{"id":2115,"date":"2009-11-09T14:40:58","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T18:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=2115"},"modified":"2009-11-09T14:40:58","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T18:40:58","slug":"reasons-to-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=2115","title":{"rendered":"Reasons to smile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Monday everyone!<\/p>\n

‘Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend.<\/p>\n

It was back to the grindstone today, and a trip to the DMV no less!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With the famous waiting required to renew a driver’s license, my little guy started to get restless.\u00a0 In the end I got so desperate to keep him entertained (he had already gone through most of the contents of my purse and even threw my passport behind the counter!), that I reluctantly grabbed a bag of Halloween candy to occupy him.\u00a0 There’s a new Raisinette fan in the world today. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

For some strange reason I Googled Raisinettes, and the first thing I found was this recipe<\/a>.\u00a0 How timely…a fudge wreath with chocolate covered raisins (who knew?).<\/p>\n

Back to the title of my post…. I spent some time reflecting on some of the good things in life, and thought I’d share 5 recent ones that made me smile.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 The weather this weekend was incredible! \u00a0 While on a walk, my son found this big pile of leaves and couldn’t resist!\u00a0 I was lucky to have my camera with me.<\/p>\n

\"Ah,

Ah, to be 5!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"A

A successful landing!<\/p><\/div>\n

2.\u00a0 A nice day trip to Harper’s Ferry.\u00a0 The kids started working towards a Ranger badge that is available there so we plan to return again soon!<\/p>\n

\"The

The crew in Harper's Ferry, WV...a city rich with American History<\/p><\/div>\n

3.\u00a0 A new pair of earrings!\u00a0 I have such little time to create these days, so I’m happy to complete the tiniest project.\u00a0 These will head to my Etsy shop soon.<\/p>\n

\"Crystal

Crystal and annealed steel wire earrings w\/ sterling earwires<\/p><\/div>\n

4.\u00a0 Participating in a fun Art Exchange.\u00a0 I received this beautiful polymer clay pendant by Jennifer at Jen Judd Rocks!<\/a> This shade of red is so vibrant and cheerful.<\/p>\n

\"Jen

Jen Judd Rocks! handmade focal<\/p><\/div>\n

5.\u00a0 My online friends make me smile!\u00a0 This gift from sweet Sharon of Livewire Jewelry<\/a> was so much fun to open.\u00a0 I was so amazed to finally see one of her ATCs in person.\u00a0 It is so detailed and beautiful.\u00a0 And look at these dangly earrings…complete with my birthstone.\u00a0 Thank you, Sharito!<\/p>\n

\"Beautiful

Beautiful creations by Sharon B.<\/p><\/div>\n

Have a great afternoon…and thank you so much for stopping by (that makes me smile too!).<\/p>\n

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Happy Monday everyone! ‘Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. It was back to the grindstone today, and a trip to the DMV no less!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With the famous waiting required to renew a driver’s license, my little guy started to get restless.\u00a0 In the end I got so desperate to keep him entertained (he had already gone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18,12,13,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-love","category-indie-artists","category-jewelry-design","category-life-and-times","category-new-in-the-shop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}