Saturday, December 25, 2010

Santa Has Come to Town










Today was Christmas. Usually when I think of Christmas I think of waking up, snow on the ground, being chilly as I run to the living room to get my stocking. Well that was not so this year. In Colorado, we had no snow. What is this!!! I can't believe it! How is it supposed to feel like Christmas when none of these things happened. The sun was shining and the sky was BLUE! Craziness!

My family did not wait for the snow though. Christmas went on as planned. It never once felt like Christmas today. I woke up at my Mommy's house and opened my stocking and waited for Grandma to show up so we could open presents. I got some pretty cool stuff including a hoodie and t-shirt from the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop which is from the TV show,Pawn Stars; Loveland High sweat pants; heat blanket; candy and such; Andrew WK CD; socks; razors; and a Marilyn Monroe calendar. My sister Megan was over with her baby Charles and her boyfriend Anthony so we took lots of family pictures as well.

After the celebration at my Mom's house, I went over to Dad's where the chaos seems to be increasingly stressful. I opened yet another stocking, ate dinner, and open presents with the family as planned. Some of the presents I received included a drill press, dapping block, pliers, elves, and lots of hammers (tools were what I mainly asked for). So my Dad's side of the family has this tradition of how they always play this game where you wrap a gift SUPER tightly and use oven mitts to attempt to open it before another person at the table rolls doubles. It is an intense game! Especially when my sister Nikki is playing because she is really competitive. She uses lots of sound effects when she is ripping open the present; it is quite entertaining.
*Well now it is time to rant because frankly, I have been too nice in this blog. I need to bring some attention to the HIDEOUS leggings that EVERYONE seems to thing is flattering to ALL body types. Well whoever told you that was lying!! Leggings are flattering to no one and really, I am just going to put it out there, I don't want to see your cellulite and fat rolls. I really don't! I don't care how fat you are or how skinny you are; leggings are just disgusting! Please stop wearing them everyone!
I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas because I know that mine went alright.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Christmas is Coming Soon!

The holidays are arriving quickly! I have been spending lots of money to get my family and friends the presents they deserve. On Thanksgiving lots of family members were asking to see my Christmas. Since I have many levels of family, I need to have multiple lists. I have promised to put one one my Christmas lists on here so that it is easily reached.


So here we go....


1. White Christmas the movie


2. 500 Days of Summer the movie


3. vintage Christmas things like ornaments, elves, Santas


4. lockets


5. Some Like It Hot the movie


6. Brass mallet


7. rawhide mallet


8. sheets of metal (copper and brass to make jewelry)


9. Warped tour Colorado tickets (2)


10. Visa gift card


11. Kid Cudi cd with "Erase Me" on it


So there are just some ideas. Keep in mind, I like things from thift stores and flea markets.
Well I have already set up my Christmas trees and they look amazing. I also went to a White Elephant party and ended up with a badass coconut pirate! It is AMAZING! Hope everyone's holidays are going well. Eat lots of cookies!

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Nostalgia Corner



As some of my friends may know, I once found a half carat diamond ring at my friend's antique store, not knowing that it was real, and bought it EXTREMELY cheap!!! I found out that this cocktail ring that I had bought was a real diamond was when I was going through my mass collection of jewelry, picking out the less desired items to sell in my dad's store. I brought them to the Funky Monkey (My dad's thrift store that he used to own) and asked my step mom, Gwyn, if she would perhaps price them. She did. And oh boy could I have only imagined that that ring would be real!!! I took it to a notable pawn shop and had the ring checked out. The owner, who was also my dad's friend, said that the ring was worth about $600!!!!! How crazy right!? Well to get on with the story, I sold the ring back to my friend who owned the store who had originally sold it to me. I got $400 store credit which has lasted me around five months. I ended up getting quite wonderful things during that time. But with the last $25, I had to spend it all. I ended up getting a vintage angel for the top of the tree, a Carnival glass hen- n- nest still in the box, and my intense juicer from the 1930s! I think that I made out like a bandit! I however, have ranted for days about my magnificent juicer to classmates at school, my family and friends, and well as co-workers. They did not seem as impressed as I was though. I ended up buying a four pound bag of oranges thinking that I would have a pitcher or so on freshly squeezed orange juice. However, by the time that I had cut all of the oranges in half, squeezed every last drop of juice out of them, the juice filled nothing but ONE glass!!! How depressed I became when I found out that that was the case with juicing things. I wonder if in the 1930s there was more juice in the oranges rather than today because of all the preservatives that we use now??? Just something to ponder. Oh well, I suppose it will make a fine decoration piece.



