SPAM

No not the kind you eat....but the junk email we get everyday!

"E-mail spam, also known as junk e-mail, is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e-mail. A common synonym for spam is unsolicited bulk e-mail."

Lets see.... this week my Paypal account is under question, I have been left three million six hundred thousand  british pounds by a british heir (so tempting to reply!), I received an order of 50 pieces of my  jewelry to be sent to Czech.and for MOI to pay the postage, but they would reimburse me. Ooohh, the best for last...herbal supplements that would impress my partner!  I delete and I delete, it drives me crazy, especially the ones that prey on small business owners. Some of the spam are easily checked on if they are legit. I send the Paypal ones to Spoof@paypal.com and some of the others you can google the sender and there is usually a rap sheet on everyone else they tried to steal from. What do I have to do to stop receiving these? I am not flattered...although the man from New Zealand who would like to purchase from me sounds soooo nice!

Faith

A garden is evidence of faith. It links us with all the misty figures of the past who also planted and were nourished by the fruits of their planting

Gladys Taber 

I started with a basket and ended up needing a bucket to carry all of my pickings back up to the house. Fencing in the garden this year has certainly helped, no sign of critters, although I would not mind sharing at this point, I think all my neighbors are tiring of squash and cucumbers. The grape tomato plants are at least 3 feet taller than myself in less than a weeks time it will be nothing but red polka dots ready for plucking. We are hoping for rain today, it has been terribly dry and hotter than 40 hells...please please rain!

 Here is a little kitty update..

Our little Morgan is growing so quickly!

Morgan and Jack are pretty much inseparable. Jack acts like Morgan is his baby, it is so cute! 

Faith 

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Bible: Hebrews

Here is a new piece I made with a vintage cross and an antique watch fob chain. The lampwork beads are from Being Beads. You can find this piece on my Etsy site.

Unfold Your Wings

"My Soul is in the Sky"

I may be wearing out my welcome with all of my etching but I just can't help myself, I am like a kid with a new toy!  I had purchased this great twig piece at Michael's while I was in Nevada, I knew I wanted to do something a little different with it. I am not usually one to mix metal colors together, however I am working on that and trying to get out of my "box". I really like the combinations here and I think each element compliment each other nicely. 

The fab ceramic beads are from Summers Studio 

 You can find this whimsical piece on my website Judith B. Designs.com

 

We have been looking for a new car for sometime we know what we want but just have not found it at a price we are willing to pay. My DH has a friend who has a small dealership and has offered to take him to the car auction. Today was the auction day, but the DH is back in Nevada (poor guy) so guess who went to the auction?  Me, Me...me! It was just like on TV...way cool! Thousands upon thousands of cars...anything you want! It was so tempting to change my mind but I did not waiver. We are looking  for a Volvo SC90 , they had many of them but after weeding bad colors and other things out there were two that we were going to bid on, unfortunately the bidding went higher than our budget would allow. We will try again in a few weeks at the next auction. I will keep you posted if I get lucky!

The Butterfly is a Flying Flower

I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. My DH took me out for a lovely dinner on Saturday night, a nice splurge I should say. We went to the Capital Grille in downtown Nashville, located in the Hermitage Hotel. Four years ago when we moved to Tennessee our new home was not ready for us to  move in,  we were fortunate to stay at the luxurious Hermitage Hotel with our cats for just over a week, needless to say I did not want to leave. It surely was a real treat, this being a very stressful time, chocolates on the pillow at night sure helped. So four years later, here we are dinning at this lovely restuarant. Romantic yes...wonderful yes..it was a very nice evening. Thanks honey!

I had my son take this picture before we left as I was wearing a new butterfly necklace that I had just finished making. I loved it so much and it went with my blouse so I decided to wear it. I was very happy with the piece and it was really comfortable to wear.

The Butterfly is A Flying Flower

You can find this piece in my Etsy shop.

Happy 4th of July

Wishes to you all for a wonderful 4th of July Holiday!

Bead Trends July 2010

A nice package was at my front door the other day, I was so excited to open it up and find the latest issue of Bead Trends, this marks my first publication with this magazine, I quickly searched to find a little piece of me on page 66..."Boho Chic".  There are so many wonderful wonderful ideas featured and a really great designer highlight on Marie-Noel Voyer-Cramp of Skye Jewels.

Beach Music

Summer is here...ready or not. We have had the hottest June on record for Tennessee with temps in the high 90's and humidity the same. These days are for lounging in the pool or staying inside....not many choices, especially for myself as I just do not tolerate this intense heat, sweat dripping down my back....no thank you!  However inside I  am never at loss of what to do, the days are never long enough for me.

Collected beach glass...

Beach Music

...my summer

                                                  You can find Beach Music on my Etsy site.

On another note I am still struggling with my browser, it is making blogging so very difficult, nothing is lining up correctly and I am just struggling to figure this out, it use to be so easy!  I had been using Mozille Firefox and I loved it, but something happened maybe my system got a virus...not sure. Anyway no amount of re-loading has helped and all the work my DH has done this past week has not helped. Finally he was able to load Opera and that is working nicely but is not compatible with Blogger...uggggh! I really do not have time nor the patience with this! I want my Fox back! What do you all use for your browsers?