdays

I love the look of her blog and she is sooooo

creative.

(love vintage buttons!)

And, she has a new grandbaby, William.

Congratulations!

I promise to be here more,

and once I get back from Ohio

(driving to Wooster to get my daughter

registered for classes tomorrow)

I will get pictures up.

So, go and visit Lisa's blog!

See you all soon.





Finally

Some time to play.

I mean really play with my beads,

not just move them around the table.

Ok, my table is a mess and it had to be cleaned.......

I made these fun layer bracelets.

Then this fun piece. I love the colors and the luscious green

beads are WOOD, yup, nice and light weight.

And this one!

May be my new favorite.

Howlite stars, wonderful orange rondelles

and silk ribbon from Jamnglass on etsy.

Love their silk ribbon, all hand dyed.

Wonderful!



Can you guess what I am wearing today?????

There is another wonderful collar piece that I made

that I could have sworn that I took photos up and uploaded,

but apparently not.

Will share that one soon.

Could be another "favorite"! :)

So nice to be back at the table in between getting everything ready for

my daughter's graduation, birthday and party!

Hope you all had a great long weekend!

Echo Creative Club!

Yeah! 

Another month that Jeannie let me

play along!

Thank you Jeannie.

I got these wonderful mint green and gold peeled

paint art beads and I immediately knew that 

I wanted to make a bracelet.

I am loving the whole wrap thing

that is happening right now.

Ok, tried my hand at using hemp.

Kinda liking it. Have to keep playing though.

The above goes with these!

Which I have been wearing regularly.

Don't they look wonderful on my model?

Please hop around and see what others have made

with Jeannie's treasures.

Our hostess

Jeannie K Dukic http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog

Cindy Cima Edwards http://www.cindycima.com

Courtney Breul http://beadsbybreul.blogspot.com

Dagi http://kokopellidesign.blogspot.com

Keri Lee Sereika http://www.pinklemonade.typepad.com

Kristen Stevens http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com

Malin de Koning http://beadingbymalindekoning.blogspot.com

Molly Alexander http://www.beautifullybrokenme.blogspot.com

Shannon Chomanczuk http://www.formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com

Thank you Jeannie!

Thank you doesn't seem enough!

You know Lori Anderson!

The amazing, talented, thoughtful,

creative, funny Lori!

Well, if you click here

you can read the article she wrote for the May

edition of Bead Trends.

Why am I going on…..well,

SHE USED ONE OF MY BEADS!

I have played around with polymer a bit, made a few beads,

sent one to Lori for one of the 

most amazing Bead Soup Blog Parties.

(or a swap, my overwhelmed brain can't remember)

So, thank you Lori, for using of my beads. 

I guess this means that I am kinda published!!!

Go figure! 

Behind the Eight Ball

That is exactly where I am standing at the moment

Feeling over whelmed.

So, I apologize for the lack of posts,

the lack of photographs,

and the lack of me.

We are headed into IB exams, final exams, PROM,

(yes, I am taking the photos, come back!)

graduations, promotion ceremonies, graduation parties,

18th birthday celebrations

(how the hell did that happen?)

Family coming and going,

vacation (Disney here we come!),

wisdom teeth being extracted and

college registration.

All in the next 6 weeks or so.

So, please forgive the spottiness

of my appearences here.

I will do my best.

I am doing Jeannie's Echo Creative Club challenge

and Amy's Cocktail Blog Hop,

both the end of the month.

Please stay with me,

I promise it will get better!

I.Heart.Macro

Amazing glass beads that my mom

bought me at the last bead show.

The clarity is stunning.

Thanks Mom!

Please hop on over to Lori's blog for more macro goodness!