Thursday, April 24, 2008

Thursday Already??

Wow, this week is flying by! I finally got my business bank account straightened out. Not too exciting - but a necessary evil. What happened was, that when I originally set up my accounts, the bank used my social security number instead of my federal tax payer ID. This can cause all kinds of problems down the road. So, I had to close my accounts and open new ones. Why did I put off taking care of this since December?? Once I got started it didn't take long to get everything organized. The trip to the bank was pretty quick and painless too. So cross that off the list. Finally. . .

I'm really enjoying the stamped silver jewelry I've started making. The reaction from other people has been very positive too! I ordered more silver blanks and a 2nd smaller set of number stamps. More new designs to see soon.

Also, a major redesign of the long ignored website is coming. Look for a link to Etsy to purchase jewelry and a link to the blog too!

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

New Toys!






I haven't posted in the last few days. Unfortunately, I've spent a good bit of my time at various doctor's appointments. It's amazing the torture you have to endure for good health!


We had a weekend packed full of activities. Bought a new patio table - our old one blew over and shattered a few weeks ago. DH had his weekly soccer game, which he left early to pick up above table. After assembling we found out it was cracked! The new (hopefully undamaged one) is being delivered Thursday. Dave refuses to go out there again! Jessica went to a bowling birthday party on Sunday. I took Molly and one of her friends shopping for new clothes. Old Navy and a shop called Justice For Girls - little girl heaven I must say!


Finally today everyone was out of the house for a little while and Mom had a chance to make some jewelry! I just got supplies to start stamping on silver. I've been wanting to do this for a while so I'm really excited about it. So fun!! Here are pics of my supplies and first attempts. Not too bad. My mind is racing with ideas for all the fun things I can make. Molly already has several requests. The bad news is that I have no room on my already cluttered desk for the new supplies. Tomorrow may have to be an organizing day. . .

Friday, April 11, 2008

Snowy Friday

I'm not sure I'll ever get used to snow this time of year! Spring in CO is really a toss up. It might be 65 & sunny on Monday then 35 & snowing 2 days later. The last few days have been full of wet nasty show - but now the sun is shining. Maybe we'll still have a nice weekend!

Molly was home sick today, so she watched TLC while I worked on getting the blog together. This is new to me. I read several blogs on a regular basis, but have never tried to do one myself. Let me know what you think!

I'm posting pics of a couple of bracelets I made recently. They are charm style bracelets with Kazuri focal beads from Africa. One of them went with my mother-in-law to Spain. So its' Kazuri bead is a now a true world traveller!