Another Beautiful Day

Today is Thursday, July 23, 2009. Another beautiful day! I didn't think this crate myrtle would bloom, seeing how this is it's first year in the ground, but WOW it is doing well! Going to be full of flowers in the next few days! The golden chain trees that were started from seeds are doing great also.

Needed a break so I thought that I would blog now. Have a few projects almost finished and hope to be able to share tomorrow or Saturday. A couple of new items that I am looking forward to doing more of.

With summer here it is really hard for me to stay indoors! If I am not in doors, I don't get much done in the way of business. We have grilled outside for the last month and love eating outside. We have always eaten dinner together at the table, but outside just seems like we are on vacation or something. Just seems like fun, eat dinner and then into the pool. And you just have to love the clean up. LOL

Going to have to get serious about stocking my site again. Things are selling and with all of the playing I have done, the shelves are looking a little, well not so nice. I have no more of the wooden Altar kits and I think I am down to two tarot boxes. You would think that as fast as the clay Book of Shadows sold, I would have made a few more of them.

Off to finish up the eight projects and then to the pool. Have a happy, healthy, productive day! Remember to get outside and enjoy the weather, it won't last forever. Brightest Blessings!

A Few Set Backs

Today is Tuesday, July 14, 2009. It looks like today will be a nice day. The sun is coming up, a very bright orange color. Yesterday started out that way, then came the storms.

I wanted to get an xml file made for my web site yesterday, that was my top priority. I was in the middle of this chore, when I lost internet connection. OK I thought give it a couple of minutes and it will be back up. After about 30 minutes, I started the modem disconnect and the router disconnect and reconnect, nothing.

I call only to find out that it is on their end, something happened to their hardware due to a storm. A storm? It was a beautiful day. No ideas how long it would be down, they are working on it.

So I thought I would go outside and do somethings I had planned on doing after the xml file. Got all of the plants watered, checked the chemicals in the pool. A friend had given me these really cute sun and moon metal cutouts to hang up. I had them hung and found one that I had missed. So I moved one and decided to hang one above the little sign.

Now this is above my head and I should have gotten a ladder, but it was only one. So this is what happens when you think, it is only one.

Dang it man, that hurt and still hurts this morning. Talk about being handicaped trying to type without your left index finger. That one is a major player. So next time I will make sure to get the ladder.

Went to moms last night it was her 75th birthday! Asked what she had done for her day and she said that she had worked all day. I think this is what keeps her going! Happy Birthday Mom!

Think I will work on cutting squares and clipping finished projects today. Don't know that I trust that finger around the sewing machine, at least not today.

Colors for the week:
Monday Silver
Tuesday Red
Wednesday Topaz
Thursday Green
Friday Rose
Saturday Indigo
Sunday Amber

Have a happy, healthy, productive day! Brightest Blessings!

Watermark Your Pictures, Before Someone "Grabs" Them

Today is Tuesday, July 7, 2009. It has been cloudy with rain on and off for the last couple of days here. Laundry day so going to take a chance that it will not rain for a few hours.

I have been working outside, when able and enjoying the pool. It was a wonderful weekend, relaxing and productive at the same time.

For anyone that sells on line and takes their own pictures, I would strongly suggest that you take the extra step to watermark all of your pictures. This picture, the one above was "grabbed" from my Bonanzle booth. Now this is NOT a picture that I am proud of, however it was the best of what I had taken.

I was so ticked off when I seen it. The nerve of someone to just take something that belonged to me without even the courtesy of asking. So I retook the picture and watermarked them. I will continue to watermark all of my pictures a few every day until they are all watermarked with my site address.

There are lots of free programs that you can download and use to watermark your pictures. I found a few of them and the easiest one for me was waterMark V2. This one you can not use a picture to watermark, just text, which works well for me.

Colors for the week:
Monday White
Tuesday Black ~Blessing Moon ~
Wednesday Brown
Thursday Crimson
Friday Purple
Saturday Gray
Sunday Gold

Blessing Moon is today, take time to invest in your visions. Brightest Blessings!

Only 24 More Listings To Do On My Site

Today is Monday, June 22, 2009. It appears that today is going to be another hot and humid day. It rained Friday and Saturday. This picture is of the last rose that had opened after the rain. The sparrows seem to have found their way back, haven't seen them in a while.

This weekend was another working weekend. Had to redo all of the listings on my web site. Have all but 24 to do and will finish them up this morning. Then I should have time to do the things that I have to put off to work on the computer. So many projects so little time lately.

Had a friend of mom's to give me a huge lot of fabric, some recycled some off of her old projects. WOW! I can't wait to get the computer stuff finished up and move back to starting and finishing up the other three projects that I have started.

Got to spend some time with a few friends yesterday, Summer Solstice. It was nice, we all had so much to do that we only spent a few hours together, however it was time well spent for all of us. Found this yesterday with some great pictures. Check it out.

