It's Girl Scout Cookie Time!

You know you want some!

Shoot me an email to buy cookies from my little Brownie. Her goal is 200 boxes and she is already at 87 and they just started selling them yesterday!

We'll ship cookies to you! I'll send you a Paypal invoice and mail the cookies to you. It's that easy!

Don't eat cookies? Consider our Taste of Home program~~ you send us the money for as many boxes as you like and instead of sending the cookies to you, we will send them to our troops overseas! Pretty cool, huh?

It's time to think about First Communion......

Even though it's not happening until April, I hear now is the time I am supposed to buy my daughter her dress because if you wait, there will be nothing! Good to know.

I used to make and sell these beautiful bracelets through stores all through the United States. I kind of got out of the beaded jewelry thing for awhile, but I miss it so I am thinking about starting it up again. Any who, Communion made me think of this bracelet, so I went ahead and added back on the website. Take a look! It makes a wonderful keepsake and gift!

The First Communion Bracelet! Click me!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Ah, another year has gone by and I am once again thinking about what I can do to improve my work in the new year! I received a few beading books for Christmas and decided I've missed doing that, so I think I will be going back to my roots and adding some beaded pieces to my website in the near future!

I will be closed until January 5th! See you in the new year!

REALLY? It's been THAT long???

Since I have posted? In case you missed it, my 7 year old daughter is in a major theater production of A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre. It's taken over our lives for the past 2 months! What a wonderful ride it has been. However, it has lead me to neglect this blog!

There is still time to see the show! The show runs until December 26th. Click the links below to check out the website and buy tickets!

Buy tickets!

Check out A Christmas Carol 2010's website!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has a GREAT Thanksgiving! Take a minute to let everyone know you are thankful for them, even if they can't pull themselves away from the new XBOX Kinect.

Keep and eye out on the blog or my Facebook page~~ I'll be posting a coupon code later on in the day to use on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday! Not a Facebook fan yet? Click the link below and become one! I do all kinds of giveaways!

I want to be a pink papillon Facebook fan!

The new pink papillon site is LIVE!

It's up and running! Go check it out......come back and leave a comment about it and I'll put you in the running for a SWEET surprise! Hurry though, the winner will be announced the morning of Black Friday!

PS If you are on Facebook, if you could take a minute and "like" the new site, I'd appreciate it! There is a link to do this at the bottom of the homepage!

Click me to visit the new pink papillon website!

Small Business Saturday & the New pink papillon Site!

You've heard of Black Friday.....you probably have even heard of Cyber Monday.....but what about Small Business Saturday? That's right, this Saturday, November 27th is Small Business Saturday. Why have you never heard of it? Because it's the first one ever!

It's designed to get you to help out your local businesses, or any small online business! There are so many cool people out there selling all sorts of cool stuff. Go out there and find them and boost the economy!

And guess what? The *NEW* and *IMPROVED* pink papillon site is ready to rock and roll! Keep checking as it will go LIVE in the next day or two, right in time for Small Business Saturday! And keep on eye out on the blog here as well......I am feeling a coupon code coming on!

I'm a Team Beach Body Coach!

Yes, I finally did it. After years of being addicted to Chalean Extreme and Shakeology and sending all kinds of friends and acquaintances to *other* coaches for help, I decided I was enough "in the know" to become a coach myself!

Trust me, I'm no fitness guru. I didn't lose 100 pounds on my own or anything amazing like that. I'm not totally buff or totally skinny. I don't always eat what is good for me. I love margaritas and Dairy Queen. I'm just like you. BUT, I *am* totally addicted to fitness. I'm committed. As a matter of fact, I'm supposed to be doing day 19 of TurboFire RIGHT NOW, and it's giving me agita since I am blogging instead. People always think I am much younger than I am, and at 44 years old I still wear a size 4, so I figure I must do doing something right.

I found Chalene Johnson through the Beach Body site while I was searching around for P90X. I'm sure you've heard of it......*everyone* is doing it. It's supposed to be amazing. As a runner, I didn't think it was right for me~~ I also have nerve damage in my left elbow from a kindergarten swing accident (side bar: tell your kids NOT to jump off the swings!) which makes things like push ups and chin ups almost impossible for me. (I end up doing them with my right arm alone!) Enter Chalene. I love this woman. What a fabulous set of DVDs. By the end of the series I was lifting weights heavier than I ever thought possible. I was RIPPED. And ready to move onto the next level.

