Tuesday, May 31, 2011

A day at the beach

On Sunday my dad surprised us by letting us know we were of to the beach :) It had been a year since my sister and I been there so I we were definitely excited! The fun thing was that Hannah and her dad (my brother in law) had never been to the beach before. WE HAD SUCH A BLAST!!!!!!!

It was my first time going to the beach down here in Florida, the beach we went to is called Siesta keys. Its a cute little island with the warmest water ever!!! When I lived in San Diego the water was FREEZING, but the water here is seriously amazing. The only downside is that there aren't as many waves to jump :( Other than that its awesome, OOO and the sand is sooo white. My brother in law is like a paparazzi and took a million pictures LOL sooo I thought Id share some with yall <3

my mom and hannah

my mom, me, Hannah on the bottom and my sister
pretty water :)

workin on her tan

PEACE :)

she was lovinggggg the sand :)
such a gorgeous day
We had a super great time :) What a wonderful memorial day weekend <3 I hope you all had a great weekend too!!! Happy tuesday..

Toodles for now

Veronica Grace <3

Thursday, May 26, 2011

BeaderBubbe :)

My fun BESTeam Feature for this week is on the one and only Mrs. Agnes from BeaderBubbe, Mrs. Agnes currently lives in Brooklyn. New York. .
TURQUOISE :)
Mrs. Agnes creates wonderful pieces of jewelry, her jewelry unlike most is not only created with beads

She designs jewelry with an array of materials, such as: rubber, polymer clay, ceramic, and even gemstones. Here are some of my faves:
Cute Polymer necklace

But of course :) Turquoise earrings

Golden swirls bracelet


Mrs. Agnes has five awesome children, six fun grand kids, with another one on the way!

Just like so many small businesses and home oriented shops her designs and creations don't always get the chance to be sold on Etsy. Most of the time her awesome pieces get picked up by family and friends :) How often has this happened to yall?



Mrs. Agnes also has a fun blog :) Make sure you check up on it, she posts some pretty awesome stuff on it YAY!

You can also find Mrs. Agnes on
FaceBook, and Twitter!

BeaderBubbe is a member of the BEST of Etsy.
The
Boosting Etsy Shops Team's goal is to provide marketing support for each others' Etsy shops by writing WEEKLY features on our blogs. For those that have them, we encourage use of Twitter Accounts and Facebook Fanpages to further this goal. Our team also shows support by offering free advertising for each other. We are a very dynamic, active group and we are now accepting new members!

The BESTeam is so much more then writing a feature every week! Its a team of caring and talented crafters on Etsy.
Please click the link above to find out more about this great team, and consider joining

A robins nest....

Hey yall :) I should be working on an Etsy feature right now, but I'm so ecstatic of a little project I finished earlier.

When I was a little girl *about 6* I took a family trip to Bolivia, There was a sweet lady selling some handmade pottery on the street and I really wanted to take a peek. When I walked over I found the cutest pottery, one of which was a small nest with two eggs. I thought it would be a perfect gift to my mom because she had two little babies *my sister and I* I ended up buying it and giving it to her :)

To this day its my favorite decor in our home, So I decided "why not make something myself that resembles the excitement I felt that day in Bolivia?" To my delight it came out just like I wanted it to. . .

Here's a peek. . .


I Had so much fun creating this little nest :) I'm selling it on my Etsy if anyone is interested in giving it a new loving home <3 you can find it HERE

My hope is that it will bring the same excitement it did to me...

Veronica Grace

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Florida is what??? RED HOT

When I was in 6th grade (my last year in private school) I was a cheerleader... One of our cheers has constantly been on my mind this week so far. It went something like this. . .

"CCA IS WHAT??? RED HOT! I SAID CCA IS WHAT??? RED HOT R-E-D H-O-T RED HOT!"

jejeje it might not sound like much but it was pretty fun, the reason its been on my mind is because the temperatures have been out of control HOT! Sunday was 95 yesterday was 98 and today was 99!!! The humidity is out of control too

Ive been getting crazy migraines even though I drink tons of water, my dad has been getting them too but we are trying to stay away from taking medicine. . . so as you can imagine there are two grumpy people in my house today jeje

Here are some fun pictures from the great outdoors that my sister and I took :) Hope you all have a sunny, but not to hot Tuesday evening <3



Toodles for now <3

Veronica grace

Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Mystic Wynd blew...

Cute bookmark
I will not be doing much of the talking today for my weekly Best team feature :) I am extremely lucky to have the opportunity to feature a very special lady who's goal is nonetheless to please and reassure. My Feature is on the lovely Mrs. Karen of Mystic Wynd I love the story behind the name if her shop! here it is

"An awareness of peace and love rose anew, As the spirit found truth and the Mystic Wynd blew..."

