tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331398222024-03-13T00:12:57.355-04:00Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelry and AccessoriesNo cookie-cutter pieces here - just one of a kind designs for the discerning individual. Free gift wrapping and free shipping on orders over $35. The difference is in the details.
My on-line boutique is always open.Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-2279955481193896422010-11-04T13:11:00.001-04:002010-11-04T13:13:05.007-04:00A new journey.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1seRMjo6dZMCbuekuH_LgXwGh7nMgOQOOIOZdTjSIKm3Cf5lgisKLTF8-5hBhbSKJj77T1Jv8EufKS_9EaaVGwjk4QpS0l1EqKD5NvbiBYg3AahsDBK4nsd9JQZWQAEq4kdGuw/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1seRMjo6dZMCbuekuH_LgXwGh7nMgOQOOIOZdTjSIKm3Cf5lgisKLTF8-5hBhbSKJj77T1Jv8EufKS_9EaaVGwjk4QpS0l1EqKD5NvbiBYg3AahsDBK4nsd9JQZWQAEq4kdGuw/s320/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535743630301757570" border="0" /></a><br /><p>It's been a very long time since I last posted, and some of you may be wondering "what the heck happened to her?".</p><p> </p><p>Well, I'm going to tell you in my <i><b>new blog</b></i> <b style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a href="http://tonisroadtorecovery.blogspot.com/">Toni's Road to Recovery</a></b>. It's not to say I won't be back, but right now I must do this.</p><p> </p><p>Follow me on my new journey! I hope to see you over there...</p>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-50805829400515719742010-02-26T10:39:00.011-05:002010-02-26T11:10:35.333-05:00Final Days of Clearance Sale & Changes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_RgWBgfNgzcV-fYIebHB1-gXjc5VGBQkkzgTOO3c3nTa5pjKvXy-kW7iPXysuWCGmCl4suT_cvrNnJr0x4RJPwXdJ9Wj3611Euodo-QR_yNe61xuKF5_DlgjsYjJ3Ly8g9BoQQ/s1600-h/lifechanges.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_RgWBgfNgzcV-fYIebHB1-gXjc5VGBQkkzgTOO3c3nTa5pjKvXy-kW7iPXysuWCGmCl4suT_cvrNnJr0x4RJPwXdJ9Wj3611Euodo-QR_yNe61xuKF5_DlgjsYjJ3Ly8g9BoQQ/s320/lifechanges.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442583545154609618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">It's been quite a while since I last posted.<br /><br />No I haven't been contemplating "Lost" and the storyline. Yeah, right!<br />No, I haven't been in mourning because it's the final season of my favorite tv show "Lost".<br />No, its not because I've been covered in snow like the rest of the country.<br /><br />It's because I'm experiencing life changes that are taking up a lot of my time. But, that's life. And it's constantly changing, right?<br /><br />In the meantime, go shop for great bargains on </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >my one of a kind, handmade jewelry </span><span style="font-size:85%;">at <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/">Dee-Zigns</a>! It's the final days of my <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/Sale-Items/View-all-products.html">huge clearance sale</a>, many items up to 50% off!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 61px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4f-gZTQJUA5hCSW9hzI2fHDHeitfKCpJAH9d7qAgTKGyisPkVM6APj1gSG6iLSZuVubAtbEjcyZJeqjHeezqv1iCtsOVDHpIfV1xWdXMvFtEHcYYfbySm_5DeS1F9vq58QzhyphenhyphenA/s320/logowhite+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442582274991167762" border="0" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-61757699355715578012010-02-01T08:11:00.008-05:002010-02-01T09:21:29.853-05:00This can't be the end!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoU_C0Xu0lHIlHd-1GumNAUZsDv7wywTbufI0aoFpja2iECpJmax1M26QbliWrkMsP29Vim6b4XOB1O2W4WuxrXXn_r9Fm6rkIZmqWd-WntFL4DX0X6IqU23jiZOcwAEez5NHB6w/s1600-h/plancrash.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoU_C0Xu0lHIlHd-1GumNAUZsDv7wywTbufI0aoFpja2iECpJmax1M26QbliWrkMsP29Vim6b4XOB1O2W4WuxrXXn_r9Fm6rkIZmqWd-WntFL4DX0X6IqU23jiZOcwAEez5NHB6w/s320/plancrash.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433278509053217410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">I know this is the final season of my favorite tv s</span><span style="font-size:85%;">how</span><span style="font-size:85%;">, the only tv show I truly can't miss, the only tv show I care about, and there are a hell of a lot of tv shows. But generally, I could care less about watching tv unless its "Lo</span><span style="font-size:85%;">st".<br /><br />Here are some of the many, many reasons why:<br /><br />Sawyer - Need I say more? Oh, and he's from Georgia.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Jack - Stop drinking and make an honest woman of Kate.<br />Kate - You belong with Jack. Juliet needs Sawyer.<br />Hurley - Dude, love you man!<br />Charlie - Hurley misses you, dude, and so do I.<br />Sayid - He's very resourceful.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooQfYKE__Agg2IBHEwtdVeJHTXUbE11B5hDDdre_jjxcf_s8xklKAy6uM0GzbfcbM8vdqhYFGwXcA7OWy7mG9tGTYZg9ZuXYZWC1dwdhhGKIzC1kUDGuoWI_eG9cuVdXpxl6gHw/s1600-h/sawyer&kate.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooQfYKE__Agg2IBHEwtdVeJHTXUbE11B5hDDdre_jjxcf_s8xklKAy6uM0GzbfcbM8vdqhYFGwXcA7OWy7mG9tGTYZg9ZuXYZWC1dwdhhGKIzC1kUDGuoWI_eG9cuVdXpxl6gHw/s320/sawyer&kate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433279706845824258" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Locke - Mostly felt sorry for him, except now, he creeps me out.<br />Claire - I want Charlie to come back, find and marry Claire and raise Aaron.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyylnWwZ0zwbkwqnmPu37zjLxC66E8dCCZLIkVB05nydSX7F9NRsncX6WdpGsUaN-3jKGjQov1Ofy8PyvZ0mNQkOX5szXvTL4_uMIHiUnyYebtxi6zT-yw3Aszagz0RvvmGaY65w/s1600-h/1stseason.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyylnWwZ0zwbkwqnmPu37zjLxC66E8dCCZLIkVB05nydSX7F9NRsncX6WdpGsUaN-3jKGjQov1Ofy8PyvZ0mNQkOX5szXvTL4_uMIHiUnyYebtxi6zT-yw3Aszagz0RvvmGaY65w/s320/1stseason.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433278667118270962" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Sun - She and Jin deserve happiness. Earned my respect </span><span style="font-size:85%;">after she stood up to her father.<br />Jin - He's so sweet, loves Sun and learned to speak English.<br />Desmond - See you in another life, brother! As long as Penny's with you.<br />Ben - OMG, he is the creepiest of them all. I try to feel sorry for him, but no can do.<br />Frank - No, you're not going to Guam.<br />Miles - When's he's not communicating with the dead, he's pretty darn funny!<br />Richard - Just tell us how old you are!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXfgCNISV2Q0jo7L03sXzMF55r3sY3Nc1B0ISgvm6pFDJqG_Nq0xbFK2gu63m0adrLRY-FD3XzAedntjcSJiGIewOyiBNkH99qR6hyphenhyphenJKaHpYvbRMLmm6S3vPUsxGR1rsb9IUYBA/s1600-h/thecast.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXfgCNISV2Q0jo7L03sXzMF55r3sY3Nc1B0ISgvm6pFDJqG_Nq0xbFK2gu63m0adrLRY-FD3XzAedntjcSJiGIewOyiBNkH99qR6hyphenhyphenJKaHpYvbRMLmm6S3vPUsxGR1rsb9IUYBA/s320/thecast.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433278821049333570" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Smoke monsters, polar bears, spooky cabins, dead people, lots of dead people... what a ride!<br /></span>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-28059412436845702332010-01-26T07:52:00.013-05:002010-01-26T08:30:45.438-05:00You want to cut your hair?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3xGQ8-1WiRe2uiifxGUyRbAfcUkycF6TZCDq0cwsJkplEWYJACgc0p_jgJJ_4MdoB0O1WIfKAS8oyKffe-aioYLfoOS1ZsrVKapLHlamGLsynPefU0dCi5tgoQpAefawrpiR_g/s1600-h/019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3xGQ8-1WiRe2uiifxGUyRbAfcUkycF6TZCDq0cwsJkplEWYJACgc0p_jgJJ_4MdoB0O1WIfKAS8oyKffe-aioYLfoOS1ZsrVKapLHlamGLsynPefU0dCi5tgoQpAefawrpiR_g/s320/019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431034274395692818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">You can imagine my shock when my 12 year old daughter asked for an appointment to get her haircut. Her hair was incredibly long and beautiful and she had been a</span><span style="font-size:85%;">damant over the years of only having a 1/2 inch cut at the time. She was so darn attached to her very long hair. Getting her to the hair salon was another issue, the whining (Erika), the crying (Erika), the frustration (me!). Pick your battles, they say. Yeah right!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">She said she wanted to get about 3 inches cut, so while sitting in the chair, she told our hair stylist she wanted a lot cut off. As I watched Erika showing her how much, I could hardly believe it was more than 3 or 4 inches! I asked if it was enough to send in to <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.locksoflove.org/">Lots of Love</a>, a non profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children. As Debbie, our hair stylist, ran to get a measuring tape, I watched Erika's smile spreading across her sweet face</span><span style="font-size:85%;">. Yes, there was 8 inches! Let's do it.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqA3ba05cNsuumw6e_uUc-kmfWAfqkJgzDIzoW3VHXU95bT9nmhbO26b5arUm0nMA-qBqVbxQUVm3Xd5FmTBGkQwm_bREQymeEfbo2c3rst-Vw5k9rGkbC0FvVT88oZq9G1WQ6w/s1600-h/erikahaircut.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqA3ba05cNsuumw6e_uUc-kmfWAfqkJgzDIzoW3VHXU95bT9nmhbO26b5arUm0nMA-qBqVbxQUVm3Xd5FmTBGkQwm_bREQymeEfbo2c3rst-Vw5k9rGkbC0FvVT88oZq9G1WQ6w/s320/erikahaircut.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431036893975265058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Erika was </span><span style="font-size:85%;">thrill</span><span style="font-size:85%;">ed to get a new look and to donate her hair to help people </span><span style="font-size:85%;">dealing with cancer and losing their hair.<br /><br />We ended up sending her "locks" to <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pantene.com/html/Donation_Guide.pdf">Pantene Beautiful Lengths</a> beause when we looked up the <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.locksoflove.org/">Locks for Love</a> website and discovered their requirements of 10 inches. But doing a search, we found <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pantene.com/en-US/beautiful_lengths.jspx">Patene's website</a> and relieved to discover their requirements were only 8 inches.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I encourage everyone</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> with daughters to always talk about these programs, as its not that difficult, and when your child is ready to do this, they feel so good about themselves!<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pantene.com/en-US/beautiful_lengths.jspx"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 101px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgU6nvgjOkaPm0FSP-4kGiV7duwSBShex03dT60Quv9QGKc5z9Vrm_JI2U9gzAmQX5KSo2fj96GEA9VlNIaVaFdDikUCiLQlvICy6jw1N_S40B4-1la7viiyZLQy-7NBNdztoE0A/s320/beautiful_lengths_logo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431039206595808562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8a-lM8EV5Ktny2SCbSkkujoANMgULcYnSaUiJhSu_ff1GV7rD7N_OY2kGj0kJrXuiCJSDm6oAPad9QF9Xxc4gcEtv0mbfNQTs0xzY-twfEYBhN627D1L6lCC-AS7qKgipsKZ2Q/s1600-h/erikahaircut2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8a-lM8EV5Ktny2SCbSkkujoANMgULcYnSaUiJhSu_ff1GV7rD7N_OY2kGj0kJrXuiCJSDm6oAPad9QF9Xxc4gcEtv0mbfNQTs0xzY-twfEYBhN627D1L6lCC-AS7qKgipsKZ2Q/s320/erikahaircut2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431037819131934802" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-74750501046937489562010-01-11T02:00:00.000-05:002010-01-11T01:59:10.300-05:00Mind blowing clearance sale!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdFnckdU3_N6czwKGB3gcVlyQdseE9Dy5PMUaEpmDZqSJ6Z7YPMUXWPAihX_HktPckrShTAE2OQtyF9vhIktfF6pKsSx2WKvtSGjlpXtAX0GQfHM0WbzjPijIasxUBZQexFNiaA/s1600-h/car+cras.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdFnckdU3_N6czwKGB3gcVlyQdseE9Dy5PMUaEpmDZqSJ6Z7YPMUXWPAihX_HktPckrShTAE2OQtyF9vhIktfF6pKsSx2WKvtSGjlpXtAX0GQfHM0WbzjPijIasxUBZQexFNiaA/s320/car+cras.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425371938504774322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">I've been house bound for too many days now. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Snow</span> fell in Atlanta, Georgia last week, schools closed, activities were cancelled, and people were freaking out. Not because it snowed, it didn't, really that was called sleet, in my opinion. If I can see my grass, its not snow.<br /><br />Problem was not the "snow" but the ice that crippled our city. Atlantans do not have any business riding around on icy roads. We don't know how to drive on ice, black ice and ice covered hilly roads. The drivers I saw exploring for a </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >look-see </span><span style="font-size:85%;">at the "snow" and talking on their damn cell phones, and naturally, not paying attention to the black ice.