Perfect Pendants

When Brad and I got married I wore a string of pearls. didn't wear necklaces before that and haven't really after that either. But now I seem to have developed a "thing" for pendants. Not sure why. Maybe because I'm intrigued about how they are made, maybe because so many of them are just simply beautiful or unique. Who knows.

I've seen different pendants at the craft stores while shopping for beads for earrings however they are just not as wonderful as the ones that are handmade. Have you seen the variety out there? It is truly amazing!! What are they made of? Where do the ideas come from? How did they get started? I don't know, but I may have to find out.

Here are a few of the pendants I've found and really really like!! Each picture is a link to the shop the pendant can be found in. Please check out the rest of the items in each shop. I promise you won't be disappointed!!

If you go to any of the shops above - could you let them know you saw them here. Thanks so much!!

Give Aways

There are an amazing amount of Give Aways in blogland. And I'm trying to enter them all (LOL). I've had a wonderful time having my own Give Aways but soon realized that there are people out there who would love to have a Give Away/Feature. So for the next few months on my Give Away blog (link on the right) that's what I'll be doing. Every two weeks I'll be hosting a new Give Away along with a feature of the person/shop donating the item.
While reading other blogs & reading the forums I've found many many Give Aways and so many awesome prizes. I've actually won a few too!! Some days after going to the mail it feels like Christmas! But I must say that giving is as much fun as receiving.
So here are a few of the Give Aways I've found - they are in order of the draw date starting on the 8th (Sunday). When you've entered the ones you like please come and enter mine too.













There are more links on the sidebar of my Give Away blog. Please check them out.

Hubby's New Toy (for family viewing)

When the boys were small we bought our first ATV, a 250 Honda. It was a nice size for small kids to start on. A few years ago Brad decided we needed another one a bit bigger, so that 2 of us could ride together. We got a seat for the bigger one to strap onto the back rack so two could ride on the same machine and one of the boys could take the other quad.

After three of us went camping at a place about 1.5 hours east of here, taking the atv's along to ride on the 100's of miles of trails they have - we decided we needed another atv so all of us could go out together. So we sold the 250 and bought a 350 and a 450! WOOHOO!!

When you have 2 teenage sons it's tough to find something that the whole family likes to do together. But we have found it with quadding. With two on the 500 (Brad & I) and the boys on each of their own we can go riding as a family, pack a lunch and go out all day together. It's been great.

We go riding in the summer as much as possible & go to derby's whenever we can. We've been to some really cool places to ride not that far from home.

"can I see how deep it is?" (Logan)

So last spring Brad decided he needed an even faster ATV - a 700 Kawi! I think it's called "midlife crisis"? "Ok dear. But if you kill yourself I'll be really angry!!" (don't have pics of that one yet)

A couple of weeks ago, Brad came up with the idea of putting tracks on the 500 so he could ride all winter. Yipee? Well we picked them up on Monday, by yesterday morning they were ready to go, but we had -16C (+3F) degrees with 60K (37 mph) winds. To cold to go riding. But today was beautiful!! Only -4C (25F) and almost no wind! So Brad tried out the tracks and I took some pics. Looks like fun but I think I'll stick with summer riding. Warmer!!

We've already booked the last weekend in May to go camping and riding with a whole bunch of other people!! We'll be staying in a small but cozy cabin - were there last year at the same time!! It's a blast when you have 20 or more quads out for a sat. ride and potluck supper.

Can hardly wait. I'll make sure to take lots of pictures then!!

FOLLOWER #100!!

I never thought I would see the day that 100 people would want to follow my blog. The blog has been a wonderful adventure - after a few frustrating days at the beginning trying to figure out how to get links, pictures, etc on to it. Doing the features is a blast - I'm amazed at all the different crafts/arts out there and the awesome people who are doing them!! Then somedays I get to rant (and no one can interrupt me), show off my crafts, talk about what ever I want (and again no one can interrupt me!!). It's a wonderful outlet for me. A stress reliever. Keeps me sane!!

But back to follower #100. It is Melissa from St. John's Newfoundland Canada!! WOOHOO!! Melissa has a wonderful Blog and an awesome Etsy Shop. Both are definitely places you what to see!!

So as Follower #100 Melissa will receive this handpainted sign (made by me)! Thanks so everyone for following my blog!! Wonder what number I'll choose next time?