Pretty Little Adornments...

Well hello my Lovelies,

Like many of you, I have been a busy little Siren. Toiling away on projects for the upcoming Holidays and this doesn’t leave much time for crafting witty notes or updating blogs but I wanted to give you all a sneak peek at some of the goodies I have been working on recently.

Here are some of the dangly earrings that will be available for purchase via my ETSY account later tonight.

Sterling Silver and Labradorite

 

Moonstone and Quartz

Sterling Silver and Labradorite

 In case any of you were wondering, I only use Sterling Silver and mostly natural stone beads (sometimes glass if a specific color is desired). I would also like to ask that you not

Judge my photos too harshly. Remember this is just a sneak peek and I took these photos EARLY this morning with the cell phone camera.

And before I forget, my super sweet Sirens Sugar Scrub is available now on ETSY.

Let your inner Siren out… Leave the scales to the fishies!!

Ta-ta for now,

M.

Black Friday Week? Really?

Ok maybe I'm just getting old, but in my day we didn't start Christmas shopping until the day after Thanksgiving, and Santa absolutely stayed up at the North Pole until the very end of the Macy's thanksgiving day parade. But these days you can't even get through Halloween before some stores start stocking their shelves with the red and green. And something else that has been bugging me for a while: a certain coffee shop (who shall remain nameless –mostly because I don’t want to take the chance of getting banned from getting my yummy Americano with soy milk) was handing out their special edition holiday cups on November 1st. Come on now i hadn't even gotten the pumpkin off my porch by then. And now we have BLACK FRIDAY WEEK (that doesn’t even make any sense). Add to that the threat of employees picketing Wal-Mart for opening on Thanksgiving day (honestly, I think there are more reason than that to protest them, but that is a whole other rant). Am I the only one who thinks this is freakin’crazy?

My hubby thinks the only reason Black Friday is so popular is so people have an excuse to behave like the true animals they are. Maybe he is on to something. He is a pretty smart guy, after all he was able to tame this Siren.

That's it for now my lovelies. Happy thanksgiving eve.

Ta-ta,
M.

Even Sirens Get Dry Skin

So here in the Great North West the weather has taken a turn for the cold and wet and as anyone who has lived in a chilly climate knows this often means dry, itchy, uncomfortable skin. This is not pretty to look at, and not uncomfortable.

What is a Siren to do? I tried lotions, and salves, and creams and nothing seemed to work. So out of desperation I went to my kitchen and mixed up a concoction of coconut, olive and grape seed oils. Tossed in some chucky sugar and a dash of vanilla and mixed it all together. The smell was divine! But would it help my dry limbs? Only one way to find out, off to the shower I went.

I’ll skip all of the nitty gritty details of showering to clean the skin and jump straight to scrubbing to exfoliate and soften the skin. I dipped my fingers into the little jar and started to gently rub the sugar and oil on my skin. (Did I mention that this stuff smelled DIVINE?) After thoroughly scrubbing all of my skin I rinsed off the little bits of sugar and extra oils that remained, turned off the water and grabbed my towel and blotted the water droplets off my skin. You will notice that I said “blotted” as opposed to wiped. This was so that I could leave as much of the oil to soak into my skin as possible. A very important step if I do say so myself, and well I guess I just did.

Now normally right after I get out of the shower I have to slather on the lotion before I dress but this time I decided to forgo the lotion and see how moisturized this scrub would make me. This as it turns out was a great decision because by the end of the day my skin was still soft and moist, almost dewy. Could it be? Did I just find a way to beat the dry skin blues? Or was this a fluke? I needed to test this out on other Sirens. So back to the kitchen to mix up a few more batches I went.

With a few freshly mixed jars of this lovely elixir I set out to meet up with a couple of my favorite Sirens. Within a month both of them had nearly used up all of their scrub and were requesting more. I was more than happy to oblige. This time I made a bigger batch and tried a few more scents as well as recruited other Sirens to give it a try. This lovely creation was a hit; I even had people asking if they could buy it… SQUEEEE!!!

“Well of course you may.” I responded, with a huge smile on my face.

So I ask you again, “when her skin is dry and uncomfortable, what is a Siren to do?” Well this Siren’s remedy was sweet, make SUGAR SCRUB.

The only down side is this can leave the shower a tinsy bit slick so you may have to use care so as not to slip. Other than that this stuff is exactly what the Siren ordered.

Will have 16oz jars of my Sirens Sugar Scrub for sale on my ETSY site by this weekend. Watch for them, they will make FANTASTIC holiday gifts.

Ta-ta for now,

M.

The Siren is Back!!

