Pretty Little Things

So i had a great opportunity to show off my Pretty Little Things this past weekend. It was fun. Really fun :) My sweet sis wrote a great blog post with the wonderful pictures she took . . . check it out . . . http://www.pickledblu.blogspot.com/

Just Dance . . . and Tap and Tumble . . .

Me and my best girl

There she is giving it her best in the front.

Auntie Meme came all the way from Atlanta for the show.

The dance girls. These girls have danced together for years.

Perfect.

The 2nd floor of the Princess Theater where she changed three times.

Taking a break at dress rehearsal.

My little dancer. Seems like yesterday she was doing her little ballet routine her first year of dance. Now, in her third year she has 3 different dances and 3 costume changes. Fun times . . . tired mommy. But dang, she was cute. And really good! She's not just my six year old baby girl anymore. She's more like my BFF . . . **tear*.

What do I do?

"Loved" necklace.

Family necklace with date of marriage in center. Child's name in center.

Necklace "Love Never Fails" on a black leather cord.

2nd Corinthians 12:9 . . . the verse is stamped on the bottom square. I wear this necklace. The verse is special to me. I like sparrows. That's the only meaning of the bird.

A family necklace with the date of marriage in the center. Last name initial at the top.

A keychain for my Dad for Father's Day.

Keychains for my favorite boat captains.

A family necklace with the date of marriage in the center.

What do I do? Can I make a list? I'm a single mom. I work full-time. But, we always feel like we can do more right? So, after alot of research, I taught myself to make jewelry. Earrings most at first. Some rockin earrings I might add :) Then I stumbled into the world of hand stamped jewelry and my research continued. Soon I was saving up for tools and now I hand stamp jewelry and keychains. Designing and customizing each piece is fun and exciting.

Thanks for looking at Pretty Little Things! I look forward to lots and lots of jewelry making to come!
Thanks Kelly's Corner for inviting us to share what we make- now I am going to head over an do some browsing!

Happy Valentine's Day

Something in the moonlight that catches my eye

The shadow of a lover goes dancing by

Looking for a little bit of love to grow, so

Give me love, give me heart and soul

6

She will be 6 on Monday.

If you don't know her . . . here's a quick summary: lipstick, nails, leave my hair down so you can see my curls, pink and red match, two skirts layered are even better, boots with shorts . . . i think i will, give me paper and markers and just. let. me. draw. That's her. My heart. My life.

1st Dance Recital

My little girl is growing up. She is a girly girl too. ALREADY wants to wear makeup, demands the "sparkly " shoes instead of tennis shoes, won't hear of shorts and a t-shirt - it must be a dress. So of course wearing a tu-tu and dancing on stage is right down her little runway. On June 13th, 2009, G had her first dance recital, Studio A presents, "Razzle Dazzle". It was adorable of course. Her class did a ballet routine called "Beauty and the Beast". She made "binoculars" with her hands to look for her daddy halfway through but for the most part she did a great job :) Auntie Meme, Uncle Dan, Nan, Memaw, Daddy, Auntie Jo and Grandma Jenny were there to support her. We were so proud of her :)

Happy 4th Birthday G

Grace Elizabeth Brown was born January 31st, 2005 at 6:57am. They raised her up for me to see and she looked at me with no cries like, "What?, where's the music at?". She's been making me smile and laugh since that moment. She rocks harder than anyone to "her" music, she loves yogurt, always wants "one more show" before bed, loves her hair in pigtails or "like a girl" as she says, walks in my knee boots better than I do, thinks her nanny hung the moon and she should, wipes my tears and comforts me as well as anyone, and shares my lip gloss with me before school in the mornings. I love all these things about this little girl.

Happy Birthday to my little rock and roll princess. I wish for you all the happiness life can offer. I wish for you patience with that hair, devotion to the things you love, love and understanding for your mother and most of all, rock on, little princess :)