Fabulous Finds and Fashions-Premier Jewelry Edition

August 31, 2016August 30, 20161 Comment

Hello everyone! It is time for yet another Fabulous Finds and Fashions blog post! This week, we are talking more Premier Design Jewelry! Hooray!

I received the jewelry that I had ordered from my party (which was on the 20th). Yippee! It is absolutely amazing and I am sharing it all with you!

The first thing that I received was a necklace called Kaleidoscope. This necklace is “baby proof” because it has a magnet connector so you can be worn different ways. It looks great with many different colors and I love it! I also paired the necklace with the Nova earrings.

The next thing that I got was a pair of silver Stiletto earrings. They also come in gold, and I would like for Premier to come out with a rose gold set also.

Next is another pair of earrings. These are called Sorbet and they match my Sugar Rush necklace. I am so excited to wear them together when I get the chance.

Finally I got another necklace called Modern Luxe. It is rose gold and has a pretty diamond on it as well. This necklace can be worn long or worn short. Honestly, I like it better long. But it is still pretty worn short as well.

And that is it. I am happy to have a whole lot of new jewelry for my collection. I can’t wait to wear it to school and special occasions and let people see what I have!

DIY Wooden Ocean Buoys

August 29, 2016August 28, 20167 Comments

Good morning! Today is my first day back at school with students! Eek! I’m a little nervous because some I have never met before. But I know I have good help in my room and hopefully everything will go smoothly.

I know most people are getting ready for fall, but it is still over 100 degrees here! It’s hard to think about cooler weather projects when it is still so hot! So today is another summer post! It’s pretty simple though. I actually had everything on hand already. I have been wanting to make these for awhile and I finally got it done.

I had some 4 x 4’s (actually 3.25 x 3.25!) in my wood stash and had my husband cut them in various heights. The tallest one is about 13″ tall and the shortest one is about 8″ tall. I also had him taper in the tops on each side. They don’t quite come to a point, but are flat on top. I also drilled a hole, large enough to get some rope through. The diameter of the hole would depend on the type of rope you are using. I picked up some more Waverly Chalk Paint at Walmart, this time in ‘Ocean’, ‘Pumpkin’, and ‘Lagoon.’

I first painted each piece with either Waverly ‘Plaster’ or ‘Mineral.’ 2 of each! I didn’t cover the wood too well, because a real buoy would be worn by the sea and sun.

After the paint dried, I used painter’s tape to mark off where I wanted to put the colored stripes. Make sure to really seal the edges of the tape so the paint doesn’t go under and bleed into other areas. Take off the tape soon after the paint starts to dry. I started with the smallest one and decided to paint just one color around the whole thing. This one will be ‘Lagoon.’

I did a variation of the 3 colors on each buoy. This one will be ‘Pumpkin’ and ‘Lagoon.’

After the paint was dry, I sanded the piece all over to give it a rough and worn look. Here is the small one. I love it!!

I took a length of rope, ran it through the hole and tied it at the top. I should have rolled it in the dirt first, so it wasn’t so new looking! I’m sure it will look more worn before long.

I am so pleased with how these turned out!!

I can’t wait to really display them next summer!!

I hope you all have a great week and I will let you know how my first day of school went!!

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Corner News-August 27, 2016

August 27, 2016August 26, 2016Leave a comment

Welcome back to the Corner News. Let me get you filled in with the one thing that happened this week.

SCHOOL STARTED

Dun Dun Dun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, it’s my last semester, and I am really hoping that it is already December so I can be done. But, I’m only taking 12 units so hopefully it all goes well.

So, I will be graduating with a kinesiology degree with an emphasis in exercise science. And what will I be doing with this. Absolutely nothing. That’s right. I got sick and tired of the degree, but I was too far along into the degree to switch majors, so I just decided to finish it out.

That and I just changed my whole idea of what I wanted to do anyway.

I was going to use this degree as a stepping stone to get to animal physical therapy. But, when I realized that I needed to get a doctorate in physical therapy before I went in for my animal PT certificate (yep, Dr. Lauren…) I realized I didn’t want to go to school for that long and changed what I wanted to do. I am currently thinking of doing animal behaviorism and dog training. But, I will take some time off from school after I have graduated and re-evaluate my life choice.

So, that’s what’s going on. And I will leave you with this “wonderful” picture of myself and my friends Darrius and Manuel after our emergency first responders class.

Organizing my Jewelry Organizer!

August 26, 2016August 25, 20169 Comments

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is having a great week and you are preparing to have a wonderful, relaxing weekend.

Last weekend, I hosted a party for my friend Breanne who sells Premier Design Jewelry. If you don’t know anything about Premier Design, it is a Christian based direct sales company that helps women financially. They have some absolutely beautiful jewelry and it is totally worth the price.

And since I hosted a party, I will be getting a great deal on jewelry. I get a lot of jewelry for free! I am super excited to get all of my jewelry and give all of my friends jewelry as well. Hooray!

But, now that I have all of this jewelry, I need a way to organize it all. Breanne gave me a jewelry organizer to put all of my bling into. So, I laid all of my jewelry out to show you!

I have the Sugar Rush necklace.

The Trunk Show necklace.

Half of the Pick of the Litter earrings, Haley has the other half.

And two hostess bracelets since I hosted this party and will be hosting another one in November. I have a silver and a rose gold bracelet.

So, the jewelry fits in the organizer…to a point. The board that the earrings are on didn’t fit in one of the slots, and my Sugar Rush necklace became tangled…not fun to take apart and put back together.

So, my initial thought was to take my other jewelry organizer, which is completely full, and use it for my Premier Design stuff. Now that may seem like a lot more work (yes…it was) but in the end it was worth it.

Variety of Jewelry Earring and Bracelets

I then went through all of my jewelry and kept some jewelry and of course got rid of some stuff. But it was all good because now I can use the big organizer for all of my Premier jewelry.

This is what I’m Keeping

This is what I’m getting rid of

So this is all of my random jewelry in the new organizer.

And now that I have my new stuff, on the old organizer (confusing…yes). And I put labels for each item so I know what I have and what I don’t have.

So much nicer! And I don’t have to worry about my bigger pieces, like Sugar Rush, getting tangled up because they are hanging. Plus, I have plenty more room to add more pieces after I get my free jewelry!

Fabulous Finds and Fashions

August 24, 2016August 23, 2016Leave a comment

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Good morning! I have been busy this week setting up my classroom, as much as possible anyways. I showed up yesterday morning and my whole classroom was outside in the courtyard! They are cleaning carpets today, but moved everything out yesterday! It was very interesting trying to find things so I could get some work done. Then today, we won’t be able to put our stuff back in until 4:00 and then there is church tonight in the classrooms! Plus Open House tomorrow! Whew! I’m tired just thinking about it. It will get done, eventually.

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