Life is getting a bit busy

I love that I have a variety of necklaces to pick from every day.
I love that many of my pieces are from an amazing artist Allison Strine she does these fun paintings adds quirky sayings but best of all makes miniature soldered pendants. I love getting the one that best fits my mood at the time. http://allisonstrine.com/gallery/index.php?x=browse

This one I word with a khaki shirt and a purple sweater. The back saying is "Her favorite color is Sparkle"

deer are the Devil's tool

So a couple of weeks ago on the way to work I ran over a deer, yep it was already dead but I had no where to maneuver on the freeway and was forced to go over it. All I had was some blood and guts on the front bumper or so I thought. Fast forward two weeks and I am getting an oil change that turned into two tires and an alignment. As i pick up the car the mechanic says "when did you hit the deer/". I looked at him and was like "I didn't hit a deer". His answer was there was a lot of deer guts and hairy hide all under my car. Then I was like nope "I did not hit it I rolled over it". Well the upstart is that my car is now one state away at the official car insurance repair shop to find out if it is a bent frame or rear suspension. Hoping and praying for a fix I want my Hyundai back!

Today I wore the angel pendant hoping that prayers to the hyundais good health would be heard. The pendant is from a trip to New Orleans bought at Earth Odyssey in the French quarter. It is a titanium druzy with yellows and pinks, the head is a large pearl and the side stones are citrine. I added pearls and metal pagoda shaped beads.

Yesterday I was having fun with a Allison Strine pendant with greens, purples and blues. I love her whimsical pieces. I keep buying more and more of her pendants. She has the cutest pendants. Each one speaks to my own sense of humor. I use them to mark times of celebration in my life.

• allisonstrine.com

Jewish bling

Today is Sunday so it means Hebrew school to teach 8th & 10th grade. We are using the Jewish Women's Archive series Living the Legacy. I first learned about it at CAJE this last summer in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is terrific teaching this program. It uses a huge amount of actual data on the Jewish involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Photo's, letters, documents all things pertinent to my kids who will be for the most part taking AP level classes in High School.

So what is a beader to wear Judaica of course! The necklace features a filigree sterling sliver mezuzzah with a fine chain with dangling mother or pearl, three different type pearls, crystals, metal beads and to finish it off a sterling silver toggle shaped like a jewish star. Bling colors are olive green, blues, pinks, corals and    aqua blues. Honestly the color are bright and fun just what a dreary gray winter day needs to bring some lightness out. It is fun to let my love for art and Judiasm combine in fun wearable ways.

Okay feeling a bit victorious my header comes from a wonderful website Shabby Blogs and I just figured out how to add them as a button on my site. click on it and you can also get some of their fabulous give-a-ways. Happy hunting!

Wine Country

We spent today on the East side of Seneca Lake wine tasting. We did the Polar Pass again this year.

I love doing this I am surprised each year how some of my favoirtes stay the same- Red Cat, Cabin Fever, Tickle Hill's SusieQ. Then other wineries we found some new ones as well. We had lunch at Red Newt it was wonderful Mediterrian Chicken soup with a Corned Beef/beer sauted collard greens, swiss cheese on wheat bread. For dinner we were in Geneva at Beef & Brew for dinner- having Beer & Cheddar soup, and their speciality the Beef & Brew Stew.

To compliment my wine touring I had a wonderful grape colored sweater and paired it with a grape necklace. The metal grape cluster with a dark metal finish and gold, green and lavendar pearls. The bottom of the piece has purple and gold crystals. For fun I put on a pair of small purple and pearl buddha earrings, only to lose one during the day. Hopefully no karma was lost with the buddha.

trying to fix this

computer whiz is trying to help me
I had it all set up, colors my personalized header.
Hit preview and it shows up perfectly then I publish post  and I am back to a plain gray screen............argh

okay now I am seeing it not sure how I did this, that will be a problem tomorrow

This is painful

My New Year's resolution was to start blogging about my life, my passions. Two of my top passion are my faith and my artistic expressions. As a Jew I have a faith that sustains me every day every minute. I believe in a creator that  brings good to me and others. When I am beading it is as if a small part of the creator is with me. Thus I have done beading under my  company Jewbeadilation- a Jewish twist on jubilation what creating art does for me.

However my kids will tell you I am not that computer savvy. This will be a painful experience as I figure my way here. So far I made my header that alone was ridiciously complicated for me. Photoshop was too confusing, did the tutorial at the website okay then it got easy-peasy, got it only to have my computer need Internet explorer upgrade......so that stopped me in my tracks.