slowly going the way of the buffalo

I have been so bad at blogging lately! Things have been a little busy-ish for me for the past week. I took on the task of making party favor bags for a friends bachelorette party. Since I feel like a bachelorette party is more special then say a birthday party I wanted the party favor bags to be nice. I achieved what I wanted :) I feel like the bags were of good quality. There was one item that I was particularly proud of. It was my green tea sugar scrub! I personally thought that it smelled amazing! I made sure to keep some aside for myself :) I also made a bag for my two blogging friends Shelly and Heaven :) I have been trying to make more bath products then just plain ones. The first soaps that I made were cute, but plain. I have since experimented with adding lots of different things to my soaps. Most have been fails, but that's how you learn! Today I made three new soaps :) The first one had a TON of things added to it. Such as oats, brown sugar, chai tea, molasses, oils, cocoa powder, and cinnamon. The soap smells heavenly, but it scratches! It was too harsh on my hands (I'm delicate). So I decided it would be the perfect foot scrub/soap! The second soap I made has some vanilla rooibos tea in it, some apple, some oils, and some white shimmer powder in the first layer (and its got a light clearish color), the second layer is white, it has some more shimmer in it as well, and it has a small amount of organic unbleached sugar in it for exfoliation. This soap smells so good too! It's a little scratchy as well, but not as bad. Then the third soap I made is really simple. Its a white shea butter soap, I put some white shimmer in it, some sweet orange oil, some lemon oil, some almond oil, and some olive oil. I wanted it to be more moisturizing then the other ones have been. And it kind of is. I think that the actual soap that I use is just a really cleansing so it seems like it washes away even the oils that I add to the soap! I am determined to resolve this. I am also determined to figure out how to make a dupe version of LUSH's porridge soap I am wholeheartedly in love with this soap. Everything about it. I love the scent (so much!), its so so different from any soap I have ever smelled, and in a really good way. I love how moisturizing it is. I love the texture, it's so super silky, but exfoliating at the same time because of the pinhead oats! And the scent seems to linger on my skin throughout the day, which I love. Until I perfect this soap at home I will continue getting it from LUSH. Forever. Speaking of LUSH (when am I not?!?), my cousin and I went there again today! Of course I left with a bag full of goodies :) I get excited about soap. Shelly I cannot wait to visit a LUSH store with you. I think you will be in bathers heaven for sure! Ok so on Friday I was in Roseville at their mall and went to the LUSH inside. The customer service was so bad! They made me feel bad for asking for a sample. How lame. I love my LUSH so much! The people that work there are so cool (HIPPIES!!!), inviting, and generous! I mean I know it's not really them giving me all these wonderful samples, but still. They are always so quick to offer me advice and to demonstrate anything in the store for me. And I mean anything! Plus I don't even have to ask for samples (and practically get shot down!), they offer me some everytime I'm there, even when I don't buy anything. Like today, I got two slices of soap, two shampoo samples, a conditioner sample, and a face mask sample! Thats 6 samples! And I am so sure that if I asked for samples of more things they would give it to me. How crazy is that?!? This place is amazing. So today I mainly went in to get a large tub (no more sample size for me!) of their Curly Wurly shampoo. I have official switched over. And I couldn't be happier. This is the best shampoo I have ever used. It makes my hair look so healthy. And it feels (and smells) great too! But I knew I wanted to get at least one more shower product. Especially since I am almost out of my bars of soap. I still have about half bottles (little tiny bottles) of both of my shower gels. And I have two more bars of my Angles Delight (a Christmas time special) But I wanted something new. I like to use a different soap everyday when I shower and then start over at the first soap once I've cycled through all of them. And right now I only have three different soaps (the bars anyways). So today I decided that what I would do is get really small slices of several soaps to try them out. I am so glad I did! I got so many new soaps for only $12! Tomorrow I plan on recording a vlog showing off my new slices and explaining the different scents and textures. So stay tuned!

gross.

so I spend my night after dinner making these wonderful almond and orange bath bombs in the shape of easter eggs. They smelled amazing to me! I love the smell of almonds, and the hint of orange made it divine! And once I was done with the last egg in the double batch that I made there was a little left in the bowl. So I decided to take it over to the sink and splash some water in it to watch it fizz and then wash my hands in the heavenly almond orange goodness. Too bad that was not my experience. Unfortunately this bath bomb smells GREAT dry, and AWFUL wet. It stinks. It's bad. And it sucks that I spend more then an hour on it, used two batches worth of stuff and it stinks. Gross. I am so frustrated. I will have to make some new ones tomorrow. I think I'm going to try to salvage these ones if at all possible. I will update you on the status of my gross egg bombs. I have to go to bed now, I have a coffee and free pastry date with my dashing husband ;)

p.s. I got a membership to a gym tonight. To an AMAZING gym. I am so excited! I plan on going a minimum of three times a week.

