Life and Times

Let Merriment Abound

This weekend we attended the Maryland Renaissance Festival. For those of you in the D.C./Baltimore/VA area, I’m sure you have heard of it. Every fall I hear a mention or two about the Festival, but yet we have never gone. So after the kid’s first t-ball game on Saturday, we took off to Maryland. Acres […]

Back to basics…I mean, back to beads!

Last night I finally did something I have been wanting to do for a long time. Even though it was almost 10:00, the anticipation of finally doing this sure gave me a second wind! Armed with a bowl of ice-cream, I flipped through one of my reference books for a quick refresher (heaven forbid I […]

Here’s to Beginnings!

Did everyone have a great Labor Day weekend? Just being far from home and our usual routines, it sure seemed like a mini summer vacation there all over. But alas, the three day weekend had to come to an end too. We had fun doing the usual activities at the beach: building a sandcastle (which […]

My Wednesday

I am very aware that this is the last Wednesday of summer vacation around here. Exactly one week from today the kids will start in their new school. This summer has gone by way too fast. I wanted today to be a no-running-around-day, just staying home and having fun. The weather was overcast so […]

Back in town

We just came home not too long ago from another long weekend at the beach. We left on Friday night so we could be there ready to go on Saturday morning! It’s been a fun-filled weekend. It all started on Friday with a trip to the International Gem and Jewelry Show. Apparently they have shows […]

A favorite for Friday

Just a quick stop here to share my latest creation! Do you remember my earlier post about Heather Powers and her beautiful clay beads? I couldn’t wait to try my hand with something new. The beads are a beautiful celadon color and pair nicely with pearls, aquamarine, Swarovski crystal and some wire work. I will […]

August, already?

Hello! Would you agree that August just came out of no where? It seems like yesterday that I was over joyed with the first signs of spring… and somehow we are well into summer. It is still summer, and I am going to enjoy every single day of it if I can! This past week I was […]

Summer fun at the beach!

I am away at Ocean City for the week. We arrived yesterday, and even though it was close to dinner time, we went straight to the little beach on the Bay. The kids had fun trying to catch crabs in their nets and we relished the fact that we were the only ones on the […]

More than you ever wanted to know

I’ve been meme tagged! Some of you may be familiar with this kind of on-line tagging, and since I’m new at blogging I knew I would participate. My friend Kerry over at Kab’s Creative Concepts was thinking of me. Maybe she thought my neglected newbie blog needed a little help! So here we go ~ […]