Newest Creations....

So while on our vacation this summer one of the things I really wanted to find was a vintage bicycle...after much debate with my hubby about this he convinced me that I should get a new bike that looks vintage because the old bikes are really heavy and as much as I will ride (HA!) and the great shape I am in (again HA!) I would not want a heavy bike. These new bikes are very lightweight..so my search was on..we stopped at every bike shop we saw and even searched on the GPS for them as we drove through little towns! My hubby wants one too so of course this helped so that he did not mind too much me yelling out "Turn here..quick" Anyway in a little town called Paradise Colorado I found the perfect one for me! Yellow..one of my favorite colors! When I saw it I said "that's the one I want" , "oh and I NEED a basket"...Yeah! This was by Birthday present from my hubby to me! I just knew I had to make a cute liner for this basket and I just kept dreaming of what it would look like... We had to buy the rack to take it home...but we needed one anyway..see theres room for one more (when my hubby gets his)!Love my new basket..I am ready for a ride now....Isn't it cute... I have orders for two more already, this is a pic of the one I finished for my friend, it comes out and has a drawstring so that she can carry it with her as a tote bag if she wants too!

This is not her bike, its my daughters but I wanted to show you what it looked like on the bike. Cute..right?

The events...Les Sirenes

The shopping......we had a wonderful Day of shopping. Our day began when we loaded up the Bus...yes I said Bus and headed to the Long Beach Flea Market...wonderful shopping...of course I did not stop shopping long enough to pull out my camera and take any pics for you...but it was FABULOUS!!! Then back on the bus to headed to the OC, that is the Orange Circle, a great little town with lots of good shops and Antique stores. At the end of the day as you can see we were all bushed....these are some of the gals sitting in front of Heavenly Hostess one of the shops that did a little give-a-way for us..plus a discount while shopping! YEAH!

Now you know that some serious shopping took place when these classy ladies Julie Haymaker, Karla Nathan and sweet Danielle Muller are sitting on the GROUND barefoot going through their treasures...

To end our shopping event Val and Cynthia hosted a little cupcake soiree..nothing like a little sweetness to end your day!

This is where the magic took place on Sat. at the Hotel Belamar, wonderful little boutique hotel....Cynthia and Val at our table crafting or posing for pics..he..he

Sweet..sweet Sherry form Georgia who hosted the lovely Mermaid Jeans contest, with Christine in her beautiful dress. We can also count on Christine for a little style watch!

And oh the shoes......and toes! These are my toes with my fab sandals I posted about before along with Jessi's cute thongs she blinged up and Andrea's perfect toes and coral sandals...wish I had pics of all of the feet! OK that sounds weird but really some awesome shoes happening here.

Of course the jeans were great too! Me Holly, Val in her skirt and Terri's beautiful painted mermaid (i wish you could have seen the face of it)


And the faces to go with the jeans.......

Les Sirenes...

Well better late than never ....right? Sorry I haven't posted any pics from my adventures this summer..but isn't that what is the best thing about summer, being busy and having FUN!!!! So here are some pics of my wonderful Les Sirenes Event.....Terri and I hosted a Mermaid and Martinis Cocktail party to start things off..we had food and flavored martinis that we set up in our room. I think everyone who came had a great time!

Terri and I greeting our guests

The food......

The Martini Bar...yummo...

We had all of our swaps on Friday night after a day of classes. First was Christine's beautiful necklace swap. Each person made seven like flowers and sent them to Christine then she mixed and matched up seven people and made them all the same flower necklace..they were all just beautiful. She had a color scheme of Blues, corals and creams...of course the picture of me was blurred but here are some of the other beauties...

The lovely Christine.....


Terri's beautiful necklace...



Sweet Val with her lovely necklace... Mine was all blues and creams....Next we did the Treasure Chest Swap Hosted by Val....these boxes were simply amazing I will let the pics speak for themselves....

Lisa with squeals of delight....

This was my swap for Jen, before I gave it to her all wrapped up!


I hope she like it.....Here is a close up shot of the top of the box.

Of course I filled the whole thing with PINK!!!!!


Terri's box..beautiful colors....more boxes, just beautiful all of them.....


And last but not least this was the box that I received from Cathy...it was so beautiful..just all covered with shells and beads....amazing!

The next swap was my Les Sirenes Wall Hanging...... each person sent me 12, 3x3 squares and I put them all together on a canvas wall hanging that I stitched up added some trim and shells and this is what everyone got....All wrapped up and ready to pass out.

All of the squares were so beautiful..and each was different.....

Here is my new Dallas Friend Charlene and I with her wall hanging...I just love the fact that she is taller than me and I don't look like a giant in the picture..as I usually do! I think she felt the same way...yeah we look normal!

I will post again with pics of the classes and shopping events.....