<br /><br />Okay, what the heck does all this have to do with a mind blowing clearance sale? Being house bound for 3 entire days makes a person clean closets, re-arrange kitchen cabinets, organize rooms and throw out crap... and while doing so, I kept walking past my jewelry studio thinking about the inventory I need to reduce. So wah-lah, a <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/Sale-Items/View-all-products.html">mind blowing clearance sale </a>with so many of my handmade jewelry items </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >up to 50% </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >off</span><span style="font-size:85%;">.<br /><a href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/Necklaces/View-all-products.html"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Necklaces</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;">as low as $24<br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/Earrings/View-all-products.html">Earrings</a> as low as $12<br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/Bracelets/View-all-products.html">Bracelets</a> as low as $17.50<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >and more!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTR2LIvwJHVqSr0zjcI8AL7pD1ciTzcIvb8dpl-_dXnio47lL_qhV2ss237GDbnp5W6iOwhAJRzgh0m31H9QRXWiboJLXl-E2FQOj3mICc2qZ2RnoDdwDxRiDue0U9aP2Dmn-NA/s1600-h/E382.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTR2LIvwJHVqSr0zjcI8AL7pD1ciTzcIvb8dpl-_dXnio47lL_qhV2ss237GDbnp5W6iOwhAJRzgh0m31H9QRXWiboJLXl-E2FQOj3mICc2qZ2RnoDdwDxRiDue0U9aP2Dmn-NA/s320/E382.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425361475041184594" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">For ex<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0V-SIuz1pyqLaJnRyU5guM5b9ncRa5hHCnkrQ-Eox8bTVfENYHFnV8EkEBnIwQiUUoIMC_g_tz-sHI0Xsriv89xKhXBBoCVu1UIcVl4HLTq5olV7up4qxtJjlcN_uoFLHVSLBFw/s1600-h/nahima.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 91px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0V-SIuz1pyqLaJnRyU5guM5b9ncRa5hHCnkrQ-Eox8bTVfENYHFnV8EkEBnIwQiUUoIMC_g_tz-sHI0Xsriv89xKhXBBoCVu1UIcVl4HLTq5olV7up4qxtJjlcN_uoFLHVSLBFw/s320/nahima.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425366026717585170" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">ample, the <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/Items-Under-$25/Belle-Earrings/flypage.tpl.html">Belle earrings</a> to the right, originally $48, now at </span><span style="font-size:85%;">40% off</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >, </span><span style="font-size:85%;">sale price</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> $28.80<span style="font-style: italic;">.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">The <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/Sale-Items/Nahima-Bracelet/flypage.tpl.html?keyword=nahima">Nahima bracelet</a> to the left, originally $45, now at 50% off, sale price $22.50.<br /><br />I know the huge holiday shopping season just passed, still, I must remind you the next looming gift buying occasion - Valentine's Day - in 35 days. Easter, Passover, first communions, christenings, graduations and the big one - Mother's Day is right around the corner. Don't hesitate, click now and go shop at <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/">Dee-Zigns Jewelry</a>.<br /><br />Please tell all your friends, family, co workers and anyone else you think would be interested in scoring cool deals on </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >one of a kind jewelry</span><span style="font-size:85%;">. Tweet it, post it on your facebook, blog about it or send an email. Help me reduce my inventory!<br /></span>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-29441073221767262682010-01-01T10:36:00.006-05:002010-01-01T10:55:42.461-05:00Happy 2010!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1t007p38qwv5erb9e5qy5btJdJOZ63u_D2KNt2sPz8wV_RDStuCoffJS915MMPm3Bg_RwHesSCekmeaAJFB724EzucbMivH1g7uTq3kqM7DyHcFu2d5YQsLk0GQ_Taxk6af2drA/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1t007p38qwv5erb9e5qy5btJdJOZ63u_D2KNt2sPz8wV_RDStuCoffJS915MMPm3Bg_RwHesSCekmeaAJFB724EzucbMivH1g7uTq3kqM7DyHcFu2d5YQsLk0GQ_Taxk6af2drA/s400/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421799998031678594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Why must we wait for a new year to make changes?<br /><br />I ask myself this question every new year's day.Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-76327559683407409102009-11-27T09:10:00.008-05:002009-11-27T09:28:36.168-05:0033% off at Dee-Zigns Jewelry<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlpuYhV2C9S98JZ8BXoiv_7Eo-5qvoqzz73xoJHjvsg88LznMxKov4PtYsHrK7SqTIMPB35YhdOdo7jkYl2mwBc0uxSCiasCAngzDpJpJgnUTl9wi1fOpw5KrSk_O9uwmVAhE-g/s1600/blackfriday.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlpuYhV2C9S98JZ8BXoiv_7Eo-5qvoqzz73xoJHjvsg88LznMxKov4PtYsHrK7SqTIMPB35YhdOdo7jkYl2mwBc0uxSCiasCAngzDpJpJgnUTl9wi1fOpw5KrSk_O9uwmVAhE-g/s320/blackfriday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408788415097911970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Call me crazy, but I'm offering <span style="font-weight: bold;">33% off</span> everything at <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dee-Zigns Jewelry</span></a> now through Cyber Monday, November 30th, but hurry this offer ends at midnight EST. Just enter coupon code </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >black33</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> at checkout and you'll see the incredible discounts on my handmade jewelry and accessories!<br /><br />If you've had your eye on those <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/Earrings/View-all-products.html">earrings</a> for your sister, or a <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/Bookmarks/View-all-products.html">bookmark</a> for your mother-in-law, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >go buy them now</span><span style="font-size:85%;">! If you've wanted that special <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/Necklaces/View-all-products.html">necklace</a> to wear to your office holiday party, buy it now. Every item is one of a kind, so when its gone, <span style="font-style: italic;">its gone!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Happy Black Friday to all!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WGLeEMHivlMJNOhT-iSBhoUSeYMF0TeXJdxzoi2DlXj_RIUTa5cQ2B0PbEAzxhNFExELWQIZIRx9q1WrusFAketz86iS_a2eTGq10j_C5zJGuaHhkyOPym_xF28O7OsBAnlfaA/s1600/black1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WGLeEMHivlMJNOhT-iSBhoUSeYMF0TeXJdxzoi2DlXj_RIUTa5cQ2B0PbEAzxhNFExELWQIZIRx9q1WrusFAketz86iS_a2eTGq10j_C5zJGuaHhkyOPym_xF28O7OsBAnlfaA/s320/black1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408787862073828482" border="0" /></a>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-52430610375953629022009-11-26T09:20:00.003-05:002009-11-26T09:36:17.631-05:00Happy Thanksgiving to all!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2ETrmCzgDigiwRHZr3moVZHgl5mwMvfXAfbS4_YlaYsaPdXgGwHHZwtYPmAn-Mm8Fb0p9KLIhIOZTHKAABhk936wFIq44XTLLfOD8Erszsye6FfIypm8FTyrP7DM3sSoKXEwlg/s1600/thanksgiving-pictures-clip-art7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2ETrmCzgDigiwRHZr3moVZHgl5mwMvfXAfbS4_YlaYsaPdXgGwHHZwtYPmAn-Mm8Fb0p9KLIhIOZTHKAABhk936wFIq44XTLLfOD8Erszsye6FfIypm8FTyrP7DM3sSoKXEwlg/s320/thanksgiving-pictures-clip-art7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408420627575286610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">My goodness, I don't know what to do with myself, its the first Thanksgiving in a really, really long time that I've not made <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Thanksgiving </span>dinner. Strange not having control over the menu and how its prepared, but I'll live.<br /><br />We're in North Carolina visiting my <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.gastonstudio.blogspot.com/">mom (Gaston Studio)</a> and sister, and after 3 days of overcast gloomy weather, the sun is shining and the skies are blue. Mom is preparing dinner this year, so after being kicked out of the kitchen, I'm still in my pajamas, sitting on the sofa, writing this while watching the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade</span>. Life is wonderful, eh?</span>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-53254213578512326612009-11-20T13:51:00.010-05:002009-11-26T09:20:16.181-05:00Cell phones taking over?<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Today I'm sad,</span><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Not by the weather, because it's gorgeous in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Atlanta</span>, clear blue sky and chilly air.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Not by the clean clothes piled up on the guest bed, where the hell is <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://deezignsjewelry.blogspot.com/2009/07/robot-cannot-be-too-creepy-too-sneaky.html">Rosie the Robot</a> when you need her?</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Not by my son's poison ivy all over his sweet little face.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Not by the lack of sales on my <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/">website</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Not by the po</span><span style="font-size:85%;">unds I've acquired from my kid's blasted Halloween candy haunting me from the pantry. <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">(Well, damnit, I am sad and mad about this.)</span><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Not by the muddy areas in my backyard from the floods that don't appear to dry out. </span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Today I'm sad,</span><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">By the lack of customer service in America. No wonder people are shopping more and more onlin</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm74Uxhdt2vqA7xYGv0pyMhkmXyxcgfFygCTkXLQn_9pqOVQUL93Gh4stxvN4cuJYPcrIp_eIF-u7QpNcWr_L5qwl2xNj5dby4hyhD-JlIG6GgPNh7cNwWmwXj4N0qt0BciwJBow/s1600/ExtingishDisrespect.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm74Uxhdt2vqA7xYGv0pyMhkmXyxcgfFygCTkXLQn_9pqOVQUL93Gh4stxvN4cuJYPcrIp_eIF-u7QpNcWr_L5qwl2xNj5dby4hyhD-JlIG6GgPNh7cNwWmwXj4N0qt0BciwJBow/s320/ExtingishDisrespect.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406266418201846546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">e. Now, don't get me wrong, this is a good thing, but possibly because people are <span style="font-style: italic;">sick </span>of taking the time to find a parking space, walk into a store and receiving lousy customer service or no customer service at all. This is <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">if</span>, </span><span style="font-size:85%;">they actually acknowledge you've walked into the store.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">By the lack of people thinking their relationship with their cell phone is more importan</span><span style="font-size:85%;">t that a face to face relations</span><span style="font-size:85%;">hip, and talking with their children. How pathetic, really.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">By the lack of families sitting together at the dinner table, without cell phones, without the tv, and having a real conversation. 15-20 minutes isn't too much time to <span style="font-weight: bold;">give to your family</span>, is it?</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">By the lack of people being on time for </span><span style="font-size:85%;">appointments. Are you so damn important that <span style="font-style: italic;">your</span> time is more important than <span style="font-style: italic;">mine</span>?</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">By the lack of peace and quiet while grocery shopping, <span style="font-style: italic;">(at any public place, for that matter)</span> because some <span style="font-style: italic;">self absorbed nutcase</span> is talking so loud</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ryjfxKdNM6-At4PnTJDCj4rP5ciHpzU8GnaoVpAztj1xhiVJbUVibr-90eAEsAew6RmnQQxRP790LHTbtwDvqfnY1Q8HuUGx8EDm7JbyfUWmwKsM4CExHtWe44TxBDwVaMXYdg/s1600/familutable.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 89px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ryjfxKdNM6-At4PnTJDCj4rP5ciHpzU8GnaoVpAztj1xhiVJbUVibr-90eAEsAew6RmnQQxRP790LHTbtwDvqfnY1Q8HuUGx8EDm7JbyfUWmwKsM4CExHtWe44TxBDwVaMXYdg/s320/familutable.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406268860896010034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">ly on their bloody cell phone, about their personal issues. <span style="font-style: italic;">Hello</span>... I <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">can </span>hear you and so can <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">everyone</span> else! Don't you have any morals or </span><span style="font-size:85%;">integrity?