That line is a line from a poem I wrote a while back. It is a poem about life and learning to embrace the idea of being true to ourselves and learning not to care too much about whether we're up to the scrutiny of others.


Her store is full of amazing jewelry that fits any person, style, religion or income.

Here is a bit about Mrs. Karen

Born and raised in the Windy City (Chicago, Il), I was fortunate to have grown up in a culturally diverse, ethnically rich, "neighborhood" where everyone knew everyone else, we were able to keep our doors unlocked, girls actually couldn't wait until Mom or Grandma or Aunt Sally taught them to crochet or knit or do any of the other handcrafts that adorned our homes, our wardrobes, our places of worship and even sometimes made it into the little shop on the corner to be sold.

Im so in love with this turquoise necklace!
Mrs. Karen is currently living in Arizona, she had 3 beautiful kids, 3 awesome step kids and 7 wonderful grand kids!!! The diversity in her shop has really caught my attention, I see so many treasures just waiting to be picked up. I couldn't say it better than the creator herself, here is what she has to say about her beautiful pieces:

My creations are designed in the hopes of igniting that special spark of uniqueness that lies within us all. Some things are elegant, some are fun, some are outlandish, some are colorful, some are calming - but the great thing is that I know there is someone out there who will recognize something that just makes them feel good about themselves!

Well without further adieu I present you with some of my faves <3
Isnt this just gorgeous???

LOVE THIS RING!

Im in love with the florals!

such a deep blue!

Chakra Necklace

So romantic!



Now I leave you on this last note...

As someone who appreciates the love and energy and hard work that goes into anything that is handcrafted, thank you for shopping at Etsy. Whether you buy from me or one of the many, many very talented crafters who show their wares here, thank you for appreciating and acknowledging what we put into our work!

~Karen

Mystic Wynd has a | Blog | Twitter | Facebook

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Do you know your ABC's?

 I was Tagged by my awesome friend over at mNg :) Thanks Maggie
                            
                     Hope you enjoy, you guys should try it out too <3


A. Age: 17 ½ im so anxious to turn 18 already jaja
B. Bed size: Full
C. Chore you hate: Washing the dishes HATE!
D. Day: Saturday :)
E. Essential start to your day: 2-3 cups of coffee jeje 4 If its really early
F. Favourite colour: Its a tie between Pink and Turquoise... jeje
G. Gold or Silver: Silver
H. Height: 5'6"
I. Instruments: I used to play guitar when I was like 12 but I stopped and now I've forgotten everything.
J. Job title: none right now :(
K. Kids: Have always loved em, especially all my nieces and nephews jeje wish they all lived closer
L. Live: Tampa Florida
M. Mum’s name: Angelica
N. Nicknames: Gracie
O. Overnight hospital stays: When I was three my mom and I got in an a car accident, a drunk driver hit us... We both almost died, my mom was in the hospital for 6 months. I had to stay 3 days though
P. Pet peeve: hmmm I know I have a million but none are really popping up right now!
Q. Quote from a movie: “This is America, the place to find hope. If you give up now, you will never find them. So never say never.this is from the movie Fievel goes west... my faveeee movie when I was little
R. Right or left handed: Right handed.
S. Siblings: One older sister.
T. Time you wake up: OOO gosh believe it or not around 8:30 late I Know!
U. Underwear: Pink boyshorts <3
V. Vegetables you dislike: Raw onions, brussel sprouts, cabbage
W. What makes you run late: Putting my face on as my dad likes to say jaja

X. X-Rays you’ve had: Wisdom teeth grr...

Y. Yummy food you make: I like making stroganoff, just in case you dont know what that is its a really yummy pasta and meat dish with a sour cream sauce...
Z. Zoo: I actually haven't been to an actual zoo in years, but a couple months ago I took my niece to a small petting zoo

Now im going to tag some interesting people, but dont let this stop you, join in the fun!


Toodles for now

Veronica grace <3

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Crazi sisters

Today when my sister came over after work we decided to have a makeup party <3 I don't know If you guys are as makeup crazy as my sister and I jejeje before she got married we used to spend hours and hours doing different makeup looks! An old favorite which we still do every once in a while is ELECTRIC BLUES jejeje I LOVE LOVE blue*as you already know*, soo my sister thought we should do some fun blue looks... I used my favorite MPZ eye shadows in Rabies, Bettie, Bone, and White lines...

