There is always Hope

Time sure does fly...it has been one hell of a year and it is only April! Last year we fell in love with this little guy. Born on April 15th.

Today Captain Morgan is a year old already! I think he is most definitely the silliest cat I have ever owned and I have had many cats. He loves to play,talk and tease the other cats. 

... he does love his older brother Jack 

 You can tell by the next pictures what his favorite sleeping position is.

We look forward to spending many many more years with your little furry self!

Tomorrow is......

Bracelet Blog Hop

Saturday April 16th

111 Participants 

Sponsored by Lori Anderson of Pretty Things and the famous Bead Soup Party Blog Hop.

To join the hop, you needed to make ONE bracelet in an adult size in a denim/blue jeans-inspired theme. Basically, any blue bead will do! The bracelets will be sent to The Global Genes Project, an advocacy group who launched "7000 Bracelets for Hope", a children's rare disease campaign. The bracelets are given to one of 7000 families having children with rare diseases to show them love and support. 

Be sure to stop by tomorrow and check out the bracelet I will be donating and to see the list of all of the participants.  

Kitty Kat Friday

It will be a week on Saturday that this little guy joined our family. Captain Morgan is a hoot, plays hard then just falls asleep, I forgot how fun kitties are. Jack the gray tabby in the picture was not so sure about him there was lots of growling and hissing going on, but I think all of Morgans silly antics has finally turned Jack around. It sounds like two elephants running around the house, although there is still the occasional hiss and swat.

How could you not just love that little face!

A wonderful old button, pearls, beads and some copper and here you have Grecian Goddess.

You can find her in my Etsy shop.

Wishes to you all for a great weekend.

Creature of the Wind

"When the heat of the summer Made drowsy the land, A dragon-fly came And sat on my hand". Eleanor Farjeon Quotes

I stepped out of the box a little here with this piece. I had found some little pieces of white drift wood while on my trip to Nevada and I knew I wanted to create something from it. So smooth and white...I added a freshwater pearl as a perfect compliment. A raw edge piece of silk makes the perfect draping for this pendant.


Our new kitty "Captain Morgan" is finally here! It has been a bit chaotic as we are also dog sitting. Our cats Jack and Sam are not too pleased with the new rambunctious arrival, lots of hissing and growling going on. Morgan is a sweetie and has found how much fun my studio is!

He is so stinking cute!

I fell in love with these matte czech glass beads...so soft and colorful.

"Creature of the Wind"
can be found in my Etsy shop.

A little torch time

This is the first time in a week that I have been able to get into my studio, I needed to just sit and relax a bit and wanted to play with my little torch. Lots of trial and error but I did solder some little links together to make a pair of earrings. They may look a little rough but it is a start. Now that I did this I really want to make myself a bracelet. I did not burn the house down so that was good.

While I played my sister Susan made dinner...now that is something I could get use to! Shrimp marinara, herb bread and spinach salad.

We will be getting a new little addition to our family....Oh Lord no, I am not pregnant...way to old for that! We are getting this little darlin in about 5 more weeks.


My son has already named him "Morgan" as in Captain. We already have a Sam Adams and Jack Daniels so it is a theme we need to stay with....and no we are not lushes either! Isn't he just so cute!