Will I Ever Catch Up???

It seems that the past few months have just flown by! I always think there will be time tomorrow...always tomorrow. But with three little boys, a husband who works 3rd shift, a dear grandmother in a nursing home, a jewelry business, laundry, dishes...and on and on...there's never enough time to finish the things I set out to finish, let alone to start something new.

I have abandoned my scrapbooking...they are all officially a year behind (and I have 5 going that I used to keep up with). My house is a mess, my laundry never done, jewelry all in pieces laying around...new ideas never finished, a grandmother I need to see more often then I do...and boys, always boys :) But, my oldest son is starting kindergarten this fall. So what did we do this week?? We went to the beach and the zoo and Chuck E. Cheese. Because you know what?? The scrapbooks and dishes and jewelry and laundry can wait. It will be there...but my 5 year old son will be 6 soon...and then 16 before I know it, and then 26 and gone. So this is what I do. Of course, my grandmother...there's always my grandmother. She will be gone before I am ready for her to be too. So tomorrow. Always tomorrow.

Chesterland Farmers Market

I've been so neglectful of this blog! It keeps getting pushed back down on the list and for that I apologize! Spring is upon us, and for me that has meant building up my inventory for spring craft shows. Mother's Day is only 11 days away, and I have been busy creating items for three upcoming shows. I just learned that my home town, Chesterland, Ohio has started up a Farmers Market this year! I'm just so excited about this news! It will be held in The Geauga Market House, which I've always been very fond of. I have fun memories of going in there with my grandparents when I was a little girl. I haven't been in there for probably about 10 years (gosh...could that be possible) and I just think it will be a neat location to hold a farmers market. The market begins the week of May 9 (just in time for Mother's Day) and runs through October. It will be every Friday from 2-7! I will be there May 9...and I'm sure a number of other days as well. This is it's first year, but I have good feelings about this. I think it is something our community has been lacking. So come join me at the first Chesterland Farmers Market on May 9!

***NEW**** Hand stamped, personalized jewelry just in time for Mother's Day!

Well...I did it! The next step for me as I see it. I am excited to announce the arrival of personalized, hand stamped jewelry to my shop! I am so excited about the endless possibilities in this next phase of my jewelry exploration. I have two different sizes of block letters and 6 different design stamps that can be combined in so many different ways! Hearts, birds, stars, leaves, flowers and of course, starfish to go with my beach glass. I have some great Mother's Day pieces in the works...some are already listed in my etsy shop

So here's to exploration and the courage to try something new! It always leads to good things......so go for it and try something new today :)

Personalized jewelry coming soon!!

I'm so excited to announce that I've just received my very first set of metal letter stamps! I have been thinking about purchasing them for quite some time now, and finally decided to make the investment! I received them in the mail today and have already stamped two pieces! I LOVE IT!! I decided to make this investment now to have some pieces ready for Mother's Day...so I'm just in time to get some practice in and get some pieces made! I know I'm excited about this new step, but I think my best friend may be even more excited. She loves personalized jewelry and can't wait for me to make her a cute little anklet...so I better get to work :) I'd hate to disappoint you Kim!

Spring has sprung...and that means NEW BEACH GLASS!!

The weather here in Cleveland has been so spring like the past few days! It's just beautiful. I'm certain it will not stick around just yet...it is Cleveland after all :) But we are enjoying it none the less. We had a cook out today, hot dogs and marshmallows on the fire. So yummy!

And yesterday, my husband was desperate to go fishing...so I agreed to wrangle the kids for a few hours so he could get away for some peace and quiet. Now, those who know my husband will know he came home without fish. That is the usual. Poor guy! But he did come home with something for me!!! It was a whole shirt full (his shirt!) of beach glass in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors. SOOO EXCITING! How cute is that? He went out to fish, but instead he came home with a bunch of beach glass for his crazy wife :) And oh my did he have some great finds! Many of them were large pieces and the bottoms of bottles which will be perfect for my upcoming sun catcher designs that I have been working on this winter. He also found some truly amazing smaller pieces. He found a rare lavender, a lovely aqua blue patterened piece and some other great ones! There is one in particular that I just can't fathom what it was though.


It is a very large, thick piece of aqua glass. And I mean like an inch thick in spots! Any ideas as to what it could have been would be greatly appreciated!! So off to work I go with all of these great "fishing" finds! Thank you hubby!!

My first feature in a treasury!!

I was so excited when I opened that convo on etsy this morning and saw the words treasury! What an exciting thing! Now, I know that there are people out there who have been featured in many treasuries...and ones that have made it to the front page no less. But this is HUGE for me! I am so very flattered to be included in the beautiful treasury FigMuffin has created. The Beach Babe treasury is full of lovely, frosty white beachy items...including my Lake Erie frosted white beach glass circle necklace. In addition to my necklace there are a variety of beachy themed things from headbands to a beautiful custom wedding dress! This is a truly fabulous collection that will really put you in the mood for summer! So go ahead...take a peak!

Facebook addiction!

Oh boy do I have a problem...it is facebook! I am utterly addicted. How many of you are with me? I mean, it really is very addictive. You can find old friends, chat, look at pictures, take quizzes and on and on! How does anybody get anything done anymore? Of course there are the occasional people that you think...hmmm, do I really want to talk to them? (Really...be honest!) But for the most part it is such a fun thing! I am the type of person who loves to catch up with old friends and Facebook is sooo amazing when it comes to that!

Originally I signed up for Facebook to use it as a tool to promote JLynnCreations. Now that I'm there though I hardly ever use it for that. I just love catching up. What strikes me as odd though is this, I never used to understand why people would rather text then just call their friend up. Well...now I get it. I chat with my best friends all the time. And you know what, I'm in contact with them more now then I was before. Don't get me wrong...I still pick up the phone and call. But it seems that when you just want to chit chat it's just easier to type. I can hardly believe I just typed that! I don't want to be one of those people! I swore I'd never be one of them. What's next? Am I going to stop picking up books and just read it on the computer. Oh lord...my little ex-librarian head is whirling right now! I need to step away from the computer right now! Really, I need to go make something with my hands!