Enter TurboFire. It just came out in July. Again, I run, so I was going to wait until the winter to buy the DVDs so I could use them in the cold months. WELL. I couldn't wait and bought them about 3 weeks ago. They. Kick. My. Butt! Holy COW.....I thought I was in pretty good shape! I was WRONG. I am sweating like I've never sweat before and I LOVE it!!!

Now I need a BodyBugg. Don't get me started. I'll save it for another time. In the meantime, check out my Beady Body website. Click on the Shop Team Beach Body link and look around. Read about Chalean Extreme and TurboFire. Check it out. I'm here if you have any questions!

Okay! Got to run and do the Fire 45 EZ class......don't let the EZ fool you!!

Click me to check out my Team Beach Body Coach website!

I am Featured Over on Artfire!

That's exciting!

My Copper and Sterling Peace Sign earrings are featured in the "Give Peace a Chance" collection over on Artfire. Ever hear of it? It's a bunch of artists selling cool stuff. After you checkout the other peace related items posted in honor of John Lennon's birthday, take a minute to peruse the site!

SHAZAM! Take me to Artfire!

Why, is that pink papillon I see......

....in the October/November issue of BUST magazine? Why yes, it is!

For your viewing pleasure......

......I give you, Ian Somerhalder. You have a lovely Saturday and I'll see you on Sunday. :O)

A Sweet Little Necklace

I have many wonderful customers that return to me again and again. Sometimes they have special requests for me. I just made this sweet little necklace for a super nice customer of mine in Canada. She was going to purchase one of my ID bracelets for a christening gift and really wanted this type of necklace to go with it. She also gave me a huge compliment saying that she wanted to purchase both pieces from me as she knows the quality of my jewelry is outstanding. So, I indulged her. This is by no means an original piece as I have seen many versions of the capped crystal necklace, but it is sweet just the same. I may or may not offer it on my website. We'll see!

Are you on Facebook?

The come join the fun on my Facebook fan page! You can scroll down and click the link on the right side on the page to go, or you can click the link at the bottom of this post.

Come join the fun~ I do give aways, post coupons only available to Facebook fans, and things like that! You never know what will happen over there! Don't forget to post on the wall so I know that you have arrived!

Take me to the Facebook Fan page!

It's Here! The Little Girl Cuff Bracelet with a Flower!

My daughter needed a birthday gift for a friend, I needed a new bracelet for little girls. That's how this sweet little bracelet came to be!

Want to check it out? For a limited time I will be offering it at a special price! Click the link below to check it out!

Take me to that sweet little bracelet!

A Sneak Peek!

Here it is! A sneak peek of the new little girl cuff I was working on! I still need to edit the photos, but this sweet little bracelet should be on the website by the end of the day!

Can you stand the suspense?!

Wait for it.......

A new piece for girls! I need to edit the photos, but it is coming! I'll give you a hint.....I *love* rivets!!

and the biggest seller of the week is.......

The BABY LOVE sterling silver cuff bracelet for infants!

I have sold a *ton* of these little bracelets this week.....I'm not sure why! Sure, they are cute and even beautiful, but I'm not sure why there has been a run on them in the past few days. Whatever the reason, THANK YOU to all my wonderful customers!

Want to check out this sweet little bracelet? Click the link below! It makes a great alternative to silver spoons and rattles! A perfect match to mom's bracelet, or the little girl/boy version!

Destined to become a treasured heirloom!

Take me to the BABY LOVE bracelet!

So I finally completed it.....

The Spiked Spiral bracelet. Actually, I've been done with it for awhile now. It was immediately purchased by my good friend, Gina. I can't show her anything. :O) I am going to make two more, so have no fear! One will have green palace Swarovksi crystals and clasp, the other black diamond.

So, here is the finished product. It has over 6 feet of sterling silver wire! A shout out goes to Lisa Niven Kelly for teaching me how to create these!

Please vote for me in the Leading Moms in Business Competition!

StartupNation's Leading Moms in Business Competition 2010 is well under way! They are celebrating America's top 200 mom-owned businesses! I'd really appreciate it if you could take a minute and click the link to vote for pink papillon!

Vote for pink papillon!

You can also click the link to the right and vote as well. Thanks so much!

So, my summer business has been a little slow, lending me time to create a few new pieces for the craft show I do in the beginning of December. I've had the supplies sitting around for this piece for a long while, but never had the time to sit down and work on it. It's called the Spiked Spiral Bracelet, taught to me by the wire work master, Lisa Niven Kelly.

Love love LOVE it. It's a big pain in the neck (hand?) to make, but it looks like it may have been worth the time! What you do think? (Excuse the photo....I took it with my phone!)