AMAZING RACE!!

What an exciting moment for our country. It's about time we had a dramatic change. Congrats to Barack & Joe!!

How does YOUR garden grow?

Well...I have been up to my elbows in dirt. The family & I have been working on getting our garden going. So no time for designing jewelry...just designing our garden space. Building raised garden beds, potting bench, herb "stairs", butterfly garden. This is just the beginning! We are going to start our second raised garden bed....but it has to be built first! Oh how I love tools! :) We have started the very large project in becoming more enviromentally savvy and GREEN! We have a "worm factory" that is taking care of all our kitchen fruit & veggie scraps. Worms? Yep. Worms. Red wigglers to be precise.....these hungry critters are going to town and creating some very rich "soil" that will eventually be added into our garden. Here are some pics of our work. It's still in progress, but we are on a roll! I can't wait for some fresh tomatoes! Yum! We are growing all kinds of goodies: savoy cabbage, broccoli, lots of herbs, onions, tomatoes (4 varieties), arugula, okra, green/red/yellow peppers, jalapenos...oh man!

That's our rottie, Bear....he's posing for you. He's quite the ham. He even winks! LOL Nah...that was just a freak accident....but too cute!

Ok...that's it for now. I have take a break from this blog thing. I don't have the hang of posting just yet. All these pics took forever to line up right! Uggh! LOL

Thanks for reading!

~Stephanie

HEY! New Hair Thingies coming soon...

I have 7 new brass Hair Thingies© waiting to be photographed for my shop! Woohoo! I have a few new ring styles coming soon too. Stay tuned!! With all the nasty thunderstorms circling Florida lately...it was a perfect time to create. :)

On the home front....we are currently working building 2 raised bed garden beds. We are gearing up for our Sept. plantings for winter harvest. This is a new endeavor for the Arner household...we are so excited! AND VERY tired of paying ridiculous prices for fruits & veggies at the grocery store.

We are on the verge of beginning our vermiculture composting project as well. What the hell is vermiculture? Uhhhh.....composting using worms. YEP! Worms! How cool is that!? The boys are stoked to have some "new pets". LOL I am looking forward to less waste personally. It's amazing what those little worms will eat! ALL our food scraps & newspaper etc!! Which of course means less trash from our household going to a landfill. This is important to us for our environment. Do you know how hard it is to find local worms for composting?! It's ridiculous!....we are going to have to take an hour and half drive to get some. Guess I shouldn't complain...as least they can be found locally. :)

As for me, I have been a freak for great vintage finds. I am totally obsessed with 50's & 80's dress lately. I don't do shorts, so dresses are a perfect alternative. AND did you know that buying vintage is a way to be environmentally friendly!? That's right! That's a great reason, but my other reason is....I LOVE to be original....so having a one of kind sundress is makes me happy! LOL

anyway, I have been jamming to vintage Madonna....think "Lucky Star".....while typing....please forgive any typos...I have been bopping like a maniac. LOL

Chat soon!
♥ Steph

So out of touch...

I have been quite the busy bee! I love it! I have a new line of cool things in my shop....Hair Thingies ©!! I will get some pics up here soon. I have met some really wonderful customers that are in love with their new hair accessories. :) Thanks to all that keep me creating!

I have about 8 or so that are in the works, just need to come the sticks, get photographed, then get them up in running in my etsy shop. Sounds simple huh? Well, with kids home for the summer and a demanding household to run....there are not enough hours in a freakin day!

Do people actually read blogs? I have yet to understand how people find these...other than me listing the link in my shop of course. I am blog illiterate I suppose. I feel like I am talking to myself when I post here. Is this the case? If so, I guess I shouldn't answer myself, huh?

♥ Steph