Merry Christmas Judy!

I have been doing a little browsing on Etsy looking for some new tools. I think the New Year is a great time to try out some new techniques and add something different to my jewelry designs. These are the two items I would like to get but I would like some advice from anyone who uses these or something similar. I can't quite decide if its best to get a clear top for a dapping set or not. The clear makes sense but is it durable enough?

So, these two items will do it...oh yeah and add the root canal I had yesterday to my Christmas presents and I am all set! No fruit cake for me this year!

A month of Silver & Glass at Artbeads.com

I have created this necklace to celebrate ArtBeads.com month of silver and glass. They have oodles of great items to choose from and there always seems to be some great sale going on.

Right now you can get 50% off all their Czech glass beads. My favorites are the Picasso roundelles, they come in such a great array of colors. In this necklace I used the Salmon/Peridot Picasso roundelles and wrapped them in sterling along with tiny sterling handmade rolled beads by the Hill Tribe. A five petaled flower pendant is another one of the Hill Tribes handmade creations and is joined with a coral drop bead. All the sterling has been oxidized and buffed just a little to let some shine through.
Artbeads has all of their pendants on sale with 15% off, it sure is a great time to stock up, and as always U.S Shipping is always FREE and shipping to Canada only a buck! You gotta love that!

Fire Opal Picasso beads are used in these Holiday bling earrings. These beads catch the light so nicely and have great movement.
So what are you waiting for....Hop on over to Artbeads.com and check out there great sale!

Disclosure: All above mentioned beads from Artbead.com were kindly provided free-of-charge by Artbeads.com, within the frames of Artbeads.com blogging program. The author of this blog has not received any payment from above-mentioned company. The post above represents only personal opinion of the blog author.

Christmas at Our Home

Welcome to our home....

A collection of old and new...

The keeping room. The DH and I have started eating here instead of the kitchen table. It lets us enjoy the fireplace more often.

Don't you love my new slim artificial tree? I finally broke down and got one, I am so pleased with it and no watering!

Jack the cat has to be in everything...see him spying on the stairs.

"A multitude of small delights constitutes happiness" -Charles Baudelaire

One of my many antique apothecary jars. This is my favorite!

Vintage Japan cardboard houses and bottle brush trees.

I hope everyone is enjoying getting ready for the holidays....I think the anticipation is always the best part! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Flying Reindeer Long Necklace

Flying reindeer necklace....a mix of new and old. You can find this necklace in my Etsy shop.

"I'm going out with my boots on"

I am so excited!! Tonight the DH is taking me to the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville to see Randy Houser and Jamie Johnson. I know not everyone is a country fan but these guys have some of the best voices around. Jamie Johnson is an award winning song writer as well and I can not wait to here my favorite song "In color". Yes "I'm going out with my boot on!".

Antiques for Christmas

Just a few pictures of my antique booth at Bright's Antique World in Franklin, Kentucky. Lots of great treasures to be found!

Bird Song

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb

Vintage postcard image forever protected in resin and set in a vintage brass bezel. Rose quartz, picasso, peridot and czech glass beads are wire wrapped in oxidized brass for an aged look. An antique brass chain is used as well as a vintage spring clasp for a closure. You can find this piece in my Etsy shop.

The Christmas decorating continues....whew, it is a lot of work! I finally broke down and got an artificial tree this year. The DH was not fond of the idea but I did not see him searching for a Christmas tree farm. Although we live in the "country" there are no tree farms around here and the one we did find 2 years ago had only pine trees. We were use to cutting a nice fresh Fraiser Fur( when we lived in Ma.), and I refuse to purchase one that was cut down two months ago and is shipped in from Canada. So....I bought a 7 ft. slim tree and boy does it look real! I have a yankee candle balsam candle burning and you would never know!