My Studio

I am so excited, I finally moved the bed out of "My Studio"/Guest Room and so now I can actually call it My Studio with out the quotation marks and back slash! I will be working on getting it set up in between all the projects I have going on and I thought I'd share the process with you start to finish!

STORAGE

Right after AU last year Jackie sent me a picture of a ribbon storage idea she found on the web. It was a mannequin and they had tied the a ribbon around the waist to make it look like a skirt, I think it was less than a week later Gabrielle was born! She is one of my favorite things in my studio. I tie and untie ribbons, lace and fabric scraps as I buy and use them so her "outfit" is constantly changing. Thanks for the idea Jackie!

I added more shelving to the closet.

I always forget to take before pictures so here is a

midway pic and after pic of the front of the closet.

And a before and after pic of the end of the closet.

And yes, I did all of this all by myself,well,
with help from my trusty nail gun and jig saw,
my husband states it best....
"you are the girliest Tom Boy I have ever met."

LIGHTING
Again, forgot the before pic, so I took a pic of the box. I got this chandelier at a Lowe's clearance sale about two years ago for around $25, original price $250. But I didn't want a black one so I took it completely apart and painted it. The wiring that ran through it was black too, all the metal covered it up except where it went through the chain from the top to the ceiling. So I made a little tube out of some silk fabric and wa la a cream chandelier. I love it and all the crystals are genuine Swarovski so it's bling is BlingGirl approved!

This was a salvage yard find. It reminded me of a crown and me being the Queen that I am I could not resist, and heck it was only $10! I had to rewire it as it had just been cut out of the ceiling from where ever it came from. Instead of making it a chandelier I made it a lamp. I found the crystals at Carole's, The Ribbon Lady's store. They are crystals that came from a chandelier from one of the imploded casinos here in Vegas. I think I've had the crystals hanging on there 12 different ways already and am still not sure that this is what I will settle on.

Next up is going to be a new work table, I've got a couple ideas, but I think I want it to be at standing height, I usually end up working standing up or sitting on the floor, so I think counter height....and painting, I'll be painting the whole room, inside the closet and probably the Jack&Jill bathroom that is connected to it, I'm thinking....pink...no...green...no pink...will post more pics as I get stuff done!

New Favorite Tee

I got a new T-Shirt and loved the saying so much I made a digi image with it. I used my new pen mouse thingy to write Love, Mwah and draw the peace sign heart.

Enjoy!

If you want to buy one for yourself,

go here.

If I Had More Time

One of my friends asked me why he had not seen hardly any new posts on my blog in a while. And I started telling him, I've been busy with this and busy with that and he interrupted me and said "so what your telling me is that you are out living your life instead of sitting at your computer typing about it?" I had my ah ha moment and then remembered looking at someones blog who had posted just a few lines about each picture on the post instead of these insanely long paragraphs...

...so, here is a little of what I've been up to since August.

If I had more time I would tell you more about how much I love our boat, going to Lake Mead and wakeboarding.

If I had more time I'd post a bunch of links to the music of one of my favorite bands the Toadies and tell you how great they were in concert and cool it was to meet Clark Vogler and talk to him at the bar, how their opening band had a drummer who not only in looks but in the way he played the drums reminded me of my dear friend LuE.

If I had more time I would tell you how great the Joan Jett pool side concert was, we were able to get so close and rock out. Like always she R O C K E D!!!!!!

If I had more time I'd tell you about Troy's 20 Year Class Reunion and what a great time I had drinking & playing poker with a dealer who is an Elvis impersonator.

If I had more time I'd tell you how sad it makes me that my doggies are getting old & how their medicines take up more space in the medicine cabinet than the meds for Troy and I combine.

If I had more time I'd tell you all about the cat I call Cheshire that antagonizes my dogs in the summer and how much it loves to lay in our cool grass, a rare thing here in the desert.

If I had more time I tell you how sweet my Mom is, she not only made me one apron to wear when I cooked Turkey Dinner at Thanks Giving but she made me another one to wear in my studio that just screams BlingGirl! Thank you, Mom, Mwah!

If I had more time I'd tell you more about the "Best Stop Ever" driving from Vegas to Phoenix and how they let everyone sign any and all parts of their store and how Amanda and I also left our marks!

This year I'll try to give you more little glimpses into what's going on in BlingGirl's world!

Thanks for sharing this blog and your friendships with me!

Teaser

I made these cupcake pincushions for

my Mom and Aunt out of ribbon & lace!

They are just so yummy I had to share!

Last month my "First Wednesdays" Club started a charm swap.

These women are amazingly creative!

I still have not had a chance to make mine

into a bracelet yet but it's on my list to do!

Our next swap is in February,

a romantic theme, here is a teaser for the girls.

I know there has got to be an easier way to do this!

Oooh but I can't wait to get them finished,

I think they are going to turn out great!

Spoiled Rotten

Talking about Spoiled Rotten, I think I am the most spoiled person I know!

A friend sent a pic of what she got for Christmas and asked what everyone else got, so here is a pic of all my X-Mas loot. I got a new computer without even asking for one! And lots of other exciting stuff!

Thank you everyone, I had a wonderful Christmas!

For those of you who don't know,

my birthday is only 13 days after Christmas.

My Mom & Dad give me new SnowBabies to add to my collection every year. They always find ones that are perfect for what is happening in my life, I got two little AuntieM SnowBabies this year!

I love them, thank you!

This year I got to celebrated my birthday with some wonderful friends.

Jackie made me an M (for Mandy) that I put in my den

along with this great Peace Sign from Jerry.

Amanda gave me an "oh so Mandy" Betsey Johnson bag and

Tanya made me an AuntieM diaper bag and beautiful business card holder.

Thank you all so much you all are so special

and made my day a very happy one!



And I got a load of crafty books from Jean, Dave, Mel & Cindy! I can't wait to get started making some of the things in the books!

Troy got me a toy I've been wanting for a while now,

the Xyron Wishblade.

It has not arrived yet hopefully sometime next week,

I can't wait to start playing with it!

I bought myself a present this year, a new cell phone!

The Sprint Samsung Instinct.

It's Sprint's version of the iPhone. This is the coolest phone E V E R !!!!! I've only had it for a week so I don't think I've even touched what it is capable of doing, but I love it already. I went in to buy it and didn't even know but two days earlier they released a pink version, so not is it only the coolest phone ever but it's metallic pink too!


Again, thank you everyone for making

my holidays and birthday extra special this year!
MWAH!!!

Only In Vegas

Only in Vegas will little girls playing in the snow carry umbrellas!!

While getting snap shots of the snow storm we got in December

I couldn't help getting a couple shots of a group of

little girls playing in the Vegas snow.

For a girl who grew up in Wyoming enduring below zero blizzards
I couldn't help but giggle at these girls.

I had to wonder.....how do you build snowmen & have

snowball fights when you are carrying an umbrella!?!?!

The next day I got a great shot of a boy shoveling his driveway,

it was his last load so I don't know how much he shoveled before

he got the idea to use the wheelbarrow, but what a smart boy!

These are shots of our backyard early in the afternoon and

our front yard towards early evening. We ended up with a

lot more snow than this before the storm was over.

The Boys could tell something was happening but they were

not quite sure what to think, they sat on that couch for about

an hour just staring out the window!

The next day.......

....by the time I got up it was warm enough in the backyard
to start melting. However, before I could get my car out of the
garage in the front of the house I had to shovel my driveway.
I'm sure I looked hilarious, we only had a tiny little shovel!

What a great surprise, a White Christmas in Vegas!