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.....

Proud to be an American

Bikes all lined up and ready to go!

(This is my hubbies bike)

I am so proud to be an American and have the privilege to ride in our local July 4th parade along with 175 other Harleys. In the first group the front riders are a group that Honors our Veterans carry many of the old Military Flags, in the next group are 50 bikes each one carrying a flag of each of our 50 States, I got to carry Kansas, then a round of of the rest of the bikes all with many American Flags. This was really fun to see all the people along the road side clapping and saluting as we slowly rode by. Of course there was the fun side too as you will notice my cute Red, White & Blue pigtails that I made for my helmet! Hooray for the Red, White and Blue.....

(Me on my bike)

Perfect find

I am attending Kim Caldwell's Artistic Affaire "Les Sirenes" on July 15th - 18th..the theme is Mermaids and the Sea. Sweet Sherry from Georgia is hosting a Embellished Mermaid Jeans Contest..OMG of course I had to join..I can't show you pics just yet of what I have made..BUT I can show you the perfect pair of sandals I found to wear with my FAB Mermaid Jeans! Aren't these just amazing??? You will never guess wear I found these either....still wondering? Well I found them at Target!!! Yes that's right Target.....these will be just perfect to top of my special Mermaid jeans can't wait to show you PICs....check back after the 18th....

New Member of the Family

About 5 years back we had a yellow lab named Lady, she was then about 13 or 14 years old , we were not sure about her age as she was adopted from the pound. She was the most sweet, loving, gentle dog....of course we all love our dogs...as she got older it was hard to take her with us in our motorhome to travel as she could not get up and down the steps and she was too big to carry! So we decided to get a little dog as our future plans were to travel more and more over the years to come....that is when our precious little Duchess came into our lives, she is a mini dachshund, and she loves..loves..to travel. Well my husband just loves her and so do the boys, but lets get REAL here....the boys would really love to have a "mans dog" so they say..but thinking about bringing a puppy into our home is just not something we would consider right now.

But when one of the girls that works in my shop had to move and could not take her 6 year old yellow lab with her, she asked if anyone knew someone who might make a good home for him, well SUCKER that I am when she showed me the picture of him I just about fainted....it looked just like our lady dog. So I talked with my husband and he said we can give it a try and see how it works out....and since we have a BIG yard there would be no problem with having a BIG dog......well now we are the proud owners of "Chase" he fits right in! I have never had a male dog, so that is really different for me, but he is just so sweet, well trained and just fit right in with our whole family..dogs and all....

Of course all the BOYS just love him so he is getting alot of attention right now..the only downside is I just can't keep him out of the POOL!!!!! He is swimming at 8 o'clock in the morning ..YIKES! But we love him..it will be interesting to see how he does on a motorhome trip..that will be different for sure since he is just a little bigger than my Duchess........

Ruffles..Ruffles..Ruffles..Everywhere

I am sure that you have noticed that Ruffles are the latest trend in the Fashion World....you see ruffles on dresses, skirts, tee shirts, tank tops and even bathing suits (not that you would see me a ruffled bathing suit..HA!).

I am not really what I would call a "Fu Fu" type of girl, I mean I am not into Lacey, frilly things..BUT I do love the RUFFLES....I have seen some really cute bags with ruffles too..SOOooooo if you know me , you know I have to make one! Yikes...so here is my take on the ruffled bag. I made a smaller size bag out of white denim and then stitched rows of linen ruffles around it, made a long handle so I could wear it cross shoulder and sewed some vintage lace over the handle, stitched on a shell vintage button and of course a flower and some vintage lace...LOVE IT! I really wanted something smaller and cross shoulder to take with me went we went to the wine country so I could have my hands free for better things....like wine tasting!