To Make You Smile!

A new pastor was visiting in the homes of his parishioners. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore, he took out a business card and wrote 'Revelation 3:20' on the back of it and stuck it in the door.

When the offering was processed the following Sunday, he found that his card had been returned. Added to it was this cryptic message, 'Genesis 3:10.' Reaching for his Bible to check out the citation, he broke up in gales of laughter.

Revelation 3:20 begins 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock.' Genesis 3:10 reads, 'I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid for I was naked.'

Remember when the funniest jokes were the clean ones? They still are!

Item: TBAS

Adorable baby/toddler bracelet made from pewter and metal beads with a metal lobster clasp and grow chain. Czech crystal dangle.

4.5"-5.5" adjustable

$12

Easiest Bread EVER!

I found this recipe for this oh so easy Artisan bread on this blog. I could NOT believe how easy it was and it turned out great! It is crusty and crunchy on the outside with a great texture on the inside. You could season the dough in different ways with herbs and spices. Anyway, give it a try. I made it go with lasagna and my family loved it!

Artisan Bread (makes one loaf)

Ingredients:

3 1/4 Cups Flour

3/4 Tbsp Instant Yeast

3/4 Tbsp Salt

1 1/2 Cups warm water

(I added about 2 tsps. of garlic powder to mine)

Directions: Mix ingredients together. I used my Kitchen Aid stand mixer with dough hook and let it knead for about 5 minutes, but the original recipe does not call for kneading at all. I also had to add a bit more flour. The ratio of flour to water that bread recipes use really depends on where you live and the moisture content of your flour. You want the dough to not be totally sticky. It should not be sticking to the sides of the bowl.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough sit for 3 hours (longer if you want, or need).

With Olive Oil on your hands and counter take the dough (which will be gooey and sticky) and form into a round/circular loaf and place in a round casserole dish with lid that you have sprayed with cooking spray. Rub some extra olive oil on the top of the loaf once you have it in the dish. Cover and bake in fully preheated 450 degree oven for 30 minutes. Take the lid off and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove from the dish, cover with a dry towel and allow to cool somewhat before slicing. Enjoy!

PS. Stay tuned for my delicious lasagna recipe!

Baby/Toddler/Children's bracelets with freshwater pearls

The bracelets below are made with metal lobster clasps and extender chains. They feature freshwater pearls and other beads. Prices as listed

Item: BTCFP1 5"-6" adj.

Peacock freshwater pearls and clear Swarovski crystals.

$14

Item: BTCFP2 4.5"-5.5" adj.

Off-white freshwater pearls with pink Cats eye beads and smoke glass cubes. Pewter spacers.

$14

Item:BTCFP3 4.25"-5.25" adj.

Off-white freshwater pearls.

$12

Toddler/Children's bracelets with Cat's Eye Fiber Optic Beads

The bracelets below are made with metal lobster clasps and extender chains. One has a toggle clasp. They each feature fiber optic Cat's Eye beads, as well as other beads. Please email me with any questions at adornmail@gmail.com

Price: $12 each

Item:TCCE1 5"-6" adjustable

Item: TCCE2 5.5"-6.5" adj.


Item: TCCE3 5"-6" adj.

Item: TCCE4 6"

Item: TCCE5 5.5"-6.5" adj

Toddler/Children's Bracelets with Mother of Pearl Discs

The bracelets below are for babies and children. They have metal clasps and some have metal extender chains. They all include mother of pearl disc beads, and some include other beads as well. Please email me with any questions at adornmail@gmail.com

Price: $12 each

Item: TCMP1 6"-7" adjustable

Item: TCMP3 6.5" or 7" (toggle clasp with 2 stations)


Item: TCMP 4 5.5"-6.5" adj.


Item: TCMP5 5.5"-6.5"

Item: TCMP6 5.75"-6.75" adj

Sterling Silver Baby Bracelets

The bracelets below are made from sterling silver findings, including a lobster clasp and 1" "grow" chain.

Price: $16 each

Please see above each picture for length. If you have questions about the beads used, please email me at adornmail@gmail.com .

Item: SSB5 4.5"-5.5" adj.

Yesterday's Venture

So, yesterday I got crazy and decided to try making these sticky buns that I had seen on a Food Network episode of Throwdown with Bobby Flay. So, I found the recipe here on Food Network's website. Now, this recipe had alot of bad reviews. People said it was unclear and didn't work out. So, I did make a couple of changes:

First of all, in the recipe for the brioche dough, they have included directions for baking the brioche into a loaf. Don't do that:) After you knead the dough, put it in a bowl and cover it and put it in the refrigerator for 6 hours. That's right, 6 hours! It takes a LONG time to make these. Mine didn't get done until nearly midnight. I started at 1:00 pm. So start early, or leave the dough in the fridge overnight and make them in the morning. It makes about 15 buns, not 6!

