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Happy Happy 2nd Birthday to Pink Saturday & Beverly!  You can read all about Pink Saturday right here.  It's a fun way to spend your Saturday looking at all things pink.  It's such eye candy & inspiration so go take a peek.  Also Pink Saturday is featured in the most recent Artful Blogging issue. 
If this is your first time to visit, welcome!  I am a jewelry designer & mixed media artist & pink happens to be my favorite color!  This week I did a collage board of some former Pink Saturday jewelry pieces I've shown in the past year & a few new ones from recent work.   Thanks so much for stopping by!

In ♥ Love♥ With My Dress & My Date

Hee hee, it's like I'm going to the prom! I've been running around trying to figure out what to wear to the ball. I found this pink pleated dress about a week ago & made my hubby take me back today to get it. I couldn't stop thinking of it. I had another dress, but it needs alterations. I attempted to go to a tailor yesterday but there was a *bit* of a communication issue. So here I am with my pink princess dress, which still needs altering. It's too long, of course, but there's no hem, just a raw edge. I'm petrified of cutting it, but I've started so no turning back. I'll post pictures after the event. I better go. Alterations to be completed & jewelry to be designed & created!

Wow, 2 posts in 1 day!

Pink Saturday ~ New Blog Header ~ Photoshop Tips

Happy Pink Saturday! If you haven't noticed, I have a New header up there. The best part is I did it myself. I had some help from Miss Tara's wonderful book Blogging For Bliss, which you should pick up if you blog or are thinking about it. I love the book because it has loads of pages of creative blogs to check out & tons of important information. I've been blogging for 3 years now & have learned so much!

This is another banner I made above. I used Photoshop Express to create it. I selected photos I had taken & placed them into a new blank file. Once the photos are placed, you may size the photos within the space. I can't get over how much fun this is! My current header has some of the cutest pink & black girlie cabochons with bling. I used the text button with fonts that came with the program. It's going to be fun to change!

Besides using the Tara's Blogging for Bliss book, I've also used the following links for digital fun:

• Rhonna Farrer Rhonna is a rock star digital designer. I've purchased some digital brushes, kits, & even my blog background from her company House of 3. Rhonna's blog & the House of 3 blog has lots of tutorials & Q&A's. I learned a lot by just reading them. There are even videos available.
• Deviant Art I googled free digital brushes & stumbled upon this site. I've found so many fun ones. The artists there are so generous to share their designs. I played around with the free brushes before I bought some from House of 3.

If you want to see more pink go visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound. Enjoy your Pink Saturday!

Pink Saturday ~ August 8

I'm going to make this post short & let the pictures do the talking. I'm *bit* on the exhaused side. I had to travel back to Charlottesville today to pick up our passports & visas & travel back home. All this happened after 5 hours of back to school shopping.

This week I had a chance to visit a dear friend of mine, Anna Harding. She lives in the most creatively beautiful house & has a wonderful studio & garden. I am lucky that our paths crossed in the short time we lived in Easton. She was my life coach & helped me find some balance in my life. It was a wonderful experience & I got over quite a few humps in my way. These are photos I took in her outdoor environments. Enjoy! There are more picture over on my flickr account in the Maryland folder.

Make sure to visit Beverly & take a look at the list of all the Pink Saturday participants. Beverly has been hosting Pink Saturday for over a year now! Thank you!

Pink Saturday ~ Pink ATC downloads for you

Happy Pink Saturday! It's been so long since I've been able to participate. My laptop took a little 3 week trip to be repaired, I've been preparing for this move that seems like forever, then I just needed a little break :) So now I'm back. Please go visit our hostess Beverly & take a look at the participant list.
One of the things I did while I was gone, was play with Photoshop Express. I've had such a good time. I'm ready to make downloadable goodies all the time. Unfortunately things like laundry, dirty kids & hungry family members need to be taken care of first! Really, do you have to eat when I've found a bunch of cool vintage brushes to download?

What I have for Pink Saturday is a set of ATC front & back downloads. You can click on the pictures & get the true size (2.5" x 3.5") to download & save to your computer. I also have an 8.5" x 11" page with 8 ATC fronts & backs here. I hope to make some cards & labels too! Oh, the fun! Maybe I can make more downloads during the 12 hour plane ride! Just a note, these are to be used only for ATC's & personal use. The brushes used to make the backgrounds are not commercial.

Hope you have a wonderful Pink Saturday & make sure to visit Beverly!