My sister used Rabies and Dalia :) Anyway I thought I'd share some fun pictures with yall, !!!BUT!!!! of course something had to go wrong, my computer deleted everything on my SD chip before I could save anything... they were such cute pictures!  I was able to take a couple of just myself with a bad camera. They aren't the best quality but I hope you still get to see the fun blues jeje

BTW Andrea from the AMAZING MPZ cosmetics is super sweet and her makeup is the best quality if your interested here is her awesome etsy shop.




I'm hoping to try again with my sister again tomorrow :) We are kind on rusty on our makeup skills....

I used to do makeup for my friends all the time, and I would do my own even if I wouldn't go out.. But its never to late to start up again <3 I hope you guys have a fun Wednesday :)

Toodles for now

Veronica Grace

Monday, May 16, 2011

Toodlefradoodles

Hope you all are having a good week so far. Its been really sunny these last two days, three days ago there was a terrible storm that swept by so Ive been pretty stoked about the sun! I got to take Hannah the pool today and we had a BLAST, Im so happy that I get to teach her how to swim, shes such a fast learner.

I wish I would have taken pictures for yall :) Anyway I thought I'd share a couple Fathers day gifts that Ive picked out from Etsy just in case you guys the same hard time picking something as I am  <3 Here they are:

Thanks to Taylor Lynn for being so amazing and finding the link for me :) YAY you can find this here
 My dad love loves his coffee so this warmer would be great for him :)

You can get these amazing cuff links here
I fell in love with these cuff links when I saw them :) So fun!
find them here
My entire family loves chocolate but not as not as much as my dad :) These truffles are filled with brownie! mmmm
Find the coffee here
If there is one thing my dad cant live without It's definitely coffee :)
Find this fun print here
 One thing I'll never forget are the sunday afternoons that my dad would spend with me watching golf games :) then he would take me to the course to hit a couple rounds! Whats your dad's favorite sport?
Find this card here
I most likely will end up changing my mind on a card about 100x's jeje but I really Like the colors and look of this one :)

I hope you enjoyed these picks :) There is a never ending list on etsy, I seriously haven't even scraped the surface sooo Ill be posting up some more soon!

Hope you have a super Tuesday :)

Toodles

Veronica Grace

Friday, May 13, 2011

Blue White Jewelry


Today's BEST team feature is on the one and only Bluewhite jewelry wear on Etsy, I love love the oriental theme of their jewelry! I've always loved the combination of those two colors, It has so much life to it :) Here is what the awesome owner has to say <3

Welcome to my online shop. I am an American (born & raised in upstate NY) except who has lived in Bangkok, Thailand for 9 years. I am crazy about the Chinese blue and white beads and have loved creating necklaces and bracelets mixing them with other materials. My husband and I recently moved to Santiago, Chile. It's our first time in South America, and we are loving this new adventure!

Blue White Wear creates jewelry (necklaces, bracelets, earrings) with an oriental touch! A modern version of East meets West. Unique jewelry for unique women.

Here are a few of my favorites, and of course I had to throw in a turquoise piece jeje <3 Enjoy lovies




Blue white wear also has a Blog and Twitter Stop by sometime and show some lovin 


Blue also has amazing wine charms WHICH I LOVE :) here are a couple

Blue White wear is a member of the BEST of Etsy.
The
Boosting Etsy Shops Team's goal is to provide marketing support for each others' Etsy shops by writing WEEKLY features on our blogs. For those that have them, we encourage use of Twitter Accounts and Facebook Fanpages to further this goal. Our team also shows support by offering free advertising for each other. We are a very dynamic, active group and we are now accepting new members!
The BESTeam is so much more then writing a feature every week! Its a team of caring and talented crafters on Etsy.
Please click the link above to find out more about this great team, and consider joining this team!
 

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

To my sweet baby

May 1st was My niece Hannah's 2nd birthday :) I meant to make a post but I completely forgot. A couple months before she was born I wrote her a song, it was so much fun to sing to my sister's belly jeje Hannah would move around like a wiggle worm when we would sing to her. I remember rubbing my sisters belly and telling her "your favorite color is going to be pink like your auntie" It was such an emotional time for me

2 years ago a most precious baby girl was born :) Happy birthday to my gorgeous niece Hannah!!!!!! I LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE EVERYDAY ♥ i cant imagine not having you in my life....
 Here are some pictures of her since she was born until the present 
The day she was born

4 months old

6 months old

8 months old

1 year old
Hannah playing with her friend :)

1 years 4 months

1 1/2 years old with her cousin sophia


 Here are some pictures of her birthday (sorry for the photo overload by the way) jeje 
We woke her up early to surprise her :) so sorry for our pajama look jeje
sticking her finger in her over sized cupcake

The cake arrangement

putting icing on my dads nose :)


She had a good day :)
 I LOVE YOU HANNAH BANANA :)
Veronica Grace