November is ending...

Only two more days left in November! Where has the year gone?
Johnna turned one on Thanksgiving day! It was so special having everyone here to celebrate with her. We got her a Bitty Baby that Jacob has been taking care of for her. Grandma (my mom) got her some beautiful gold earrings with screw backs. She received a beautiful white furry coat from Aunt Sissy. Aunt Kathy bought her a super cute outfit for Christmas. Aunt Jill got her a Baby Leap pad (reading) which both she and Jake loves! She also got lots of moola for her bank account. She’s a very lucky girl!

Joshua turns 20 tomorrow! I can hardly believe it. We are having a special birthday dinner for him and his friends on Friday. He has requested Chicken Alfredo, Pumpkin Crunch and carrot cake. My hips just grew 4 inches typing that!

Well the babies need lunch. More later…

TRICK OR TREAT!

Stunning Silver Leaves Goddess Pendant donated by dyzart

Gorgeous Dichroic Fused Glass Pendant donated by GloriaLynnGlass

Lovely Seasonal Stained Glass Pumpkin donated by GetGlassy

Trick or treat!Announcing the CGGE's Halloween Candy Corn Hunt and SALE!
On Oct. 24, CGGE members launch a special scavenger hunt with gorgeous glass prizes. And member shops will be holding special sales as well!
Take a good look at Ms. Candy Corny, at left. She is the clue that will lead you to the prizes! In the spirit of Halloween, participating members will hide a picture of Candy Corny in one of their listings. Your trick? Search our shops and find her, to qualify for a shiny treat. One winner will receive a stunning silver leaves goddess pendant donated by dyzart. Another winner will receive a gorgeous dichroic fused glass pendant donated by GloriaLynnGlass AND a third winner will win a lovely seasonal stained glass pumpkin piece donated by GetGlassy. And while you are searching our shops for the Candy Cornys, you'll notice fabulous sales which may include set percentages off, BOGOs, free shipping, and more. See each shop's announcement for its special SALE!

Here’s how to play!
Contest runs October 24-31
To play, you must be an Etsy member. It’s EASY, sign up here if you are not a member already: http://www.etsy.com/.
Search each participating shop listed below to find a hidden Candy Corny image. Each participating shop has one Candy Corny hidden somewhere. When you find one, make a note of the shop name, and the item number shown in the address window of that item. For example, you find a Candy Corny here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=285136. Jot down "creationsinglass 285136" (shop name and item number). Remember she may be hiding ANYWHERE in a shop. Simple!
When you've found all of the Candy Cornys, send a convo to Kris & Peggy at creationsinglass, with all your answers.
The contest will run for one week, Oct, 24-31. At midnight Oct. 31, our CGGE judges will check all of the entries for correct Candy Corny sightings. Winners are the entries with the most correct sightings. In the likely event of a tie, the three winners will be drawn at random from all the correct entries. The lucky, clever winners will be notified via convos on Nov. 1, and their names will be published before the cheering throngs on our website and in the Etsy forums.
CGGE members are not allowed to participate, but will join in, chat and cheer contestants on in the thread while you are searching for the Candy Corny!
Participating shops:

http://www.aardvart.etsy.com/

http://www.artglassfusion.etsy.com/

http://www.bearhollowcreations.etsy.com/

http://www.calyxann.etsy.com/

http://www.cassarocreations.etsy.com/

http://www.ccvalenzo.etsy.com/

http://www.craftyhag.etsy.com/

http://www.creationsinglass.etsy.com/

http://www.desertroseartglass.etsy.com/

http://www.dichroicdazzle.etsy.com/

http://www.dogmawglass.etsy.com/

http://www.eccentricity.etsy.com/

http://www.etherealgirls.etsy.com/

http://www.gazeduponglass.etsy.com/

http://www.getglassy.etsy.com/

http://www.ginkgoglass.etsy.com/

http://www.glasscatjewels.etsy.com/

http://www.glasshousejewelry.etsy.com/

http://www.glazzfusion.etsy.com/

http://www.glorialynnglass.etsy.com/

http://www.joanjewels.etsy.com/

http://www.kristaskiln.etsy.com/

http://www.kiwijewels.etsy.com/

http://www.lawatha.etsy.com/

http://www.lisahammer.etsy.com/

http://www.matechuk.etsy.com/

http://www.papernclay.etsy.com/

http://www.smokeylady54.etsy.com/

http://www.sonjaboo.etsy.com/

http://www.squidglass.etsy.com/

Have fun and good luck!!!