Friday, November 12, 2010

"Ruldolph the Red Nose Reindeer...Had a very shiny nose..."

Christmas is approaching rapidly and I am feeling as I don't have enough time to get the best decorations possible, everyone's presents, as well figure out how I plan to celebrate it. Surprisingly, the parents haven't started asking for the special separated lists of what I want for Christmas. However, I have started to make the lists just to get a head start.
Today I went to an estate sale!!! AN ESTATE SALE in November!!! What a miracle!!! I walked in the door and the room to the left was FULL of vintage Christmas decorations. I personally, always try to look for the 1940s- 1950s felt knee-hugging elves. They are usually at EVERY estate sale I go to that has vintage decorations, has these. I walked all through that room but I did not once see my desired elves. My mom and I decided to take a gander at the rest of the house, of which I didn't find anything in, and I just had to go back into that room and try and find one of the DAMN elves! I finally found one of them, in a bag, full of some crappy ornaments of which I didn't want. I walked up to the lady running the sale, explained my prediciment and she sold me the elf for a quarter!! It will go nicely in my collection of elves.
Well wish me luck in my adventures to try and find some bad ass decorations to use for the upcoming holidays! I will post some pictures after I decorate.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

The Blasting Room Studios


Wow! What can I say about how amazing my day was?? I mean I got to go into The Blasting Room Studios in Fort Collins. How cool is that? The reason I ventured down there was because my old English teacher Mr. Tim Hanauer, was recording his newest CD there. By the way, is that not the coolest thing you have heard? A teacher that is a recording musician!!! His songs have even been in t.v. shows, the movie I Hate Valentine's Day, a GMC commercial, and I am sure more to come! How amazing?? Well anyways, he thought that I had already been to the Blasting Room Studios before but I hadn't so he gave me a tour of all the rooms and things inside. It was quite fascinating. After the tour came to an end, we went back to Studio B to finish mixing with Andrew Berlin. How crazy to say that I spent two hours in the Blasting Room with Mr. Hanauer and Andrew Berlin while they were mixing an upcoming CD! Andrew Berlin is a person who is always mentioned in CD covers and things, I didn't believe that I would ever meet him! He is VERY nice by the way! One of the bigger bands that have recorded at the Blasting Room is Rise Against. I personally LOVE Rise Against and just the thought of them once being where I was at that very moment made me so excited! I mean really, just think about that for a second. I was talking to people who have met them as well. Wouldn't that just be amazing to meet them?? I believe it would be. I sat on this red faux suede couch in Studio B listening to Mr. Hanauer's songs over some super expensive speakers. It was great! Mr. Hanauer even asked me opinion on if he should just release an EP, a full length CD, or two EPs. I told him that he should do a full length CD because I like them much more. The day was out of a dream, I couldn't have "Dreamed a Better Way" if I had tried! If you ever get a chance to go down there, definitely do! You won't regret it.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

A Night in Old Town


So tonight I went and hung out with my friend Shane. It was pretty awkward to start with since he was super hyper and we were at a park but then we decided to go to Old Town. If you don't know what Old Town is, it is the strip in town that has the bars, old buildings, lots of people usually, homeless people, and cool shops. We parked under Safeway (my favorite place to park!) and walked around. We decided to stop in a coffee shop called Starry Night and inside they have a giant painting of Starry Night by Van Gogh! It is pretty awesome I must say! Afterward we thought be better get some chow because we were both starving! Shane decided that the best way to get there was to run in front of the oncoming traffic to get to the other side of the street, I ran with him and decided to wait until the cars passed on the other half of the street because for some reason becoming street pizza was on on the agenda tonight. On the other side, we stopped in an Asiany store (Maybe Tibetan or something I can't remember) and I ended up buying this awesome bracelet that is handmade, Sterling silver, and has accents of turquoise and coral in it. It was quite pricey as well but I didn't seem to mind as I brought it up to the cash register and I pulled out my debt card. Gotta love buying things on a whim! I don't regret it at all! Shane bought some stuff as well. After that we headed over to Lulu's and ordered food. We weren't as hungry as we thought we were so we took most of it to-go. Shane forgot his to-go box in the bathroom and I gave mine to some homeless people on the sidewalks of Old Town. Although we left pretty fast we still got fortune cookies! My fortune read, "Somewhere, deep inside, we all can fly." Not sure what that has to do with anything. Well that's all folk! Here are some pictures of my bracelet and myself and Shane in front of a cool statue by Lulu's.

