Sand Pail List

With summer approaching and vacation time just weeks away, I thought I'd sit and compose a "Bucket List" for the summer....actually a "Sand Pail" list. I saw this term in this months issue of Better Homes and Garden and immediately loved it! So, here it goes, my Sail Pail list for the summer~

:: plant a vegetable garden
:: walk each morning...its okay to miss one or two due to rainy weather.
:: sit on the beach and watch the sunrise one morning.
:: paint a large canvas for our living room that is colorful and spontaneous!
:: create a number of paintings for a fall exhibit (I'm having a show of my paintings!!)
:: take  yoga classes
:: take a long bicycle ride with Pete.....I'm thinking a day long bicycle trip.
:: make ice cream!
:: make pickles! Pete loves the bread and butter pickles I make.
:: get more pedicures. Or, give myself a pedicure more often! I love painted toe nails and pedicures are just so darn relaxing.
:: learn more about aromatherapy and make my own household cleaning products, beauty care and scents! I'm actually doing this now but figured to just keep going with it over the summer.
:: start that quilt thats on my bucket list! I'm a random kinda girl so I think I'm just going to create a simple quilt...queen size.....I love fabric and sewing but I don't do enough of it to call myself good at it.
:: give my sewing machine a workout this summer and make stuff.
:: create art journals based on our two vacations this summer........cape cod and british colombia/ seattle.
:: finish some of my knitting projects that I seem to loose interest in after awhile :)

Just a Little This and That

Spring break is here and I've been enjoying time to myself. Its a stressful time at work and this week off has come along at a perfect time. Along with celebrating Easter with family, I've been able to do some well needed house cleaning and extended time at the torch too!

With no really plan as to what to make, I've been busy making this and that....buttons, skulls, and even a few lady bugs. Lady bugs and bee's were THE thing to make when I first started making glass beads years ago. I have a kindergarten students who wears the cutest lady bug dress so I think that is why lady bugs were something I decided to make.....who knows how or why something creeps into your head at times?!

So here is the little happy family of 3 that will soon be in my etsy shop!

Then of course my skulls. I've had a couple requests lately for skull so I figured I'd make some. These are a little larger than my typical ones...I started making them larger this fall.....this size looks great in necklaces! Yes, these will be in my etsy shop too.

Buttons! This is just one but I have a few large buttons going into my shop also. I use buttons in my jewelry but may people who buy my buttons use them to upcycle denim jackets, felted bags and on sweaters.......endless ideas!

So please check out my etsy shop later today and I'm sure to have some sweet things in there for you to purchase!

Summons

I haven't posted in the last few days since I've been anticipating serving as a juror. There is never a "good" time to be summonsed but being on summer vacation and being called to serve is the pits! I have been very lucky however. I have not had to report as of yet. Each time I have to check in with the jury office, I think, this is it I'm gonna have to go in........but no, I've been lucky so far.

This anticipation of jury duty has kind of cramped my beading. I haven't been able to keep to my schedule as well since I'm always figuring on not being around. I've made a few things for my upcoming shows but I haven't accomplished what I would have liked to. Today will be in the low 90's so that will really hamper my beading..........I think I'll just plan on beading this evening instead.

Well, time for my morning walk and then some work. Enjoy your day :)

Oh, What Fun!

This picture of Peter really says it all about our vacation last week.........aaaahhhhhhh! Total relaxation!


We took our first cruise as a whole family and celebrated my fathers 70th birthday. No matter where you looked on the ship, you had beautiful views. On our last day on the ship we all played miniture golf up top...very windy but fun. I had two hole in ones!



The deck I'm looking down on was called the Serenity Deck....no children allowed and two hot tubs....nice :)

Okay. Its back to business today. I'm be at work in a few hours and then back to bead & jewelry making tonight.