Charmed: 2010

Thursday, December 23, 2010

happy holidays

*happy holidays*

everyone

if there's anyone out there

still visiting my blog.

i've been such a bad blogger lately....

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Monday, November 1, 2010

Bargain of the day.... ~~cardis~~

First of all I'd just like to say

the following pictures are pretty crappy.

{Sorry, but my room is dark AND

I just didn't feel like arranging them all

cute and folded on a flat surface.}

On a recent trip to Goodwill I hit the jackpot on cardigans. I'm pretty sure these had just been put out and probably came from the same person. They were at the end of a row and kind of all together. I snatched them up FAST! They all fit. Some are cuter than others, but I wanted them all. They were $4.19 each, so I got 5 cardis for about $20!!

Cute, huh?

Who doesn't like LIME green?

I already have a light pink cardi and now I have a

HOT pink one!!

I love this one. It's a pretty blue and heavier than the others. This will feel good

on a cold day and look cute too!

We all know how hard black is to photograph... so there's my excuse for the pitiful picture.

This cardi is not faded (like the picture shows) and has the cutest little flower pin...

This will go with a lot of stuff.

Well, there is my bargain of the day. Now maybe I can do another

WIWW (what i wore wednesday)

because I'll have something new and cute to wear!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

HAPPY HALLOWEEN ~o~

I did this in picnik...

fun!

Monday, October 25, 2010

New earrings and a necklace

I made this necklace last night around midnight. It took about an hour. While I was making it my 15 year old daughter sat at the table with me for part of the time and talked to me about a certain boy. It was nice. It's nice that she talks to me about things.

I think I'll call this necklace

young love

I've really enjoyed working with bead caps lately. For some reason I never really used them in my jewelry designs, but after seeing some really beautiful pieces on etsy I decided to start using them in my pieces....

Here are some earrings I've made in the past few weeks. I'm planning on showing them around and hoping to sell them all!

I think they'd make really nice Christmas gifts and I've priced them all at just $10!!

Have a great week~

Saturday, October 9, 2010

My new earring holder

I made this earring holder to possibly use in a store that sells my jewelry.

It didn't work for the store so I decided to use it, for now, in my room.

I have several old frames in my craft room.

Spray painted it white and glued it. (It was a little wobbly and still is, but not as bad.)

I strung some twine across the frame and hot glued it with a vintage button on top to help hold it.

Here's where it ended up. In my bedroom.

Also, now it is filled up with my earrings.

I want to fix up some frames with screen in them for holding earrings...

one of my many projects. I really need to get busy on some of my projects!

I finally hung the pretty hook that Julie bought me at Antique Alley. I thought it looked really good beside my peacock feathers on the dresser. My room is tan with burgundy curtains and pillows. I've been wanting to change it, so now I'm thinking tan and teal.

What do ya think?

Friday, October 8, 2010

Best bargains ever!!

This week was a good week for bargains!

I got these at a Bath & Body Works Outlet

for $1.12 each!!

Total bill $3.64 for three of these. They're usually $4.50 each.

I love to get a bargain. It makes me smile.

Now comes the best bargain EVER!

Goodwill paid ME .37 cents! Yes, they paid ME!!

First, all the hardback books were on sale for $1. instead of $2.

So, I picked out 5 books,

the cute little kitty thing that I'm going to use to make a cute windchime .75 cents,

a big white shirt $4.19

and a thick glass bowl/candle holder ($1.)that fell to the floor and broke as I was paying for my stuff. All of this cost .71 cents because I had a frequent shopper card that you get stamped every time you spend $10. After you spend $100. you get $10. worth of free merchandise. Anyway, the guy says it's his fault that the glass fell out of my bag and gives me back $1.08

so.... Goodwill paid me .37 cents!

I'd say that was the

best bargain ever!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

halloween time....

I'm getting in the halloween spirit....

Thursday, September 30, 2010

My bargains for the week

It's been awhile since I've gotten such good bargains,

but this past week I found several.

I know the price tag says $1, but it was

.16 cents!!!!!

yep, only .16 cents!

I saw this little birdie at Dollar General when I had to rush to get my daughter some marshmallows for a science project that she forgot... anyway, I saw this little fella and picked him up and said to myself, "I don't need that, even if it IS only a dollar." But.. then I talked myself into it and when I checked out the checker said, "16 cents." I had to ask her to repeat herself. I just love him. He's so cute and he goes perfect in my bathroom. Now I just have to find a place to stick him. He's supposed to go in a plant, which I don't have in my bathroom.

My next bargain of the week are these funky reading glasses from Goodwill....

$1.39!

I'm WAY past due for a new glasses prescription. I need bi-focals BADLY!!

I'm hoping to use these when I'm creating. I have trouble seeing the small pieces I'm working with. Yep, I'm getting old.

I found these yesterday at Goodwill. I knew they were good quality. I'm not an expert on boots so I called my husband (who is). I wanted him to Google them for me or look on ebay to see if I could get any money for them. They're size 7 and I'm a 7 1/2. They fit me, but are a little snug. I could probably wear them if I wasn't doing a lot of walking. Anyway, my husband was in the field and not in the office by his computer so I had to decide if I wanted to pay $8 and take a chance on making any money on them. I decided to go for it. When the guy rang them up they were only $4!! The sign said that boots were $8. I didn't mention that to the guy. Was that wrong of me? Hey, he works there, not me. (Rationalization?) Anyway... I like 'em and I hope I can wear them. They will add some style to my wiww outfits!