The Mother Mary Machine

My sister brings me all sorts of goodies as she travels around the world and I then deface these national treasures by putting holes in them to make Jewelry, hooray!

I also recently found a secret, favorite spot to photograph my items.  The mix of nature and rustic hardware are a perfect compliment for most of my pieces.  I try to be as original as I can in the designs and even when I take the pics and name them- unfortunately not everyone is so cool.  Some people copy to the point where the pieces, the pictures and even the names are too similar to be coincidence then try to make profit from it.  Everyone should be encouraged to develop their own personal sense of style and let that flourish.     ANYWAY,

I totally lost my shark's teeth and missed having these in the shop.  I bought them in a funny little town in the mountains of NC.  The bullet casing is a rescue.

I found a whole key ring with a bunch of these little guys.  Sometimes I wonder what these used to open...

 Mr Husband helped me take all my pictures and even keep me organizing while doing so!  Isn't this a GREAT idea he came up with?

Assisting in Photographing

Modeling

Should have worn a bra

I'm getting pretty annoyed with how often commercials refer to buying the perfect gift as being the path to the true meaning of Christmas.  Even non-Christians can agree that family and thankfulness are far more important than a new Lexus and diamond earrings.   I also don't understand why nativity scenes are so controversial but Santa isn't.  If you aren't a believer, then Jesus is just another fictional character and the rest of the gang should be no more offensive than elves and flying reindeer.  I'm not Jewish and have no problem at all with stars of David and menorahs.   In fact, it'd be nice to see more of them around.  People are just getting so sensitive.

It's also really horrible to see another murder-suicide on the news every day.  Not that anyone dying is wanted, but I'd rather these all be just suicides.  I keep reading that I need to stay away from the news while pregnant but it's hard.

Ok, no more bitching!

My friend Christina owns and operates an amazing place where she has a spa, fitness classes (including pole dancing), and a boutique!  I wish I knew of such a cool place here in NC.  Here's a pic of me from when I'd help her out:

Be Studios

I've been getting bigger so I'm glad I have some pics to look at to remember all this bloat will one day go away.

Ok, enough random babbling- time to clean clean clean!