New Year!

I am very excited for the new year!

This new year I have lots of plans on explanding my business with my wonderful husband. Without him none of this would be possible. It was a rough end of year last year and we made it through, so with the new year I am looking forward to new beginnings of what we started last year. My business has been getting more and more busy and it has allowed me to be a stay at home mom and I feel so blessed. I am still trying to find ways to juggle everything, but together with my husband, we are figuring it all out.

I hope you will be back to see what is in store for the new year. I have LOTS of ideas in my head that I am sooooo excited about! So be sure to stay tuned!

Happy New Year!

Hand Stamped Jewelry

Here are some of my most popular jewelry pieces.

Please allow 2-3 weeks for completion after payment is received.

Sterling Silver loved rectangle tag, pearl, & chain

$32

Fine Silver vintage charms $40 for 1 charm, chain, & pearl

$20 for each addtl charm

(can put birthdate on back)

Fine Silver Mod charms

$40 for 1 charm, birthstone, & chain

$20 for each addtl charm

Sterling Silver rectangle $32 for 1 tag, pearl, & chain

$15 for each addtl tag


Sterling Silver wing $38 - 1 tag, pearl, & chain

Sterling Siver Small Birthstone tags

$25 for one tag, birthstone, & chain

$12 for each addlt tag and birthstone

Sterling Silver 'meme' (grandmom name of your choice)

1" tag with birthstones of grandchildren

$35 for tag and one stone, $3 for each addtl stone

Sterling Silver heart tag, pearl, & chain

$34

Sterling Silver Family Circle with chain

$42

Sterling silver cupped square with chain

'ma mere, mon ami'

my mother, my friend

or your own words

$32

Signs, Signs, Signs!

I have been on a wooden sign spree!

I have been busy designing lots and lots of vinyl lettering quotes and saying, giving James lists and list of dimensions of wood to cut for me, painting, painting, and more painting and here are the results.....

I hope you enjoy and something gives you a smile :)

If you would like to order one of these signs or have something custom made email me at: sandylengel@yahoo.com

Photo Magnets!

I am so excited to introduce a new product!!
Photo Magnets!
These are made from your own photo!!!
This is a perfect gift for anyone

Email me your photos, I will size them to fit the shape of your choice: Oval, Square, Rectangle, or Circle
Background Colors: Gold, Silver, Pink, Green, Blue, Purple, White, or Red

To order:
Email me at sandylengel@yahoo.com
Attach your photos
Let me know what shape magnets you would like
What color background you would like

Cost: $16 for 4

faith.hope.love

This is one of my favorite sayings.
3/4" Sterling Silver Tag on a Stretchy Pearl Bracelet
$18

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tarts

Baking Challenge #2
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tarts!

Liv and I have followed our second baking recipe this week, and let me say.....YUM!
We made these fun little treats that were quiet easy, but look so fancy!
I posted the recipe below

my awesome little baking buddy!

1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker double chocolate chunk cookie mix ( I could not find this so we got chocolate chip cookie mix and added some cocoa to it)
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
2 tablespoons water
1/3 cup strawberry jam
1/2 cup frozen (thawed) whipping topping
1 cup Betty Crocker Whipped Strawberry Mist frosting
3 tablespoons miniature semisweet chocolate chips

1. Heat oven 350 degrees, place mini paper baking cup in each of 36 mini muffin cups.
2. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, oil, egg,and water until soft dough forms. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls into baking cups.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are set. Gently press end of wooden spoon into bottoms and against sides of baking cups to flatten, being careful not to make holes in dough. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
4. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon jam into each cookie cup.
5. In medium bowl, fold whipped toppoing into frosting until well combined. Spoon frosting mixture into decorating bag fitted with medium star tip, and pipe into the center of each tart. Top with chocolate chips. Store loosely covered.

Beadfest 2011

This weekend the Philly Expo Center held the 2011 Beadfest.

I have never been to a bead show before, so I was REALLY excited that there was a show very close to home!

James is such a great husband, he supports everything that I want to do with my business and is my biggest fan! James and I got to go to the show (a big thank you to Mary!!!) by ourselves and we had a great time.

There were so many beads!!!!

I was not really interested in the beads as much as the tools and the silversmithing.

I found some new vendors to buy supplies from, got to walk around and hold my husbands hand :) , learned some new techniques, and found some new fun pearl colors for fall!!!

I will be introducing a new line of some REALLY FUN personalized items :) soooo excited about this!!!!

And a new jewelry piece with be introduced!!!

Tomatoes & Cucumbers.....yum.

We finally got some riped tomatoes from our garden yesterday!
There is nothing better than a fresh, red, juicy tomato from your backyard.
I cut up a tomato & cucumber (both from our garden) and tossed them with some olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, pepper, and basil.
YUM!
There is nothing better than fresh veggies from your own backyard!

This year my wonderful husband made 3 fairly large box gardens in our backyard. It was a bit of an expense to buy the wood, topsoil, and mushroom soil but the fresh veggies out of our yard will well make up for it!
This year we planted: tomatoes (big boy, plum, & cherry), peppers (jalepeno, green, & red), corn, carrots, lettuce, radishes, zucchini, cucumbers, strawberries, green beans, watermelon, & pumpkins.
We filled the top layer of our beds with mushroom soil and oh my!!! let me tell you.......our garden is a monster! I have never seen such big plants!!!!

Peppermint Pattie Poke Cake

New Goal: Be a better Baker
I LOVE cooking, Baking is not so much a strength for me. I have trouble following recipes, thats why I love cooking.....I can make up whatever I want without actually measuring ingredients....just 'eyeing' it. Baking is more precise that I have to actually measure things. So my new goal is to BAKE one new recipe a week with Liv. First attempt at Baking: Peppermint Pattie Poke Cake


Me and Liv started this cake when Emma took her morning nap

LOVE peppermint patties!

My awesome little helper

Looks just like the picture!

Emma woke up in time for us finishing up the cake, she helped by emptying some of the kitchen drawers......gotta love that smile!

mmmmmm.....icing

I have to say that these are the faces of a successful cake!!!!! YUM!

I actually followed all the directions correctly.....its a miracle!
My mom will be happy to tell you some of the silly mistakes I made as a kid following recipes........

Did you try any new recipes lately?