Monday, August 2, 2010

What A Wonderful Day With My Friends


Today I thought would NEVER come! I mean I was so anxious to see my buddy Kyle that I could barely wait until noon to meet him at Steph's house. The plan of the day: head to Steph's sister, Dee Dee's house and celebrate Kyle and Carly's birthdays. When I got to Steph's house they were so excited to see me that they both gave me a bear hug and giggled. Well the giggles were mainly from Steph. We hung out at the house for a half an hour or so and then Kyle jumped in the driver's seat of Steph's car and we all packed in and drove away. The drive was basically all of us just catching up because we haven't talked in a few months. Our car- full arrived and was greeted by the dog Missy, Bridget, Caiti, and Dee Dee! Later followed by Kyle's grandparents Rose and Marv. Food was in plentiful piles and mounds on the counters that just called you in. I ate SO many radishes. Soon after we arrived, we changed into our swimsuits and headed out into the pool! The water was beautiful and super clear! For the rest of the time, more family arrived, we all visited, and eventually when all the energy was drained, we headed home.

When I spend time with Steph and her family I begin to realize how much I want to enjoy the simple things in life. I want to have a calm house, a garden that is full of beautiful vegetables and fruits, maybe even some flowers. I want to not take life so seriously and become a less jealous person that just enjoys everything. I would love to have antiques and vintage things on shelves that will fill my house, that I can tell people who ask about each item. I could get used to a life like that!! Today was great! Each member of Kyle's family treats me like I am actually part of it. In fact.... don't tell but, someday I hope to be actually part of it....

I miss Kyle dearly when he is gone but enjoy the moments he is here.

Friday, July 30, 2010

Do I Have the Plague?!

Well today has been interesting to say the least. I had to get my blood drawn at the hospital and I have been dreading it! Something about the thought of them stabbing a needle into your vein to take out vile after vile of blood just doesn't sound that enjoyable to me. Not sure why. So when my mom and I arrived at the hospital, they had us sit in the waiting room. We only waited for a few minutes but when they came to get us, the lady was holding a mask for me to wear because they were testing me for Whooping Cough. Well obviously I don't have Whooping Cough because I haven't really coughed much lately and wouldn't I have infected lots of people seeing as I work at the MOVIE THEATRE! I just could not stop laughing because of how hilarious this situation was with the mask. I was preparing myself to see the doctors wearing the bird- like masks with the herbs in the beak to not get the disease like they did during the Black Plague! Well anyways, they took us to the lab and told me I was going to get my blood drawn and that they wanted to do a nasal test! We nixed the nasal test! They didn't wear the mask but it sure would have been funnier if they had.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Day Full of Memories

Today I first started the morning by stopping at an estate sale in Loveland. I bought a vintage hairstyling school supply case, an interesting vintage Christmas giraffe that is red, and some President Ronald Reagan buttons.










After I bought some lovely items at the estate sale, I ventured over to the old neighborhood. I wanted to visit my friends Kirah, Kayla, Shelby, and Diana. I hadn't seen Kirah or Kayla in over a year. While I was there Kirah and I went to Diana's house and talked to her. Diana gave me a Michael Jackson skeleton that she bought for me in Mexico. It is great! Kirah and I even decided to try the apples in her trees. The tiny ones tasted BITTER and of many pesticides while the larger green apples only had a slight after taste of pesticides. Overall, I enjoyed talking to my friends and catching up with them since I hadn't seen them for a while. I decided to take a picture of the perfect apple from Diana's orchard although I pretty much forgot to take any pictures of me with my friends. How brilliant of me! Not! How you had a day full of memories like I did!







