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Mothers Day Gifts

So the other day I was out with my mother and I asked her what she wanted for Easter, and she tells me nothing. We argued back and forth for a little while and then the subject was dropped.

A little while later I asked her so that do you want for Mothers Day? She tells me that there isn't anything that she wants at the this time and for me not to worry about it. I then began asking her what she liked in the store and if that was something that she would like. So would answer, but nothing really jumped out at her and said "You really need this".

So we continued through the store and then we ran into a friend and we started talking. We talked for a while with our friend and then we went our separate ways. Once my mother and I were alone, I asked her what she though about the necklace that our friend was wearing. My mother said that she really liked it and thought that it was very pretty. So then I decided that I would make my mother a necklace that similar to the one that we saw our friend wearing. The above picture is what I came up with. I have one of these for my mom, but I had to share this little jewel with the rest of you. I do have this item up in my art fire and made it myself shops if anyone is interested. Should you desire this piece in a different color, then please send me a message and will do what I can. Happy Easter, and don't forget that Mothers Day on May 10th.

WE ARE THE CHAMPS!!!

OK, so I know that most of my blogs have been about my jewelry, but this time I am so excited and proud of my oldest daughter and her travel club volleyball team. Yesterday, April5th, 2009, my daughter and her volleyball team had a tournament here in washington. We traveled up the night before and stayed at a Best Western hotel. We found out in the morning that the girls were missing some of their teamates, so the girls were limited to 6 players, so that meant that everyone of the girls were going to be playing all day in every match. In the morning the team had to be at the courts by 8:30am. They started playing at 9:00am and the team played all day until 6pm. Most of the time, with teenagers, they have a hard time getting up and functioning, and these girls are no different. For the match of the morning, they were able to get moving but had a hard time talking to one another on the court. They won the first and second set of matches. They then had a break and that is when they seemed to fall apart a little, because they thought that they had more time to eat before they had to play again. Unfortunately, when they went back onto the court they lost that set of matches. However, they came back in the set to win those matches. This put them into the rankings as the second best team.

We then moved into the bracket play and the games started all over again. They played the next set up matches and were able to defeat every team that they came up against. At 5pm, that team that they had lost to was the same team that they were going up against again for the Championship title of the tournament. By this time of the day the girls were so tired, so what else could they do to get themselves energized quickly.....they all sat down and eat sugar and drank some caffinated drinks. Not my idea of the right thing to do, but these are teenagers that we are talking about...LOL.

When it came time to take the court about 25 minutes after the consumption of all the sugar, the girls were hyped up and ready to play the last game of the tournament. I was so proud of these girls, they went onto that court with the intension of defeating the other team. With that one goal in mind, the girls gave it all they had, they talked on the court, they moved together and they worked so well as a team. In the end, with this being the last tournament of the season, the team WON the tournament. They were so excited and the parents were so proud of the girls that we took them all out of ice cream at DQ.

I have found that these tournaments and team sports for the youth players have been so good for my daughter. It teaches them team spirit, team work, and how to have good sportsmenship. I highly encourage any community sports activity to any child that is interested in trying something new.

CONTRAGULATIONS MT. ADAMS TRAVEL VOLLEYBALL TEAM!!!!!!!

Officially Spring is here...but is it Really?

Ok, so I am the type of person who really likes to see all of the Seasons. But usually before one season is over, I am very ready for the next season to start. Like right now, the calendar says that Spring is here.....but I haven't seen it yet. I just wish that the weather would cooperate and be nice the way that spring is suppose to be. With all of the flowers in bloom, the baby animals being born, easter, etc and I an so tired of the weather being cold. So with all of that in mind, I have created this beautiful necklace with swarovski violet and clear crystals

I have designed this necklace with the thought of spring being here. I love all of the colors of the small flowers starting to bloom. I have made this necklace with a .925 Sterling Silver Figure Eight chain. To the middle 4 inches of the chain I have strung swarovski crystals accented with small 2mm sterling silver seamless beads. I have strung 10 4mm Violet Swarovski crystals and 9 Swarovski Clear AB crystals. Each set is attached to the sterling silver chain using 22gauge sterling silver eye pins. This necklace measures about 20 inches in length. All of my items come in a small gift box, ready to wear or to give as a gift. Should you have any questions or would like this style in a different color, please let me know. Thanks for looking and happy shopping!!!