Saturday, August 1, 2015

Customized Cuff Bracelets

I've been making customized aluminum cuff bracelets and selling them thru my Etsy shop.   I really enjoy making them and they have been selling pretty good.  Let me show you some of the ones I've done.

A big favorite seems to be bracelets with blogger names on them.  I didn't take pictures of some of the earlier ones (kicking myself in the head) but here's some shots of the ones I did capture....

Distressed Donna Down Home


The Shell Lady....

The Shell King....

....and his queen.....

And of course I had to make one for myself....


I also make bracelets customized to what the customer wants....

Nicknames....

Children's names....



Occupation......

Ham radio call numbers....


Favorite places.....


Popular sayings - I seem to do a lot of beach themed bracelets....






Each bracelet is custom made for you and each bracelet is one of a kind.  I can usually get them made and shipped within 3 days.



This cuff is perfect for sensitive skin because it's made from pure hypoallergenic aluminum. It is silver in color & doesn't leave skin discoloration. Made from pure lightweight silver tone aluminum, these cuff bracelets are often preferred among those with sensitivities to silver. The lightweight aluminum makes it extremely wearable. I have found that with cuffs the best way to put them on is by sliding the opening over the narrowest part of your wrist and then gently turning into the cuff. This helps avoid overworking the metal so that you have a beautiful and lasting treasure.




I have 6 design stamps so far - a peace sign, a heart, a star...


A smiley face, a flower and a square squiggly.....


I also have some copper that I've been experimenting with....


They look cute stacked up too....



I've sold more of the thinner bracelets, which are 1/4" wide.  They sell for $ 22.00.  They make great gifts, either for yourself or for someone you love.

The wider 1/2" ones are $ 25.00 for one line in the larger block font and $ 27.00 for 2 lines in the smaller font.  I haven't listed any in the copper yet, so if you're interested, shoot me an email.


Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Geocaching in Merrillville Indiana

Last weekend we took a road trip to Merrillville, Indiana to go geocaching.  My mom had heard about a cool geocache on one of the geocaching FB pages, so I looked it up and planned the day around that geocache.  Mom and dad joined us and we took off at 7:00am.   First things first, so we stopped at Cracker Barrel and dad bought us a hearty breakfast.  Thanks Dad!

I'm not going to give out the cache names because I want to show some of the cute and creative caches we did.  The first cache was near a wind turbine.  This was the first time I've gotten up close and personal with one.




We always enjoy caches that take us near war memorials....



Can you spot the cache?



How's that for a big banana??



This was one of my favorite caches of the day - it was very well built....




R2D2?


This cache was named after Gilbert Gottfried....



Another cute bird house cache by the same people who did the other birdhouse cache...


Mr. Potato Head takes on a whole new meaning....


Pigeon with a cache....

Along the way we stopped at Albanese Candy Factory.   I've driven past this place before but never stopped so we made a detour so we could each grab a bag of candy....






We spent quite a bit of time here looking at all the goodies....






And finally my favorite cache of the day - a really nicely done cache at Chicagoland Popcorn.


This was the cache my mom had heard about and it was an immediate favorite for us....


Afterwards we went inside to check out the huge variety of popcorn flavors.  You could sample any flavors that you wanted....



I picked caramel sea salt popcorn and Louie got the cheese popcorn.  We brought a bag of chocolate covered popcorn back for Chablis.


We ended up getting 20 geocaches in about 5 hours, as well as stopping at the candy store and the popcorn place.  I'd say it was a pretty good day!

Monday, July 27, 2015

Estate Sales 7-27-2015

The estate sale pickin's were a tad slow this week.  I didn't get much but I'll show you what we did pick up....

A cute little chest that will get repurposed - love the hardware on it, don't you?



A vintage bait box that I may use for decoration at the lake house or I may sell.  I'm  not sure yet.  The fish basket is for my boat because I just broke my old one.


This tray is even better in person - the green is bright and vibrant and I loved the graphics with just the right amount of rusty goodness coming through....


My favorite buy of the day was the vintage Woodland Picnic jug - I've actually never seen one like this before.   It cleaned up great and is headed for my shop....


Louie bought the Sketchers gym shoes for me to re-sell.  Brand new, in the box - size 7 1/2 women's in case anyone is interested.  Otherwise they are headed to Ebay sometime this week....


That's it for this weeks sales.  We spent Saturday geocaching with my parents in Indiana, so we have a post coming up on that.  See you later!

Friday, July 24, 2015

Thrift It, Gift It, Facelift It

How many of you know Tania from over at the Little Vintage Cottage?   If you aren't familiar with her or her blog, go over and check  her out - she's the queen of thrifting and remodeling and she does some awesome things.  Anyway, a couple weeks ago she invited me to participate in a Thrift it, Gift it, Facelift it challenge - say that 3 times real fast!!  


There are 6 of us participating. A couple of the bloggers I already knew and a few I didn't, so it was a good chance to meet some fun new people and swap some stuff.  Here's the list of characters....

Vicky - Life on Willie Mae Lane - http://lifeonwilliemaelane.blogspot.com/
Kimberley - Seaside Ave. - http://www.seasideave.com/
Donna - Distressed Donna Down Home - http://distresseddonnadownhome.blogspot.com/
Cecilia - The B Farm - http://www.thebfarm.blogspot.com/
Tania - Little Vintage Cottage - http://littlevintagecottage.blogspot.com/
Kim - Snug Harbor Bay - http://snugharborbay.blogspot.com/

So today I got my gift from Vicky from over at Life on Willie Mae Lane and here's what was inside....


I have no idea what I'm going to do with this yet - it's a creamy white color and made of yarn.  I'm still spinning ideas on this - no wait, I think I just had an idea!!


Hmm..... no idea for this yet either but I like the brassy finish on it....


Candle stick holder and a pedestal base.   I have 2 ideas....


Drawer pull that I already know what I'm doing with....


10 little silver tart tins - so cute and dainty.   I'm working on an idea....


Love the silver plated cake server.   I definitely know what I'm doing with this!


And my favorite piece is the cloche - ok, I know it's probably really called a cheese server, but I've always wanted a cloche, so I'm calling it that.  My gift, so I can call it whatever I want.  LOL!  I'm pretty sure I know what I'm going to do with this too.


We all have a couple of weeks to work on our Facelifts and then we'll all be back to share what we've come up with.  So stay tuned!
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