Scrabble Charm Bracelet

Here is a picture of a Scrabble charm bracelet that I made for a friend. The turquoise and brown beads are recycled vintage beads.

Happy 1st Birthday Gabe!

We celebrated our great nephew's 1st birthday last night. His big sister is 2 and his big brother is 7. They ALL loved his new toys! There was plenty to go around but they all wanted to play with the same toy at the same time. Ever wonder why that is? Must be something about this human nature of ours that doesn't want to miss out on what someone else is doing!

Anyone Have Any San Diego Travel Tips?

We're planning a trip later this month to San Diego to go to our nephew's graduation from Marine Corps boot camp and are a taking several extra days "just for us." We're not that interested in the big attractions -- Sea World, San Diego Zoo, Lego-land, etc. - but are rather looking for the more out of the way things that are unique to San Diego. We may even drive up the coast or into the mountains.

If you have been there and have some hints or suggestions, please post them.

Magnets and Watches - Warning!

I have been making quite a few bracelets with magnetic clasps. I love them and so do my customers. But, I have also been having trouble for the past year or so with any wristwatch I wear losing time. I can lay them on the dresser and leave them for a week and they will keep perfect time. Within several hours of wearing one, it will lost 15-20 minutes. I was talking to a jeweler tonight and he was telling me about his dad who seemed to have more of a magnetic field around him and couldn't wear a watch at all. I looked down and saw the bracelet I always wear on the wrist with my watch and it has a magnetic clasp on it. (I immediately moved the bracelet to the other wrist.) He seemed to think that often times the damage to the watch is permanent. I think I'll test my watches and see what happens when I wear them without the bracelet on that wrist. He suggested that I take my watch off whenever I am working with magnets.

In addition, he also told me that the people at the jewelry counters in discount stores ruin a lot of watches because they are not properly trained to replace watch batteries. He said it doesn't take much to touch the insides of a watch wrong and mess it all up -- they don't always stop running altogether, they just do things like lose time, etc.

Thought I'd just pass that information on. I'm hoping it solves my problem with wrist watches! I suppose a little time will tell.

Christopher is home - for a little bit!

For those of you who know Christopher, I thought you might like to see some pictures.

Chris got home on a Saturday night and we were at the dealership in Junction City first thing Monday morning to pick up his new car.

This past Sunday evening we had a gathering in our backyard for food and fellowship with family and some of his friends. His girlfriend, Susan, provided the banner. Karl set up the tents in case of rain and we had a good time. It was pretty humid and damp but didn't rain until everything was put away.

When you get the Leech kids together, there are always games. Bowling and Dutch Blitz (I think that is the name of the card game) were hits.

That's Gavin and Audra (our great nephew and neice.)

Chris will be home a few more days before he heads back across the ocean.

Scrabble anyone?

A co-worker asked me if I could make her a Scrabble tile bracelet. I took on the challenge and here is what I created. There are 5 tiles and that is really all that will fit on this style of bracelet due to the width of the tiles (which are now beads because of the drilled holes). More could be put on a bracelet if they were charms instead of beads. Bracelets like this one (custom tiles and color choices) will sell for $15.

I also made a Scrabble tile necklace. This one has a vertical hole drilled through it. These necklaces will also be custom orders - choose the tile and the colors and the number of dangles. The cost is $5 for one tile and $1.25 for each side dangle. So, the one shown in the picture would cost $10. The cords are adjustable. I will also have different colored cords.

Wouldn't this be a fun back-to-school gift for your favorite girl?

I do wish there were tiles with numbers on them. How fun would it be to spell out phrases like the personalized license plate tags? You can do it with just letters but the options are a bit more limited - you have to get really creative!

If you are a beader and want to design your own jewlery but don't want to invest in the Dremel and the drill stand, I will sell drilled tiles to you (and direction holes you want). Just contact me.

I'm anxious to hear what you think about the Scrabble tile jewelry.

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