Pink Saturday ~ June 20 2009

Happy Pink Saturday! Hopefully this post is up on Saturday. I'll be traveling back to MD after a short stay in Charlottesville.
For today I'm showing my newest crochet necklaces. I used pink c-lon thread & pink seedbeads. The one on the left is a pink strawberry pendant with rhinestones. I picked up that cutie at Studio Baboo in Charlottesville. The one on the right is the pendant I made with Jane Wynn at the Art & Soul retreat. There's a better picture here. The weather hasn't been the greatest here & I don't have my computer to do the photo editing.
Be sure to say hi to Beverly, our hostess, & check out her blog How Sweet the Sound for the list of pink participants.

Happy Birthday Pink Saturday ~ June 6

I'm sharing the rest of my tags for the Sweet Sentiments tag swap hosted by Mary Ann. She is hosting another tag swap & 2 itty bitty book swaps. Quite a few of my tags had a pink theme. This was so so fun :) You can take a look at the group pool here.

Make sure you visit Beverly to see who else is participating in Pink Saturday.

Happy Birthday Pink Saturday!!

Can you belive it's been one year since Beverly introduced us to Pink Saturday? Congrats to her & everyone who has participated. I've met some fun blog friends & so happy to have joined. Make sure to visit Beverly today & see all the participants.

I got this darling make up bag at O'Suzannah at the downtown mall. How could I have missed this gem of a store? It will come in handy for our upcoming trips. My makeup, flat iron & jewelry box fit in here. Heaven! Next up are these beautiful sea urchins. I'm going to try a few things & see if I can do what I'm thinking of (how's that for vague?) I got them at the Old Lucketts Store, which I will be visiting today for the Spring Antiques show. Can't wait!!

This gorgeous ATC is so me, Tickled Pink & a crown :) Purplepassion is the talented artist behind this.

If you want to see all my Pink Saturday posts, click here. Happy Pink Saturday & Happy Birthday!!

Happy Pink Saturday ~ May 22

For Pink Saturday I am sharing a vintage print I picked up at an Estate Sale here in Charlottesville. It was quite the bargain. I got it on the last day of the sale for 75% off. I only paid $7.50 for this beauty. Any vintage print that shows the fashion of the day is a keeper. I have a bit of a soft spot for them & have a few. I'll be taking it with me on our move to decorate my craft room.
For more Pink, make sure to visit Beverly of How Sweet the Sound. She hosts Pink Saturday every week & last week there were over 160 participants. There's lots to see :)

Happy Pink Saturday ~ May 16

Happy Pink Saturday! You could say I was in a Pink mood when I started making my tags for Mary Ann's Sweet Sentiments tag swap. You can go over to the flickr group & see all the beautiful tags. I signed up early for this one & started early too. So unlike me :) but so fun! One side was the quote or sentiment. There was no theme, so anything goes & I made all of mine different. I'm so into OOAK!
I am a big paper freak, so I have lots of pink patterned paper. I love to embelish with rub-ons, stickers, rubber stamps, my own doodles & anything with bling. I'll show all of them when I get a group shot. Some of my tags are even in color combos I don't normally work with.

Please visit Beverly to say hello & see who else is participating this week. There are well over 150 participants & she hosts all of us every week.

Art & Soul Part 2 ~ Pink Saturday

Here's what I made in my class Pipe Dreams with Jane. The one on the right is made from Basic Grey paper, a mini Eiffel Tower charm & some pink seed beads. I'm having eye allergy issues so this post is short & sweet. I have more pictures & stories from Art & Soul, so I promise to post them all. We learned how to cut pipes, solder them, decorate & pop some plexi on top to finish.
Make sure to stop by Beverly's to see who else is participating in Pink Saturday.

Pink Saturday ~ May 2

Happy Pink Saturday! I'm writing you from my comfortable suite at the Art & Soul retreat. What an incredible experience. I've already met some great artists & did a few trades this evening. I can't wait till I take my class with Jane Wynn.

For today, I'm sharing a picture of some of the items I made for my trades, collaged soldered pendants. There are quite a few pink ones up there. I love how they all look together. Trading is one of the things I've looked forward to. I've gotten to meet some new people & see lots of different styles. It's amazing how many ideas people have.

If you visit me today, I'll be out all day, so I'll see you sometime in the upcoming week. Make sure you stop by Beverly's blog to see all the participants.

Pink Saturday ~ I Need Your Help Please

Hi everyone! Happy Pink Saturday :) I'm running a little late today. I am planning to enter a contest & can't decide what picture to use. I need your help selecting what view works best. Thanks a bunch!

Make sure you visit Beverly & the other Pink Saturday participants!

Pink Saturday ~ April 17

Where is this month going & where have I been? Well, the mini men & I went to NY to visit my sister & her family. We took a trip into NYC where Brandon declared "I love the city!" I got my wish & went to the 2 places I wanted to go: Kinokuniya book store (the linky is all in Japanese - here's another one with more English info) & Tinsel Trading. I bought this darling bird there, in pink of course.

