Earrings in Red and Blue

Love making earrings - instant bling in about 10 minutes or less. Here are some simple glass bead earrings that I recently made.

Brighton Charm Bracelet

I have drooled over those Pandora bracelets for quite a while. After Christmas I had a few gift cards, and decided I would buy a similar style bracelet and a few beads at Brighton. A bit cheaper and still beautiful!


I found a great way to add to my stash of beads. Munro's has colorful wide beads - $6 for a dozen. Of course they aren't silver, but pretty just the same!

Here's one combo of beads that I like!

Manchego Stuffed Dates wrapped in Proscuitto

An easy appetizer or snack.

Cut manchego cheese in tiny wedges. Stuff into the dried dates - cut tiny slits in the end of the date if the cheese won't fit (sorry about the blurry picture above).


Cute each slice of prosciutto into quarters - once across and once long way so you have 4 strips. Wrap the date in the prosciutto.


Serve as is, or you can warm it up in an oven or toaster oven for a few minutes until the prosciutto is a bit crispy.

Vintage Pin Necklace

I found a crescent shaped pin with some opalish stones in a bag of broken jewelry. I turned it into this necklace - I added a couple of chains hanging down - one with a large milky stone and two with some opal colored crystals. Then I added seed beeds to the pin back to hold the dangling chains in place. Finally I looped a long chain at the ends of the pin and closed it. Voila! Pin is now a necklace!

Trader Joe's Mac 'n Cheese

My latest comfort food is this frozen Mac 'n Cheese from Trader Joe's. Creamy cheesy yummy in just a few minutes in the microwave!

I like to add in a bit of fresh spinach and a bit of chopped prosciutto.

Great for a cold winter day!

Cosi - Sweet Curry Chicken Sandwich

Really love this new sandwich at Cosi!! Has a mild curry flavor, and has pistachios and dried cranberries mixed in. Yummy!



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Winter Blues Necklace

The snowfall on Sunday was an unexpected way to start my winter break, especially after our 50 degree weather on Thursday and Friday that had melted most of the snow. I spent a lot of time on Monday digging out my driveway. During breaks, I decided I needed a little jewelry therapy. I made two necklaces - shorter and longer - using up some blue and white glass beads in my stash.

The glass beads got icy cold while I photographed them outside.

I haven't made any jewelry in a while - I enjoyed making this little project!