Monday, July 19, 2010

Let's Make Every Moment Special

Today has been one of the long ones. I started my morning at my best friend Emily's house at 7:15 in the morning. Today was WaterWorld Day! We arrived at WaterWorld before it opened and stayed until they closed at 6:00 in the evening. It was not JUST WaterWorld Day, it was the FIRST time I had ever stepped foot in WaterWorld! And oh was it a great one! I rode quite a few rides, I scrapped my knee on the least scary ride there, accidentally showed an innocent bystander by breast because it popped out as I got onto a tube, and last but not least got my tube stuck to the hottest guy in the Lazy River's tube. It was quite embarrassing. I also had a bee land on my head which is considered to be good luck! I didn't get many pictures of my adventures but I did take a snap shot of myself when I got home; my hair all messy from the water.


When I got home, I received a message from Gwyn, my stepmother, that I got a package in the mail from my Aunt Julie that had some bees stamped on the box and other insects as well. Could it be? Could I have really gotten a present out of good luck that I got from a bee landing on me? It is true, or at least I believe so!

Inside this box of wonder withheld treasures of which only artsy people could enjoy. When I tore away the tape from the box it was shipped in, I saw a small white envelope that said 'Kassie' on the front in cursive. I opened that which held a vintage-style kitty card that said," Remember that each day and week of your life is making your life's tapestry. Each strand on it's own may not be interesting but when you look at a finished portion of that tapestry- your life is a beautiful and interesting piece of art. 16 is a good place to be!" What a wonderful, heart-felt card to give to someone, especially when they have been going through times like myself. I carefully unwrapped the many layers of beautiful packing that was so delicately places into the box. When I undid them all, there it was, a Reader's Digest novel with a hole in the center that was filled with a tapestry that covered mounds of wonderful delight. There were chains and charms, and just plain bizarre items inside! That was not the only thing I received in my box of wonder. I also got more tapestries which when unveiled, revealed clasps and other mechanics of jewelry which always comes in handy seeing that I am the jewelry woman, as well as a Starbucks After Coffee Mints tin that had a wonderful necklace inside! There was a Steampunk book in there as well which talks about making Steampunk jewelry, Steampunk sculptures, as well as mentions a few bands that follow that style. Matter of fact, I had just visited a website that had a picture of the book but I had never found it in person.






It seems as though all the makings of today have made it wonderful! Thank you very much to all involved it really was a blast! (i.e.- Auntie Julie, Emily, Brenda, Kenzie, Mrs. Rhodes, Dory, Mom, Ron, Dad, and Gwyn) I hope every one's July 19th, 2010 was as memorable as mine.















Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Changes

So I have been experiencing lots of change over these last few months. For instance, I moved to a different town which will cause me to go to a different high school. I will have to make all new friends which I am not sure if I really want to do that. In my new house I have a smaller bedroom which is quite irritating because I have lots of things that fill it up. My dad owns a thrift store called the Funky Monkey. Well, he is closing it. I also broke up with my boyfriend that I had for almost three years and I am kind of lost now. My life is changing. I even made a facebook page and I absolutely HATE facebook. Oh not to forget that I work at the movies which was owned by Keresotes and has just been bought out by AMC. This means that all of the registers change, policies change, combos change, people working there change, and we get a lot more angry customers because the prices went up. I hope that it all works out but for right now I am freaking out from this all.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Is it too early to think about Halloween???


As you may have guessed, Halloween is my favorite holiday of all time! The way I think about this is that Halloween really isn't that far away. I mean, first we have to get through the rest of June and then July, school will start and make August and September fly by and the next thing you know it will be Halloween. This year I hope to have a massive party since everyone seems to think that I am 'too old' to go trick- or- treating. Oh well, I don't mind if I get to still celebrate! Lately I have been quite obsessed with Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead and all of the decorations that go along with it. Today I just bought a set of these sugar skull molds shown in the picture below.

I plan to make these, decorate them, and use them for Halloween. It should be a fun activity to do with the friends and family. I wish that I could spend October 31st in Colorado and then get on a plane and head to Mexico to spend the rest of the holiday of Dia de los Muertos which is November 1st and 2nd. It would be perfect! If anyone has any ideas for my Halloween celebration then just send me a comment!