an almost lost art

To me it seems like most people don't even know how to sew nowadays. It's so weird to me that this hobby is almost obsolete in the house of all Americans. I grew up sewing. I even took a sewing class when I was younger! I have been wanting a nice sewing machine ever since I got married. But I've never bought one, or received one as a gift. I plan on putting it on my wish list for my birthday this year. Anyways, I thought about this form of art because of my addiction to browsing Etsy at least once a day most days. I came across a photo of this fantastic wallet on the front page as I very first opened up the browser! This is not a normal "art review", but I think that sewing is an art too! This girls name is Sarah, and she has some amazing talent. I love the patterns of all the purses and wallets that she has posted on Etsy. They are all so lively and full of color. They look like quality purses too. I think that if you owned one of her designs that you would get asked all the time "where did you get that purse?!" I think they're fantastic, but you can decide for yourself! Here are some photos and the link to her shop on Etsy.


This is the wallet that I saw on the first page. I have a weak spot for polka dots. Jake loves it when I wear things with polka dots, and I have always liked them too. This print reminds me of something 50's. Its such a rich and bright cherry red!

And check out the inside! Its such a strong contrast in color. But I love it. Its a good mix.

This purse is so bright and busy! Its so silly too. Plus check out the shape! Its so original. I like it, but I don't really use purses that don't have shoulder straps :/ I feel like this purse could match a lot of outfits, and clash with a lot of outfits...

I love the inside! Pinstripes! And pink no less :)

It's so crazy, I have some scrapbooking paper that is EXACTLY the same as this wallet fabric! I don't think I would buy this because it would just remind me too much of that paper, I feel like I've seen too much of it already. Weird.

And check out the shape of this clutch! Original again. I love the splashes of brightly colored flowers. The flow of the design on this purse is happy to me. I have also seen a scrapbooking paper in this same pattern. But I don't own it, so I haven't seen it a ton of times like the other one. I love the brown against the front too.

This purse seems more sensible and sophisticated. Its a clean cut design, but still looks fun in a more calm manner. I have a hard time buying purses in white or cream because once it starts to get dirty it doesn't look nice anymore. But I really like this one :)

The inside lining is really funky!

Here is the link to her shop on Etsy. If you are looking for a new purse or wallet, maybe you could get one from her!

funny name

I am at my in-laws house right now, been here since yesterday. And we are spending the night again tonight. We will be going home tomorrow. We haven't stayed over for two nights in a row in a long time. I get easily overwhelmed by the end of the second night (right now). But everyone is watching a movie right now, 2012. I have no desire at all to watch it. So I'm on the computer. I wanted to blog about something, but I'm limited in a sense because I am not on my computer, so I don't have my photos or whatnot. Right now I am enjoying some iced chai that I bought from my mother in law (she sells Watkins products). Its pretty good, but not as strong as I would like. Even though I more than doubled the recommended amount of tea to water ratio. I'll have to tweak with it to get the desired taste. Yesterday I made some soap at home. I made 5 small batches of soap in different colors and scents. Then I made a big batch of white soap with a little shimmer (not glitter, shimmer) and a coconut scent. I cut up the colored soaps after they set in the molds, some like flowers, and some just chunks. Then I arranged them in the bigger molds (and smaller ones for that matter) and poured the white ontop. They turned out super cute in my opinion! Here are some photos of some of them...


I love this one! I think it kind of looks like those tiles that people often decorate their kitchens or bathrooms in :) I love the colors together.


I think the flowers are so delicate and cute! This bar is the same size as an average bar of soap. There were a lot this size (different designs), but I cut most of them into halves, thirds, or quarters. Since this design wouldn't make sense cut up I left it whole.


This is one of the ones with the chunks of different colors and scents in it :) I love the way it looks. It's so playful.


This one has "wedges" of the different soaps. The whole one was a complete circle of wedges (it was one of the ones I cut in half). It reminds me of the color wedge pieces in the game Trivial Pursuit :)


This one is one of my favorites! So simple and fresh. It just looks so pure to me.


