Come Enter To Win My Jewelry Giveaway!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW ENDED, thank you to all who entered. :)

In honor of my 101st post, (YAY!) I am giving away 6 beautiful pairs of my handmade earrings. :) You can enter for as many as you want, or if you just like one or two, just put the numbers in your comment and I'll only enter you for those. There will only be one pair of earrings awarded to each winner. Giveaway winners will have their names picked out of a hat (lol) on January 26th. Deadline to enter is January 25th. Leave me a way to contact you (i.e, your blog address) and I'll let you know if you're a winner!

If you want another chance to enter, post about this giveaway on your blog with this picture:

And now for the descriptions:

1. A pretty pair of pink earrings, with rose-colored Swarovski crystals, silver findings, and pink alabaster Swarovski crystals. In case you aren't sure what a Swarovski is, have you ever seen those crystal figurines in the mall? The really pricey ones? That's what these delicate little beads are made of. :) They sparkle like diamonds.
2. A cute pair of green earrings, with apple-green czech crystal rounds and little clear Swarovski crystals.
3. A gorgeous pair of dangle earrings, with light sapphire-colored Swarovski crystals and little clear Swarovski crystals. These are eye-catching. I made up the unique design myself. :)
4. A sophisticated pair of purple earrings with plum-colored glass lampwork beads and opal amethyst-colored Swarovski crystals.
5. A sweet pair of earrings made with white and clear glass lampwork beads with little roses in the middle and clear Swarovski crystals.
6. And last but not least, a striking pair of earrings made with black crystal-cut glass beads, silver findings, and small silver balls.

And if you do not have pierced ears, never fear! I can change all of these earrings (which by the way have sterling silver-plated surgical steel hooks) into clip earrings very easily. :)
If you're interested in seeing more of my jewelry, visit My Etsy Shop!
Happy Entering!
Julia
I am SO Excited!!!!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow...Let Us Not Freeze...

In one week my family and I are driving all the way up to Michigan to visit my grandparents, aunt and uncle, and my cousins and their children. :) Above is a picture my aunt sent us of some of the snow they had recently... yikes. :D My two younger brothers are SOOO excited about actually building snowmen, snowforts, and having snowball fights! Woohoo!!

I, on the other hand, realize that all that snow means one thing. *COLD*!! And we grew up in South-Western Florida. Also my brothers and I have never seen more snow than just a light dusting once in Tennessee.

So I'm really hoping I'll be able to cope with the weather conditions! I'm planning on taking plenty of warm sweaters, thick fluffy socks, scarves, and mittens, a warm down coat, and yes... long underwear... so I think I'll be as prepared as possible. :)

Do any of you have tips on staying warm in cold weather? I could use some!

Blessings!

Julia

Currently I'm feeling: Peaceful.

Miss Jocelyn's Winter Bundle Giveaways!

Miss Jocelyn over at A Pondering Heart is doing an amazing giveaway! She has over $700.00 worth of prizes she's giving away in batches. It's the biggest giveaway I've ever seen!!

I especially wanted to remark about one giveaway that I thought was really neat. You could win your own customized "blog button" and bookmark icon! Isn't that neat?

Anyway, just thought I'd letcha know. :)

Julia

Currently I'm feeling: Recumbent

Here Come The Fireworks

So I thought I'd try something new and upload a few videos, as well as pictures, of the sparklers my brothers and I lit last week on our driveway in front of the carport.These two are some of my better shots. Not so blurry. :)

This is one of Steven's sparklers. (Do take a minute to watch it, it's not that long)

He was so excited about the sparkler! It was quite funny. :) I love his enthusiasm.

Okay, well... I was going to post a few more videos but that one took SO long to upload that I think I'll stop with that! :D

Blessings!

Julia

Currently I'm : Hungry, and very Busy!

Lovely Weather We're Having

Today was delightfully sunny! Yesterday was quite gloomy, what with all the fog and chill in the air. I liked today's weather better! My family and I went down to the local state park and relaxed by the river. My brothers and I threw our frisbee around for a while. My parents and I had a great time sitting in folding chairs watching the river flow by, feeling the soft breeze in our hair and the warm sun on our faces. I think it was about 70 degrees! (farenheit)

Not bad for January! :D

Julia

P.S.
My mom did a post about our day as well, with pictures! See Here if interested. :)





Currently I'm : quite Chipper!

Blog Finagle-ing and Movie Madness

Hi Readers!

Well, the first thing you might have noticed is the new background. I'm still messing with it but I think I like this one better than some of my other attempts. :P

I really like these header pictures I made...

...But I couldn't find backgrounds that matched!! *sigh* It looks like I'll just have to learn how to design backgrounds. How I'll do that, I have no idea. :) Anyone got any tips??

And for the second part of my post, My family and I watched two new movies yesterday and enjoyed both. The first one was "Horton Hears A Who", which was really cute and crazy, and I loved seeing a favorite story come to life. The second was "Wall-e", which was so cool and also very bizarre...but enjoyable. :D That sounded funny. :) Anyway, I give both movies a thumbs-up.

To quote my younger brother, "Today was the Best Day of 2009!"...yet! :D

Hope you're having a great 2009 so far...

