Back in 2009 my hubby and I took a trip out to the West Coast of sunny California, to visit with my sisters Camille and Norma.  It's b...

If you're looking for some adorable gifts for the wee-little ones that you know, head over to Sonya's  Tee-iabo Designs http://...

Enjoy life... it has an expiration date!   It's all too easy to take ourselves  and life much too seriously.  We are on this be...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU WONDERFUL MOMS OUT THERE Hope your day is fabulous. For all her hugs and kisses that made our scra...

One thing that annoys the bejeebers out of me are CAPTCHA codes.  I understand their need in certain instances (though right off hand I...

Finally, the Piccadilly Bracelet is complete (except for adding a clasp).  To me it is fun and colorful and so unlike anything I'...

Piccadilly is coming along, though progress is slow. Before I go much further I wish to give credit to Beading Daily   for it is there th...

There's nothing really different about me, as far as being a beader goes.  Like many other beaders I love beads and have accumulat...

Fate again was not kind to Mr. and Mrs. C. G.    Like the year before, momma goose was not to see baby goslings grow up to become full...

Our snowbirds are back.  Each Spring for the last 3 years we've had a pair of Canadian Geese come to nest on our neighbor's ti...

At Land of Odds it's that time again.   Time to prepare for their Ugly Necklace Contest .   Making pretty is . . . well, pretty ...

A blog reader contacted me wanting to know how I made the fancy   shaped links in the "Hook and Eye" necklace.   So I am trying ...

  Besides the rag rug I've been preoccupied making other things, such as this matching chain and earrings set. There is natura...

Photo above - Old rag rug   I've been keeping busy.  Unfortunately it hasn't been with blogging.  Many years ago I pu...