This one is more of a manly one. I didn't want them all to be all flowers and frills :P

So I hope you liked them! It was the first time that I made soap at home. It was a lot of fun. It was an all day type of process, because I made all the color ones. If I made more plain ones it would've been much less time consuming :P Nonetheless I really like them. Before I left the house yesterday I tried out one of my little ones. It lathers into little bubbles, its really soft (shea butter and olive oil!), and the smell lingers on your skin for a long time. Overall I would say it was a success, but still not better then LUSH! It made a bit more then I thought it would, so I've been giving them out as little gifts :) I made a lot of little ones too that I didn't post photos of. But they are the perfect size for a travel soap, or for next to the sink for hand washing. When I get home tomorrow I will probably try it out in the shower and see how I like it :) I hope you all have a great night, I'm going to go browse Etsy for a little while before playing some solitaire and calling it a night!

Still obsessed with teal

Yesterday was Saint Patrick's Day. Unfortunately most people don't do anything on this day, except maybe have beer I am part Irish and have always loved this day. It reminds me of some of my favorite family members. I always wear green. I even have a special emerald green eye-liner that I wear on this one day of the year! This year I even made a special St. Pats necklace with a four leaf clover in the pendant! I like it a lot. I even included one orange bead :) I also make a special Irish dinner every St. Patrick's Day. Corned beef, cabbage, and little red potatoes! It's one of my favorite meals ever. It's such a comfort meal to me. And then we have Irish Car Bombs! It's a Guinness beer plus a shot of Bailey's Irish Cream topped with Irish Whiskey. You take the shot glass and drop it in the beer and immediately start chugging the whole drink. I cannot stand the way carbonation burns my throat, so I only do half a bottle of beer at a time :) So the little pink tea cup is my beer. Its a good drink. But it doesn't top dinner for me.

Today I went running again in the morning. I didn't sleep well last night because I don't take my ambien if I've had any alcohol. Anyways, at the end of my run I treated myself to an iced coffee from Peet's Coffee and Tea I know, I know, the treat has more calories then I burned off in my run. But I am a firm believer in a treat every once in a while. I am not a calorie freak. However I am trying to be careful about how many sweats I have. I like to drink a lot of sweet beverages, and I don't realize how many calories that adds to my day. But like I said, every once in a while is ok :) The weather the past few days has been so nice and sunny with a cool breeze. But when I showered after my run I used a sugar SCRUB and I realized very quickly that I was sunburned! UGH. I never sunburned as a child and in highschool. I only recently started sunburning. So I am not used to having to think about covering up or using sunscreen. Yesterday I even said "I don't really sunburn". So here I am, eating my words! I hate sunburns. After my run I spent some time on the computer browsing Etsy. I found a few cute pipes that this Irish guy carves. It was cool :) Then I decided to get my butt in gear and get my painting supplies out and paint. And I did. Here are three out of the four things that I made today...

The first one, my personal favorite. I love how the teal turned out. I was surprised with how nice the tree branch turned out. I was sure I was going to mess that up somehow! The blossoms were not what I had in mind, but I like them nonetheless.

Next I still had some teal left over, so I made this little painting. I live my day to day life pretty much alone. Sometimes I feel lonely, and sometimes I just love the calmness of being alone. I suppose I just wanted to capture the feeling of solitary.

And last but not least, I wanted to do something a little more light-hearted. A robot. I love robots. They are just adorable, and lovable. So here is mine.

I did paint one more thing. But its not finished yet. So I'll save that for later. I like to paint. But I don't paint very often. I hope I get more in the habit of painting so that I can get better at it :)

Also, this morning I woke up with two cats in bed with me. I don't own any cats. So I was a little startled. The end.

