Been a Busy Busy Girl

Hi Everyone...my girls have been helping me out with the blog since I have been busy...thought I would share with you all my newest designs that I have recently listed in my newest etsy store...at http://beadedindulgences.etsy.com/

Here is a new triple strand necklace..."Day in the sand"

It can be worn with all three strands straightened out or you could even twist them for added drama...

This is my newest "Twilight" inspired necklace. My daughters helped me name it. This is "Bellas Heart" They are positive that this is something that Edward would surely have given to her during their love story and their troubled life together.

I really love this piece. I used double link Gunmetal chain and a purple shell heart...there is a vintage dangle that is embellised with crystals. There are also 6 strands of seed beads strung between the two different lenghts of chain hand beaded with

multiple colors of purple and lilac...black...amethyst...lavendar and different finishes on each type of bead varying in rainbow finish to iris finish. This gives this piece an amazing flare about it.

This piece is absolutely one of my favorite necklaces that I have made so far.

Well...time to go and finish up the latest piece on my table...silver chain, crystal butterflies....well....you will see it in a few days. Don't want to completely give it all away just now....but wait till you see it!!!

Have a wonderful day...and don't forget to go and do what you love!

The House of Night Series

Hello, my name is Rebecca, I am Christine's daughter. I am blogging for her tonight, because she is busy working on this REALLY pretty bracelet that she was inspired by The House of Night Series.
The House of Night series is a new series of books that is sweeping today's youth nation. I believe that this series will have as big of an impact on the youth as the Twilight series did.
These books are similar in some ways to the Twilight series. One of the biggest similarities is the fact that they are both based on the belief of vampires ( or vampyres) as P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast write it.
The House of Night books are written by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast. This is a mother/daughter production, and it is written in a way that appeals greatly to teenagers. The books are based mainly around Zoey Redbird, and her close circle of friends at the House of Night.
Zoey Redbird and her friends face many challenges together but somehow always overcome them. They each have very unique abilities, and each character captivates you from the first description of them. This series also shows the reader how growing and changing can be difficult, but it's not always bad.
These books get a grasp on you from the start, and are hard to pull yourself away from after you pick them up. I would highly recommend these books to anyone and everyone. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.

Names of books
1st- Marked
2nd- Betrayed
3rd- Chosen
4th- Untamed
5th- Haunted

Store Update

Ya know...I really love the creative side of this gig...but I have to tell you, all this other stuff...myspace, flickr, twitter, facebook..albeit they are all great social networking sites...and they are a wonderful tool to have...I just wonder with all of these things to do...how do I get back to MAKING the things I need for the store???
So I thought I would enlist the help of my girls. They are 21, 17 and 14. Great idea I thought. Well...it is hard. My oldest...thank GOD for her. She has done the Myspace for me and keeps that running...even when I crashed it on her not even a week later...HEY K...we are even..you broke our scanner the 2nd day...anyway. I have the other two here with my husband and I...and I thought ok...let's get them to help with making things. Maybe even a little creating. HA. that lasted all of about 3 minutes. They drug a bunch of things out to "HELP" and then left them all out...boxes, bins, trays...and went to read more of their new series of vampire books. They are hooked on Twilight of course and have found another series they are resistant to releasing from their noses. Anyway...that is another post...so then...who has to clean it all up. Yup...you guessed it....so between the "help" of things...the networking...and just trying to be someone...when do I get to do what I set out to?
If anyone has any ideas...hey shoot them my way!!! Meanwhile....hey...go and do what you love...