Rainy Day

I love rainy days. I love to cook and clean on rainy days. Tonight we are having tomato soup and tuna salad sandwiches on toasted bread. Great rainy day meal! I might even get ambitious and make a dessert!
We are all getting flu shots this week. Some of us are not excited. It protects are babies though so it must be done.

I entered the Magless Exchange again. What can I say… I’m a glutton for punishment.
I’m number 43 this year. I already have a few ideas. Very late due date so I have PLENTY of time.

There is still time to sign up for the CGGE newsletter and be eligible to win the nightlight I’ve made. Go to http://www.cgge.org/ to enter.

Happy Monday!

We visited the apple orchard on Sunday. It was a beautiful day and the kids had so much fun! Jake was excited to see all of the farm animals and loved playing in the hay.
He even braved the haunted house! Johnna was sort of just in awe of all the people and people and activity. The highlight was the tractor train the pulled us through the orchard and pumpkin patch. We bought apples, fudge, donuts and a caramel apple. It was an awesome day.
Show on Saturday! So much to do!
Hope this is better than the last one.

WIN a Gorgeous Nightlight!!!

I am donating the prize for the CGGE (Creative Glass Guild of Etsy) October newsletter drawing!
The prize is a lovely nightlight made from glass nuggets in white, clear, yellow, red, purple, green, blue and turquoise that I have soldered together and attached to nightlight base.
You can see the nightlight here:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7275326
All you have to do to be eligible to win this prize is to visit http://www.cgge.org/ and sign up for the newsletter!

Good luck to all that sign up!

Happy Birthday #10 Camden!

I didn’t forget. ;)

Today started out pretty blah but has rounded off being a pretty okay day.
I have new motivation and I asked someone if they would like to be interviewed for my blog! Stay tuned for more on that!
Less than 10 days until my first trunk show.
Am I calm? Hardly… Yikes, yikes and triple yikes!
My oldest (Josh) was scheduled today to have his wisdom teeth extracted on the 28th. My poor baby! I remember getting mine out. He thinks he’s going to go out that night. Ha!
We shall see…
More later…
Must get… beauty… sleep….
*snore*

I was scammed!

When I was in Ohio several weeks ago I had the opportunity to try on my nieces “Crocs”. As ugly as they are, they were surprisingly comfy.
After some consideration I decided to look them up. Retail they go for about $30 bucks. So I decide to search for them on eBay. Bingo! I find a seller who is almost giving them away for $9.95 plus shipping and handling! And they were authentic! So I immediately choose the “buy it now” option and purchase them.
I saved so much money I decided to search for some fun accessories for my Crocs.
I bought a cute little bunny, a plump and juicy strawberry, a cup of Joe and a Sugar Daddy sucker.
Now all I had to do was sit back and wait for my purchases to come in.
Two days later I received my accessories. So cute!
Seven days later I look online to see the status of my shoes.
Hmmmm… the seller who had a 100% positive rating is now receiving negative reviews.

I contact her and ask her when I could expect my shoes.
She replies:
I am sorry. i get them from canada and they were stuck at customs on the united states side. i have resolved this. they will be here by thursday afternoon. if you want i can give you your money back. if not i will pay to overnight them to you as soon as i have them. here is the tracking number of the shoes XXXXXXX 754 and here is there website if you want to take a look www.dhl-usa.com .
I ask if she’s talking about the current Thursday or the next Thursday.
She replies:
thursday next week. as i say in my listing, i try to ship within 2 weeks.i am getting them from canada. i will get them to you as fast as i can. thank you
I tell her no problem. Just keep me in the loop.
The following Thursday I log onto eBay to see the status of my shoes.
There is no listing…
There is no seller…
(Insert swear words.)

I file a claim with PayPal.

Meanwhile I decide to give another eBay seller a chance. Mind you $10 dollars more, but the first deal should have sent huge red flags my way. If it’s to good to be true, it probably is.
I received my new Crocs from the second eBay seller in 2 days. Love em!

Just received a email from PayPal.

We have concluded our investigation into your case and have decided in your favor.
We were able to recover $18.34 USD and this amount has been credited to you. Please allow five business days for this adjustment to be posted.
If you are due any additional funds, we will make our best effort to recover the balance from the seller.
If the seller's account has insufficient funds to complete the refund owed to you, please be assured that we will take appropriate action against the seller's account, which may include limitation of the seller's account privileges.

What comes around…

Thank you PayPal!