I hope everyone has a great day!

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

My Zoo




So today I went to work, hung out with my friend Emily, but in the end I went home to my family. My family, which is rather like a zoo, consists of four dogs, a German Shepard and three Shih Tzus, two Red- Eared Slider turtles, two Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, and one lovely cricket. The German Shepard's name is Finley Majestic. The Shih Tzus's names (in order from oldest to youngest) are Teko Oswalt, Riley Diamond, and Keisha Boo La.


The turtles are named Havok; who was named after the lead singer of A.F.I. (Davey Havok); and the other is named Bumble after the abominable snowman in Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer.


My cockroaches are named Ludwig Von Charles and the other is named Santa Vlasic. And last but not least is my cricket that was saved from my previous school, and her name is Gladys Poster! All of my animals may be hectic but damn aren't they cute?!



Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The Promanade

So the Prom is coming up for me. Actually it is May 1st; quite late compared to the rest of the high schools around here. I have just a few tips for this year's Prom or even to keep in mind for next year.

The Invite:
The first thought would be the way he should ask you to the Prom. It should be romantic and make you feel as if you are the only girl in the world. Some ideas for the guy would have to be:
-If you are not the creative type you could ask her by just simply saying, "will you go to the Prom with me?" That would be somewhat boring but it is more that just ASSUMING she is going!!
- Another idea would be to make a poster and put if in the school somewhere that is frequently passed by the girl you are wishing to go with. Hopefully she will return with the answer in a poster as well.
- My favorite way that I personally would like to be asked would be to take your date to get dinner. While there, pull out a box that with holds a locket that says, "Prom?" engraved into the back of it. This is not only a cute way of asking someone out to the Prom but it provides the girl with a necklace to wear to the dance. It also is something that she can wear anytime and it will always make her think of that day.

The Dress:
Pick a color that looks good on you. And pick a style that looks good on your body, not just one that is instyle that year. I believe that you really shouldn't spend very much on a dress either. Why not just get a friend that wears the same size and switch dresses for the next dance. You could always alter it in a certain way to make it your own.

How to go from work to Prom:
Since this is what I have to do this year I have decided to write about it. Hopefully it works. I personally have quite long hair that is very pretty when it is curly. Naturally I have straight hair though. I work at a movie theatre and usually have to wear my hair up so it doesn't get in the food or anything. Prom is from 8:00pm- 11:00pm. I happen to work from 1:30pm- 8:00pm. Now I have to switch from work to beautiful for Prom. I will take my hair down and it should be quite wavy by then. I will take the front sides and twist them in the back. Hopefully I will have a pretty hair accessory to place in my hair to hold it together. I will go from day to night by adding a bit of shadow to my eyelids and a bit of lipstick on.

With my tips I hope your Prom will be spectacular!!! Have a great day!!

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Happy Easter in Kassieland






So Easter was a few days ago but I have been so busy that I hadn't gotten around to putting up a blog post about the eggs that Gwyn and I made. In the picture on the top, you have the three eggs that Gwyn and I made. These ones happen to be hollowed eggs so we can keep them for as long as we can until they break. To the left is mine that I made. He is a bit inspired by Humpty- Dumpty. In the middle there is the Gnome egg that was created by both Gwyn and myself. I came up with the idea, drew the face, made the jacket, and actually made the shoes. Gwyn found the materials for it all, did a lot of the gluing, and made the hat. On the right hand side is Gwyn's egg. He was originally going to be a purple fox and that is why he has such a long tail. She then changed her mind and created the cute little bunny with a button hat.
The picture below the first one is of my Easter basket that the "Easter Bunny" gave to me early so that I could use the basket in an Easter egg hunt. Inside the basket there were three packages of Peeps, both the bunny and chick, Reeses eggs, and some chocolate marshmallow bunny treats.
The last but I believe the trippiest picture of them all is the eggs that Gwyn painted. She made them speckled and I thought that the heat coloring would just enhance them. On Easter we actually used the eggs to make deviled eggs.
I hope everyone had a wonderful, bunny- filled Easter!!!
Oh by the way, on Saturday I brought in a bit of jewelry, that my best friend Emily convinced me to get rid of, to my Dad's store. The jewelry is where I make my most money. :) Well anyways, one of the rings that I had gotten for around forty cents, I found out is a REAL diamond ring! I took it to a pawn shop to get it appraised, and the man said that it is a half carat diamond and the ring is worth between $450 and $600! And the ring was dirty! He said that it might be more but the ring was so dirty so he couldn't see it well enough.
Hope everyone has the luck that I did that day :)




Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Days Drag On

Lately, I have been so busy I haven't gotten around to putting up another blog. I got a job and have worked two times already! I work today as well. I am also looking to move into a different house as well. Pretty soon I hope to make a new necklace incorporating skeleton keys. Have a good day everyone!