Ok, for the ingredients in the brioche, I had to change them a bit. When I did what the recipe said, the dough was so dry that even my bosch mixer couldn't knead it. It just moved it around in circles in the bowl. So, after consulting another brioche recipe, I decided to add 2 more eggs. I also decreased the butter to 2 sticks (1 cup). This seemed to work really well. I also did not have high gluten flour, so I just added 2 Tbsp. gluten to my regular flour. Also, the lady who gave the recipe uses cake yeast. I used 2 Tbsp. of instant yeast, which you can buy at Sam's or Costco. And I did not use ice water, just regular water.

For the filling in the rolls, I increased the cinnamon from 1 tsp. to 1 Tbsp.

For the Goo recipe, I added 1 tsp. vanilla and did NOT add the water it calls for. Also, I think it is important to melt the butter, then add the brown sugar and then boil those together for a few minutes until the sugar is completely dissolved. On my candy thermometer, it reached about 250 degrees. I lined my pan with parchment paper, poured in the goo, and added an extra cup of chopped pecans to the pan. This is the way it was on the show, but they didn't write it in the recipe.

Just a note: 1 ounce=2 Tbsp.

So, all in all I thought this was a pretty easy recipe. It is VERY sweet and gooey. It took about 20 minutes longer to bake than the recipe says. I think my 9x13 pan was a bit too small. A large roasting pan would have been better. If the middle isn't done and the top is already brown, just cover it loosely with foil to keep the top from browning further.

Ok, let me know if you are brave enough to give these a try!

A Bit About Me...and a recipe

So, I thought it would be fun to do a post and tell you a little about myself. My name is Emily and I am a stay at home mom to 4 sons. I have another son on the way, due in June. Mostly my days are filled with driving kids around, making meals, and cleaning up after kids. I was raised in a family of seven girls (I am right in the middle). So, I really have no idea what to do with boys! I have learned that boys are very loud, very active, and very messy! They are also quite funny and my youngest is the snuggliest child I have ever known!

So, after finding that this baby I am carrying is going to be another boy, I was really mourning the loss of a daughter. I think this will be our last child, and coming from a family of girls it is sad for me to think I will never have a daughter. BUT, I have come to terms with it and I am trying to embrace being the mother of a basketball team!

The thing about me, though, is that I am very girly. I really like to do girly things. So, jewelry making is one way I put that girly energy to use. I also have a degree in interior architecture and design. So, I sort of have that creative energy. Another thing I like to do is bake (and eat) sweets! Unfortunately, I am NOT one of those people that can just eat whatever they want. So, sometimes I have to restrict myself from baking, because the truth is I really have no self-control when it comes to eating baked goods! BUT, since I am pregnant with my LAST child, I figure this is my last "excuse" to eat some yummy treats! So, I have been allowing myself to bake a little more lately.

Today, I decided to make homemade buttermilk donuts for my kids in honor of St. Patrick's Day. We also had these on New Year's Eve. They are not hard to make, but it is helpful if you have someone to assist you in the assembly line. I am sharing the recipe, so if you make them, plet me know how you liked them. Enjoy!

Homemade Buttermilk Donuts

2 cups buttermilk

2 large eggs

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

5 1/2 cups flour

2 tsps baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp fresh grated nutmeg

1/4 cup melted butter

Glaze

a bowl of powdered sugar

a splash of vanilla

a little melted butter

enough milk to make it turn into a good consistency for dipping donuts

Chocolate Glaze

same as above, but omit the vanilla and add some cocoa powder (I use Hershey's dark)

Ok, so I don't always measure. If you don't feel comfortable mixing up your own glaze just find a recipe for one somewhere. They are all about the same.

Directions:

Put the buttermilk, eggs, sugar and vanilla in a bowl mix it up. I use my Kitchen Aid stand mixer. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix it up until combined. Put a bunch of flour on the counter and plop the dough in the middle. Sprinkle some flour on top and then roll out your dough to about 1/4" thickness. Make sure there is plently of flour underneath so it doesn't stick. Cut out your donuts. You can re-roll the scraps and use them too. And don't forget to fry your donut holes...the kids love them! Fry in vegetable oil heated to 375-385 degrees. Fry until golden brown on both sides. You can test one to make sure the inside gets cooked. Drain on paper towels. I like to eat them warm, so I glaze them when they are warm. Or you can let them cool and then glaze them. To glaze them, just dip them in the glaze and them put them on a cookie sheet to dry. Makes about 2 dozen large donuts or 4 dozen small ones.

Item: 0212

19" Necklace with hexagonal gemstone beads, pewter spacers, hemalyke rounds, and black oval mother of pearl beads. Mathcing earrings measure 1.5", excluding earwire.

$28/ set

Item:0121b

*Necklace with chocolate brown, slightly metallic finish, lumbang nuts with rose quartz nuggets and pewter beads. Strung on waxed cotton cord. You tie to adjust the length.