Hello my lovelies,

I have been away for awhile. OK I have been away for a LONG while, but alas my pretties the Siren is back. Later this week I will be posting some of the goodies I have been working on but right now, since this is Thanksgiving week, I felt it was the perfect time to express what I am thankful for and what better place to do that then right here?

I am thankful for so very much this year, so I’m not quite sure where to start but here goes. I am first of all thankful for my health and modern medicine because without these two things I would not here writing this. I am thankful for my amazing hubby for everything he does and is. I never thought I would find someone as wonderful as you!!! I am so very thankful for my dear friends (you know who you are) for always being there for me. I am thankful for my family for all of their encouragement and love. I am thankful for my two wonderful puppies even if you both can be a little bit sassy. There is so MUCH more that I am thankful for but this is a good start. Got-a save a little for the rest of the week ya know?!

Ta-Ta for now.

XOXO,

M.

Today we will be working with glass and fabric!

So the other day I was asked by a dear friend to make a few pieces of jewelry that she will gift this Christmas. One of the items at first sounded quite challenging and I almost declined the request but after discussing her vision and mulling it over for a few days I have decided to take up the challenge.

HER REQUEST: green glass heart, about ¾” to 1” wide with a little yellow buttercup

My 1^st response: Glass isn’t like paper so I can’t just cut it into the shape of a heart. I would need a saw to make the cuts and I DON’T HAVE A SAW. And what is a buttercup?

Her response: I’m sure you’ll figure it out and the flower doesn’t have to be made out of glass. I trust your artistic vision.

HA!!! Great…

So with that here are the questions I went away with:

#1: what the heck does a Buttercup look like

#2: how to cut a heart out of glass

Well after a quick search on the Google I now know what a buttercup is. Easy enough. Now how to replicate that: I know Fabric…

Here is what I found and how I replicated it:

Real Buttercup

Fabric Buttercup

Now on to the heart… Well this part may end up being a bit trickier but I have some ideas. I will share more on that topic after I have worked on it a bit. For now here is what I am trying.

Ta-ta,

M.

I'm on ETSY!!!

Oh my gosh, FINALLY!! Last night I officially posted items for sale to ETSY! And after all of my dragging of feet, fretting, and excuse making I have to say it was rather simple. A bit on the time consuming side, but honestly I think that was only because I was working from the laptop. I am not very proficient on that keyboard so typing all the descriptions took a bit longer than expected. Other than that, Etsy makes it so incredibly simple to list. I for one am completely impressed.

Here are the sweet little trinkets I listed.

Turquoise Chips with Red Coral Accent Bead

Red Coral with Turquoise Skull and White Glass Flower

Dia de los Muertos Inspired Necklace

Turquoise Tubes with Red Skull and White Glass Flower

Round Turquoise with Pewter Flower

Red Coral with Bone White Skull and Clear Glass Flower

Red Coral Tubes with Turquoise Skull and White Glass Flower

Turquoise Tubes with White Skull and Red Glass Flower

If you would like you can check all of them out and even buy something by following this link

 http://www.etsy.com/shop/SirensCalling

Ta-ta,

M.

FEAR OF FAILURE BE DAMNED!!!

After a little hiatus from my creative side, I would like to welcome myself back to my blog. Hello little blog. Did you miss me? I missed you. I have so much to tell you, some things super fun and other things are more like self realizations. So let’s start with the fun stuff.

Hubby and I spent a week in a little beach house on Oahu. We swam with turtles, watched the sunrise, hiked, and simply relaxed. It was delightful and I came back refreshed and recharged.

While there I decided that I needed a ukulele. Told hubby that by the end of the year I want to be able to play at least three cords. So far I have figured out how to strum (baby steps). My rhythm is a bit off but it’s definitely better than the first day I played with it.

I also found this amazing hand carved octopus.

Now that I am back from vacation and fully caught up at the office I feeling my creative juices flowing. Over the weekend I made seven felt dahlia for a co-worker (she is giving them as Christmas gifts). She had originally ordered five of them and after I made them I wasn’t 100% happy with the color combination on two, so I made two more. I figured I would let her choose the ones she liked the best. Well, I brought them to work for her today and she ended up buying ALL of themJ. AWESOME!!!

OK, so now to the self realization part. I have realized (maybe better to say re-realized) that I have a huge fear of failure, and more often than not, that fear keeps me from excelling and reaching my goals. With that said, the second thing I will do tonight after I get home (first thing is to kiss my wonderful hubby) is post a few items on Etsy. Honestly I have no good reason why I haven’t posted them already. I mean seriously the items were completed last month and I wrote all of the descriptions already. The only thing I have to say for this is what I have already stated; FEAR OF FAILURE. Oh well, they say the first step is admitting you have a problem right?!

Ta-ta for now.

M.