Dark Hunter Series

A couple of weeks ago, I was looking through my bookshelf and low and behold I found a Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dark Hunter Series book that I have not yet read! I had thought that I was all caught up and waiting for her next book to be released, but no, I found "No Mercy" on my shelf!

I discovered Sherrilyn Kenyon last year. I came across a CD of her book "Dark Side of the Moon" and thought 'this looks interesting and my kind of story, let's give it a try'. I have been itching for her books ever since! Before then it had been a long, long time since I read something that wasn't a magazine or short story. So, I guess I could say that Sherrilyn Kenyon got me reading books again.

Her Dark-Hunter Series goes along with my love and interest in the supernatural and werewolves and vampires and zombies.  Some of my favorite shows and movies include: Supernatural (c'mon it also stars two hotties, what's not to love!?), The Ghost Whisperer, Night of the Living Dead, The Vampire Diaries, Zombieland, Haven, and The Walking Dead (just to name a few)


So, if you're interested in that sort of thing, go check her out! 


Oh and if anyone from the CW Network actually reads this - would you please bring your channel to DishNetwork? I would love to see your shows as they are on instead of being a year behind and watching them on DVD. Thank you very much!

Mod Podge Switch Plate

I recently discovered the blog, Mod Podge Rocks! I am familiar with Mod Podge but hadn't done any type of crafting or anything with it, until now...
The blog is great, I have so many ideas floating around in my head!

Here is my first Mod Podge project, super easy and I love the little accent it's giving my wall!

(You can even catch a small glimpse of my craft space in the above photo)

Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?

I do! I do!

 This button bracelet was a little tedious but I think it came out super cute!!

Buttons are from a collection from my mom and between the buttons are pink cat's eye beads, finished off with a toggle clasp.

Beading

One of my most recent crafts is beading, which I have mentioned before. 

I had a necklace that belonged to my grandmother that needed re-stringing because literally the beads were on a broken string. 

Here is the end piece: (sorry, no before)

This is actually the second time re-stringing this set of beads. I didn't like how it turned out the first time so I tried again.

It's a pretty simple process, the thing that takes the longest is gathering the beads to go together and look good.

The original necklace consisted of the large blue beads with the color chips in them.

 And the small blue beads with color specks in them.

There was also one extra large blue bead with color chips in it, but that went into the matching necklace I gave to my mom.

The metallic blue beads, limey green beads and copper colored beads are pearls from the greatest bead store, Gemstar Gemstone. This place is amazing so much to see (and buy)!

The center stone bead is wire wrapped with two of the metallic blue pearls and the necklace comes together with a toggle clasp.

Say NO to Auto

Just purchased this eBook from Kristen Duke PhotographyFind out more about it here:  http://kristendukephotography.com/?p=5138Kristen really breaks it down for getting out of the automatic settings on your digital camera in (17) 4 x 6" pages.Highly recommended!

Movies

Watched two completely different movies from each other this past weekend and thought both were just great!

First, Take Me Home Tonight with Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler and some other people.  I believe you need to have grown up in the 80's (not been born in the 80's or after) to really appreciate this movie.  My hubby and I laughed out loud to this even if it was ridiculous!  I don't think it got all that great of reviews but I think movie critiques are typically a little too critical out there. I just loved it and enjoyed it so much!

Second, 127 Hours with James Franco.  Have you seen this movie yet? It is amazing, well the person that this movie is about, is amazing. This movie is based on a real person, Aron Ralston who got his arm trapped between rocks while he was hiking. What this man did to survive the situation, to live, is crazy but amazing.  I can't help but to keep using that word to describe him. How many people out there could have this much will to live and also act on it?  You must see this movie and his story!

Sunflower

We have a random sunflower growing in our side yard. We feed the birds so I'm sure a bird dropped a seed there. There was one other sunflower over there too but it's quite a bit smaller than this pretty one.

Tomato Hornworm

The Tomato Hornworm!

This little guy freaked me out a little bit!  I removed a tomato from the plant because the bottom was gross and had this guy staring back at me.  I don't remember ever seeing one before and I was quite taken back by it's size.

It was like an inch worm on steroids. It's silly I know, but it really freaked me out - not a bug and creepy crawly kind of a girl (duh!).

I found this webpage with more information about them: http://tammysrecipes.com/tomato_hornworms  

Quite interesting.