30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 9

Day 9

Favorite types of Food and recipes

One of my favorite topics: Food.  I tend to lean more toward savory and salty types of food.  And carbs.  I love carbs: bread, potatoes, pasta.  I’ve recently started to learn how to bake bread.  My favorite bread recipes are for Naan bread and pretzel bread.  I could eat bread and rolls with every meal if I could.

I adore seafood, especially shell fish.  Again another side effect of growing up on the gulf.   Shrimp, crab, oysters, and crawfish I can eat it till I get sick.  I’m not a huge fan of fish unless it’s fried mullet or flounder.  Luckily we have lots of access to fresh seafood on the coast.  My favorite types of seafood restaurants are the little hole in the wall places.

30 day challenge: Day 8 (Late)

Biggest pet peeve




I’d have to say my biggest pet peeve has to do at work. I work at a call center and spend most of my time on the phones talking to members and helping them with website and app issues. You tend to run into some situations that can be frustrating. Most I don’t mind because you understand where they come from. Having trouble walking that person though web steps? Hey some people just aren’t computer savvy. Angry member? They are just frustrated at the situation, I hate having to call into customer support myself. The only thing that really drives me absolutely nuts is when they constantly cut me off as I am talking to them, which actually happens quite a bit. Once or twice I don’t mind but if it gets to the point that I can’t even finish one sentence it starts to get under my skin. Back of my mind I am remembering that they are just trying to get this done as quickly as possible so they can get back to their lives but come on people this is just good manners! First thing we learn in grade school is take turns. When that happens I will usually say in my sweetest/professional voice “Oh I am so sorry I didn’t meant to cut you off there.” Passive aggressive I know, but it makes me feel a bit better and gives my coworkers a laugh. Plus considering the last place I worked, that this is one of the worst things I encounter is a small annoyance that I’m willing to put up with.

30 Day Jewelry Challenge : Day 8

Type: Earring

Material: Gear/Clockwork

Color: Green

Shop piece of the Day: 

Blue Wire Wrap Tube Necklace

Blog Challenge Day 7: Favorite Activities

I have lots of activities I enjoy. Reading is something I love. I don’t get a chance to read quite as much as I used to but I’ll get into moods where I want to do nothing but read.

Working on my jewelry of course. I love just putting in some headphones and just loose myself making new things or putting together new pieces. I love going to the market. Selling my wares and watching the people go by is great. I especially love going to conventions and seeing all the people in different costumes. I much prefer vendoring conventions than just attending. One I’m getting paid to go. I have a partner who watches the booth with me so I will get to wander and go to events but be able to retreat to my booth when I need.

Robert and I also like to play games together. Mostly World of Warcraft and Rocket League. But we’ve been recently playing Final Fantasy XIV together. Because I get to make a kitty man. I’m more of a casual gamer so I’m not quite as good as Robert. It’s a lot like reading. I’ll neglect it for a while and then want to do nothing but play.

I also enjoy lots of outdoor activities though not as often as I would like. I love the beach, kayaking and exploring nature trails. Again I don’t get to do this as much as I like because for safety sake I prefer to do it as a group activity and it’s hard to get groups together.

As you also may have guessed I spend a lot of time online. Most of it is spent either reading web comics, browsing Tumblr or Pintrest, managing my shop and more recently using if for wedding planning. So lots of activities here. What can I say? I like to entertain myself.

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 6

Day 6: Five things I can’t live without.

I’m not going to use people or animals on this list so we’ll keep this strictly to items I keep on me regularly.

Books: for anyone who knows me this one is pretty obvious.  I always carry some around.

My phone: Let’s be honest this is another obvious one.  I use my smartphone for so much, l listen to music and podcast’s, social media and keeping in contact with friends and family.   I do keep it on silence most of the time so I constantly miss calls or take forever to respond to texts but the nagging feeling that something might happen if I don’t have it is enough to keep me twitchy when I forget it at home.

My Scratch Pad:  This is a notebook that I keep on me most of the time.  I use it to put in ideas and sketches of pieces, make daily list’s or reminders, or for doodles when I’m stressed or bored.  It’s not a proper journal or sketchbook, it’s mostly filled with doodles and quicky notes.  Thus the name scratch pad.

My Rings: I have two rings I always wear.  One is my engagement ring from Robert and the other is a ring I got more recently from my mom that used to belong to my great grandmother.  They are both special to me and I wear them all the time.  I have other’s I’ll wear form time to time but these two are constant.  Although I’ll be adding a wedding band to that hand soon.