Monday, February 22, 2010

What a Week

Well I don't have any interesting pictures to post of cool things today. Just thought that I better add in an entry to the ol' blog before everyone gives up hope on it. Lately, I have been watching one of my favorite shows that is called One Tree Hill. As some of you may know, I cannot handle depressing things at all! I mean I was crying my EYES out during the children's movie, Up. In One Tree Hill, Haley's mom has come back to Tree Hill to tell her daughters that she is dying so the last three weeks I have been bursting into tears everytime I watch the show. I know this may sound incredibly morbid but I hope that her mom dies in tonight's episode so I don't have to go through this another week. I mean it is bad! My mom even suggested that I stop watching the show, which I will never do! Oh well, back on a cheerier subject, my BIRTHDAY is on Friday!!! I will be old, 16. On the 27th I am having my birthday with Emily R., Geoff A., and Emily P. I am sure it will be great because what is better than cake, friends and CASA BONITA!!! Nothing.. You all guessed it! Have a great week folks :)

Sunday, February 7, 2010

So Gnomical!

These are some of the elves from the collection. I enjoy finding the Homco elves and vintage Christmas ones.
These are some of my gnomes from my gnome and elf collection. Right now they only take up a single shelf on my book shelf. Three of these gnomes are from Iowa where I found them in a flea market.




This my newest treasure that I found at an estate sale on Saturday. They are vintage Christmas plaque elves for the front yard. The color in them is brilliant and I can't wait to put them up in my very own home.






Monday, January 25, 2010

Miss Loveland Valentine


I for some reason have been really interested in Loveland and all the things that happen around Valentine's Day. For instance, I would enjoy designing the official Valentine's Day card for Loveland. I would also enjoy, as a far out dream, to be Miss Loveland Valentine! That would such an honor and so exciting, the only problem I have is not doing enough in school. For instance, clubs and sports. I hope that by my senior year people will want me to represent them as Miss Valentine. That would be a nice dream to accomplish. My favorite part of the museum in Loveland is the Valentine's Day part! All the stamps from all the years, and the pictures of the first Miss Valentine.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

The Creations

These are my necklaces that I have made over the years. These are not all of them that I have made though, just some of the strangest ones. The first one is my Spider-Man necklace, followed by my VERY FIRST weird necklace which is Ken, my sweet skeleton with the flower is next, then the newest which is my measuring spoon one, and everyone's favorite, the IPod necklace. The Barbie head on the Spider-Man one is from Belle which is from Beauty and the Beast. The Ken for the Ken necklace was found at a garage sale, as is without the hemp and beads though, and I believe they just gave it to me. The skeleton arm is from Joann Fabrics during Halloween time along with the fuzzy black beads I used on the other side. The flower is just something I found at Michael's when I was little. As for the measuring spoon one, I found them at my Dad's store. My dad actually helped me make the necklace while I gave him the idea and finished it up with the chain. It was a Daddy/ Daughter project :) Last but definitely not least is the IPod necklace. I originally made the necklace with just one IPod which is the middle one which I finally convinced my friend Emily to let me have for my creation. The top IPod is from a kid in my English class named Chad that used it for a project about himself for school. The bottom IPod is the shuffle which was kindly donated to my creation by a girl in my Spanish class named Kelly. It still somewhat works but will die eventually because neither of us have the charger. Eventually I would like to make lots of necklaces, I would probably tone down the weirdness, and begin to sell them. My main difficulty with making these is getting the materials needed for them. Right now I need four flip phones, thirteen watches, lots of chain, fish beads and much much more. Hopefully soon I will have more of my "creations" to add to my blog. Enjoy!