Time to finish up the other 24 listings and get two additional ones listed. Then on to new things.
So looking forward to making items and not describing them. LOL

Today is a New Moon, make sure to write those Abundance Checks and smudge!

Colors for the week:
Monday White New Moon Today
Tuesday Gray
Wednesday White
Thursday Crimson
Friday Coral
Saturday Gray
Sunday Yellow

Have a happy, healthy, productive day! Brightest Blessings!

A Productive Day Yesterday Was!

Today is Tuesday, June 16, 2009. It is supposed to be another hot one today, 97 degrees. So thankful that the pool is good and don't have to mess with it to use it. It stayed good all winter so now it is ready to use.

Yesterday was a very productive day! Thanks to Sarah she walked me through the steps to set up my selling blog. THANK YOU! You would be wise to check out and follow her blog. Always and interesting read.

So, I got that going yesterday and did some touch ups this morning to it. Not finished, although I don't think our projects are ever really finished. Make sure to check it out at Mother Earth Friendly. This is going to be where I sell only recycled, handmade items. I now have bags of things to work with and am very excited about getting more items made.

Have lots to do today, things that I wanted to do yesterday, however just ran out of time. This is one of the Mabon Altar Cloths that I did get finished this past weekend.

Front Side Mabon Altar Cloth

Back of Mabon Altar Cloth

Time to get really productive! Have a happy, healthy, productive day! Brightest Blessings!

Remember to take some "me" time today.

A Productive, Sad, Surprise Weekend

Today is Monday, June 15, 2009. It is going to be another hot one here today. Supposed to be 97 degrees here today. Is he trying to tell me something or just in his comfort zone hanging out there? He is just spread out there like a man on the couch after dinner. LOL

It was a productive, sad and surprising weekend for me all rolled into one. Just a part of life....

I was able to finish up two Mabon altar cloths one for a kit and one to be sold separately. Have another tote that is all but finished, just have to sew the button on. It is really cute, green and purple. I will get pictures of these finished projects today and show you tomorrow. I was even able to keep up on my chores this weekend. That usually never happens, so when Monday gets here I am already behind.

Got an e-mail from a very good friend Sunday saying that her mom had a massive heart attack and had passed on. Got the candles lit and placed in the window, sent her strength and energy. She is going to need it. Her mom couldn't have been that old, a lot younger than my mom. I know that we all have had rocky times with our mom, but she is still our mom. My mom is my best female friend. We can talk about everything and I do mean everything. All the more reason to live by the saying, Remember yesterday, Dream about tomorrow, but LIVE today. If you haven't called someone that you have been "meaning" to call or wrote that letter, make today the day to do it.

Then I received a package in the mail on Saturday. Hubby brought it in the house and told me it weighs a ton, well I knew it wasn't the fabric that I had ordered so I had no idea what it was. Hubby opened it and WOW to my surprise a wonderful man and just an awesome friend sent me a cast iron kettle, it is a very old one and it has some very nice energy! Thank You Wally for taking your time to send this to me, I love it! He even took the time to write a handwritten note to enclose with it. Not to many people that I know any more write anything by hand. Such a nice touch!

This is just too cool! Love it!

Colors for the week:
Monday Silver
Tuesday Black
Wednesday Topaz
Thursday Turquoise
Friday Purple
Saturday Indigo
Sunday Orange

Have a happy, healthy,productive day! Brightest Blessings!

A Very Squirrely Day

Today is Wednesday, June 10, 2009. It is going to be a hot one today supposed to be 94 degrees and 96 tomorrow. Oh, how I hope they are wrong! Hubby put this hibiscus tree still in the pot out by the bird/squirrel feeder. This little guy climbs up it to get himself a leaf. He would then sit in the pot and eat it like an ear of corn. Then back up for another one. I told hubby this and he just looked at me like I was a little....crazy? So when I seen he was going back up for another leaf I yelled at hubby to come have a look. Sure enough he did it again. Needless to say, he moved it to the front of the house. I have never seen a squirrel eat leaves before. Interesting....

Got a few things moving yesterday, fabric cut and ready to sew today. Looking forward to getting these altar kits finished up and listed. I do think that I am going to make a few of the listings just for the altar cloth and a few for the complete kit. Need to get the other totes listed on Bonanzle today too. Have learned to space my listings out, with the search showing newest first.

Going to try to get some more of the attributes done today also. What a pain in the neck these are to do. Although, Bing.com has been bringing me some traffic. Make sure you are listed with them! They just may over take Google, they are even doing television advertising. I think they are still in beta, however I could be wrong.

Hope to have pictures of finished projects tomorrow for you. At least that is my goal for today.
Have a happy, healthy, productive day! Brightest Blessings!