Stamped Heart Necklace

Stamped Heart Necklace 4
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The newest addition to my Valentine's Day Collection.
A handcrafted fine silver pendant stamped with a handmade heart. It comes with leather cord, lobster clasp, and a 2" tarnish resistant chain.
Adjustable length 16" to 18".

Mosaics are Here

This is my other passion. I've been making mosaics for a long time and I've decided is about time I list my work. This one comes just in time for Valentine's Day.

Yay! for virus protection.

So, it seems like my computer was infected by some very distructive virus. The kind that practically fries your computer. How do I know that? Well, after I hit my all-in-one virus protection software scan, there it was. A high risk virus. But with my handy dandy, awesome protection, I watch it come to a quick and hopefully painful death. Yes! Deader that dead virus. Go back to where you came from. No. Go deeper you no good, evil, wrong doer you.
I love my virus protection. I'm sending it kisses across the screen. And it knows it. My hero.

Three Kings Day

Three Kings Day or Dia de Reyes was the most awaited day by my generation living in a tiny town in Central America. Even more that Christmas, which was celebrated mainly by going to church and eating delicious food that was only cooked at that time of the year. No gifts. Gifts would arrive on Dia de Reyes, January 6. Aside of receiving a present or two, the tradition was that the night before, shoes were placed near a window - Only one pair per child; let's not go crazy here. In the morning we would find a little surprise, usually something small that fitted inside the shoe. Coins, little dolls, small books, all wrapped in tissue paper. No big gifts, no Nintendo, no PS3 (or whatever number we're up to now) Then came the excitement of comparing what we all got. I have to say that the 'Wise' Kings were very fair.
I tell my kids about this wonderful tradition and told them one year we would celebrate the way I did when I was their age. They love the part about getting gifts from the Three Wise Kings, not so much about not receiving Christmas gifts. Oh well, at least they have something to talk about.

We survived Halloween! We had planned to watch a movie but the doorbell kept ringing like every 2 seconds! So we decided to sit by the stairs and wait there instead. It seemed like the costume of choice this year was ninja for boys and witch for girls. Not a lot of monsters or ghosts like other years. But the most creative one I saw was a kid dressed like Larry King. Cool, he had the tie, the suspenders, and the glasses. All he needed was the microphone - I guess it would have been hard to carry with the gigantic bag of candy he already had!

Oh, I'm in an etsy treasury!
Banou made this amazing treasury and included me in it!
Check out her store for some amazing jewelry!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/banou

Halloween Y'all

I think that the scariest part of Halloween is running out of candy. I know, it happened to us last year. Even after getting a ton of candy, we had to turn the lights off way before 9. The doorbell still rang about 10 times after that. My kids still hadn't come back from their trick-o-treating! How did that happen? Still don't know.
So this year I bought a ridiculous amount of candy and my husband is getting another couple of bags, as a back up, just in case. Only time will tell if our strategies will work. Yes, we have strategies...one chocolate item, one lollipop, and a filler. Three items per kid! No more, no less. I'll keep you posted.

Chinese Lessons?

So having a Chinese last name can be a little confusing to some people. I acquired mine by marriage. Its funny to see the look on people's faces when they realize that although I may look a little, very little, twice removed, if you wink and stand on one foot, Chinese; I only have the last name. In fact, I couldn't be further even if I tried. But don't get me wrong. I love the Chinese culture, and some day, I'll even visit that wonderful country. Ok, I love the food most of all. But for now, I would be happy with knowing the language. I'll tell you why. Telemarketers. I wish I could understand what they are offering me. I'm sure its not a million dollars. But It would be so much fun to say "I'm sorry, but the lady of the house is not here at the moment. She has a meeting at the White House" or maybe "She can only take calls on Mondays at the looney house" Oh, that would be so much fun! I think I see Chinese lessons in my future.


On another note, I figured out how to add my favorite Etsy shops to my page! yay me! Here are some of them so far.