Happy Day

My sweet boyfriend got me a gift this year for Valentine's Day!

  

Cute, sweet & simple. ♥ & flowers that won't die.

Happy 6th Valentine's Day! Has it really been that long?

Yummy [Smelling] AND Cute!

These are WAAAYYY too cute!!

Food inspired jewelry! AND you can get them scented!  They're made with polymer clay. I totally love the detail! hmmm... another thing to add to my "to do" aka "to try" list.

Go see them all at tinyhands

Super cute key chains!

I think that I passed my phase of collecting key chains back in Jr. High, but when my old UCLA roomie, Sandy & I, ran across these key chains in San Francisco's Chinatown, we couldn't resist!

They're reminiscent of the awesome PS3 game Little Planet, Big World's character, Sack Boy.

They had a HUGE selection, but the salesgirl there caught me pulling out my camera and barked a sharp "No photos!" before I had the chance to snap a picture. AND they strategically placed these right in front of the cash register so there was always a watchful eye. Alas, we only purchased 1 each so that I could check out the workmanship and hopefully recreate some day, along with my gazillion other projects I hope to accomplish.

Bling

I got my (bargain-shopped) gift in the mail for Brian (and myself...haha) for Valentine's Day today.

But gosh-darnit!! I got the ring too big for either of his ring fingers...he'll have to wear it on his middle finger.

-_-

Live and learn. It's not worth the shipping cost back.  I'll do an upgrade next year to Tungsten Carbide... maybe.

And one of my (3) gifts to myself:

18k gold over sterling silver 3A Champage Round 3.2Ct CZs...I guess it's called a "Mini Jessica Eternity Band" in some circles...it's cute and fun, but fits a little loose on my left ring finger, but perfectly on my right. It'll stay on my right ^_^

Baby Shower

I attended my Aunt's baby shower in Orange County today for her expectant baby girl, Kennedy, in late February!

My gift?

I went to Happy Six on Sawtelle in West LA and was happy to find that they had the Nero Gift Set I was looking for!

Super cute!

And, I couldn't help myself... but this Tokidoki x Hello Kitty shirt was on sale for 50% off so I got something for myself too!

Diamonds... are a girl's best friend

Since my boyfriend's mom was in town and I couldn't make it to go out of state this year to visit her and her husband with my boyfriend because of my new job, she wanted to go gift shopping for me.

Lucky me!

Last year, she got me this gorge, simple white gold pendant (Journey ® Diamond Jewelry):



This year she got me this simple yellow gold pendant (Journey ® Diamond Jewelry) to match my gold aviator RB3387 Ray Bans:

Oh, Christmas Tree!

I'm soooo excited! I just bought this as a gift to myself: a Charlie Brown Christmas tree! Memories! Poor tree. It reminds us that we don't need to have lots of "stuff" to have a great holiday!

Winter Dreams

Every time the holidays come around I come back to dreaming my own Cricut and starting a collection of embossing and die-cut machines so that I may embrace artsy craftsy desires.

Joann's sold out of their door buster deal on the Cricut by 5:30am EST for Black Friday! What a steal though! $78... perhaps next year when I actually have a place to put it.

I've been thinking of Christmas gifts this year. What to get for people who have pretty much everything? Nothing. Make your own personal gift. "Etsy" - hand made stuff!

I'm shopping around for some clay right now to make my own personal sculptures, but I need to get this started early if I'm going to make these for my...hmmm... 20+ aunties, cousins, and sisters. Off to the drawing board to make sketches fit for each one!


I made this one back in 2004. Thinking of doing a more Precious Moments style of sculpture for the gifts.