Back in the day

ughhh, so today I found some old photos. Some were cute, and some brought back bittersweet memories. I have to say, my little sister-in-laws have always been the cutest! I loved looking through all the old photos of them that Jake has :) Right now Jake is bottling a batch of homemade beer. I'm so excited to taste it in a few weeks! Tonight for dinner I made potstickers from Shelly's blog post. Everyone loved them. But it took me TWO hours to make enough for everyone for dinner! Whew. Plus the cabbage upset my tummy :( I am looking forward to quite a few things tomorrow. First of all it's Saint Patricks Day! I am part Irish and I love St. Pats Day. It makes me so happy. It reminds me of my Great Grandmother Rosie, who was my favorite person. Ever. Besides Jake of course! She is who I try to be like. I want to be remembered the same way that I remember her :) So tomorrow I will cook my traditional St. Pats dinner. Corned Beef, cabbage, and little red potatoes. I will wear green. I will drink Irish car bombs. I will wear my newly made St. Patricks Day necklace. And I will be jolly the whole day through! I am also going to go on a bike ride with my cousin Heather. I love bike rides! I will take the day off from running most likely. But I'm not sure, I want to keep up everyday. But I am going bike riding, so maybe that could count as my exercise. Today I went bowling with Heather! I have wanted to go bowling again for a LONG time. It was so much fun. We played three games. That's my max. My neck and shoulder starts to hurt by the end of the first game. And its pretty bad by the third game (I got 50 points out of a 300 points possible!).

Ok so I wanted to do another little LUSH review. I actually have two things for you guys today. The first one I have already mentioned before. The Curly Wurly shampoo! I got it as a sample the last time that I was in LUSH. I have been pretty impressed with this shampoo. First of all because I only use about a quarter sized amount of it for my whole head of hair! And I have a lot of long thick hair! So that was the first thing that I noticed about the quality of this shampoo. The second thing that I noticed was that there are slivers of coconut in this shampoo! It's so cool! Here is a photo of it (I've posted it before). The sample size from LUSH is 1/4 of an ounce and I have used this sampoo 4-5 times already and I still have about half the sample left! That just shows how a little goes a long way with this shampoo! I love that. This product has so many yummy yummy things in it! Like I said, coconut, but it also has lemon juice, papaya, eggs (free range), cocoa butter, shea butter, jojoba oil, avocado, olive oil, and vanilla! Whoa! So many good things! My suggestion is to wet hair, scoop out small amount of shampoo, lather into hair, and let sit for about 10 minutes while you wash your body (so that the oils and butter can moisturize your hair better), then rinse! I still use a conditioner afterwards because I have dry hair. But this is a really moisturizing shampoo, so if you don't have dry frizzy hair you could be able to just use this one shampoo and no conditioner! It is a little more on the spendy side. Its $19.95 for a 7.8oz tub. But!! Like I said, you only need a much smaller amount per wash for this shampoo compared to other ones. So it's more than likely worth it in the end. Plus I guarantee its a much nicer shampoo than other ones out there. All natural and fresh ingredients!

And for my friends with non curly or wavy hair, I also tried out their Big shampoo . Which was also really really nice. Its just that it wasn't for my hair personally. Since I'm looking for more moisturizing like the Curly Wury provided. But this one has big pieces of sea salt in it. It was so cool to use! And it smells really nice too. It cleaned my hair really nicely :) Here are some of the ingredients... Sea salt (almost half of the shampoo is salt because it gives your hair a lift, more volume!), fresh organic lemon juice, sea water, seaweed extract, fresh organic lime juice, vanilla, and extra virgin coconut oil. More yummy things :)

The other product that I really want to encourage you all to try (a must! a must!) is the soap called Porridge. This soap is kind of brownish with chunks in it.
This soap has bits and pieces of oatmeal in it! It's a gentle exfoliation. There's also sunflower oil, coconut, fresh orange juice, sweet orange oil, This soap smells so warm and sweet. It has kind of a honey scent to it as well. This is one of the softest lathered soaps I've used. It feels like silk bubbles! Its a really creamy soap so unfortunately it melts faster then some of the other ones. But I love it. It has been the longest lasting on my skin in the scent department. Most of the other soaps I can only smell on my skin for an hour or so after I shower. But this one I could still smell on my skin when I was going to bed (I had showered in the morning!). Its a really lovely soap :)

Ummm so one thing I hate about blogging is how long it seems to take me sometimes to just write one post! FOREVER. And a day.

goodnight. It's much too late!