</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">By people talking on their cell phone, while in a check-out line and not being courteous enough to the check-out clerk to end their call. What are they afraid of? Talking to someone.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">By people driving up to a drive thru window, with the bloody cell phone at their ear, talking away, and not being courteous to the attendant at the drive thru window.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What's it going to take for people to behave like the civilized society we say we are?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What's it going to take to slow down?</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br />What's it going to take for people to be courteous and kind, again?<br /><br />What's it going to take for people to smile, again?<br /><br />What's it going to take to connect to your children?<br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >What's it going to take to put down that bloody cell phone and <span style="font-weight: bold;">turn it off?</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkw4879HxHLazRDqlG8eBfW5i8PYo0zfQoO8ugCxLh_ROpuK9-cSUl0P_wCk6nO2SICnvcuK9_9PCEtBD023Pq_aM-jrb3GjZRUzpLHeMMbulyEB7_tOzqyr1DbUvnRVdOnYz6iQ/s1600/unclesmerude.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkw4879HxHLazRDqlG8eBfW5i8PYo0zfQoO8ugCxLh_ROpuK9-cSUl0P_wCk6nO2SICnvcuK9_9PCEtBD023Pq_aM-jrb3GjZRUzpLHeMMbulyEB7_tOzqyr1DbUvnRVdOnYz6iQ/s320/unclesmerude.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406266661618388450" border="0" /></a>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-83576168251913344832009-11-12T09:47:00.010-05:002009-11-12T10:25:37.088-05:00Everyone knows I'm a Lost fan.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFeXqsvwe1SvRNDRWsunfHXoMPySrDmPs6qPKpG942OYnl4mlYFwAkjypwya4e6QyQSh5hxhGh5Vlkhwb_NBqvF3O23JAKDsaEmG3k6C28UsLQ1CnEgKydfYuUEvRsun-n_myow/s1600-h/lostwaterbottle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFeXqsvwe1SvRNDRWsunfHXoMPySrDmPs6qPKpG942OYnl4mlYFwAkjypwya4e6QyQSh5hxhGh5Vlkhwb_NBqvF3O23JAKDsaEmG3k6C28UsLQ1CnEgKydfYuUEvRsun-n_myow/s320/lostwaterbottle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403233397532500962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">If you don't know that I'm a huge </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lost</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> fan, then you don't know me. Besides being obsessed with my <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/">jewelry busines</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">s</span>, I'm obsessed with the show </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >LOST</span><span style="font-size:85%;">.<br /><br />I found this on <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://connectwithyourteens.blogspot.com/2009/11/we-like-lost-lost-fans-will-love-this.html">Jennifer's blog</a>. Had to post it on my blog so I can watch it over and over! These guys that created this video are hilarious, go see "<a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheDonkeyWheel">the Donkey Wheel</a>" on </span><span style="font-size:85%;">YouTube.</span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EwICmPYCXdM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EwICmPYCXdM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygwDjbjTI58ebgTZ3j5vAqzkG-VdQ_90l3cNTyz5QaW4zrgt9DXAgq3X36CadhiBWdRtkGSZhFsKEJ4ac5BwycD8yHCQhWOj5eUfCk0labXPZ3wz2XLJAFeisrCW8wqe2mCpyug/s1600-h/losthoodie.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygwDjbjTI58ebgTZ3j5vAqzkG-VdQ_90l3cNTyz5QaW4zrgt9DXAgq3X36CadhiBWdRtkGSZhFsKEJ4ac5BwycD8yHCQhWOj5eUfCk0labXPZ3wz2XLJAFeisrCW8wqe2mCpyug/s320/losthoodie.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403234583149934754" border="0" /></a><br /><object width="425" height="344"><span style="font-size:85%;">Here are a few cool gift ideas for Lost fans. Also, <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://abctvstore.seenon.com/detail.php?p=104586&v=abctvstore_lost_dvds-cds-books"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Season 5</span></a> is available now. If I get Season 5, then I can free up all that space on my DVR! All<span style="font-weight: bold;"> season 5</span> is on it, and I've threatened my kids, not to erase them, I don't care if <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/wizardsofwaverlyplace/">Wizards of Waverly Place</a> is new. They rerun those shows weekly. You never know if you'll see reruns of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lost</span>. I'm just saying.</span><br /></object><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdWaU-V5zzK6UsICmwPjSPg_Y8Lm4BUrWi1UJd7aO0g2YjsNx-9tNeIjEdfGp4omQouHYCt5G0q_P9Tbt8iAIWPQ8lRDJ8hRaQXApXJThlkS6cnAkwta5HFPuxHVqlQb-UHCQIA/s1600-h/lostmug.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdWaU-V5zzK6UsICmwPjSPg_Y8Lm4BUrWi1UJd7aO0g2YjsNx-9tNeIjEdfGp4omQouHYCt5G0q_P9Tbt8iAIWPQ8lRDJ8hRaQXApXJThlkS6cnAkwta5HFPuxHVqlQb-UHCQIA/s320/lostmug.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403236120626790594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXpl9yDQD43TLhTwDRagCHnk5SleOjTCGL2R1n-FNwNuoTfbOESFVm_EsXgvzTaf1cSHyhRtIvD6fby7NJif4anBgYEUVEeg8JVDaQEx3JDJC73eGvtZFvzVNCMDwTx4PoMxPHg/s1600-h/losttshirt.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXpl9yDQD43TLhTwDRagCHnk5SleOjTCGL2R1n-FNwNuoTfbOESFVm_EsXgvzTaf1cSHyhRtIvD6fby7NJif4anBgYEUVEeg8JVDaQEx3JDJC73eGvtZFvzVNCMDwTx4PoMxPHg/s320/losttshirt.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403235151493455106" border="0" /></a>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-607224902088927112009-11-10T13:47:00.022-05:002009-11-10T16:35:51.765-05:00Limited edition earrings, yes, I said limited.<span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXRzicUgru93jhnMif-zJbdpD2smLRQ7t0RUzZOB6EFeH4km8y_6b94GA46IsD2Xq4j2FaLZQ63K1QUlpXmuPJETNgfE4FZddOXMpM_Nyw1DT6SFNofkDHfTkFZLUIvXl0Zl76A/s1600-h/E430.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXRzicUgru93jhnMif-zJbdpD2smLRQ7t0RUzZOB6EFeH4km8y_6b94GA46IsD2Xq4j2FaLZQ63K1QUlpXmuPJETNgfE4FZddOXMpM_Nyw1DT6SFNofkDHfTkFZLUIvXl0Zl76A/s320/E430.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402556227059937314" border="0" /></a>Tis the season to be busy, and for me, that's </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >making jewelry</span><span style="font-size:85%;">! I have so many ideas floating around in my head, <s>yes, that's right, floating</s>, that my hands cannot work fast enough.<br /><br />Sure, the easy way would be to sketch my ideas, keep them all together, like in some sort of binder, duh, <s>if they wouldn't turn out in a "stick figure" format, and you guessed it, I suck at <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictionary">Pictionary</a></s> but I swear, I have zero talent for drawing. My mother, brother and daughter sucked up all that talent in our family. My sister and I are out of luck, in that department. Still waiting to see about my son, Blake, after all, he's only 7.<br /><br />Pictured above are the limited edition earrings I've recently created using sterling silver and Swarovski glass pearls, the <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/What-s-New/Addison-Earrings-Green/flypage.tpl.html">Addison Earring</a><a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/What-s-New/Addison-Earrings-Green/flypage.tpl.html">s</a>. <s>Yes, I watch "Private Practice", and enjoy Kate Walsh's character, </s><s>Addison, an</s></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtd0znS_RaAQ3B5qPyQnF8XMwV9xsDpe4lhYzpvnQTDnh9TWiMFLe5_deSVlxcY3fuAbw8kowexxk28CQ7uIHJ5Hn8Hf4Ap4XDTok3PTkzePy4G2pZUcTCQCJy2tu6Nxb4SwHIUg/s1600-h/privatepract.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtd0znS_RaAQ3B5qPyQnF8XMwV9xsDpe4lhYzpvnQTDnh9TWiMFLe5_deSVlxcY3fuAbw8kowexxk28CQ7uIHJ5Hn8Hf4Ap4XDTok3PTkzePy4G2pZUcTCQCJy2tu6Nxb4SwHIUg/s320/privatepract.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402586012975072530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><s>d her </s></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDVoukVB8t8q8N9B9liGaBTbdqIpLCEFGTKysDenMNdzLOxvyqBDLmgu6_5jQEKJzBotk8QaUZHcG8tl75hbaVpctNRlNMNzEoNGs0D74qjlj2_jIQW2-wbG7aSYh8rHr_S1YHw/s320/E439.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402558276999979426" border="0" /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><s>impeccable sense of style.</s><br /><br />I have 3 pairs available, </span><span style="font-size:85%;">at <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/">Dee-Zigns</a>, </span><span style="font-size:85%;"> in each of the colors (photo, above left), <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/What-s-New/Addison-Earrings-Green/flypage.tpl.html">green</a>, <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/What-s-New/Addison-Earrings-Pink/flypage.tpl.html?pop=0">pink</a> and <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/What-s-New/Addison-Earrings-White/flypage.tpl.html">white</a> only <span style="font-weight: bold;">$18 each</span>. There's also 1 pair, in <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/What-s-New/Addison-Earrings-Maroon/flypage.tpl.html?pop=0">maroon</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>.<br /><br />This is my first foray into limited edition jewelry. With the biggest shopping season approaching rapidly, I wanted to offer a beautiful pair of earrings, under $20, that would make an easy gift choice for the women in your life.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.swarovski.com/Web_US/en/index">Swarovski</a> is the renowned crystal manufacturer, but they are also regarded as the most magnificent crystal pearl manufacturer. Swarovski pearls start with a unique crystal core that is covered with an innovative pearlescent coating for a flawless, silky-smooth surface that resists cosmetics, chemicals and perfumes. I must say, the colors are incredib</span>le.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />I made these earrings using sterling silver oval links that I hammered, (because I love to hammer) to flatten them a bit, linked them together, then wire wrapped the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Swarovski glass pearls</span> in sterling silver and dangled them from the lower links. I then added them to my hand forged sterling silver ear wires. I prefer making my own earring findings i.e. ear wires, headpins, etc. that's what we call it in the jewelry making world, <span style="font-style: italic;">findings</span>. Why? No clue. Maybe you <span style="font-style: italic;">find </span>a head pin, put a bead on it, then hang it from the ear wire...<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.swarovski.com/Web_US/en/index"></a></span>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-47368115715461474052009-11-04T10:00:00.022-05:002009-11-04T12:59:35.623-05:00My escapee... Kitty!<span style="font-size:85%;">A few weeks ago, the weather was getting cooler, so I opened the kitchen window to let the fresh air in. I forgot I'd taken out the screen - because I don't like looking through screens and Collins had put a few holes in the screen, but that's another story.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkd7afuI6T09auNWzrhKMXnj2V1tXe2D_tUSp_2_5mXxRQwJD6xYoWr7FStAC1ZYzJCCDHG3hQpLof96bgp9Dj26s8LMvbpG9CGze4XUAaR_nAH8F7r5gOOD_DcoUnGsTo7TpIA/s1600-h/kitty1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkd7afuI6T09auNWzrhKMXnj2V1tXe2D_tUSp_2_5mXxRQwJD6xYoWr7FStAC1ZYzJCCDHG3hQpLof96bgp9Dj26s8LMvbpG9CGze4XUAaR_nAH8F7r5gOOD_DcoUnGsTo7TpIA/s320/kitty1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400296503608741618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />As I sat at the kitchen table, working on my laptop, I heard something rustling in the kitchen. My first thought, oh crap, a large bug is caught in the window blind and going to fly in. As I got up a</span><span style="font-size:85%;">n</span><span style="font-size:85%;">d walked in, here's what I saw! (photo #1)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Obviously Kitty waited until he got my attention, I mean look at </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >him </span><span style="font-size:85%;">looking </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >at me</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> and posing</span><span style="font-size:85%;">. Paw up and ready.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6BxToSbJPRqYAz2yZ75AgrYvHkh83jVhChQFzdmKOJHWlFSJ5zsdN-GY_D95dCHJA4iqtpS3ZMnB1H0w04m_zAzdYUmC1ru_oIYm4Kl8DBqUQAakHPchX9btQPwm55e_AGZ2oQ/s1600-h/kitty2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6BxToSbJPRqYAz2yZ75AgrYvHkh83jVhChQFzdmKOJHWlFSJ5zsdN-GY_D95dCHJA4iqtpS3ZMnB1H0w04m_zAzdYUmC1ru_oIYm4Kl8DBqUQAakHPchX9btQPwm55e_AGZ2oQ/s320/kitty2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400296815485267778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Then, (photo #2) he slips through just before I could grab his leg! Believe you me, I tried grabbing it, eve</span><span style="font-size:85%;">n with camera in hand!