On a roll

I managed to get August's charm done, and a whole 16 days early! The theme was "blue dreams". I used a hand made (by me) polymer clay bead, a couple of of tiny washers and some of the prettiest blue glass beads from my collection.
Two necklaces, on their way today! YAY!

Red button charm

In typical Ellen style, I started late, spent a bunch of time making some red buttons for my charm, didn't use them and just now finished up....only 13 or so days after I was supposed to mail! YIKES!! Angela, if you're still reading here, it's on it's way tomorrow!!

Made with two vintage button, a lamp work bead, silver wire, washers and silver tone bells.

Happy Independence Day; or Mini-vaca, Day 2

Walkin' in Memphis

We are finishing up day one of our little mini-vaca today. Made the short, two hour run over to Memphis for a weekend getaway/Independence Day celebration. We got a late start due to last minute packing but traffic was keeping up a mighty fine pace and we had a slammin' rental that was so smooth I hardly noticed I was going 90! Luckily, I had Sweetie Pie there to remind me...when he wasn't dozing~~now that's a relaxed passenger!!


Of course, we had to test the firmness of the beds first thing!


On the way to dinner....


Dinner at Huey's downtown with my aunt and uncle. It was delicious. We had a blast shooting toothpicks at the ceiling and Dar wrote her name on the wall.


An after dinner stroll down to the banks of the Mighty Mississippi.


And, to finish out the day, an evening swim!


Tomorrow, who knows...but I have a feeling it will involve the pool, and we've got tickets to see the Red Birds play!
Happy 4th, y'all!!!!!

Dear Blogger, I have a huge crush...

on Face Book and I have been neglecting you. Your staunch defender, Kim, has gotten on to me about casting you aside, and several times, but I have been too busy with my new obsession to listen. I think that, now, I have finally seen the light. Please forgive me and know that I will try to do better.

Big Love,
Ellen

P.S. Here are a few pictures of what I have been up to lately...

NYC

I had the extreme pleasure of traveling to New York this last week. It was a great trip, and besides getting to travel with a great group, I had the pleasure of seeing old friends and a favorite uncle. I visited lots of touristy-type places that I had not visited during previous trips (Top of The Rock, St Pat's Cathedral, Ellis Island, etc.), along with some places that had been suggested to me by sources in the know (Tinsel Trading & Metalifirous), and was thrilled to get to see the Lion King again as well is Wicked on Broadway.

Hello stranger.....

Wow~~I can't believe it has been almost a month...I can't even begin to tell you what I have been up to.  Really.  Mainly b/c I am about five hours away from leaving for NYC.  That'll be blogged, for sure.  And since it's almost midnight and I have to be up by four, I'll make this short and sweet with my favorite shot of late and my latest charm for a charmster's round robin that I am participating in...the theme for this necklace is "Make time for art."  
See you all on the flip side or the plane ride!!