Maria Grimes

Friday, June 28, 2013

A Heat Wave

When I came down from the studio yesterday I saw a little lump of gray fur laying on the grass.

I thought the cat caught something.

As I got closer, he woke up! Not sure who was more surprised?

He was just looking for a cool place to take a nap on a ~~warm~~ hot Summer day...
Stay cool

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Bead Bowl {cleaning out}

I see it's time...

Time to clean out the bead bowl.

Some beads are extras, some are color experiments that went awry and some are just plain ugly!

Starting today, I'll be adding new sets for sale at rock bottom prices!

Come on over HERE for the details.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Splash into Summer

Dougie's going to spend his Summer doing the Dog Paddle...

Set includes Dougie the Dog, 4-Bubble Beads and his Beach Ball.

For more info, click HERE.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Happy Dog {winner}

Someone is smiling because we have a winner!

We went to Random.org to get our number...

And the lucky number picked was...

Congrats to Mila T.

Send me your mailing address Mila, so I can send you your Summer Heart Necklace!

Thank you for sharing what "you" love about Summer.
Happy Summer everyone!

Monday, June 17, 2013

Father's Day

(my son, Anthony and my dad)

Hope everyone's "Dad" day was a nice one.

Anthony & I treated our dads to...

A walk on the beach (driftwood hunting)

BBQ lunch

Catching up on the happenings of life

Olallieberry pie from Linn's

It was a wonderful day.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

I Love Summer {giveaway}

It's time for a giveaway!

How do you enter for The I Love Summer Necklace?

Leave a comment on this post telling me..."what you love about Summer"

You can also increase your chances to win (4 total)

1-Become a "Follower" of my blog (lower right hand side) Already a follower? Just leave a comment to let me know.

2-Share about the giveaway on Facebook.

3-Blog about the giveaway on "your" blog.
(just leave separate comments for each thing you do)

Please, if you post "anonymous" please leave your name and email address in your comment so I can contact you if you are the winner.

Winner will be randomly picked. Winner will be announced on Wednesday, June 19th

Good Luck!
Contest now closed, good luck

Friday, June 7, 2013

No Butts About It

I was able to make a couple new things this week...

First, No Butts About It (self explanatory) hehe

Molly helped model for this set...

Plus, A new Wired-Legged Bird

I hope you enjoy...

Stop by next week, I'll be having a giveaway!
Enjoy your weekend
xo

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

A list

Last weekend while working on T-Rex, we finally got to the point where we can make of list of things that need to be done.

Don't get me wrong, the list is still long...but they are little things like:
lights, electrical plugs, make closet doors, baseboards, knobs and pulls, blinds, touch up paint...

Last week I started looking for tiny furniture, like the couch. I've had my eye on one from Ikea (they do small scale) But when I looked again at the size, it was too big!

It needs to be small enough to fit through the door, which is a 28" opening (TINY)

I guess we could always do bean bags...

I'll take pictures soon of the before and after

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Design of the Month

For the month of June everything is *15% off my website (except for special orders)

Time to stock up!

Enjoy your weekend!

*Please note-15% off will end if I receive more orders than I can fill for the month of June.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

New

A couple new things...

(just click on pictures)

I hope you enjoy!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

My hives are doing so well...
So well it looks like I'll be pulling some Spring honey again this year (about 20-30 lbs)

I'm always looking for better ways to feed my bees in the early Spring before putting on my honey supers (boxes)...and I think I found it.

Then I first started beekeeping, I tried open container (with bubble wrap floats) resulting in drowned bees (not good!)

Then I tried upside down plastic pails with tiny holes, but the holes would clog or they would drip (making a mess)

Then I found these nifty feeders last Fall.

I LOVE them!

No mess and no drowned bees!

Plus, they are so easy to keep filled. I sneak out early in the morning (in my p.j's) before the bees are flying and fill them up...

They are the bee's knees!

In "bead" news...I've been busy with a couple large orders. But I'm almost finished.
I had an idea for a new set the other day, so I'm excited to play around a bit at the torch...I'll let you know how it turns out.