</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Ta da! He's so proud of himself, as I take this picture hanging out the open window. (photo #3)</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLSxTLl7k4qegiZbW7SgZ1UNqEArAFhsZSrcYNWEqZ-MOjbMRb7n9z3knPArI8HPzqNtiMFuiy0E7gfcYiplchn5daEDIqd3cuerXN_JCqZ5z3YunGt8u3oNQ-Mk-2ufL7Z8UWA/s1600-h/kitty3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLSxTLl7k4qegiZbW7SgZ1UNqEArAFhsZSrcYNWEqZ-MOjbMRb7n9z3knPArI8HPzqNtiMFuiy0E7gfcYiplchn5daEDIqd3cuerXN_JCqZ5z3YunGt8u3oNQ-Mk-2ufL7Z8UWA/s320/kitty3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400295790306063122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">His goal? To hang out on the</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">deck</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">soaking up the glorious fresh a</span><span style="font-size:85%;">ir. Poor, deprived Kitty.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPWkFM9ziUOJub8tPWro2_doAzQy4uOyucfq3tWfEsqGmKHeyQ_kib8KjCYXmvLtxFOOX3Ttb77nJs7WOH5VKC0u5kelatG5vctT2XZmzHTxDEdE2oB6JIHl_nIG4xm_V8vlQaw/s1600-h/017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPWkFM9ziUOJub8tPWro2_doAzQy4uOyucfq3tWfEsqGmKHeyQ_kib8KjCYXmvLtxFOOX3Ttb77nJs7WOH5VKC0u5kelatG5vctT2XZmzHTxDEdE2oB6JIHl_nIG4xm_V8vlQaw/s320/017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400285780252577138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">His silliness and mischievousness keeps me on my toes</span>. <span style="font-size:85%;">Like when he sat on the furniture while Erika and I struggled to move it across the room. He seemed quite full of himself adding his extra 9 lbs. to the heavy wood furniture.</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">Or jumping on the mattress while I'm stretching the fitted sheet across. Or walking across my workspace while both hands are occupied with pliers, so I can't knock him off! Hint, if you make <a href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">jewelry</span> </a>and have beads and numerous other elements scattered across your table, do not, I repeat, do not try to knock off your cat, or scare him, or yell at him. I did this. Trays toppled over, beads and other components went everywhere. Huge mess. Huge.<br /><br />Why oh why does he insist getting on these crowded table spaces, when he knows good well, there is not an inch of empty space to lay? </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Seriously, does he find this <span style="font-style: italic;">comfortable</span>! </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Back to the escaping cat. Erika goes ballistic when he escapes, not sure what she imagines is going to happen to the little shit. But, in the past, there's been alligator tears and hyper ventilating (well, almost</span>). <span style="font-size:85%;">She gets very upset, if one of us is careless enough to open the door too wide, or leave the door open for too long. So we open the door just wide enough to squeeze out, or stick our leg in the way so he doesn't see an opening. She has chased him all around the yard, generally shaking a can of cat treats, thinking that will lure him back into the comforts of our home</span><span style="font-size:85%;">, sleeping on Erika's bed.<br /><br />This is his daily excitement and h</span><span style="font-size:85%;">e loves it, he loves being chased and getting the attention. Especially when Erika</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> does it... </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I don't chase him anymore. And now I make him <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">wait </span>at the door before I let him back in.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Take that Kitty!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7jBXcMBnC5BfzZXESCYquPbNlhMkHXGlAHpKmxCP_JHuaCJBwTivtelNZvXXrIbNu8YQU62fMLzLaY0YoBcGZgszE0Sj1fzYuHF7XucCHstF9yxvOTG1MagbuQo8-DMPA4cw_7Q/s1600-h/Kitty1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7jBXcMBnC5BfzZXESCYquPbNlhMkHXGlAHpKmxCP_JHuaCJBwTivtelNZvXXrIbNu8YQU62fMLzLaY0YoBcGZgszE0Sj1fzYuHF7XucCHstF9yxvOTG1MagbuQo8-DMPA4cw_7Q/s320/Kitty1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400299592259996642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">What is it about indoor cats? They constantly try to escape the confines of their home. If you have an indoor cat, do you allow them outside?</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-vOV5YPMQhyphenhyphencofDvBxvUDAqg1hYm66wd3CjADdNoqrqDr-fZaVxZpe8XYv1fGuFOudthIfYKHCvZJskE15TvCCMogYvCzDdy4vNKK7PVVB4v-n868T2qlXZYOS3Xc_mo6Lj_y-A/s1600-h/Kitty2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-vOV5YPMQhyphenhyphencofDvBxvUDAqg1hYm66wd3CjADdNoqrqDr-fZaVxZpe8XYv1fGuFOudthIfYKHCvZJskE15TvCCMogYvCzDdy4vNKK7PVVB4v-n868T2qlXZYOS3Xc_mo6Lj_y-A/s320/Kitty2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400294781013920274" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br />P.S. Kitty was not harmed or mistreated in any way in preparation for this blog post. Unless you count very cold toes... tee hee.<br /><br /></span>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-49832607021341807602009-11-02T08:23:00.006-05:002009-11-02T08:44:58.595-05:00I'm a Funky Find!<span style="font-size:85%;">I've been missing in action due to the <span style="font-weight: bold;">swine flu</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">pnemonia</span>. Yep, my middle schooler came home several weeks ago with the swine flu, and taking care of her, naturally it got hold of me. Moms should be impervious to these illnesses, because, hello... who's going to take care of the children? So there I was sick as a dog, Erika started getting better, and I was not. Hence, another trip to the doctor, where they informed me I had pnemonia. Now, this is nothing to joke about. Not being able to take a breathe was scary, to say the least. Thank God, my son didn't get sick. Little guy stayed far away from the sickies in the house. Smart, eh?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-escdZ7K0nCeTYsFEPBpJnwuVDecC9uuSNliHiFKwtbVuSEm9nAlHixopUzDEf8gbvP4LCk2lSvbq1JjDLLkpvNpK6XQqZRkTG8XJ04XQW88Nh9mZnhbb6-9aQZlfRBIBQFjCw/s1600-h/ff_linklogo.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 68px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-escdZ7K0nCeTYsFEPBpJnwuVDecC9uuSNliHiFKwtbVuSEm9nAlHixopUzDEf8gbvP4LCk2lSvbq1JjDLLkpvNpK6XQqZRkTG8XJ04XQW88Nh9mZnhbb6-9aQZlfRBIBQFjCw/s320/ff_linklogo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399499718476699074" border="0" /></a><br />So last week while trying to recover, I was "discovered" at <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://funkyfinds.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Funky Finds</span></a>. Here's the <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://funkyfinds.blogspot.com/2009/10/dee-zigns-handcrafted-jewelry-and.html">link</a>... and go fo</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrEUH4yYSmy4p3zTW3pv4G6eiGb4QqVSRkxbUJWWU0F9SnbW3fNwBiBSJDvTHg_hEIYnZ0t6vk4QAL9Rw4gXQR9SWf4zItb0cKkMYWjAVaFm9Iaz5PJz301sRmG39P8GJwGmhRw/s1600-h/fallleaves.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 99px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrEUH4yYSmy4p3zTW3pv4G6eiGb4QqVSRkxbUJWWU0F9SnbW3fNwBiBSJDvTHg_hEIYnZ0t6vk4QAL9Rw4gXQR9SWf4zItb0cKkMYWjAVaFm9Iaz5PJz301sRmG39P8GJwGmhRw/s320/fallleaves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399501796539454050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">llow them, you'll discover indie artists, crafters and designers worldwide.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Happy November, ya'll.</span>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-23334717959379407742009-10-02T09:17:00.011-04:002009-10-02T10:22:17.690-04:00Random photos and custom necklace design.<span style="font-size:85%;">I've been incredibly busy lately making jewelry, <span style="font-style: italic;">my favorite thing</span>! These are a few pieces that sold before I could get them on the <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com">website</a>.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2QcBt6h_A497opX_FlG96qiE348w0yK8cFhwrcxs1Cv-WI8L5BK0dJ06fP6ScEBI2yRFAx1tDetIsRpimjLKiKQSXKROTvvI1JAmgQalQPXOGCDj0_1JGPT_Af71aKcZ0P993A/s1600-h/B237a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2QcBt6h_A497opX_FlG96qiE348w0yK8cFhwrcxs1Cv-WI8L5BK0dJ06fP6ScEBI2yRFAx1tDetIsRpimjLKiKQSXKROTvvI1JAmgQalQPXOGCDj0_1JGPT_Af71aKcZ0P993A/s320/B237a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388000700856016322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Purple, passionate purple. I never have purple jewelry for long, which is a good thing, right? I loved making this </span><span style="font-size:85%;">3 strand purple bracelet, that is now wrapped, and re</span><span style="font-size:85%;">ady for some lucky mother-in-law for a Christmas gift, this was priced at $45.<br /><br />That's right, there are actually <span style="font-style: italic;">organized women</span> already <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>checking off items on their <span style="font-weight: bold;">gift</span> buying list for the impending <span style="font-weight: bold;">holiday shopping season</span>. I'm impressed. I need to get cracking on my list...<br /><br />Now this necklace was purchased (it was only $40) for a lucky lady just because she deserved something new for <span style="font-weight: bold;">fall</span>. I loved this golden yellow carved flower penda</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmlzn7psNYzFpBrDVRLhSOoufdvVeRtRRxqDEV_DZoLk9F6u6hBr19z9kCkWSMxg3I6WFEgBQBOalCrBqedqiqcfFHBqxgknDiHFPzWHGjUgLA5CVgG1UJ2ejwCXrADdz3dUiFw/s1600-h/N262.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmlzn7psNYzFpBrDVRLhSOoufdvVeRtRRxqDEV_DZoLk9F6u6hBr19z9kCkWSMxg3I6WFEgBQBOalCrBqedqiqcfFHBqxgknDiHFPzWHGjUgLA5CVgG1UJ2ejwCXrADdz3dUiFw/s320/N262.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388003667674354226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">nt and paired it with golden yellow glass beads hand knotted on chocolate brown cord.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Recently I was asked to donate jewelry for a silent auction at <a style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.tasteofroswellhighschool.org/">TasteFest</a> in Roswell, Georgia. It's a fundraiser for Roswell High Schools' student and booster organization. Erika will be attending this school in 3 years, but let's not go there, I'm still adjusting to middle school.<br /><br />I wanted to design a <span style="font-weight: bold;">custom necklace</span> with soccer elements and the school colors, </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_zZ0N3dpp35gSivE4Fi-KIvYh9Bg7nUYXGQSNqXkVUcZLyknkQ3dIPAZdm40C_EkRH0zsPVecGG8IJwqb8izipDubTTPjZ3m3ymJ4nR6kyGsuK0-4o0t-GdxutDHJs65z0qJDQ/s1600-h/roswellnecklace.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_zZ0N3dpp35gSivE4Fi-KIvYh9Bg7nUYXGQSNqXkVUcZLyknkQ3dIPAZdm40C_EkRH0zsPVecGG8IJwqb8izipDubTTPjZ3m3ymJ4nR6kyGsuK0-4o0t-GdxutDHJs65z0qJDQ/s320/roswellnecklace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387994935117461826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">black, green and white. This is what I created (pictured right). It's a sterling silver oxidized chain, hanging from that is a sterling silver soccer ball charm, black and green Swarovski crystals and a white Swarovski glass pearl. I actually had a round toggle clasp that was not working properly, meaning, it wasn't staying together. Well, I needed to figure out a way to use it in a different way. So I took the round part and hammered it in the oval shape, and hung the soccer ball from it.<br /><br />Naturally, I needed to </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3haaqF23BXxHjexMeq5gat4oqBmT5zqKh88hu1_EQpQC_ZFRk3r81HI86jJ9WHpTXYF2EQ-cR2IDftyT5pDhyphenhyphenLa0zL0TfuiE9I0tZrWmxmW8lt-r7XtFqubDS63IeUySbiYibg/s1600-h/blakespiritweek.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3haaqF23BXxHjexMeq5gat4oqBmT5zqKh88hu1_EQpQC_ZFRk3r81HI86jJ9WHpTXYF2EQ-cR2IDftyT5pDhyphenhyphenLa0zL0TfuiE9I0tZrWmxmW8lt-r7XtFqubDS63IeUySbiYibg/s320/blakespiritweek.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387999033079115650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">create custom earrings to go with the custom neckl</span><span style="font-size:85%;">ace, so I used the same sterling silver oxidized chain, and </span><span style="font-size:85%;">hung it from hand forged sterling silver ear wires, wire wrapped green, and black crystals and white pearls </span><span style="font-size:85%;">dangle below.