What Have I Been Up To?...Crunch Time!!

      I know...it's a dirty trick for me to be tempting you with my peanut butter chocolate chip coconut almond cookies!! But hey!...it works!!! LOL I haven't been posting much lately, and I wanted to see if anybody would still come by to read what I was writing...and here you are!! ^_^
      I'm in a talking mood this morning, and I was in a baking mood yesterday. Let's roll with the 'good' while we got it, right?! :-) ... As to my cookies, I could've eaten that peanut buttery yummy dough just as it was after I mixed it up!...

      It looked SOOOOO GOOD!!!...but I reminded myself that it had raw eggs in it, and that my cookies taste much better when they're golden brown and crispy, with those fabulous old-fashioned fork marks dipped in sugar up on top! ^_^

      It was well worth the wait for them to be done!! ^_^ 

      And just in case you're wondering, it's my own recipe! :-) I'll give it to you...my blog followers...if you let me know you want it and send me an email address.

      Baking isn't the only thing I've been doing lately...as you no doubt know already!!...I modified this necklace a bit...

      In other words, I changed the crochet flower. :-) I had a much bigger and chunkier flower on it, and I changed to a small one, one and a half inch, black and white flower. It makes the necklace look much chic-er. {Is 'chic-er' even a word?! LOL} 

      With all of the chic detail...black and clear sparkly crystals, and decorative spacers and everything...I think it'll be much prettier to wear now. :-)
 

      I've also been making hats! :-) The one below is one of my crochet tube hats...
 

      It's burgundy, with a black thread crocheted along with it...just because I like the look of it with the black thread. :-)
 

      This is also one of my crochet tube hats...

      Thanks to a great customer's idea...."Hey, Kelly!!" :-) ...I made it with stripes on the edge, and with a sports team colors inspiration...the Green Bay Packers football team for this one. :-) 

      I already have plans to make ones with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys colors!...as soon as I finish all of my custom orders I'm working on right now....By the way, you can wear this tube hat in different ways too if you want. :-)
 

      It works for skiers too...just saying. It's very warm! ^_^

      The necklace below is another custom order I recently finished...
 

      Oh! I could tell you some stories about how I think I'm going blind from looking at seed beads and jump rings...but I'll spare you!! LOL
 

      Besides, the look on my customer's face when they saw the work I put into it was priceless! :-) 

      I'll actually be making more seed bead flower necklaces too soon! ^_^ I love the mixed medium of glass beads and crochet flowers. :-)
 

      Last, but not least...for today anyway! ^_^...I wanted to show you a couple of the hooded scarves I made...
 

      They were suppose to be for a customer, but the customer no longer had the money for them, so she decided that she didn't want them anymore! Grrrrr!...So they're available for sale in my Wuglyees shop now!

      So, that's what I've been up to! ^_^ I've also been making some decisions...like, for instance, I miss blogging daily, and I'm gonna be going back to it very very soon!! It may not be very long posts most of the time, but I just miss having the routine of 'spilling my brain' every day! ^_^ I've got all kinds of poems, music, ideas, and just general STUFF, floating too loosely in this cranium!! LOL
      One of the ideas I'm working on is selling some 'loose-leaf' type booklets of my poetry. I'm already sorta, kinda, working on it. You'll see the 'come-together' of it when it...comes together!! LOL
       In the meantime, I'm getting ready for the 'Superbowl'! {football, People!! ^_^} I'm crocheting 4-sets of custom-ordered hats and scarfs. And I'm sipping on green tea while eating waaaaaay too many peanut butter chocolate coconut almond cookies!!! LOL It's a good thing all of my friends are picking up their cookies today!...That's why I made them, by the way, as gifts of love to those who have been giving me so much love lately. ♥ 6 dozen cookies!!!!...and I'll be down to ZERO around noon today!! ^_^
      Okay...It's time to fly!! :-) Have a good rest of your day, Everybody!! ♥ And please leave me a "Hey Girl!" below, so I know I'm not talking to myself!! LOL

Be The Best You Can Be

I live my life every day,
trying to be the very best I can,
so that I am not affected
by the degrading words of man.