ridiculous

I know I haven't posted a blog post in a while. I have actually been doing things around the house. Go me. Like organizing all the photos on our computer. Talk about a big task! And trying to keep our room semi-clean-ish. Blah. And today I dumped out my whole bead container and reorganized all of the beads. I now have all the different beads in individual bags that are then sorted into bigger bags by color. Its so much easier to see what I have now. Beforehand I was constantly spending five minutes looking through the whole container for a certain bag of beads, and I always seemed to just not see it! So now I can just grab the big bag of the color that I want and look in there for the ones I want. So much nicer. Yesterday we spent the afternoon and evening with Jake's family. I spent a majority of the time making jewelry with my sister-in-laws. I gave them some new beads to use, and coincidentally the beads matched their new skirts! They are getting better and better at jewelry making! I made a matching necklace and bracelet for a shirt that I got last week. I wore them today :) Lucy my sea anemone seems to be doing better. I thought for sure the second day I had her that she was going to die. But she looks so much better now. And I think she might live for a while now. Hubert the clown fish has pretty much decided not to host with her. So that's kind of sad. I got her just for him, to make him more content in the tank. For company. But no. Thanks a lot Hubert. Oh well, at least she's still pretty on her own. One of my crabs has changed into a big shell and then back into his smaller shell five time in the past few days. I wish he would make up his mind! Although I guess it doesn't really matter to me which shell he's in, or if he wants to keep switching for that matter. For some reason it just kind of annoys me :P Ok so I'm listening to Jars of Clay right now, and it's kind of a downer. So I think I'll change the music...
Music officially changed.
I'm now listening to Chumbawamba Tub Thumper .
Because I'm that cool. Ok just kidding. Seriously, I still have my Christmas wreaths in my room and on our door. I think I really need to make some Spring type of decor to replace them. It's been 3mo, since Christmas. Maybe that will be my goal for tomorrow. So another thing that has been keeping me busy this week is EXERCISE! I have gone running everyday for five days (I didn't go yesterday, it was my "rest" day for running). And I have lost 1 1/2 lbs since I started doing that. I hope this continues for like 10-15 more pounds. I kept with it and went running this morning after dragging my butt out of bed. Seriously I woke up and looked at the clock "7:03am", went back to sleep, "8:33am" went back to sleep even though I thought "it's getting kind of late", "9:46am", "ok get out of bed Vanessa!". So I did, but believe me I could've slept for at least another hour. I was ridiculously tired. Anyways, I was running and my ankles were SO SORE. So I walked one block in the middle of my mile and a quarter run. But then as I was walking back (I run the mile and then walk back home to cool off afterwards, I can't stand showering all out of breath) I saw this guy about a block away smoking, really creepy middle-aged black man in rugged clothes, and as I got closer and closer I could see him staring at me the whole time. Then when I was about to pass where he was on the other side of the street he walked over towards me. I was really nervous. But he was walking across the street slowly, so I just started jogging again. He didn't follow me, but he did yell something at me. Gross. Thankfully it was on a busy street and there were other people around too. So I wasn't too scared. I never go running out in the woods alone or anything like that! Ok well Jake is home now, and we have to do things tonight, so stay tuned readers!

Linus and Lucy

Have you ever written a paragraph or two of a blog post and just really not liked it at all and erased the whole thing and started over? Well that's what I just did. I also did that yesterday... blah. Such a waste of time! Anyways. Today I bought my clownfish, Hubert, his first sea anemone. I named the sea anemone Lucy. It seemed girly to me. She's white with purple dots on the ends of her arms. So pretty! I love her already. Now if only Hubert would love her too! You see I have had a clown fish before, Bernie. And when I bought him his first sea anemone he snuggled up to the anemone in about 5 minutes of me putting it in the tank. He freaking loved that thing to pieces! See this is how a clown fish is supposed to interact with his anemone... But Hubert has not gone up to Lucy at all :( I am really really hoping that he warms up to her by tomorrow. Because seriously, it's not like these things are cheap! Today I also changed one of the fans in my tank, changed the water, and changed the filter!! Whew!

I also painted my toenails. A job that has been needing to be done for a LONG time! So now my toes are Spring ready. I also took out all my "nicer" (then the Old Navy 2 for $5 flip flops, even though I do like these too) sandals. Beings that I just painted my toes I felt comfortable enough to put them on and take some photos for you guys!

I liked these sandals so much I got two different colors! Brown and teal...



And I wanted to have a pair of nice black sandals...


And these ones remind me of sandals that I wore when I was a little girl...


And how could I resist these pink girly ones?


By the way, I don't wear my jeans rolled up, they'd be too short like that, but I wanted you to be able to see the sandals properly :)

Today I also decided to go for a run. And when I came back naturally I took a shower. I had to laugh a little when I saw my two bottles of body wash next to each other in the shower...

What do you know! Coral and Teal...
These soaps are the Rub Rub Rub that I've done a review on before. And then the coral colored one is a new one! Here is a review on it...