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZgND_Ogv43P8Zc4xSqVK23hyshD8DJMw1jrIy4LLCq3u656Kicgku_8wlCHuBNZUWnkxKpatQdpZlRbNOz47NmPQJF6bThzCYtlR9QLBcLQzgZ73fgRdQj1LuD1RVWUcDaE9DQ/s1600-h/roswellear.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZgND_Ogv43P8Zc4xSqVK23hyshD8DJMw1jrIy4LLCq3u656Kicgku_8wlCHuBNZUWnkxKpatQdpZlRbNOz47NmPQJF6bThzCYtlR9QLBcLQzgZ73fgRdQj1LuD1RVWUcDaE9DQ/s320/roswellear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387997435102477266" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />On another note, at Blake's school it was spirit week, so he decided on this look for tacky/wacky day. Looks like he's due for a haircut!<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hYpggPEhy8gzdVPHmYxicegGesyKmmFbpbYZzBnqRJVfM_yBI0uSLYVqNEVSi5o4Itd0EaxA2AIsQqNLtJQ_m9JttbfruFRDIrZBzriDe0xYdR0PWzt7m7wtiCL8jqVb6GOLFA/s1600-h/blakewacky2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hYpggPEhy8gzdVPHmYxicegGesyKmmFbpbYZzBnqRJVfM_yBI0uSLYVqNEVSi5o4Itd0EaxA2AIsQqNLtJQ_m9JttbfruFRDIrZBzriDe0xYdR0PWzt7m7wtiCL8jqVb6GOLFA/s320/blakewacky2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387999562924588146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">By the way, nice socks.</span>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-85009064546551762872009-09-16T09:58:00.016-04:002009-09-18T08:37:59.309-04:00Halloween Costumes and New Jewelry<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs86O3HpfgZ2kiTVH0BpZzoVjJff34nb3ZY5Rc-0Awfp4CP9NR2Qdo1MOR8gj__3K4DEadwELdsbRqrD6SrzXjQThIusfHhoFHfJQVc_cUtoH52yvPIxAQ3PktQAjlVHJKz6m2ng/s1600-h/farra6546446hfawcett.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs86O3HpfgZ2kiTVH0BpZzoVjJff34nb3ZY5Rc-0Awfp4CP9NR2Qdo1MOR8gj__3K4DEadwELdsbRqrD6SrzXjQThIusfHhoFHfJQVc_cUtoH52yvPIxAQ3PktQAjlVHJKz6m2ng/s320/farra6546446hfawcett.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382763270819114274" border="0" /></a>Is anybody else sick of hearing about Halloween costume?<br />My kids have been talking about Halloween for 3 weeks! Shoot me now. Ever since the Halloween costume catalogues started arriving in our mailbox. Note to self: get the mail before the kids get home.<br /><br />Way back when, we didn't have Halloween catalogues brimming with costumes. We actually had to use our noggins to dream up costumes to create out of nothing. Or visit Kmart and buy one of the prepackaged costumes with the plastic mask. The plastic masks were so hot, your face would steam up from your breathe. Remember those?<br /><br />My son wants to be Harry Potter. That's easy enough, right? The robe, glasses and wand. Plastic wands are 8 or 10 bucks. Why can't he whittle a wand out of a stick? Oh yeah, because he cannot use a pocket knife. He's 7. What with all the explorer sticks out on my deck, I would think he could find a super cool wand out of that pile. This way, he's recycling and green. But, no, now he wants the broom, owl and other props after perusing the blasted catalogues! These costumes are r<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqydkSoj22-jkdN0qEvMzz72IfZStqbSbGEuMNqi3kXXuJigZZn5bnXJtFtTmzNuBVNlk15xNLPRgA_nzOuRbtg_8ooXQAjKFHWHPg7iJShP7AdHpKF13BRKTNdrz3T07-8irlw/s1600-h/harrypot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqydkSoj22-jkdN0qEvMzz72IfZStqbSbGEuMNqi3kXXuJigZZn5bnXJtFtTmzNuBVNlk15xNLPRgA_nzOuRbtg_8ooXQAjKFHWHPg7iJShP7AdHpKF13BRKTNdrz3T07-8irlw/s320/harrypot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382778927599656962" border="0" /></a>idiculously expensive too. For one night? I don't get it. If I'm buying a $50 costume, I want to see it out in public more than once.<br /><br /><br />The other spectrum is my daughter. "I don't know what I want to be", she says, several times a day. My idea, look in the back of your closet, and find the costume from last year - in mint condition! I have a nice, clean white sheet...<br /><br />On another note, new jewelry! My kids are obsessed with Halloween costumes and I'm obsessed with new jewelry designs. I had to share these with you.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> The necklaces on the right is made with dumorteriete, a deep blue gemstone </span><span style="font-size:85%;">considered to enhance organizational abilitie</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkO8IL4vEKZLTNIsYi4yCezjlZ7Wdt48BNJM6CW8WSdeT2ZzximZZjKb12uisvUw9oYLTuicmBDG5eTYLXwAQlVmfjgkqEKZUBimwB_zB6ANlMs6aOtAGww-qEpcN1XzPwuKtjmg/s1600-h/N261.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkO8IL4vEKZLTNIsYi4yCezjlZ7Wdt48BNJM6CW8WSdeT2ZzximZZjKb12uisvUw9oYLTuicmBDG5eTYLXwAQlVmfjgkqEKZUBimwB_zB6ANlMs6aOtAGww-qEpcN1XzPwuKtjmg/s320/N261.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382779766389214818" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">s and self-discipline. It is believed to release fear, bringing courage to one's life, and to boost creativity and expression. I should wear this one daily just to stay organized</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73meADnyc6NMCiRTjjLHVLG9pkO6R04HjsJRDR-oiDsxN1Q1_QjctSNgiC1fZM67W843byduB922DH2RW_GLGpo0BjETdUSYvz_ijeoHbUw_9EjCPz5WO4Np2-0NC6RrSq5sP8g/s1600-h/N260a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73meADnyc6NMCiRTjjLHVLG9pkO6R04HjsJRDR-oiDsxN1Q1_QjctSNgiC1fZM67W843byduB922DH2RW_GLGpo0BjETdUSYvz_ijeoHbUw_9EjCPz5WO4Np2-0NC6RrSq5sP8g/s320/N260a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382780033191099314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">! Two beads are wire wrapped and hang from sterling silver chain and accent a round sterling silver pendant that has been hammered for texture. I love my hammers!<br /><br />The necklace on the left is hand beaded with dyed mother of pearl nugget beads in a milk chocolate brown. I've added an oval sterling silver piece that I roller printed to add texture, then wire wrapped a blue turquoise nugget in sterling silver to dance atop the silver piece.<br /><br />Look for these on the <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com">website </a>by tomorrow. More to come...<br /><br /></span>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-16585838384492446112009-09-16T07:57:00.025-04:002009-09-16T09:56:32.238-04:00Dusting off (again)...When they say "time flies" they aren't kidding. What with school starting, revamping my <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/">website</a> and creating new jewelry, I've neglected my blog, again.<br /><br />As <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/What-s-New/Hadley-Necklace/flypage.tpl.html?keyword=hadley"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7hDI43YIojWGLztFYKgoYRH6NgIm5nhZjJcnXdui3hiSfrCyktpEVBD7Cn_t2wkwZh0sWP9R2eK5zH1ZpKYaXEwAQlCYsMKdfrOhMoi4Der6m70WnlZfi7WXLk7JK8EJD8vlyQ/s200/N255.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382049609601675986" border="0" /></a>a virtual store owner, I'm always looking for ways to improve the shopping experience. Some shoppers likes to sit in pajamas, coffee in hand, and slowly browse. Other shoppers, have about a nano second to buy a gift. They know they need one, but they can't be bothered with slow loading pages, dark photos, not enough information, etc. I <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">know </span>you know what I'm talking about.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/What-s-New/Hadley-Necklace/flypage.tpl.html?keyword=hadley"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaz5mso51okY9LZKQpmU4H8jf9kZE_mzvmu6lw0Ejh1NoGpGkBGrnqqoQ029Dfe3Xa9h2HHAaOAB2SKeu4bcfvl-vVAU98aDi6nVS-hIg7TTdGXMZcMK53phoubeGXRe6HAdFPVQ/s320/N255b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382059191892949330" border="0" /></a><br />Stop by <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dee-Zigns Jewelry</span></a>, check out the changes. Ive added new jewelry designs, including the Hadley necklace.<br />I used Czech glass in a beautiful turquoise green color. What I love about this necklace, is the smooth feel of the rectangle glass beads and the pretty hook clasp that kind of looks like a clover, not a 4 leafed clover, like, who's ever found one of those? It also reminds me of a fleur de lis symbol. Regardless, I designed the necklace to wear the clasp in front, or asymmetrical (see photo) or in back (for those off you with short, sexy hair).<br /><br /><br />Beware though, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGC5cMzsFRvxH8U7AwwxptX_9hcKrNX_9TdJA3Oe9rtD_1_7VKWNPr2cR2Fa1jirYQKHjOum8DLpaHBoMHq_ktE2h1WubXziL1sycQ558GZwePlEAmAUkpc6KITZ85mDULpLUwA/s1600-h/E421.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 137px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGC5cMzsFRvxH8U7AwwxptX_9hcKrNX_9TdJA3Oe9rtD_1_7VKWNPr2cR2Fa1jirYQKHjOum8DLpaHBoMHq_ktE2h1WubXziL1sycQ558GZwePlEAmAUkpc6KITZ85mDULpLUwA/s320/E421.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382057815715415938" border="0" /></a>wearing this gorgeous necklace asymmetrically will have your OCD friends, turning it around so it sits on your neck, or perfectly in front. Trust me, I've had this happen!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">There are two pairs of <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/Earrings/View-all-products.html">earrings</a>, and two <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://http//www.deezignsjewelry.com/Bracelets/View-all-products.html">bracelets</a>, to <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IUl4nZiVcuWtFItmkwPI4lsBpE0YKlMvGkHQXKbY-zqNTJFjof4w25KbXpq_icwBx7aJ-gGzFEVQefyPBhUo1TGSBg1qTlkTCJOb9jVUuwQ8584i5pRJbg5oBvyYKvm2jDT8bQ/s1600-h/spadesFrench_suits.svg.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IUl4nZiVcuWtFItmkwPI4lsBpE0YKlMvGkHQXKbY-zqNTJFjof4w25KbXpq_icwBx7aJ-gGzFEVQefyPBhUo1TGSBg1qTlkTCJOb9jVUuwQ8584i5pRJbg5oBvyYKvm2jDT8bQ/s320/spadesFrench_suits.svg.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382061092270680402" border="0" /></a>match the Hadley necklace.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53w_C0_RGzH9odj_65hyphenhyphenkZsUx3g01-Pq-LxXzN5ZnaTkXDi4x5eGoomMiiWGe7yJrYQUUsunQ5lqy4XiOARYqE6lt19K5rC4gjb8zk8lEOKQ0EnBruY40T8_k3-LcbBmNnny9SA/s1600-h/E422.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53w_C0_RGzH9odj_65hyphenhyphenkZsUx3g01-Pq-LxXzN5ZnaTkXDi4x5eGoomMiiWGe7yJrYQUUsunQ5lqy4XiOARYqE6lt19K5rC4gjb8zk8lEOKQ0EnBruY40T8_k3-LcbBmNnny9SA/s320/E422.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382057929772813234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNn0uS_5TP6DUbFdxVJxj0M2MBVsjdbLpDvmuiigu3m0f9uBLwWZDqSls3s_9qt_Toy4IaT5zGT_2q5hbA5U4gGIRw0_Jm8Ztg1aQS4SfWf9WVOXi25y1_3WuvXfDCfXfrzb9BtQ/s1600-h/B230+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNn0uS_5TP6DUbFdxVJxj0M2MBVsjdbLpDvmuiigu3m0f9uBLwWZDqSls3s_9qt_Toy4IaT5zGT_2q5hbA5U4gGIRw0_Jm8Ztg1aQS4SfWf9WVOXi25y1_3WuvXfDCfXfrzb9BtQ/s320/B230+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382063136339784962" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPe-SFIMXIAOtXgOVmPn6pbqJaEapZ1agn7fL3k_P8V6S38f9F_uC8GnkpRtsXTD-Li6FsYQtwECvWI5ZfOijKVVN5S7kTL24ez9wjB7k4H8okqCN5MS58zr41FTq9KLxJxqPSig/s1600-h/fleur+delis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 122px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPe-SFIMXIAOtXgOVmPn6pbqJaEapZ1agn7fL3k_P8V6S38f9F_uC8GnkpRtsXTD-Li6FsYQtwECvWI5ZfOijKVVN5S7kTL24ez9wjB7k4H8okqCN5MS58zr41FTq9KLxJxqPSig/s320/fleur+delis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382062093774913938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkMI4llDENzOlkur0PJlRrWUPSKQEseS55Xg1jodDz65CCsCnBtXwpjiSVxHLmaLWb8ZjB_LLnDirqI2rmnSacgFwuxtYR8k_M7vHuIG7_A0-8o7u8mmlMrphg6uM7QBLjy9aeA/s1600-h/B229.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkMI4llDENzOlkur0PJlRrWUPSKQEseS55Xg1jodDz65CCsCnBtXwpjiSVxHLmaLWb8ZjB_LLnDirqI2rmnSacgFwuxtYR8k_M7vHuIG7_A0-8o7u8mmlMrphg6uM7QBLjy9aeA/s320/B229.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382058297711487314" border="0" /></a></div>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-69723836553439834052009-08-10T09:02:00.007-04:002009-08-10T09:37:45.197-04:00I'm not ready for middle school.Yep, that's the way I feel about it. Erika began middle school today, right now she's in Language Arts <s> isn't that really English </s> with one of her closest friends, thank goodness. I don't get why they don't go to homeroom first, oh yeah, because its called connections or something ridiculous like that, and they go around lunchtime. This is why I'm not a teacher because things don't seem logical to me <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzVKBhFPlGl43oEmBf0yzRQC2ILuMM9PWr-2a_2-yNe5ezCZezDh2e70WDJ8TafbfAYJIBC4I8nOTWw_HcRch4bpwA0HR81Pen69X0RKYzxo80vKu4S7IPILuAXdKjQN_eIc9cw/s1600-h/Back+to+School-thumb.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzVKBhFPlGl43oEmBf0yzRQC2ILuMM9PWr-2a_2-yNe5ezCZezDh2e70WDJ8TafbfAYJIBC4I8nOTWw_HcRch4bpwA0HR81Pen69X0RKYzxo80vKu4S7IPILuAXdKjQN_eIc9cw/s200/Back+to+School-thumb.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368327188463813442" border="0" /></a>about the way they call things and do things. So I'll try to be nice and not roll my eyes so much.