Category: Daily stuff !!

• Merry Christmas !!!

  This is a picture of our tree a few years ago, Childproof plastic ornaments, but still really pretty !!! I wanted to wish everyone a wonderful and Merry Christmas today before things get crazy around here !! Its Christmas eves, eve and I am baking cookies and getting ready !! Tonight and tomorrow  will be…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  December 23, 2013

  Things I love

  baking, Christmas, Christmas cookies, gifts, holiday baking, jewelry, making Christmas gifts, making gifts, Merry Christmas

• Christmas cookies

  We try every year to make Christmas cookies with our grandkids. I make the dough before hand as it has to chill and then we let little fingers decorate them and they all take some home !! This year due to our son-in-law just being home from overseas and our  other son in-laws parents being…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  December 18, 2013

  Things I love

  baking cookies, Christmas, Christmas cookies, Christmas traditions, decorating cookies, holiday baking, making cookies with grankids

• Frustrating holidays !!

  This Christmas has been a bit disapointing so far, but I know the actual holidays will be wonderful. Our small town parade was canceled due to ice and not rescheduled, and then some other activities for the holidays were canceled and then this weekend I ended up sick on Sunday and we could not do…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  December 17, 2013

  Daily stuff !!

  Christmas, Christmas lights, Christmas tree, decorating the tree, flu at Christmas, frustrated, holiday decorating, holidays, lights, tree

• Winter Wonderland !!!

  Here in the Dallas metroplex we have been coated with ice for a couple of days. I got to have so much fun with my camera, so I have some pictures to share with you !!! Some  of them are from our own yard , and some around town, but it was so fun playing…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  December 7, 2013

  Things I love

  cold, ice, ice pictures, icy weather pictures, my photos, photos, pictures, pictures of ice, signs, snow

• Book cases up and ready

  As many of you know, we have been trying to get the book cases done in our living room and it has been a big pain trying to get three that are not damaged. The ones we ordered from Target can only be bought in that color  online, and we had one in that finish…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  December 4, 2013

  Daily stuff !!

  beading, beads, book cases, books, organizing, shelves

• Some new beaded baubles I found

  My husband and I went out to our favorate thrift shops the other day and I got some wonderful things and I am excited to share them. I found this magnificent dress, so striking !! I thought it needed repair, but where I thought there was damage, it was just seams. some of the sequins…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  November 25, 2013

  Things I love, Uncategorized

  beaded, beaded bracelet, beaded necklace, beads, bracelet, dress, findings, fun treastures. Thrift store finds, glass beads, glass pendant, hand beaded, neckalce, pearl purse, pearls, seed beads, sequins, striped beads, vintage beaded dress, vintage dress with sequins and seed beads

• I did it …. Finally !!!!

  Whew, finally, I got the mess taken care of. I have felt so overwelmed by the sheer volumn of crap I had to go through and just the complete mess the house was in. It was embarrassing and just kind of defeating at the same time. Last night I told myself I would get up…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  November 13, 2013

  Daily stuff !!

  big mess, big mess gone, cleaning, dining room, embarrasssing, feeling overwelmed, getting motivated, house cleaning, living room, low carb, low carb diet, organizing, organizing the hosue, overwelmed, overwelming, shelves, tired, unmotivated, wheat, wheat sensitivity

• Shelf saga continues …..

  Well, my shelf situation has not changed and I am still currently short one shelf. I had ordered three shelves to match the one I had from Target. As with the other Target shelves we had bought in the apartment, we had a broken unit so I called and they told me they would ship…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  November 11, 2013

  Daily stuff !!

  Ashly, bead shelf, book shelves, corner shelves, Ethan Allen, expensive shelves, Ikea, online ordering, organized, Rooms To Go, shelf shopping, shelves, shopping for shelves, Target online, Target shelves

• What a mess !!!

  A fellow blogger I follow posted pictures of the various places in  her home that she works. I figured I would do the same, but mostly to show before pictures of the mess I am in right now, so when I am done you will all be so impressed, lol, very tongue in cheek by…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  November 5, 2013

  Daily stuff !!, Uncategorized

  beading, crafts, fixing up work space, library, living room dining room, living space, messy room, painting room, shelves, what a mess, work in progress, work room, work space, working in living space

• New baubles and beads for me !!!

  My dear friend Feather texted me to let me know that Fire Mountain gems was having a huge sale. Man, were they !! I spent a bunch but got a ton of great stuff and wanted to share it with you.  The sale is still on through the next few days, so check it out,…

  stephiesbeadsandbaubles

  November 1, 2013

  Things I love, Uncategorized

  75 cent sale, beads, bracelets, cross penants, crosses, dyed shell beads, lots of goodies, necklaces, peacock pendant, pearls, pendants, plastic beads, seed beads, sequins, sequins and seed beads, shell pendants, stone beads