Surf Play

Rose Play

~Natural~

~Saturated Color~

~Cross Process~

Senior Photo Shoot

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of shooting my very first Senior Portraits.  

She was a complete natural in front of the camera. 

Here are some photos from the shoot:

 I love the 'cross process' effect of the photo above!!

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.