<br /><br />She was very excited and nervous, very typical on your first day of a new school. Did I take the camera to the bus stop, no, because I had my coffee and I forgot, that's my excuse anyway.<br /><br />Blake began 2nd grade and no, I didn't take the camera to that bus stop either. Again, the coffee, and I was carrying two reams of copy paper for him to take to his teacher. Amazing the things parents purchase for the school and the teachers. I don't mind purchasing items for the teachers, better than the <s> under pai</s><s>d</s> teachers purchasing these items themselves. Where do our tax dollars go, by the way? Not enough of our tax dollars are going to the school system, that's obvious!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZYnHFkcoc-_o7BxoOLZnOBhobvvF2igZ7R4YwO-JZ0GLM9V76XbqPdBBCrcCyS9vqwAWO7sHGDf38gZjjHBYf5oUuPDq57ub6tEvR67iqoFJKtB6ySM_p-4WcmWrWVDe89ls_Q/s1600-h/bustop.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 111px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZYnHFkcoc-_o7BxoOLZnOBhobvvF2igZ7R4YwO-JZ0GLM9V76XbqPdBBCrcCyS9vqwAWO7sHGDf38gZjjHBYf5oUuPDq57ub6tEvR67iqoFJKtB6ySM_p-4WcmWrWVDe89ls_Q/s200/bustop.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368327544661357858" border="0" /></a><br />But this is not a political blog, so I'm not going there. Not today anyway!<br /><br />Back to Blake, he looked so sweet standing there waiting for the bus, rather quiet, but that's him. Watching everyone, taking everything in. He wasn't excited about school starting today. He has a very cool teacher so I'm sure the day will go well.<br /><br />So, here I am, catching up on my dusty blog. I have loads to do today, but wanted to say hi to all and let you all know how much I've missed being here. I will be visiting my blog buddies to leave my very important comments that I am quite sure you've missed. I'll be tweeting, facebooking, stumbling, emailing, and everything business related to catch up on the last few months.<br /><br />No, I will not be cleaning my house. Sorry, honey, I realize there is beach sand still underfoot and Collins' hair scurrying around the baseboards, but I will get to it. By end of the day. Or tomorrow. Must I? Really? But of course, I must, because there's no <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Robot_Maid">Rosie</a>. Damnit.<br /><br />Come on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Apple </span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;">Microsoft</span>, do something to endear yourself to women, for god's sake.Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-1805403338986636832009-07-28T08:34:00.025-04:002009-07-28T10:57:40.922-04:00Robot cannot be too creepy, too sneaky or too mean.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwK3POm5ir5D7sfNVc7GgpGFptoBoaZLxwQbK2FMuqNmJaZQSjJhenfz1gD3DUVI0XOZtXFwXZQ8WGF3kXx7C4JqaaOSVnlWpUg1zRnl0X3QQM1X2x2KxW4ednLEyQql_nVx9yQ/s1600-h/JETSONS+COLOR+6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwK3POm5ir5D7sfNVc7GgpGFptoBoaZLxwQbK2FMuqNmJaZQSjJhenfz1gD3DUVI0XOZtXFwXZQ8WGF3kXx7C4JqaaOSVnlWpUg1zRnl0X3QQM1X2x2KxW4ednLEyQql_nVx9yQ/s200/JETSONS+COLOR+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363516047190630226" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SwIhJGwn0-H1dL1cZuJj5k04YflHx4dMvM8iqtyFzAxvVP5pud_rA1yAV3DhosXAjn3jPGkTjS10_Vk94EEDwf76o-CMBwrqDxIqsBK-sesfvG46wfyRv7F2Wh3RKGgTUgNeUg/s1600-h/jetsons460.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SwIhJGwn0-H1dL1cZuJj5k04YflHx4dMvM8iqtyFzAxvVP5pud_rA1yAV3DhosXAjn3jPGkTjS10_Vk94EEDwf76o-CMBwrqDxIqsBK-sesfvG46wfyRv7F2Wh3RKGgTUgNeUg/s200/jetsons460.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363515509972461554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8aBdPM9HTpSDAIR3KjFPzzMp4yz-hJX2FU_kG8uUY3lCXOF4Jv6OwHQ594mMbazpqyhzqux0MqwivaPufy2qbGv6oAqm-AuvenHBRKMNMxUwdXAX83NzCZYnsGsCLWzPt3v9hg/s1600-h/jetsonscar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8aBdPM9HTpSDAIR3KjFPzzMp4yz-hJX2FU_kG8uUY3lCXOF4Jv6OwHQ594mMbazpqyhzqux0MqwivaPufy2qbGv6oAqm-AuvenHBRKMNMxUwdXAX83NzCZYnsGsCLWzPt3v9hg/s200/jetsonscar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363517513242045490" border="0" /></a><br />I must admit something, as a child growing up in the 60's, I truly believed that my future would be like the <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055683/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jetson</span></a><a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055683/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">s</span></a>, and that I would have a <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Robot_Maid">Rosie the Robot</a>. I also thought we would be flying instead of driving by now. It's 2009 people, get with it!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It appears the Japanese will be the ones to get this accomplished and, most likely, at a price tag that we" mere mortals" can afford. Honda has the <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://asimo.honda.com/">A</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ym3doUlTZoQ3rIUB-M60yDKlI9wMx5TgLdQdJiTYkMPTbjXUHtmQvvsBIVwTuQ3hY7M6EhhRdYTQBGJm-6U-UTraI1T3Od63oTOraQxbZqIo6DxLBJcrN_uulgx0IeanqFUXYA/s1600-h/asimo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ym3doUlTZoQ3rIUB-M60yDKlI9wMx5TgLdQdJiTYkMPTbjXUHtmQvvsBIVwTuQ3hY7M6EhhRdYTQBGJm-6U-UTraI1T3Od63oTOraQxbZqIo6DxLBJcrN_uulgx0IeanqFUXYA/s200/asimo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363505367479389986" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://asimo.honda.com/">simo</a> robot, which seems too child like, so that probably wouldn't work for me as I would feel obligated to give him an allowance. I didn't see an <span style="font-weight: bold;">add to cart</span> button, so that tells me I cannot afford him. But how do I save for something if I don't know how much its gonna cost me? Sheesh.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_4YSLAWpVCofZEV1YLnDWjEFs4QSdXI3vXPG6om6JN1zcSlSqSp6Vh1YAyC36aDVX0DqLBJfDHkKNSpo8y_vF6wd2eSD9Rymh87yHo-qfdN5s5jBxeTviJMXNCWJeOgYvi6dOg/s1600-h/toyoservobot032.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_4YSLAWpVCofZEV1YLnDWjEFs4QSdXI3vXPG6om6JN1zcSlSqSp6Vh1YAyC36aDVX0DqLBJfDHkKNSpo8y_vF6wd2eSD9Rymh87yHo-qfdN5s5jBxeTviJMXNCWJeOgYvi6dOg/s200/toyoservobot032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363496145691350546" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Toyota has come out with one just last fall (pictured at right). This guy looks great and he sweeps! Sweet!<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-3PO">C3PO</a> would also be a great choice, he can climb stairs to my laundry room, and make me laugh. Love his dry sense <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoFSF4EZQ-vL84XDZShyn3DCudGWVb4suEtmBU0d8F7X2uixerNP4xMp53ErfKjaJh94S1UMRA5-5GUI0M7Bzw20Lb7SQYIB7mhQD843RLajm1FZaz0cibBPLYqInokhg-zrgQ9Q/s1600-h/C3PO.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoFSF4EZQ-vL84XDZShyn3DCudGWVb4suEtmBU0d8F7X2uixerNP4xMp53ErfKjaJh94S1UMRA5-5GUI0M7Bzw20Lb7SQYIB7mhQD843RLajm1FZaz0cibBPLYqInokhg-zrgQ9Q/s200/C3PO.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363507536727037010" border="0" /></a>of humor. Except he'd probably give me attitude about doing the laundry. I'm following him on <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://twitter.com/c3po"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Twitter</span></a> now. Don't ask.<br /><br />I cannot have a robot like this Archie <s>freak</s> character (pictured below left, like, how can you miss him?). He's<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">too creepy</span>. Who, in their right mind, would use one in their home with children. They would certainly have nightmares and be in therapy down the road. Come to think of it, I would have nightmares and need therapy.<br /><br />The robot from <span style="font-weight: bold;">I, Robot</span>, Sonny, at first seemed pretty cool. I later decided,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">too sneaky</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span><br /><br />And <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Terminator</span>, well, what can I say, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">too mean</span>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixEd4VbQCpp_ZSqHSVwaQhJobMuTAq7Ay5d0MH2iqk8j-8KQhPssAGFgPnw_iuEEnnXGDg2dErz0eJEp_AZt3pSDh4hD3IXhrBHxgK42i3wqq_ABTuO_3isRcVNZ5D5Xr2AYrkQ/s1600-h/terminator.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 158px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixEd4VbQCpp_ZSqHSVwaQhJobMuTAq7Ay5d0MH2iqk8j-8KQhPssAGFgPnw_iuEEnnXGDg2dErz0eJEp_AZt3pSDh4hD3IXhrBHxgK42i3wqq_ABTuO_3isRcVNZ5D5Xr2AYrkQ/s200/terminator.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363520651772098114" border="0" /></a><br />Instead of those silly jars that say "Plastic Surgery Fund" <s>like I'd actually consider that</s>, mine will read <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Robot Needed</span>" savings jar.<br /><br />If you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you should know by now that I am hopelessly optimistic and therefore, will expect a cool robot one day. I mentioned this to my husband, and he's like, "sell more jewelry". Jeez, that's his answer for all my needs. Ok, don't go there.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><s><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMVqtMuNgYELDLSsJKXHvIHsUYf9K7VnUYWU0qXDZtppzrE9jsOh38eY3q5wGgD3hbu3ttkqLURhtBYYIWC8htqfNx8GKStbmGos67G5RhpchENuM2hSR-yeJ67urWLkM_bm5xg/s1600-h/Archie-ahmad-byagowi-2009-6-29-7-50-27.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMVqtMuNgYELDLSsJKXHvIHsUYf9K7VnUYWU0qXDZtppzrE9jsOh38eY3q5wGgD3hbu3ttkqLURhtBYYIWC8htqfNx8GKStbmGos67G5RhpchENuM2hSR-yeJ67urWLkM_bm5xg/s200/Archie-ahmad-byagowi-2009-6-29-7-50-27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363512828978555602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCHPN-t4SxrUh1UI8FTs3dYY0Dtb5iFTJki_QfzA-F45_TllspRPAPVRzdwFL3UJEcVYtt9JUjmbGryxN5td3mCeK6a8zyX3oOK13z1CvATiqIKMHrno0BSHwx8ZavQT9D8VNMQ/s1600-h/I-Robot-movie-f04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCHPN-t4SxrUh1UI8FTs3dYY0Dtb5iFTJki_QfzA-F45_TllspRPAPVRzdwFL3UJEcVYtt9JUjmbGryxN5td3mCeK6a8zyX3oOK13z1CvATiqIKMHrno0BSHwx8ZavQT9D8VNMQ/s200/I-Robot-movie-f04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363514102041060434" border="0" /></a>I</s></div><!--WISESTAMP_SIG_START--><!--WISESTAMP_SIG_END-->Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-22461722336526433052009-07-24T10:15:00.011-04:002009-07-24T11:22:07.997-04:00Aloha Friday and movie sidebar.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://islandlife808.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbdAecKow5CNUnKBF3SfbEV2APbnhT0tf5_O2hQRmUY9E6XWjvw511T4IRr8srZttNC35-szc9BUZF3ABcbjM8hjcUH56vbKm6dRHzERRkZ79fsiLkJ-xy2-SGbr4_VGa7-qa0A/s200/alohafriday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362044633104777762" border="0" /></a>Yes, I've been MIA - missing in Atlanta. Went to my mom and sister's for a week, had a blast, but had to come back to reality.<br /><br />It's been way too long since my last post! <span style="font-weight: bold;">Something's gotta give</span> (*movie sidebar below), and the "something" has been my blog. I miss my blog buddies. So I'm back with Aloha Friday...<br /><br />In Hawaii,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Aloha Friday</span> is the day that they take it easy and look forward to the w<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiph_MLO4R935e3Zl1Yv74tvvM18Fhf1YF8GbvkWH2xteZD8wV2XvQ70a9owVPFahhG_VyeHBO6YQHOYpS1E5GRXjM0mIu6b9dlDHsZ0SerJieLOYWAJfOAXkmo5QqvE8sAKGZO_A/s1600-h/somethingsgottaimages.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 88px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiph_MLO4R935e3Zl1Yv74tvvM18Fhf1YF8GbvkWH2xteZD8wV2XvQ70a9owVPFahhG_VyeHBO6YQHOYpS1E5GRXjM0mIu6b9dlDHsZ0SerJieLOYWAJfOAXkmo5QqvE8sAKGZO_A/s200/somethingsgottaimages.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362044503662048978" border="0" /></a>eekend. Thanks <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kailani</span> at <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://islandlife808.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">An Island Life</span></a> for starting this Friday tradition.<br /><br />If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and go t<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">o</span><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://islandlife808.com/"> </a><a href="http://islandlife808.com/" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">An Island Life</a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://islandlife808.com/"> </a>and leave your link. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br />My question today is:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Do you watch late night tv? If so, who do you prefer?