The Olive Branch

To be honest the first time I smelled this soap I didn't like it. So I didn't use it for a long time. In fact the only reason I used it yesterday (finally!) was because of my recent trip to LUSH. You see I was admiring this one bath bars scent and the employee says "oh yeah, that one smells just like The Olive Branch!" And I looked at him like he was crazy! I replied "oh no it doesn't! You're crazy" I then grabbed the sample bottle of The Olive Branch, smelled it, and then smelled the bath bar, then I confirmed "no, they don't smell the same!" And I had him smell them both too. He agreed that its not EXACTLY the same, but that they are supposed to be like each other because they have the same ingredients in them. At that point I promised him that I would try my bottle of The Olive Branch. And I did. And I was surprised that I liked it. First of all, this soap is packed with olive oil, so its super silky! It has a light fragrance, but I have to say, it was a nice fragrance :) There is a hint of bergamot and lemon in this soap as well. I don't think I will ever buy more of this soap. But I will use this bottle of it. It is a really nice soap, just not my favorite.

Well this was quite a post! I hope it was a nice read :)

freaking

Today I had Anna and Elisabeth here at my house for the morning (well they've been here since Sunday. But I brought them home today). We did our nails before we headed out for the long drive home. But on the way to their house we stopped off at the LUSH store in Berkeley! We browsed for a long time! Of course I let them pick out a bath bomb (they picked out a Big Blue Bath Bomb), and we all got some free samples (I got some shampoo samples! The first one is Curly Wurly, and the second one is Big . The girls got the same sample, Rub Rub Rub) . It was so much fun walking around and smelling all the soaps and such :) Plus the guy that was working at the time was really nice and outgoing and did a lot of examples for us. Then I dropped the girls of in SF. After that I went grocery shopping in Berkeley, my favorite. And it took me FOREVER and a day to get home. Seriously. By the time I got home I had just enough time to clean up my room and leave to go pick up my uncle from the bus stop. I couldn't believe it was almost 7pm when I got home from that. Where did my evening go?! I had been planning on writing a short blog post and then eating some dinner. But since it was already so late I went and made myself some food right away. Tonight I made some Cream Cheese Wontons for the first time! They were pretty good. I had them with some Sweet & Sour Sauce.
Also, I got a new shirt recently. But tonight is the first time that I've worn it :) It's been really comfy so far. And it looks really cute with this yellow and cream hat that I have and hardly ever get to wear! Double win!

And on Monday I wore a coral shirt with a teal cardigan! I felt so cool wearing my current "trendy" colors together for the first time! Why I haven't done this before I have no idea! But anyways, I was making jewelry with the girls and made a necklace to match my outfit :) AND today while out at LUSH I got a compliment on it. It made me happy.


I am seriously going to have to stop myself from buying more pink and blue clothes! I think my next focus will be sapphire blue and emerald green

Paper Moth

Time for a new art review! I pretty much only find artists from google searches or Etsy. I prefer finding artist on Etsy. I think it's easier to navigate the art on Etsy then it is on a personal blog. So anyways, today I found another artist named David, but this David's last name is Moore. When I first looked through his gallery I assumed he was a she. I suppose because the art was so light and feminine in my eyes. But I should know by now to not judge an artists gender by there style of art. Anyways, there is something really fun and light about his art to me. And after I looked through his shop I saw in his profile that he had a few more shops for different things. One of those were necklaces with pendants of his art. They exceeded my expectations! They are so detailed and sharp! I love them. Here are a few photos of his art on Etsy, and then some of his necklaces on Etsy as well.

I liked this piece because the idea of storytelling is special to me. How intimate and wonderful storytelling can be!


I've always called these flowers "wish" flowers. I used to really like these as a child. And now as an adult I love images of this whimsical flower.


I just really loved the colors and shapes of this one. It reminds me of Summertime :)


I love seahorses! I've always wanted to get one for my aquarium. But I'm afraid that it would die. And that would break my heart.

And here are some photos of the pendant necklaces that he makes!


This pendant reminds me of the 60's or 70's :)


I love horses. I became friends with my husband at a horse camp. So there will always be a special place for them in my heart.


Oh these colors are so pleasing to my eyes together :) And poppies are such a delicate flower :)


Can you see that the word is made up of little hearts? How darling :)

Well here is the link to his Etsy shop for his paintings.

And here is the link to his necklace shop

Stay Tuned...