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With the onset of summer vacation earlier than normal (for me) – Seriously, I’m from Pennsylvania!  Who ever heard of getting out of school BEFORE Memorial Day? – We’ve been busy, when I say we I mean I have been busy.  Because apparently my children believe I am their entertainment director.  They are learning pretty quickly that I’m really not and if they actually want to be entertained they need to figure it out on their own!

What Have We Done So Far?

I had all these plans to go explore the outlying areas of Fort Worth, but my oldest broke her toe and we have been pretty limited in what we can do.  Sigh.  We were able to get to the Fort Worth Zoo this summer, which is super cool and so much better than the Philly Zoo, in my opinion.  Not as crowded, not as expensive, much cleaner and a manageable size.  The night after we went to the zoo, the toe broke…..

What Do We Want To Do?

Considering we are less than 40 days to Back To School (inner happy dance going on) I still want to get down to the Stockyards again, because I love it.  I still want to go to the Water Gardens and Dinosaur Park in Glen Rose.  Those are the three things I hope to accomplish in the next month…..I’m not going to over reach my wants for this summer.  The girls haven’t hurt each other too much and they seem to be getting along at this particular moment, so I’ll be happy if we can get to these three!

Crafting Life

Beaded Bracelet by MyBeadJeweledWorldI’ve been busy on a few different projects this summer.  The first one being my beaded bracelets.  On a trip to the Stockyards I fell in love with a beaded bracelet but was upset that it didn’t fit me correctly, even though it was stretchy.  I mean, who wants to wear divots in their skin?  I figured I can make one that would fit me so I tried and I did!  Simple.  Apparently, I did a pretty good job because friends and family loved them.  Needless to say, I’ve set up an Etsy store.  If you want, feel free to stop by and take a look.  I currently have about 12 more bracelets to add to the store.

If you’re interested in making your own bracelets, you only need a few simple items:

Keep an eye out for a tutorial on my other website, My BeadJeweledWorld

The other thing I’ve been working on is making journals to sell on Amazon.  I design the covers, use a template for the interior files.  I’ve made many different blank journals and notebooks.  I love making them and having my girls help me with some of the designs.  They even put in special requests for the notebooks – blank graphic novels!  I’ll have an entire post on this over the next few days.  In the meantime, check out some of the notebooks I’ve made.  If you have any requests, let me know and I’ll see if I can get one up on Amazon for you!