</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">My answer:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> I do, I do! Especially when I cannot sleep, which has been happening all too often. Jimmy Kimmel and Craig Ferguson crack me up and make me laugh out loud. I'm sick, I know.</span><br /><br /><br />* <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337741/">Something's Gotta Give</a> - Loved this movie! Diane Keaton is one of my favorite actresses and Jack Nicholson, what can I say, it's Jack! Frances McDormand and many other great actors are also in this movie. But, Keanu Reeves was especially attractive in this movie. Ooh, la, la! If you haven't seen this movie, go rent it today! If you like Keanu Reeves, also rent, <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410297/">The Lake House</a>. There's a dance scene with Keanu and Sandra Bullock that I found very sexy, so if you need to go to the loo, pause it, so you don't miss this scene. That's all I'm saying. And no, I do not work for <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.blockbuster.com/">Blockbuster</a> or Keanu Reeves.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJvv4sKKdSlIvD81iIQjIA3X2tW4ZcJ2HWvImEaUpDYopJAdIzC3IyIc9b5wuBrjgqarvLrpEsppvuTuLhUMx8_Ozndohjdebx-PXv4DGIs8-ZboGpp2LxmCT18aRUlpgfDHsaQ/s1600-h/18370105_w434_h_q80.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJvv4sKKdSlIvD81iIQjIA3X2tW4ZcJ2HWvImEaUpDYopJAdIzC3IyIc9b5wuBrjgqarvLrpEsppvuTuLhUMx8_Ozndohjdebx-PXv4DGIs8-ZboGpp2LxmCT18aRUlpgfDHsaQ/s200/18370105_w434_h_q80.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362044188345064338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2xWQgLwIoXWPy6TXbmYXnkJ4YRoUE2Q-a1vja7_ByggfeHbfQiTu6Ikbg_ywzDrddLRodKhmIsjVUs6eKmmkpQf5HovlANTRBUb_FhkygIvZ-Nvp7lxivuCDGg4SqMGPgYRUUg/s1600-h/keanue+danceimages.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2xWQgLwIoXWPy6TXbmYXnkJ4YRoUE2Q-a1vja7_ByggfeHbfQiTu6Ikbg_ywzDrddLRodKhmIsjVUs6eKmmkpQf5HovlANTRBUb_FhkygIvZ-Nvp7lxivuCDGg4SqMGPgYRUUg/s200/keanue+danceimages.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362047144876077938" border="0" /></a>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-27007533446253814392009-07-07T09:17:00.013-04:002009-07-07T10:15:26.487-04:00Tweet to be square.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ow8wEqobdPYha9iLVTHOdcsPGQtyoA7Cil64aA_JoOeTLbfmZ5y4grdro4TXDA44dIhu_Opj0fqPg4ld1tgtw5ioF41W-6o-Vbnc9vchOlpENq1rqGM0qWPfIYgEQPRbhCgi7w/s1600-h/twit.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 121px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ow8wEqobdPYha9iLVTHOdcsPGQtyoA7Cil64aA_JoOeTLbfmZ5y4grdro4TXDA44dIhu_Opj0fqPg4ld1tgtw5ioF41W-6o-Vbnc9vchOlpENq1rqGM0qWPfIYgEQPRbhCgi7w/s200/twit.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355717387989324370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Twitter</span>. I have been tweeting for quite some time, and one thing that drives me absolutely crazy... people who follow me and when I go visit them to see if I want to follow them back, they have <span style="font-weight: bold;">no </span>updates. Zero, Nada, a big goose egg, and there is nothing to tell me anything about them. Who are these people? I'm not going to follow a "nobody" and I'm not talking about everyday people here. I'm talking about the invisible people who have twitter accounts. How does a nobody get a twitter account and become a somebody?<br /><br />Speaking of nobodies, celebrities are getting in on it. Think Oprah when she started tweeting. Some celebrities have <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/mediajobsdaily/freelance/need_a_job_become_a_ghost_twitterer_112596.asp"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ghost twitterers</span></a>.<br /><br />I also don't follow people with thousands upon thousands of followers when they only have a few updates. What is the point?<br /><br />People, just an FYI, not everyone wants to hear about when you need to go to the bathroom. Jeez, if that was the case, that's all I would be tweeting. Drinking another cup of coffee. Heading to the bathroom. Getting another glass of water. Heading to the bathroom. Making new <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/Earrings/View-all-products.html">earrings</a>. Heading to the bathroom. Do you see my point? No, I do not have a bladder problem. Drinking problem, yes.<br /><br />Do you twitter? Do you follow people just to have them follow you back? Are you only interested in watching your follower list rise in numbers? Are you obsessed with how many followers you have?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzL8IHlm4oBRSW5CnqSPxN_hEuNfDKpIfZTOUTcMlPbWZ2XLEc97ryQkXVRTeDQFYrcVbfVBZnMoJlXqb34lnoGah2s8iiig4VuJS-VHI8tsE0pLI1GDUpvj2fEZOIL5TJCjpY4w/s1600-h/twitter-addicts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzL8IHlm4oBRSW5CnqSPxN_hEuNfDKpIfZTOUTcMlPbWZ2XLEc97ryQkXVRTeDQFYrcVbfVBZnMoJlXqb34lnoGah2s8iiig4VuJS-VHI8tsE0pLI1GDUpvj2fEZOIL5TJCjpY4w/s200/twitter-addicts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355715113097566306" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Twit is twitter without the ter. Are you a twit if you twitter? Some might be.<br /><br />Definition of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Twit</span>.<br /><div mwref="http://www.m-w.com/mwref" class="entry misc" id="mwEntryData" hw="twit[1]" fl="noun" code=""> <dl><dt class="hwrd">Main Entry: <span class="variant"></span></dt><dt class="hwrd"><span class="variant"><sup>1</sup>twit</span> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twit#" onclick="popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?twit0001.wav=twit'); return false;" class="audio"><img src="http://www.merriam-webster.com/images/audio.gif" alt=" Listen to the pronunciation of 1twit" title=" Listen to the pronunciation of 1twit" /></a></dt><dt class="pron">Pronunciation:</dt><dd class="pron"> <span class="pronchars"> \<span class="unicode">ˈ</span>twit\ </span> </dd><dt class="func">Function:</dt><dd class="func"><em>noun</em> </dd><dt class="date">Date:</dt><dd class="date">1528</dd></dl> <div class="defs"> <span class="sense_break"> </span> <span class="sense_label start">1</span> <span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> an act of twitting <strong>:</strong> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taunt" class="lookup">taunt</a></span> <span class="sense_break"> </span> <span class="sense_label start"><br />2</span> <span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> a silly annoying person <strong>:</strong> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fool" class="lookup">fool</a></span> </div> </div><br /><br />You can <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://twitter.com/DeeZigns">follow me</a>. tweet, tweet.Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-82685451071762968082009-07-03T10:22:00.005-04:002009-07-03T11:04:42.115-04:00Aloha Friday.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YODW5SOVbrqRvsXUldT5VOkw7kREFx5NcRLLkTLWDHEn5K34KxOnfCWTrl8Sin4FQuM40_cpbqUj7dfx8WonIV2x0tygYxSUHkg5iVOG4D84qoz0koXt0M4gLXOja8Je-oPkAg/s1600-h/alohafriday.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YODW5SOVbrqRvsXUldT5VOkw7kREFx5NcRLLkTLWDHEn5K34KxOnfCWTrl8Sin4FQuM40_cpbqUj7dfx8WonIV2x0tygYxSUHkg5iVOG4D84qoz0koXt0M4gLXOja8Je-oPkAg/s200/alohafriday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354240729953803234" border="0" /></a>In Hawaii,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Aloha Friday</span> is the day that they take it easy and look forward to the weekend. Thanks <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kailani</span> at <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://islandlife808.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">An Island Life</span></a> for starting this Friday tradition. Although I'm beginning to feel that everyday needs to be Aloha Friday.<br /><br />If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and go t<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">o</span><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://islandlife808.com/"> </a><a href="http://islandlife808.com/" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">An Island Life</a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://islandlife808.com/"> </a>and leave your link. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">My question for today:</span><br /><br />Are you on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Facebook</span>, and if so, what do you use it for?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">My answer:</span><br /><br />Yes, I'm on Facebook. I signed up a while back because I wanted a business page for <a href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Dee-Zigns</span></a>, but unfortunately, I didn't know any better and signed up for a <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Toni-D-Johnson/1384823739#/profile.php?id=1384823739&ref=name">personal account</a>, then had to create a<a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Atlanta-GA/Dee-Zigns-Handcrafted-Jewelry-Accessories/45526283592"> business page</a>. UGH! This is NOT how I wanted it. I wanted it the other way around.<br /><br />But, because of my snafu, I've reconnected with old friends from my sorted past, with the help of my dusty high school yearbook! I've discovered unlike myself, these old friends have incredible memories. Is my memory bad or is it selective? Hmmmm.<br /><br />It's been great seeing how old friends are doing, how we've all changed, where everyone lives, and all the other interesting tidbits of their lives. I have other questions regarding facebook, but will leave those for another day...<br /><br />Have a wonderful, but <span style="font-weight: bold;">safe </span>holiday weekend!<br />xoxo<br />ToniDee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-90057364903891047132009-07-02T11:55:00.013-04:002009-07-02T13:07:20.608-04:00Weevils, not weebles.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwIX9TP9AqYUuhpqo17l4bK7Je3AZ5FYA3UPnY6KS1-8KfLIDWoaXM_1piYgZoJdQGVRXxBjVOl424wSfyQ_Q8sUpRakIEOBlFZjfMoEectVr1FYIDlogY8ZQsjFNFm1T-Bl8bw/s1600-h/weebles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwIX9TP9AqYUuhpqo17l4bK7Je3AZ5FYA3UPnY6KS1-8KfLIDWoaXM_1piYgZoJdQGVRXxBjVOl424wSfyQ_Q8sUpRakIEOBlFZjfMoEectVr1FYIDlogY8ZQsjFNFm1T-Bl8bw/s200/weebles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353899040934498642" border="0" /></a><br />Although I like to think of myself as laid back, I am not. I don't do well with bugs in my house of <span style="font-style: italic;">any </span>kind. But especially relentless bugs. What is a relentless bug? To me, its ants, roaches (thankfully, I don't have them!), mosquitoes, flies. Let's face it, these pests are hard to get rid of. Last summer it was ants in the bathroom shower, marching on to battle in one single line. Marching up the shower door or the corner of the shower stall. Where did they think <span style="font-style: italic;">they </span>were going!?<br /><br />Recently, weevils in my pantry. Here's how it went down.<br /><br />When I come home after a shopping expedition, I usually give Collins a dog biscuit. Why? Because he's been patrolling the house and keeping it safe. Also, his reaction is so cute. He gets so excited, he takes the dog biscuit very gently and carefully, then tears off running like something is after him. Cracks me up every time!<br /><br />So a few weeks ago, while fishing out a dog biscuit for Collins, I <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpyz-dw_y2Bjgr1hLaN5SxhlYKW61l6oP1gbav79jWQWv0z-0s-_pAh51pP3v55LdF6IZTV6-EnLEkpXgGVT9oWkIqwP9wYYv06FrFDos0YIugp7I5BlWXxhPP_xNNF_deIQhg2A/s1600-h/images.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 93px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpyz-dw_y2Bjgr1hLaN5SxhlYKW61l6oP1gbav79jWQWv0z-0s-_pAh51pP3v55LdF6IZTV6-EnLEkpXgGVT9oWkIqwP9wYYv06FrFDos0YIugp7I5BlWXxhPP_xNNF_deIQhg2A/s200/images.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353908951070167730" border="0" /></a>noticed they looked weird, there were tiny holes in the dog biscuit. By this time Collins is losing his patience as I examine his dog biscuits. Upon further investigation, I saw tiny black rice-like bugs on the counter, <span style="font-style: italic;">that moved!!!