Update June 2, 2014-  Unfortunately Craftinest is now no longer online.  No one knows what happened.  Though Craftinest did post on th...

  Update June 2, 2014-  On 8/26/2013 I blogged about a great new website market place for handcrafted arts and crafts items.   The site ...

hand embellished Sodalite Pendant necklace For the past few days I've been trying to figure out the whys and wherefores of Etsy ...

   ! H A P P Y 4TH O F JULY ! After reading about Hotlinking I am not 100% sure how to "borrow" an online photo and...

Catastrophe has struck and I am still reeling in shock from it.  When I went to attach the fluorite flower that I had worked so hard to...

Out of Africa 4 strands at rest and not twisted together. Not too long ago I created this multi strand necklace and have debated abo...

So just found out my world isn't all chocolate chip cookies and ice cold milk - whoever made the dStash site has probems that need fi...

    Today I looked out of our dinning room patio doors to see this sight.  A Florida Sandhill Crane. Not wishing to frighten the bird...

  I guess it's just that time of year when it becomes a continuous game of "catch up".  Between trying to promote my invi...

Lately I've been busy trying to create and put items into my etsy shop, AlmostPrecious .  I'm reverting back to selling my handcr...

Above ... from the side you can see how thick and substantial the sterling bail and Awareness Ribbon is. It came from a high end jewelers...