DIY Mother’s Day Earring Card & Flowers
A fun floral DIY card and handmade jewelry gifts for mom on Mother’s Day with video tutorials.
Category Archives: Blog
Various topics of interest to me such as book reviews, beading techniques and shows, health and inspirational stuff, crafts and DIY projects, everything thing purrrrfect about cats and more sparkly musings. For straight Sparkle Squad sales, please click “NEWS”.
Sweepstakes Link to Fire Mountain Gems Jewelry Supplies Giveaway
URGENT: Update your Kindle eReader!
My sweet cousin, having read my previous blog post on how much I love my Kindle, warned me the other day about an URGENT Amazon announcement for my reader. Thankfully when I clicked for more info, my Fire HDX 8.9 particular model was not on the list for those needing the IMMEDIATE UPDATE before the… Read More
Take a Chance on Doing What you Love!
Sweet sarsaparilla! I love this old speech! Jim Carrey expresses the key reason why I’m still holding out to spread more of my handmade sparkles online even though the bead store dream I previously envisioned had too many risky overhead pitfalls. The Struggle is Real I’ve always been a responsible person, working multiple jobs at one time for many… Read More
Thanks, Renae Christine Ultimate Architect!
Sparkly Thanks, Renae! I can’t say enough how thankful I am to have come across Renae Christine and her Ultimate Architect website building training! I already receive her free handmade training announcements. The Renae Christine Ultimate Architect web builder training had a limited time reduced rate, so I signed up. I am so glad I… Read More
Reading and Relaxing with my Kindle Fire
I have experienced a hiatus this past year from full time employment. After our move to Texas, we have been dealing with home remodeling disasters and my hubby had a few surprise surgeries. There have also been many small business startup projects involved in transitioning my handmade jewelry from a hobby to a business. Sometimes these obstacles have become so… Read More
DIY Gifts for Pilots: Candy Airplanes
DIY Storage Gift for Crafters: Bead & Embellishment Tin Video Tutorial
After taking a beading class several years ago, I wanted to share the sparkles about this little gem of a gift. A now dear friend of mine who taught the class, gave me a bead tin and even included a little pair of scissors with a darling bead dangle on it. I still use that… Read More
A Sparkletale…The Sparkly Beader
So…as usual…I’m late to the technical guru partay, but I have now officially tried my hand at iMovie via my lovely Rose Gold Apple iPhone 6S Plus. I must say that I think this little sparkly fairytale a.k.a. sparkletale turned out to be pretty cute. I included a mix of current projects and past designs with… Read More
Help Me Choose and Score Some Sparkle!
UPDATE: Sadly, I didn’t have much participation in this contest. The few entries received did not use both hashtags for the contest. So….maybe next time? Sniffles. Gotta get more sparkly peeps engaged in my giveaways. I’ll try another one soon. Thanks to the two gals who tried. I appreciated your response in the survey, too! I’ve… Read More