</span> Damn things had dropped from the bottom of the box! Oh SHIT! Sorry, Collins, these are no good! Dumped the box in the trash, while spraying Raid in the trash can. What the hell? I went<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pestprojoe.com/images/C/RiceWeevil2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pestprojoe.com/home.php%3Fcat%3D291%26rootcat%3DRice%2520Weevil&usg=__WFel4ye7AseLoIMlDA2X2rftDXM=&h=243&w=373&sz=88&hl=en&start=18&sig2=f-ud9XSCPML4U2jewVH_8w&um=1&tbnid=sfg2grmS39XgPM:&tbnh=79&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dblack%2Brice%2Bweevil%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1&ei=xdtMSpq0AYjfmQfFtPW2BA"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeQCVk55cKdynNEiWpr3qLTD2KEPz0JHn2vOlIscIUCjFoEwmKV-xbdYNK07JO4mu5ZgTMnJj8yJ3cUNAenSmxqCwgaJu3ZG8DxBXMnB5Srpgg6bW2lNoj6yOY-zCwktTY-M3Sg/s200/RiceWeevil2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353896051836365458" border="0" /></a> back to the pantry and grabbed an opened box of pasta. Crap, saw the same thing in the bottom of the box. Could this have happened because I was now <span style="font-style: italic;">only </span>buying whole wheat pasta? I think not. I don't remember this happening to the "white" pasta. I'm just thinking out loud.<br /><br />I phoned the exterminator to find out what these tiny, black rice-like bugs were. The girl said weevils. "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeble"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Weebles</span></a>?" I said. You mean like "weebles wobble, but they don't fall down", weebles? I questioned in my sarcastic tone. There was a pause, then I heard hysterical laughter on the phone, "no<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ehow.com/how_18818_rid-home-pantry.html">W-e-e-v-i-l-s</a>", and there's nothing we can spray to get rid of them. After she regained her composure, she told me to take everything out and wipe down my pantry. Put flour, rice, pasta, etc. in airtight containers. Most everything was <span style="font-style: italic;">already </span>in airtight containers, except dog biscuits. And the pasta!<br /><br />At this point, I flipped out because I was so grossed out! I am a clean person and my house is clean. It might be messy, but its clean, I tell you!<br />I ran to the computer and googled weevils, then googled weevil images. Trust me when I say <span style="font-weight: bold;">DON'T DO THIS</span>. It gave me the heebie jeebies and nightmares for a week. I have chills just writing this post. Reminds me of my mom, <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://gastonstudio.blogspot.com/2009/03/southern-cockroaches.html">Gaston Studio</a>, writing about those damn cockroaches and posting that horrifying photo. Not to mention the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://gastonstudio.blogspot.com/2009/03/one-summer-afternoon.html">snake </a>post. Moving on...<br /><br />I emptied the entire contents of the pantry out into the kitchen. I examined every box of pasta, crackers and every food item in the pantry. I <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0kXGcaNhVfCUW5KunuGv3cLsYakLblvn85X9vbS47LfZssRDIYG70QoMUnvZAieyEi63grSTC9KixWCTJ2yZvbsnNstci51eC9g8ZFwZOY9gIvXY6YTPp1bl6VcydmL5OTwXDw/s1600-h/csi-helgenberger-petersen15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0kXGcaNhVfCUW5KunuGv3cLsYakLblvn85X9vbS47LfZssRDIYG70QoMUnvZAieyEi63grSTC9KixWCTJ2yZvbsnNstci51eC9g8ZFwZOY9gIvXY6YTPp1bl6VcydmL5OTwXDw/s200/csi-helgenberger-petersen15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353909586752727906" border="0" /></a>was shocked to find these disgusting creatures in several items, even a package of opened paper napkins and sitting on top of a can of beans. My kids definitely thought I had gone over to the dark side, I was a mad woman, looking for airtight containers to store every item that was going back in that pantry. Shaking boxes, throwing food in the garbage disposal, take that! I took pleasure listening to the disposal grinding up anything resembling a black rice-like creature. Armed with a flashlight and clorox clean-up, I wiped down the walls, the corners and the shelves in that blasted pantry. This took hours as I needed sufficient time and couldn't be rushed. Do you rush the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi/">CSI</a> people? I think not, otherwise they would never find the culprit.<br /><br />As I was freaking out, I tried looking on the bright side and the end product, an extremely clean and organized pantry, no thanks to the weevils. I mean, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">really</span>, what purpose do these despicable creature have?<br /><br /><br /><table id="content" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="left_col"> <br /></td> <td class="right_col"> <br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-52923634887182811922009-06-26T08:14:00.003-04:002009-06-26T08:32:14.619-04:00Aloha Friday, finally.Wow, it seems as though I've been gone months! I have tons of blog reading to do, but before I begin, its time for Aloha Friday.<br /><br />In Hawaii,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Aloha Friday</span> is the day that they take it easy and look forward to the weekend.<br /><br />If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and go t<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">o</span><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://islandlife808.com/"> </a><a href="http://islandlife808.com/" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">An Island Life</a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://islandlife808.com/"> </a>and leave your link. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://islandlife808.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQj7fEnF0DIJrCVVK-b3Ece6nd3fih7z1GqNrccdulF0bLs_qgstUvG4EE9GGrvNxnurW5aKd9fhXuO-VYu9wyI7wcay3Ej2CbkSWSUIRONI0yCq8VWQJitwLJl_yl3q35Sa59A/s200/alohafriday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346411974604520962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My question today:</span><br /><br /> If you have children at home for summer vacation, are you finding as much time for blogging or for your business as you would normally?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My answer:</span><br /><br /> Heck no, which is why there are few posts and very little reading other blogs, since summer vacation began. Sometimes it really frustrates me, until common sense kicks in and I realize, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">they </span>come first! <br /><br />If any of you have a way of organizing your time so you can get your blogging in, I'm all ears! Make that all eyes... since I moved my office, I don't have any sound coming out of my speakers, and I haven't had the time to investigate this silly problem! Oh well, after the pool and after the phone company comes to fix the phone that is not working and the tv that we can intermittently watch. But that's another story...Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-63227055154933265662009-06-15T09:33:00.008-04:002009-06-15T11:59:25.422-04:00Life is back to normal, although my life is anything but normal.You've probably noticed I haven't been around much lately, at least I hope you've noticed.<br /><br />Two weeks ago, I thought I had poison ivy, not because I've been working in the yard. Noooooooo. I've never had <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.poison-ivy.org/index.htm">poison ivy</a> in all my years, surprisingly enough, but I've seen what others go through and I don't ever want to get this nasty, itchy, painful rash. I not because I've been working in the yard. I thought I got it from touching my husband's bath towel or his yard clothes, because he got <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.poison-ivy.org/html/faq.htm">poison ivy</a> and gets it just about every time he works in the yard, which is every weekend! He is very susceptible to getting it. I've watched him suffer from contracting it and then, unknowingly, spreading it to many parts of his body, with his face being the worse. Poison ivy should be banned from the face of the earth!<br /><br />I've never had <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.poison-ivy.org/index.htm">poison ivy</a> in all my years, surprisingly enough, but I've seen what others go through and I don't ever want to get this nasty, itchy, painful rash.<br /><br />As I covered my rashy areas with calamine lotion, I couldn't take it anymore! The pain under my arm was really bothering me and several small areas on my shoulder blade were beginning to itch. I went to a "doc in the box" (a walk-in clinic) and was diagnosed with <span style="font-weight: bold;">adult chicken pox</span> (<a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/shingles/shingles-topic-overview">shingles</a>). What? Are you kidding me? I'm not old enough to get this and why the hell do they call it shingles? Isn't that something roofers use? If it's adult chicken pox, just say adult chicken pox, for God's sake, don't use a stupid name like <span style="font-style: italic;">shingles</span>.<br /><br />Enough obsessing over the stupid name. I was so upset, I'd only known one person to get this and they were in their 60's. This can't be happening to me, a young chick with two small children. But the doctor (who had no bedside manners, no compassion and was the coldest doctor I had ever encountered in my young life) explained how as a kid I got chicken pox and it sat dormant in my spinal cord. Until, something like stress, brings it out in full force, hence my rash and the calamine lotion doing nothing to help the rashy areas. Stone faced doctor prescribed pain medicine, an anti viral medicine, and medicated patches that would relive the symptoms and hopefully, shorten the time I would have to endure this. Great doc, thanks for everything, now go work on your people skills before I report you to the head of doc in the box, because you are a heartless asshole who should be working in a laboratory, and not with people.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlrnDP5Oj1TI7FTpJ5OPaLDesdg9ZTiPlOwhEeDzqztugjMGhyEV3P9xKnRzrbFAFCA1J-Xemu_-GjPLeQt0BRCBDfZ_WaLVw5TnWG-ubDxVvdYI8jruLXdkp5Jnt2BJT62mrAg/s1600-h/Doc-in-the-box.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 171px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlrnDP5Oj1TI7FTpJ5OPaLDesdg9ZTiPlOwhEeDzqztugjMGhyEV3P9xKnRzrbFAFCA1J-Xemu_-GjPLeQt0BRCBDfZ_WaLVw5TnWG-ubDxVvdYI8jruLXdkp5Jnt2BJT62mrAg/s200/Doc-in-the-box.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347574252029935938" border="0" /></a><br />Then it hit me. Stress was taking over my life. Stress was causing me to keep pounds on that I clearly didn't need or want. Stress was causing me to get "shingles". Stress is not my friend but had taken up residence in my body and my life. But let's face it, everyone is dealing with stress in one form or another, but its how we deal with stress that makes a difference. I have been allowing it to take over, its time I give it the boot!<br /><br />The adult chicken pox (I refuse to call it shingles because that doesn't make sense to me) is all but gone, thankfully, so now I will change my focus to reduce my stress. It won't happen overnight, but I will make small changes and make it happen. So who's with me???Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33139822.post-8592930070983982432009-06-12T07:49:00.004-04:002009-06-12T08:09:43.545-04:00Aloha Friday.In Hawaii,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Aloha Friday</span> is the day that they take it easy and look forward to the weekend.<br /><br />If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and go t<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">o</span><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://islandlife808.com/"> </a><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">An Island Life</a><a href="http://islandlife808.com/"> </a>and leave your link. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://islandlife808.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQj7fEnF0DIJrCVVK-b3Ece6nd3fih7z1GqNrccdulF0bLs_qgstUvG4EE9GGrvNxnurW5aKd9fhXuO-VYu9wyI7wcay3Ej2CbkSWSUIRONI0yCq8VWQJitwLJl_yl3q35Sa59A/s200/alohafriday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346411974604520962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My question for you today:</span> In <span style="font-weight: bold;">blogging</span>, do you use your real name, as well as your family and friends names? If so, are you ever worried someone might think or react to something you've written in a negative way?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My answer:</span> I use my real name simply because I have an online jewelry business and use my blog to give my customers, and potential customers, an opportunity to get to know me. My business goal, with this blog, is to build trust and confidence and show people there is a real person behind "<a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.deezignsjewelry.com/">Dee-Zigns</a>", what inspires me, how I create my handmade jewelry, and running a one-person business.<br /><br />My personal goal, with this blog, is to talk about things going on in my life, connect with people, and express my humor and laugh at myself. I have so many opportunities, that's for sure!<br /><br />So there, I've put it out there! Your turn.Dee-Zigns Handcrafted Jewelryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13366942622993117894noreply@blogger.com2