by Cindy on August 21, 2009
It’s Friday! I thought it would be great to end the week on a positive note… when I returned home from the beach I had a big box waiting for me. We all love to get packages in the mail, and I was sure in for a nice surprise! I was recently the lucky give away winner on Erin Prais-Hintz’ blog, Treasures Found::Inspiration is Everywhere. Erin was celebrating her current publication in the August issue of Bead Trends, featuring her “Sweet Pea” necklace. “Sweet Pea” is full of gorgeous potato pearls, Peridot and copper accents.
When I opened the package, I found a box wrapped beautifully like a box of chocolates… AND a stack of past Bead Trend magazines! Erin knew I had recently discovered Bead Trends and was so generous to send these issues to add to my collection. The best part was opening the box and seeing her gorgeous potato pearl and Peridot necklace. This one has such simple beauty and will be perfect to wear this Fall. I was really touched by her hand written card, further explaining the qualities attributed to the gemstone Peridot. This was such a personal gift from the heart. It really speaks volumes about Erin that she would so generously give away her special, published pearl necklace.
If you’re not already familiar with her work, please stop by Erin’s blog. I think you will quicly see what a wondeful artist that she is. Her jewelry is very elegant and the workmanship is incredible. She is a gifted writer, and really a motivational friend. I always appreciate her positive spirit, which she shares with many of us on our blogs. Go behind the scenes and read more about Erin’s creative process on Watch Me Create.
Have a great weekend!
by Cindy on August 18, 2009
Greetings from the beach {again}. Please tell me you’re not tired of stopping by here to find more beach pictures! You know I can’t help myself…this is my favorite season! I’m savoring it for as long as I can. And believe it or not, I’m actually restraining myself from posting even more pictures! 😉
Whew, what a day. I’m here with just the kids, and as luck would have it my littlest guy had a bit of an accident this morning. He was busy crawling and thump! hit his head on the metal bed rail – right next to his eye. I wasn’t sure if it warranted a trip to the doctors so I decided to be cautious and went with all 4 kids to the local urgent care center. Let me tell you it was a painfully looooong wait. But the good news is he’s okay and no stitches were needed.
We did something a little different and went back to the beach after dinner. Oh it was so PERFECT then. It was cool, the crowds were gone, and we had so much sand to ourselves. What a wonderful place to watch the sun go down. The boys had fun running in and out of the waves (and tumbling in them of course) that they didn’t want to go home. The baby fell asleep as I carried him on our walk home.
Now speaking of the boys….look at this beautiful custom stamped pendant made just for me by sTuck in the Coop! I recently won Heather’s “Christmas in July” give away for one of her new “clam shell” designs. I couldn’t believe my great luck…you know I just love personalized stamped pieces! Her design is so clever – two domed sterling discs forming a clam shell with a name inside. If you stop by her shop, check out her profile…I just love how she came up with her shop name.
Have a great week!
by Cindy on August 16, 2009
The weekend came so fast this week that this blog post got left behind!
My older boys were in ROBOT camp this week(dream camp for a little boy, wouldn’t you say?….they wanted to do this one last summer but it filled up too fast). The camp took place practically in my backyard here in Northern VA, in a town called Vienna. I did a little research about this place once I saw the various Civil War trail markers. Would you believe, this town was formerly named Ayr Hill (after Ayr, Scotland), but was renamed in the 1850’s when a doctor agreed to move here if it was renamed after his hometown in NY! How bold. Apparently the townspeople were agreeable. There used to be beautiful Victorian homes and maple trees lining the aptly named major thoroughfare, Maple Ave.
After dropping the boys off, I deciced to stick around and walk around the town with my younger two sons…and brought my camera with me.
The first railroad battle in history took place right here, in 1861. A Confederate force ambushed a steam engine carrying a Union detachment that was installing telegraph lines along the railroad.
We stopped in a little thrift store and found shelves lined with an amazing owl collection. The lady who founded the shop collected owls. None of the figures were for sale sadly.
I had to take a picture of this sign for my brother, his dog’s name is Yoshi!
This shop reminded me a little of downtown Wiesbaden, Germany. There you can find one of the largest cuckoo clocks in the world. Wiesbaden is where I lived in my middle school and high school years.
Here are the proud Robot designers at the end of the week…so excited to bring home one of their robot projects! Not long after this picture was taken, the transmission died in our van (on the way home from camp). My poor husband had to deal with this situation with all 4 of the kids while I was at the GEM AND JEWELRY SHOW – of all things. Nothing like a crisis at 5 pm on a Friday! Luckily he was able to rent a car large enough for all of us, and we still made it to the beach. We drove down and arrived at 1 am! It was a very long day.
Hope you’re having a great weekend, and thanks for stopping by!
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