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Hello and good morning! Let me start this post by telling you about my giveaway. I decided with the new year upon us, new beginnings and resolutions will be on our minds. I'm giving away 5 Cd's from Joyce Meyer, inspirational Bible teacher and down to earth lecturer. I would like to pass along the great messages of how to live life happy, joyous, and free. I have learned a lot from her teachings. The 5 titles include: Prisoners of hope The hope of seeing change 12 ways to defeat the devil Do yourself a favor...forgive Go the extra mile ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS: leave a comment on my blog any time this week. For every post that you make, your name will go into a hat and I will draw the winner Sunday night and post it next Monday. This is great inspiration to start a new year! BTW: the winner will receive all 5 Cd's. So what will I be doing in the new year? (probably still looking for a part time job!) Jewelry speaking, you may have noticed that I'm moving into my "WIRE...

I can't believe it's Saturday already and I haven't posted since Monday! Hey, it was a holiday after all! My husband's birthday is on the 22nd of December, so we celebrated this week. Instead of a cake this year, I got him a custom made fortune cookie with secret message inside. I ordered the cookie from Worth a Fortune on Etsy of course. She does many nice goodies: http://www.worthafortune.etsy.com We had a nice Christmas, I got new pliers, supplies and a couple of jewelry books. So, look out, I'll be creating some new jewelry and new ideas soon! I hope everyone out there is having a nice holiday season, no matter where you are. Here's our little "Charlie Brown" Christmas tree. Rex is in the back ground. I'd have to say that our tree is decorated Victorian Mickey Mouse. It started off as a Victorian tree with ornaments that I made, Lacy garland, bows and roses, and the pink and purple tree skirt I made a number of years ago. Then, on many of our v...

It always seems to me that around this time of the year that I reminisce about angels. There was a time in my life when I did some soul searching and really got curious about angels. So I started researching, reading books, watching for anything I could find on angels. This was around 1994. I have had some "angelic experiences" or "messages from God" if you will. The message here is to believe. This photo above is by Catherine Andrews. I'd love to hear of any stores or experiences that you may have with angels, God, the unknown. Here are some references that you might enjoy. http://www.amazon.com/Book-Angels-Reflections-Present-Stories/dp/0345476964/ref=sr_1_1/189-7869550-6617942?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229955585&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Letters-Sophy-Burnham/dp/0345378660/ref=sr_1_2/189-0484041-5809649?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229955946&sr=1-2 IN SEARCH OF ANGELS: VHS:http://www.amazon.com/Search-Angels-Harold-Jack-Bloom/dp/630494716X...

Thank you Nancy of Silverlight Comtemporary Jewelry: http://www.ntroske.blogspot.com/ for complimenting my blog! I would like to give this award to a few of my favorite blogs too. Lisa's Lovlies: http://www.lisaslovlies.blogspot.com Magic Hands Workshop:http://www.magichandsworkshop.blogspot.com Storybeader:http://www.storybeader.blogspot.com To receive this award your blog must be exceptional in design and content; presenting us with new knowledge, a sense of style, or at times just giving us a smile! Each recipient of the award will acknowledge the person who honored them with the award and then go to http://overthetopaprons.blogspot.com to copy/paste the award : Your Blog is Over The Top. The recipient may then pass the award on to 5 others that they feel meet the above criteria. Please enjoy this honor and consider yourself just a little bit "Over The Top".

December 18: I just can't believe that Christmas is next week! I wanted to post something today, since I normally only post a couple of times a week, and usually when I have something to say, show off new jewelry pieces I've made, or just catch up. So I'm participating in a "blog experiment" this week with my new friends at B-who-U-R, a new social network, and wanted to check in just so every one's knows that I'm still here and participating! I must tell you all, that I love reading your blogs; they are so inspiring to me. Sometimes just what I need to get me going again. And always good for a laugh as well! So this week I've been on a couple of interviews for work. One I'm hoping for (it's part-time and would allow me lots of time to work on my jewelry business), the other one almost made me sick to my stomach. I don't want to work in my chosen field. At least not now. And not full time. So why did I even bother to send them my resume? I r...

What I have learned during these tough economical times: A job title does not give you personal worth. I learned how to not waste food and make due with what I have and be creative in the kitchen. I have enough material "things"- actually more than enough, so that I can share with others. I learned to trust and have faith, that all things will work out o.k. True happiness does not come in the form of a dollar bill. True friendships are more important than material "things".

Since I'm in the holiday spirit, I thought that I'd join Etsy Blogger's for another Blog Carnival this month. Here's 2 of my favorite recipes for the holidays. Orange Cranberry Relish 1 bag of fresh cranberries 2-3 fresh oranges 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1-2 green onions (tops only) First chop up the cranberries coarsely or run through a food processor; add to oranges that have been peeled and cut up in small pieces; mix in the sugar, and (believe it or not) add and mix in the chopped green onions; chill and serve. Sweet Potato Casserole 5-6 sweet potatoes pancake syrup butter 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1 3/4 cups mini marshmallows Peel and cut up sweet potatoes; boil until soft; mash until smooth; at this point I add in butter, by taste, the cinnamon and nutmeg, and the pancake syrup ( just guess at this, you want to have a nice consistancy, I usually add 1-2 heavy squirts); cover the top with the marshmallows and bake at 350 degrees F. for about 2...