Sweet Shoes, Sweet Deal

Remember how I liked these?

Well, I was just at Target and saw these, for half as much. Nice!

Especially considering I fit in little girls shoes. And since they were so much less, I figured I might as well get these as well, and still spend less than if I had gotten the first pair at Gap.

Gotta Love two new pairs of shoes!

Enjoying Lately

This picture

This Recipe

These Sandals This Dish

This Movie

This Utah Spring Weather

Okay, April Fools on that last one. Just making sure you were paying attention.

Ta-Da!

Busy Bee

Things I Did Yesterday:

1. Slept in. An ever-important Saturday activity.
2. Made some new jewelry, and posted it in the shop.
3. Smoked this guy off the line while driving in Provo.
4. Completely changed my hair. I like to do that some times.
5. Visited my Mom and Dad.
6. Welcomed my husband home from a St. George golfing trip.

Good Saturday, eh? Here's some pictures of the new stuff.

Another Day, Another Necklace

I made this one on Saturday, and just haven't gotten around to posting pictures. It will also go up in the shop this week. It's crystal and aquamarine with gold wire. You like?

New Beads = New Jewelry

Here's some pictures of the first piece I've made with some of the new beads I purchased in Tucson. It's three strands, with combination of labradorite, white and grey pearls, and moonstone. This will be going up in the shop soon, as it's running a little low on items!

And these are the sample earrings for the craft night I'm teaching tonight. Email me if you're interested in coming. angelajewell(at)gmail(dot)com.

Sun Shine and Sparkle

So it's been a while! I've been looking forward to going to the infamous bead show for sometime now, and in its shadow nothing else seemed very blog-worthy. But I'm back and have so much to share. I flew down to sunny Arizona last Thursday where I had the pleasure of staying with my lovely eldest sister, Becky, AND was able to meet the latest edition to her family. What a beautiful boy! While there, I was treated to Barrow's Pizza (not once, but twice!) and a delicious lunch at the tasty (and famous) Chino Bandido. Mmmm, Jade Red chicken. Did you know that's where I took my husband for lunch on our wedding day? It's true.

Of course all these fun activities were just pre-cursors to the main event. Saturday I drove down to Tucson with my Mom and sister, Nancy. We heard on the radio that there were something like 45 different show locations all over town, and we only went to two! We're talking tents the size of football fields filled to the brim with beads, gemstones, jewelry, etc. Here's a little sampling a what I bought this year:

(clockwise from top left: moonstone, citrine, aquamarine, labradorite, pearls in various colors and sizes, moonstone, pink quartz, labradorite)

Clockwise from top left: (crystal, Venetian blown glass, glass, lemon quartz, and....I don't remember)

I also purchased some glass beads, and I'll post pictures of those later. I'll be using them at a church craft night class I'm teaching on the 20th. I'll be showing how to make simple earrings. Anyone in the area is welcome to attend, so contact me if you're interested. I also got some non-sparkly things like wire, crimps, ear wires, you know, the boring stuff. Monday morning my mom and I drove back to UT in the rain and snow. The drive itself wasn't so bad, but I was a little sad to leave the sunshine. Fortunately, we loaded up on oranges, grapefruits and lemons from my sister's trees. And it's a good thing I have all that vitamin C, because I also brought home a cold. Bummer. But the rock star had a little something for me at home to make me smile. What a nice boy he is!

The Auction

The auction has started! You can go bid on the necklace I donated, and many other AMAZING (ie. Mac gift basket worth $600! and more) here.

De. Lish. Ous

I made this limeade last night for a little get-together, and man, it was tasty! It's supposed to be like Tucano's limeade if you've ever had that, and if you haven't, just make this, because it's pretty much spot on. My husband would tell you that I have an unusual affinity for limes, and try to put them on everything, but he likes this too, so I know it's not just me. Let me know what you think!

Tucano's Limeade

Brazilian Lemonade (Limeade)
2 Limes
1/2 cup sugar
3 Tbs Sweetened Condensed Milk
3 cups cold water

Wash the limes and cut off both ends. then cut into 8 wedges. Place all of the limes and the rest of the ingredients in a blender (keep the rinds on). Blend thoroughly. Then strain through a fine-mesh sieve to remove rinds and pulp. Serve over crushed ice and add a lime wedge garnish.

The recipe only makes about 4 cups of liquid, so you might want to double it depending on how many servings you're looking for. Enjoy!

Also, a very happy birthday wish to two women who I know love limes as much as I do. My mom and sister!

New Necklace

My lovely SIL contacted me about donating some jewelry to a Nie Nie Benefit Concert and Charity Auction. Of course, I was happy to. So far I've made a necklace. The pendant is a Capiz Shell dyed blue, and the chain is made with peridot chips, and accented with some very blue labradorite. What do you think?

New Years Day = Sewing Day

The rockstar was gone all day Thursday. He drove all the way to St. George with friends just to go golfing and drive back. He's crazy, but that's why we love him! So I spent the day sleeping in and sewing. I know, it doesn't look like much when I say I spent the whole day, but I'm not the best seamstress. There's a lot of unpicking and re-doing involved when I sew. Plus, I was making up the patterns as I went, which means even more unpicking and re-doing. But I'm happy with the end product.
First, I made new Christmas stockings. Yeah, Christmas is over, but I knew if I left it until next year it wouldn't happen. We've previously just been using generic red and white stockings. I like these much better. I got the fabric and trim at JoAnn's.

I also made a new purse. My old one was getting pretty dingy. I got the fabric at the fabric store in Gardner Village, and made the pipping out of spare fabric. It's pretty small, but it fits everything I need, and has a special pocket inside that's the perfect size for my phone. The orange looks pretty bright in the pictures, but it's not quite so psychedelic in person.

Happy 2009!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! I spent mine sewing, but no pictures yet, so I'll post on that later. In the mean time, if you didn't get a calendar for Christmas, here are some great ones I found on Etsy. This is the one I got.


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