If "I" know who I am,
then I don't care what others think;
I don't end up in some bar,
trying to hide my pain with drink.

Oh Yes! THEY have opinions
on what THEY think you should do,
on how you wear your hair,
where you should go, also with who!

I nod and give a grin,
respecting what they want to say;
but it's 'my' thoughts that count
at the end of the day.

It makes it so much easier
when I'm being the best I can;
Then I feel good about my choices;
I don't fear words from any man!

10 Reasons My Ears...Neck...and Eyes...Love This Shop!

 (Turquoise Lampwork Necklace Handmade Turquoise Lampwork Silver Beaded by CinLynnBoutique)

       It's Monday!!! Yes, People, we made it through another week!...and here we go again!! ^_^ Well, actually we aren't going anywhere again right now!...I don't celebrate it, but it's a holiday here in the U.S. So nothing is going anywhere today...including me!! ^_^ The Post Office isn't even shipping anything from my Wuglyees shop. It's closed! :-) You can still put your order in, but just don't expect for it to go anywhere until tomorrow. :-)

      So, I thought I'd take the opportunity today to do a little 'Shout Out' about one of my favorite shops ever on Etsy!...CinLynnBoutique. :-) If you like jewelry, like I like jewelry.....well, like I LOVE jewelry...you will LOVE this shop!!!

      She has bracelets, keychains, necklaces, earrings, a section of children's jewelry, a wedding jewelry section, and even a section of owl jewelry! ^_^ All GORGEOUS!!...My favorites are the earrings. My ears love them.....Yes, I actually own some of her jewelry! :-) You may end up owning some of it too after you check out her shop!

      Because tennis isn't on this early, and because I wanna spare you from listening to me talk about my frequent bathroom trips throughout the night....Ugh! Crazy squeamish bladder! LOL...I thought I'd keep it positive by sharing some things I love...ten of them...earrings from Cindy's Etsy shop! :-)

 (Vibrant Orange Teardrop Earrings Magnesite Teardrops Antique Brass Flower Beaded Post)

 (Green Silver Earrings Filigree Silver Czech Glass Wire)

 (Red Brass Earrings Antique Brass Czech Glass Beaded Wires)

 (Brass Owl Earrings Coral Czech Glass Leverbacks)

 (Green Magnesite Earrings Antique Brass Leaves Beaded Wire)

 (Blue Ceramic Earrings Silver Button Wire)

 (Yellow Crystal Earrings Czech Glass Mustard Silver Beaded Wires)

 (Red Teardrop Earrings Red Faceted Trinity Antique Silver Wire Wrapped Beaded Wire Handmade Dangle)

 (Burgundy Blue Zircon Earrings Silver Fans Silver Beaded Wire)

(Gold Clover Earrings Antique Gold Beaded Wire Dangle)

 

      Okay, are your ears in love now too?! ^_^ If not, you must have ears of steel! LOL Or maybe you're more into necklaces! :-)

 

 (Metal Leopard Necklace Antique Gold, Antique Brass)

     If so, head on over HERE...and let your neck fall in LOVE!! :-)

     Okay...I'm off to spend some of this extra time with my hubby! :-) Have a good day, Everybody!

Peaceful Moments

Peace is what I'm after.
No concerns to vex my head.
No disturbing complications.
No emotions to be read.

Peaceful contemplation.
Mental 'Playing in the yard'.
No 'You have to do this!" wording.
Nothing strenuous or hard.

Quiet, simple peace.
No one's problems I should fix.
No concentrated effort.
No new wrinkles in the mix.

Yes, peace is what I'm after.
Nothing pressing me 'to do'.
I want peaceful little moments.
And I'm gonna get them too!