March 25, 2009

March 23, 2009

Midway Baptist Church BBQ Cook-off

Saturday was a busy day for me....after Megan's Baby Shower I went straight to the Church that Ben Tatum & I attend (my father-in-law James is a preacher there) for the BBQ cook off. It was alot of fun...even though I'm pretty sure that I ate my weight in potato salad and my jeans are not fitting me the same. The kids had a blast...got filthy dirty...Tatum threw the biggest tantrum EVER when we told her it was time to get in the car to go home...she finally quit screaming about halfway home only for me to have to wake her up to give her a bath, which, by the way, was no fun...and she was so dirty that she left a dirt ring in the bathtub. hahaha Needless to say I slept like a rock that night.
{LUKE, BEN & KYLE)
::the cook-off contestants::
{SWEET LITTLE DESTINI LYNN}
{MY DIRT COVERED PRINCESS}
{KYLEE ROO}
{RANDY PLAYING BALL WITH THE GIRLS}
::i am soooo glad i got this picture haha::
{LARAYE & PAYTON}
{JAMES}
{WAITING ON THE JUDGES DECISION}
{LARAYE & DESTINI}
{DESTINI'S SPARKLES SHOES}
::okay...i HAD to blog these!! talk about tough love :) LaRaye bought these for Destini not long after I opened. Destini loves these shoes (if you cant tell) she wears them everywhere. When I saw her in them at the BBQ I couldn't help but smile...and take a picture::
{PLAYIN BALL}

{BEN COOKIN}
{KRISTINA & PAYTON}
{PRINCESS PAYTON}
{AND THE WINNER IS....}
{LUKE!!!!}
{ME AND BA BA}
{TAY TAY}
::this is what she looked like right before i woke her up to give her a bath::

Megan's Baby Shower









On Sat. We had Megan's Baby Shower. I had a BLAST!! Not only did I get to see and visit with friends that I haven't seen in what feels like forever, but the look on Meg's face when she walked through the door was PRICELESS!!! We all worked really really hard getting everything together for the shower...and everything turned out perfect. Megan Deserves it....every bit of it. Meg has always been the person who goes out of her way to make Birthdays, Baby showers and any other occasion or Holiday you can think of special and I am so happy that we could all finally get together and do the same for her. Now, I am ready to see Molly Annmarie Speaks...only a little over 4 weeks to go!!!
Megan & Dusty brought me this dresser a few weeks back...Dusty's mom had this dresser and wanted it painted to put in Molly's room (this piece is over 60 years old!!) and I was DETERMINED to get it painted by the shower. It was painted and the crystals were glued on it by the night before the shower...but I can't take all of the credit for it being finished on time...I had ALOT of help!! Christian stayed over at my house late for 2 nights helping me with it and the night before the shower Alyssa & I loaded it up in Ben's truck and we took it to Marchelle's house (where the shower was hosted) and all of us (Christian, Becky, Megan, Marchelle, Alyssa & I) put the lacquer and crystals on it. It was a group effort and I am so thankful that I had so much help from such great friends!!! I love you guys and THANKS AGAIN!!!!!!!



March 18, 2009

Natalie Danae Designs


All of the paintings in the store are all pieces painted by Natalie. Natalie is a good friend of mine that is an amazing artist (she is also Photographer at Ggallery and seeing as how I am a picture ADDICT we see her often) anywho....I love her work. I have tried painting on canvas...no easy task....trust me!! She will do Custom paintings in just about any color or print. Oh!! Natalie also designed this BLOG layout for me :)

{SIZE OF CANVAS}

5X7 - $20 each

8X10 - $30 each

11X14 - $40 each

16X20 - $50 each







March 14, 2009

"SPARKLES" Heart Jewelry

I love this so much that I had to keep one....this .999 (99%) pure silver charm was made by Vanessa Martin (she also makes the ever so popular "Thumbprint Treasures") and is covered in Swarovski Crystals glued on by.....well me!!! I will have rings and earrings to match soon.

Caleigh and her chair

I painted this chair for Caleigh a while back..last summer as a matter of fact...I had it on the website back when I was posting pictures on there but since I started the Blog I just never got around to putting it up. I was looking through my picture albums on my laptop the other day and I came across this picture. It is just too cute not to post it....again :)

Mommy & Grandma scrabble tile neckaces

I have made MANY of these but have never blogged them before. Personalized scrabble tile pendants w/ crown on beaded necklace are $35 each. I can fit up to 7 names on a tile (this depends on the length of the names) and is completed with the name your kids/grandkids call YOU. My neck model for this picture is Bettie Mae Holcomb :)
Her grandbabies are Avery and Camden.
Thanks for letting me use your neck Bettie!!!
Love u!
-Jess

LHS Bows

The Richardson Girls in their LHS (LaPoynor High School) Bows.
I LOVE YOU GIRLS!!!
-Jess

March 11, 2009

crystal bling pacis

{only the best get CROWNED}
{diamonds are a girls BEST friend}
{pretty in PINK}

NEW Pendants

I just got some new pendants in and its been a long time since I have posted any Jewelry pics.....sooooo here are just a few that iI have made up so far.......
now back to work for me....
:)