$24

Item: 0116b

Baby bracelets made of grosgrain ribbon with pink, green and brown flowers on a white background. Grown chain with flower or heart and crystal dangle. Please give me the child's wrist measurement when ordering. If wrist measurement is not available, specify age on order form.

$8 each

Item: 0116a

*Matching mother and baby bracelet set featuring red Czech crystals, platinum grey glass pearls, and metal spacers. Comes with a beautiful poem.

7" adult

$22/set

Item: 0116

*Matching mom and baby bracelet set. Aqua glass pearls with aqua glass crystals and metal spacers. Comes with a beautiful poem.

7.5"adult

$20/set

Item: WB-a

Watch band featuring tortoise Czech crystals, brown glass crystals with metal bead caps, pewter spacers and cream glass pearls.

6.25" (add this to the length of your watch face to determine size)

$15

Item: 0115a

Watch with 2 interchangeable bands. Bands can be owrn together or seperately. Extra bands can be purchased for greater variety. One band features chocolate brown glass pearls and pink Czech crystals. The other features pewter beads and pink glass pearls.
7.5"
$38

Item: 0612a

*Set of 6 wood and shell bracelets. Light colored wood is a natural color, not yellow-ish.

7"

$15

Item: 0610a

*Set of 3 Best Friends bracelets for young girls. Mother of pearl and glass beads. Great to give as a birthday gift. Or give to your daughter and her two best friends. All or slightly different sizes, but are close to 6". Will fit most elementary aged girls.

$14

Item: 0510o

*Abalone shell bracelet with antique copper spacers

and terra cotta freshwater pearls.

7"

$15

Blessing/Christening Bracelet

Baby blessing/christening bracelet.

Off-white freshwater pearls with clear Czech crystals

and sterling silver daisy spacers. Lobster clasp and 1" grow chain.

All metal is sterling silver.

Comes with an adorable poem about the blessing day.

3 3/4" + 1" grow chain

$16

Item: B-d

Large focal rectangle with pewter, pearls,

hematite, mother of pearl and silver metal spacers.

7.5"

$19

Item: B-f

*Organic rock gemstones in a red/orange color

with pewter bead caps and gold freshwater pearls.

7"

$19

Item: B-h

*Rose quartz and crystal quartz nuggets with

green chalk turquoise and white pearls,

spaced with silver metal spacers.

Great for spring and summer!

7"

$15

Item: Baby-a

Baby bracelet. Turquoise baby blue Czech glass rounds

with sterling silver balls, lobster clasp and "grow" chain.

3 3/4" + 1" grow chain

$16

Item: Mother/Baby set a

Matching mother and baby bracelets.

Cream freshwayer pearls, pink Czech fire-polished crystals,

and silver metal spacers.

Comes with a sweet little poem about a mother and her new baby.

7.5" - mother's

4.25" + 1" sterling silver "grow" chain. - baby's

$30/set

multiple sets available.

Items: Tagua blue, Tagua Orange, Tagua Yellow

*Go "GREEN" with this Tagua Nut and metal Rune pendant necklace.

The Rune has a symbol on it and

the meaning is imprinted on the back of it.

Strung on waxed cord.

You tie to adjust the length.

$10

Orange- symbol mean "self confidence".

Item: N-e

*Completely unique green mother of pearl necklace

with silver plated spacers. Inspired by the

hit TV show, Smallville! This style of necklace

really helps elongate the neck! Great conversation piece.

Lobster clasp.

19"

$29

Item: B-v

*Green chalk turquoise, brown corrugated wood beads,

cream rounded cube wood beads with

pewter barrel beads and silver metal spacers.

7.5"

$15

Item: B-z

*Green mother of pearl discs with

smaller white mother of pearl discs and

brown glass and seed spacers.

7"

$12

Item: B-bb

*Brown wood rounded cubes with

mother of pearl discs and metal spacers.

7"

$12

Item: B-nn

Chunky green focal piece with gemstone rounds and rectangles,

coin pearls, and antique copper spacers.

7"

$19.00

Item: 0606a

SOLD-Beautiful 3-strand abalone shell bracelet with smoke crystals and pewter spacers. Metal beaded spacer bar.

Looks great with brown or black!

7"

$24

Item: 0609b

Sold-Blue bracelet with blue cloissone beads, light turquoise pearls, and dark aqua Czech crystals, with silver metal spacers. Very feminine piece.

7"

$15

End of School GIVEAWAY Prize!

Light cream (lighter than pictured) and

jet Czech crystal bracelet with pewter bead caps and toggle clasp.

PLUS a pair of matching earrings!

See entry instructions on first page!

Sizing Information:

To calculate your size, measure the wrist and add 3/4" for adults and children and 1/2" for babies.

Adult bracelet lengths are stated in description.

Necklace lengths are stated in description.

Please let us know if you require a custom size!