Still No Thrifting... I'm DYING!! haha

   Still haven't been thrifting... but I DID get a mixed junk jewelry lot on Ebay, so that should be coming in and hopefully it will cure the itch for a bit... lol

    On a bright note, I made something utterly fantastic... didn't even know I could make it when I started, but I DID IT!!! haha

What do you think??? :D    

Working on some new stuff!!!

I just finished some custom owl earrings! Have a look!! (Sorry I couldn't get a better picture, I took it to her before I realized I hadn't gotten a better picture!)

I love them!!
    AND I made a custom fascinator.....

You like?????

Went to the swap meet today but all I got was 4 pounds of cherries for $5 and some socks. :( No good thrifty finds. I'm getting the itch so bad!!! I MUST go thrifting SOON!!!!!!!!!!!
     

Still No Thrifting... SIGH...

   I'm getting the itch... and it's not fun. :(

 I've been trying to create at home and have been making some cool things, but I feel the need to get out and THRIFT.

   For the heck of it, I'll share some things that I've made... I've been working on floral picks... they are so pretty and I can't wait to put them up on Etsy. I also have some vintage stuff to put up on there... (at least I'm pretty sure they are vintage... I would love some advice on how to spot it easily....!!! ) 

   Black Gem Picks.....

      Black Heart Danglies... For the Lover of the number 13... 13 black hearts, 13 bugle beads and 13 small round beads on each pick...

              Bat Danglies....

                                  Green Leaf Danglies...

                                   Pearl Picks.....

                   Purple Glitter Heart Picks.....

                                  Crystal Snow Heart Picks....

                             Purple Swarovski Loop Picks....



What do you think??? I'm also working on getting the beads to start making these..... Only BETTER... cuz these are WEAK.

They are pretty, but there are only 400 beads and they want $350 for one bouquet. I'm thinking of around 1000 beads for $200 or so... I haven't gotten it all calculated yet. Even if I do have to charge the same price though, I will have 3 times the beads on it to make it even sparklier. :)   I LIKE SPARKLIES. haha
  I also want to make some kind of like this...

     But again... better.... they want $350 for this one too!!!!!!!!!!


   Anyway, off to Etsy, I think!!! Hope everyone is having a good week and wish me luck on getting out to thrifting SOON!!!!!
   

Haven't been thrifting this week... Stupid sickness...

    So, as if being sick could make my life any worse, it took out all of my thrifting this week. :(
 I had a funeral and a wedding in the same week that I had to attend... even though I was sick... and each one made me even sicker... It started off as allergies and sinuses... which then turned to a sinus infection.. then on to a head cold. I am just starting to feel better today.
   On a lighter note though, the wedding was very pretty. Silver and purple were the colors and the bride looked absolutely beautiful. They aren't very close friends of mine, but are of my fiance's. A rather nice couple, if I may say so. Anyway, you know how they say a bride has a glow on her special day?? Yeah, this girl was glowing 15 feet around herself. She couldn't stop smiling.

               It makes a person wonder if there is such a thing as a "One True Love". 

She obviously has found hers... if such a thing exists in her world. :)

Trying to go out...

Well, the fiance and I have had the most stressful days yet these past two days. We found out yesterday morning that one of his friends... who was to turn 21 today... failed in his long fight with cancer. His funeral was today... we attended, of course.
  After we found this out, my step-daughter and I got into this big fight. She thinks she rules this house. WRONG. lol I won't give you the details, but I laid her arttitude out.
   Then, we were coming home from grabbing dinner and there were two dogs in our driveway. My fiance honked his horn a couple times and braked in front of them to get them to run away. (We would never run over a dog or a cat or any other animal....) The next door neightbor saw this and immediately started yelling at my fiance. "If that were my dog, I'd kick your ass, you stupid mother f&%$^." Well, of course, in a battle between men, testosterone wins. My fiance got pissed off and said something back... which wasn't even nearly as rude as the things this guy was saying. Well, he said a few things that were so rude to my fiance that I got involved in it, saying something to the effect of, "And what the heck makes you so amazing of a person to berate us like that?" To which he replied that I was a.... a-hem... c-word...

     Anyway, it was a very long drawn-out word battle in which he ended up relenting and apologizing profusely. Damn right he should apologize. Neither of us have ever done anything wrong to the guy. The whole feud with this guy started a few weeks ago when his dog took a dump in our yard. My fiance witnessed said event and asked the neighbor to pick it up. So, apparently asking someone to pick up their own dog's messings is an insult... which is funny because all dog parks and cities ask you to do the same. We do not have a dog for the exact reason that we do not want dog droppings all over our lawn. (Although I kinda want a little Jack Russell. :) )

    That was our yesterday. Today was crazy as well. We went to the funeral service at the funeral home and as we were getting ready to go to the burial, the step-child's mother called and asked us to come get her. Apparently, my step-child got the nerve to punch her mother. NOT COOL. And definately not condoned by anyone raising her. So, we had to run and pick her up and then take her to her very first funeral. Stressful couple of days.

   I'm sure I could have written this better. I love the way I write, but today, I am just too dang exhausted.

YAY for Gina's!!!! (Again! haha)

    So, ever since I met the owner of this store in San Bernardino, I can't quit going back. I have completely cleared her out of her crafting stuff so far. (Sad face)   Here's what I found at her store this week.

    A HUGE BAG OF BROKEN JEWELERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     A close up of some of the stuff inside...

      More stuff.... Honestly, I only have a sandwich size baggie of stuff I couldn't use from this. Gina gave me a great deal on it... and she even threw in a tray of wire and red glass beads for free with it. I LOVE THIS WOMAN!!! lol

    I only hope that when she gets more in, she calls me up to give me first dibs. I have to go back soon anyway to talk to her about extending some necklaces that she has. No problem!

   I also got this stuff at some other thrift stores.... these finds aren't quite as exciting, but I love them just the same!!!!

       I got ten of these tin containers.... they are an ugly yellow color right now, but I'm going to paint them and they will be AWESOME! 3 yards of the white star fabric... stem wire and a huge bag of thread. The moon thing is an oil burner. :)      

      Anyway, not much else new going on. I wrote a story and I have a publisher looking at it. He's not big time like penguin books or anything, but he's still a publisher, a friend, and a damn good guy. lol Let's hope something comes of it!!!!!!!

Confused...

     I am confused on how to take the news of Osama's death. I agree that a dead Osama is a good thing, but do we really need to be celebrating in the streets that he is dead? Maybe if it was only him, but think of all the innocent people who died trying to reach him. I don't feel right celebrating, but I don't feel right not saying anything either.... Hmmmm...

 
    On a lighter note, while I ponder my quandry and probably never come to a conclusion, I have been working on floral picks lately. Bouquet Jewelery of a sort. I went to a florist shop to ask them how they put them in and get an estimate on how much extra it would cost, but instead of him telling me what I was asking, he thought I should come in in a few weeks and talk to him about selling them to him. Awesome. :)
  It's hard to make things and present them to someone... It's almost like singing for the Amerrican Idol judges... the person you are presenting to is judging your talent. Judging something you are proud of. That you worked hard on. This time it worked out for me. I am still hoping someone likes my things on Facebook and Etsy and starts to buy them. Maybe someday I will have my own accessory line and have the money to do the Avant Garde designing that is in my head.

    Sorry this is such a short blog... I just knew that I needed to blog... so as not to lose your interest. I want to be remembered for some reason. Even if it is just by the people who read my blogs. haha