Tools: My flatnose and round nose plyers are by far my most used tools.  I tend to have them me most of the time. I keep them either in the pocket of my purse or in my bitbag, an old travel makeup bag that I fill with odds and ends I can play with or use to come up with ideas.  I’m a fiddler so it helps to have something I can use to entertain myself at work or behind my booth at market.

30 Day challenge: Day 5: Growing up

I’m not quite sure what I’m supposed to put this one.  I’ve already described a good bit of my childhood and I don’t really want to get repetitive.  I may keep this one brief.

I spent most of my life in Florida.  As mentioned in the 10 facts about myself I did live briefly in Scotland when I was stationed there.  We moved back when I was about 4.  I have a few memories of Scotland but mostly small stuff like the apartment we lived in, the park that was nearby and some of the castles we visited.  (And sheep, lots of sheep.)

I did lots of dance growing up; ballet, modern, jazz and even a bit of tap.    I always loved visiting my grandparents.  My Mamaw and Papa always had lots of books and craft supplies on hand I could play with like paints and pastels.  My Nana and D-dad have a huge property that I spent a good bit of my childhood exploring, swimming in their pool, or picking honeysuckles and blackberries.  I loved being a wild child of the forest on those weekends.  I also spent a lot of time at the beach as a kid.  Growing up on the Gulf I practically grew up on the shore or fishing out in the Gulf.  Still do.

In addition to dance I was also did chorus and played the flute in band though all of middle school and high school.  I had a few close friends (some who I still see regularly).  The first time I actually ever sold my goods for money was in high school.  We had this annual art festival called “Art on the Green.” My Senior year I decided to participate selling mosaic boxes that a I had made.  I remember really liking the atmosphere and the satisfaction of selling something I made.  I could never have dreamed that it would expand so.   That I would actually start making money off of things that I create.  Truth be told I still feel like I have to pinch myself from time to time.

Blog Challenge: Day 4 (late)

As mentioned in my introduction I live with my fiancé Robert and our two cat’s Gigi and Khadgar.   We met at our old job and have been together for four years now.    No one in this world knows me better or makes me happier. 

My older cat Gigi came with me when Robert and I moved in together. I’ve had her since she was a kitten. Khadgar is a newer addition, we got him about two weeks ago to be a companion for Gigi. The two of them are still getting used to each other but they are making pretty good progress.

I come from a divorcee family. My parents split up when I was pretty young but I have been lucky that my parents managed to remain civil (at least around my brother and I) and now get along pretty well with each other and our stepfamily. Both my parents remarried and I have two stepbrothers from each side making me the only girl out of five boys. I get my bookish side from my mother and my nerdyness from my dad. I blame them both for my artsy side

Both Sets of parents and by brother at his wedding.

 I have a wonderful Stepmother and stepfather,  and I get along pretty good with most of my stepbrothers and sister in laws.  Three of my brothers are married and I have two nieces and three nephews’ ages 2 to 4, all of whom are completely adorable.

Me playing with said adorable nieces and nephews last Christmas, yes I'm the one on the floor

 From there I have a whole score of aunts, uncles, cousins and soon to be in-laws.

 My father’s side is practically a clan. Even though I’m not able to visit my family as often as I used to but I still care about all of my family.  I love when we get together and spend time with each other.  I have been truly fortunate in the family I have received.

Jewelry Challenge: Day 4 (late

Type:earring 

Material : Wire 

Color : Red

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 3

Day 3: About my personality and values:

Personality-wise, I guess I can be a bit ditzy and forgetful.  I am bad with names and dates but I can remember entire plots to movies and books that I read or watched years ago.  I have a creative nature.  I’ve been doing various types of art since I was a little girl.  My grandparents and parents always encouraged my creativity.  I love learning new things like art and dance.  One of my favorite elements of Steampunk is all of the different styles I can try out.  I love stories too, books, movies, histories.  I just get absorbed into the tale.

For my values I guess I believe in being respectful to everyone.  I think it’s okay to make mistakes as long as you try to learn from them.   I think everything can be beautiful in their proper element.

Jewelry Challenge:

Day Three: 

Necklace

Bronze

White

Sooo....I don't have a picture tonight.  I brought my bit bag to work and had a piece put together.  But Unfortunately I forgot the bag when I left work and I hadn't taken a picture yet.(I did do one I swear!  It was pretty!)  I considered trying to put one together before I go to bed but honestly I'm to darn tired.  I'm off tomorrow too so I won't be able to post a picture of if until Sunday when I do my Sunday challenge.   So, yeah.  Sorry about that.  As apology here is a picture of Khadgar yelling at Gigi.

Shop Piece of the Day: 

Octopus Watch Necklace!