I'll do a post with the rest of my pictures from Tinsel. They were so gracious in letting me snap away taking photos. The funny thing was my 5 year old & my not yet 2 year old niece wanted to buy birds of their own there. My sister & I told them they could have their very own from JoAnn's or Michaels. I even offered to bling them out. I just was not buying them a $10 bird.

I've also been preparing for the Art & Soul retreat in May. It's my first art retreat & I couldn't be more excited. I love making mini composition books & have been slowly amassing them for trades. Here are a few with pink.

Please make sure to visit Beverly. There is always a fantastic list of Pink Saturday participants.

Pink Saturday ~ March 28

For Pink Saturday, I thought I'd show the necklace & packaging I donated to my son's school. I had the funnest time participating. The necklace is made of apple green dyed turquoise, Czech rounds in a peachy coral color, ivory coral branches & a silver & coral pendant. To the right is the box I decorated for the necklace.

I also had the opportunity to make some special planters with each of the kids classes. The kids did finger prints & I made little pictures with them. Lots of garden critters & flowers. I had such a blast with all of them. The cutest thing is that my little one asks me if I'm coming to paint with him & his friends again :)

Thanks to Beverly for hosting Pink Saturday. Make sure you visit her blog to see all the participants.

Pink Saturday ~ Mar 14 ~ I'm Soooo Late!

Happy Pink Saturday! I'm sorry I'm a little late. Even thought things have been crazy this week, I was able to go to my scrapbooking group & made a few notebooks. I'm going to Art & Soul & was planning on making some mini composition books to trade. I LOVE making these. The new ones are on the right. Above is a collage of some others I've made. I use scrapbook papers, vintage papers, rub ons, stickers, dresdens, die cuts; basically everything I can get my hands on!

Make sure you visit Beverly to see other participants. There are over 150 participants this week.

Pink Saturday ~ Feb 21

Happy Pink Saturday! There have been a huge number of participants, so make sure you go to Beverly's blog to say hi & see who else is showing their pink.Here are a few works in progress on my craft table. I'm so excited about where my work is going these days. I keep finding these little tangents & going down those paths. I think I may even have another collection in me. I am such NOT a collection designer, but I'm just going with it. It's wonderful to have all these ideas swirling in my head.

Left to right:

• A faceted button layered with a fish button on a brass setting. A glass & fresh water pearl & Swarovski starfish dangle from vintage chain. I've been playing with these elements for a couple of weeks & finally had a break through.

• The next necklace has pink & yellow Czech glass beads on one side. I think I'm going to put some vintage chain on the other (just waiting for some new supplies to arrive). This bead is so pretty. It has a mix of clear & opaque pink & yellow colors. It has a vintage brass heart shaped lock with a heart shaped key (finished by Patina Queen), a pink Swarovski ring & glass pearls.

• The last one is a "bouquet" of flowers & crystals from an orphaned earring. The bouquet has lots of pink crystals & flowers. It hangs from vintage chain. I had to ask my hubby if it looked alright all on it's lonesome. I have that "more is better" symdrome sometimes :)

Last but not least is the funniest cartoon my mom sent me in my Valentine's package. I immediately thought of my Pink Saturday friends! While I am a proud Florida State alumn, I got a good laugh from this one. I also have to take some pics of some crochet flowers my mom made me. I got a couple of pink ones & used one on my sweater this week.

Happy Valentines Day ~ Happy Pink Saturday ~ A Party!

Happy Pink Saturday & Valentines Day! What a perfect combo. Go visit Beverly to see how many of us are celebrating today. I bet there are quite a few.

Let's Get Dolled Up! Several lollishop bloggers are hosting a virtual party. It's a fun one!

Visit Chelsea Ann's Blog (she's the hostess with the mostest & some of the cutest party favors in her store) Itty Bitty Birdie on February 14th and visit all the participating blogs for your chance to win some fabulous Door Prizes!Each Blog Party will have an item from their LolliShop hidden in their Party Photos. You will find each vendor's item and comment "I found it" to win! If your comment is chosen, you will be asked to name the item you found to win your Door Prize.

If you want to meet more lolli friends go here to the networking site. To see some pictures of the event you can check out the flickr group.

I've been sick off & on this week. I bet some of you know how it is when your little ones bring all sorts of germs home & all of you just share for weeks on end. I'm there! I didn't have a chance to get my party pictures done, so I'm not able to participate as a vendor. I hope you do visit those participating. There are so many talented artists involved.
My sweet hubby got me the cutest pink watch for Valentine's day. I told him not to get me anything & he told me it was a practical gift I needed. I'll post a picture of it later. I don't have one yet! I'm so glad this week is over. Hopefully I'll be back to my well self after the weekend. I miss my crafting & taking photos & stalking flickr.