Julia

Currently I am... slightly aggravated, about messing around with blog backgrounds that didn't work... but really I feel Okay. :)

My First Post of 2009

For today, I just felt impressed to post the lyrics to this song... It seems like it fits today really well. :) To hear the song, click on the little playlist at the top of my sidebar. (Turn off my other music first by clicking the miniscule 'pause' button)

New Day by Avalon:

Chorus:

It's a new day,

Oh, it's a new time

And there's a new way,

I'm gonna live my life

All the old has passed away

And the new has come

Thank God, it's a brand new day

Lookin' back at yesterday,

There are things that I regret

But I put the past behind me

And I never will forget

You have covered my mistakes,

And my broken dreams

Now over the horizon

I see the dawn is drawing near

And I realize the sun did rise

Tomorrow's finally here

Chorus:

And it's a New Day,

Oh, it's a new time

And there's a new way,

I'm gonna live my life

All the old has passed away

And the new has come

Thank God, it's a brand new day

Now when I wake up thinkin'

Of the things I've done before

Memories I could not escape

Well they can't haunt me anymore

Now I can hold my head up high

'Cause I am not the same

You've changed my whole perspective

And with new eyes I see

I've become a new creation

'Cause of what you've done for me

Chorus:

It's a New Day,

Oh, it's a new time

And there's a new way

I'm gonna live my life

All the old has passed away

And the new has come

Thank God, it's a brand new day

Cause of what you've done for me

Now I am not ashamed

This heart of mine is finally free

And I will never be the same!

'Cause it's a New Day,

Yeah, it's a new time

And there's a new way

I'm gonna live my life

All the old has passed away

And the new has come

Thank God, it's a brand new day

(repeat chorus)

End.

My absolute favorite line in the whole song is "And I realize, the sun did rise, tomorrow's finally here". I used to get shivers when I heard it. :) I still do, sometimes.

So what did you do for New Year's Eve? I was at home. My brothers and I lit sparklers outside on the gravel driveway and I filmed some of it... I'll have to post a video later. :D

Blessings to all and a very Happy New Year to everyone!!!

Julia

Currently I'm feeling: Happy, and extremely Optimistic about the new year!

New Year's Tag

Today is the very last day in 2008! Can you believe it?? I can't believe how fast this year has gone by. It seems like just a little while ago that it was winter turning into spring...then it was summer...then it was autumn...and now it's the middle of winter again and it's nearly a whole new year!!! WOW! :)

I have been tagged by a delightful young lady named Madison, who has a lovely blog you really must go see.

For this tag I'm supposed to name ten New Year's Resolutions, then tag at least 7 people. Here goes!

1. (Madison took mine) Read my Bible more! I'm shocked at how easy it is to forget to read something so precious. God planned that everything in the Bible would be written for a specific reason. There, in that book, is everything God wants us to know about life.


2. Wear more skirts. :) I like (modest)pants and skirts equally, but I'd like to start wearing skirts more often. They make me feel like a lady.


3. Spend less time on the computer. (haha- and what am I doing right this second?) Of course this means I have to be more efficient with my time while on the computer.


4. Learn more about cooking. I've started my own recipe book full of special recipes that I want to save, so that someday all my mom's wonderful dishes will be easy for me to make for my own family.


5. Spend more time outside.


6. Take more pictures! Memories, that's what they are. Captured on film. :)


7. Write regularly, both in my real diary and here on my blog. (and just how do I do that and spend less time on the computer??? sigh...)


8. Be a more willing helper. God hates murmuring and complaining, and I'm tempted to do both when I have a hard job to do. This is wrong! So I will be cheerful when I go about my chores. :)


9. Eat more vegetables. :)


10. Make lots and lots and lots of jewelry and sell it online! :D See my online shop, Georgiapeachykeen, if you'd like to take a look. :)

I hereby tag:

Joanna

Jasmine

Amber

Joelle

Jocelyn

Lydia

Brianna

Blessings, everyone! Happy New year!!

Julia

Currently I'm feeling: Excited!

I LOVE scrapblog.com!

I mean really, this is just TOO fun!!! I use Scrapblog.com to make adorable backgrounds for my blog headers, and there are SO many differnent options!

Unfortunately, I don't have twenty different blogs to use these on... or I would be using all of them at once, for certain!

This pink and green one is one of my absolute favorites.

I like the organic simplicity in this design.

I love pink. :D

This one explodes with snowflakes.

For this delightful background I only used one sticker, a white blossom, and simply re-sized it and flipped it to decorate this background...Anyway, I hope you'll look at Scrapblog.com and try it for yourself!

Blessings!

Julia

At this moment I feel : Accompolished, Artistic, and Productive, all at once! :)

Guess What This Is

I took this picture and thought it looked so cool! Guess what it is!

Julia

Currently I'm feeling... Mischievous!

The Great Smash

Don't you hate it when this happens?!?

We managed to break three teacups at once. They were sitting peacefully on a shelf in the corner of the dining room... with a saucer standing up against the back of the cabinet behind them... and then when someone closed our big, heavy back door.... well... you can guess what happened. The saucer tipped... and... *sniff* ... CATASTROPHE!

One of the teacups was my favorite ever. It had cute little feet and dainty little purple flowers painted on the front. Sigh. Alas, for my poor little teacup, half of it is now reduced to china dust, beyond repair.

All teacup-lovers out there can heartily sympathize with my woes, I am sure. :(

Have you ever had one of these break? It's sad.

Julia

Currently I'm: Rather Sad.