I can play with beads

I'm not a girl with a lot of good jewelry. I've got three important pieces of jewelry and that's it: my engagement/wedding rings, a diamond heart pendant necklace, and diamond stud earrings (all from DH). That's it. I'm just too hard on it to put the money into good jewelry. I either lose it or damage it. I've already knocked out one of the baugettes from my engagement ring.

Costume jewelry is right up my alley because it's inexpensive so if something happens to it, so what?

A few years ago, a neighbor introduced me to making my own jewelry. I don't do much more than string pretty glass beads on an elastic cord. (Nowhere near the fabulous designs I've seen on other blogs) I make them long enough that I don't need to even add a clasp.

Here are some I've recently made:




And how could I not add this gratuitous kitty picture? We have pretty much lost use of this clothes basket (there is a clothes basket under there!). A few weeks ago, I put a folded up piece of polar fleece fabric in the bottom of a basket that's in a corner of the guest bedroom. Itchey loves curling up in out of the way places, and as soon as she saw me with the polar fleece, she assumed it was for her. (No, they're not spoiled) Last night, she was curled up in the basket, and it seemed a little chilly, so I took a shawl I knitted a while ago and wrapped it around her and the basket. It was really cute, when I brought it in and before I even wrapped it around the basket, you could just tell from the look on her face that she knew it was for her.