DIY: Jewelry board project.
My lastest project. I finished yet another pinterest-inspired project today: a board for hanging my jewelry. The inspiration pin can be found here. Wanna make one, too? Read on. I bought an...
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Turquoise ditties I bought some turquoise stones and some brown round beads a while back. This morning I pulled out my bead box and strung together this bracelet and earrings. I have lots to learn...
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Sterling filigree balls. I really don’t intend to re-purpose this blog to be a beading blog, but since it is a photoblog showing various moments from my day…. and since I’ve been thinking about and...
View ArticleBlogoversary #3 (+11 days).
Ack! I have not been paying attention, but on March 8th, I completed year 3 of sheila365.com’s photoblog! The first year I faithfully posted a photo-a-day (March 8, 2010 – 2011). The second and...
View ArticleIndie-pendants.
I’ve been playing with beads again. I’ve gotten it in my head that pendants that can easily slip onto chains would be fun to make and very versatile. Here are a few I’ve recently made. Made with...
View ArticleWork and werk.
Back home now, trying to focus on work. At the same time, Monte and Dan are sailing the catboat up the coast on a 200 mile adventure that I wish I was there for, but will have to be content with...
View ArticleTiptoeing through time.
I’ve spent the entire day today jumping back into my genealogy research. I have recently connected with distant cousins in my same generation, all of who’s grandparents were siblings born in the late...
View ArticleA fitting treatment.
My father-in-law served in the U.S. Army infantry in Europe in WWII. So, when he died 10 years ago, his funeral included military honors. At the family reunion this summer, Monte received from his...
View ArticleNovember.
I learned about blogher.com’s National Blog Posting Month project, aka NaBloPoMo. The objective: post something on your blog every day in November. Ok. I’m in. While every month is lovely in its own...
View ArticleA mind is a terrible thing to lose.
I have been impatiently waiting to make christmas cookies. So, when I passed the rack of cookie cutters at the store I picked out 3 shapes I liked, because I was sure I didn’t have any at home. I got...
View ArticleHere we go again!
I wish you a most happy, loving, and exciting 2014! I’m counting my blessings while reeling through memories from the year we just wrapped up. Here’s to the next lap ’round the sun. Cheers!
View ArticleFramed.
I finally got around to framing a print that I bought on my last visit to Pike Place Market in Seattle. The artist is Leone Ardo. Monte made the frame out of western red cedar. It turned out nice, I...
View ArticleApplebuttery goodness.
I have had a hankering for apple butter lately. My HEB has a poor selection. The only one they stock was full of multi-syllable chemical ingredients, and high fructose corn syrup. I couldn’t bring...
View ArticleShrinky dinkies.
The afternoon was filled with family stopping by to see mom and aunt Ellen. Rebecca and Aaron brought some shrinky dink paper… an arts and crafty kind that you decorate and then put in the oven to...
View ArticleI ♥ Kohler.
When we remodeled our house 5 years ago, we put in a beautiful Kohler Simplice faucet (model number K-647-VS) at the big kitchen sink. I love it. A few months ago, though, it started leaking water...
View ArticleBringing back the bread machine.
We received an awesome Breadman Ultimate breadmaker for a wedding gift way back when. And I used it for several years but stopped for some reason. I was probably traveling a lot at the time. A...
View ArticleJazz it up.
One of my unofficial new year’s resolutions was to dedicate some time to learning. Have you heard of MOOCs – massive open online classes? Well, there are MANY online courses on every subject...
View ArticleBed time.
I got a bit of a late start, but I finally tended to my fenceline flowerbed. Plumbago, liriope, red salvia, autumn sage, gaillardia, may night salvia, tickseed, geranium, flowering sage, and a...
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