Necklace

I am attending a wedding in a week and a half and I decided it would probably be smart if I bought a dress. Since I have to get a maternity dress, the selection is pretty minimal. Luckily this is an outdoor wedding and not super formal attire, so the selection for summer day dresses is a bit larger than for formal maternity dresses. Anyway, I found a dress that worked (which is VERY red) and for some reason I decided that I needed a necklace to go along with this dress. I found a necklace on Etsy.com that I really liked but it was orange and lime green, it would have worked if it was red and lime green so I was on a quest. I bought a few things and ended up using the least expensive beads that I bought and a silver necklace from my jewelry box that I was never going to wear. I used red coral beads, lime Jade beads, and Lucite flowers. Unlike the Etsy necklace, this one I decided to make asymmetrical. It is the first necklace that I have that isn't symmetrical and I really like it. I think it turned out great and I really like it with the dress... the flower might be a bit much with the pattern on the dress but OH WELL.

I was also thinking about making either earrings or a bracelet to go with this. I don't normally wear bracelets, so I thought earrings. I can't decided between the one on the left and the one on the right. But now I am thinking that the earrings might be a little much?? I am probably thinking about this way too much!

Bravery

I decided to make my own Sushi last night. My mom makes sushi all the time and I thought, if she can do it, then I can do it. I found this really great recipe from Martha Stewart.com and I mainly used the recipe for the sticky rice. I don't have a rice steamer but this recipe worked perfectly!!! I also made a few veggie rolls just like the recipe, and they turned out o.k., but I also made a Philadelphia roll that was EXCELLENT!!!!!! I know that this was a very brave (and very time consuming) feat... but it was well worth it!!!

Garden

For the past few weeks most of my time and energy has been spent on building a garden. That might sound like an easy task to most people, but I had to (or I should say my husband had to) build a fence to keep out the animals that live in the treed area behind my house. Ever since I planted the veggies in the garden, I have been on the lookout for a nice way to mark my rows. When I was in Target today, I found these plant markers in the dollar isle... a package of 5 for a dollar to be precise. They had some that were silver and some that were copper, I picked the more classic copper ones to use in my garden. Each package came with a black marker to write out the plant names, but I ended up getting out my trusty alphabet punches and they turned out great!!!!

Garden:

necklace

I went to a bead show this weekend and found Water Buffalo Horn that was sliced, polished and drilled for jewelry. I thought that it was so unique that I bought a strand to make a necklace for my Mom for Mother's Day. I knew that I wanted to hang something in the center of the horn but I really struggled to find anything that worked. I ended up having a piece of Jasper that looked pretty good in the center so I found some beads that matched and threw it together and here it is.