charm

found a quote for 2 of my favorite things (hearts and flowers) and will use it for a 2-sided necklace charm:

Graphic for sale at http://www.jackshandsjillsheart.com/.
I took a photo of my Hibiscus bloom:

Graphic for sale at www.jackshandsjillsheart.com.
I gave the Hibiscus an 'effect':

So don't 'steam' or 'blow up' about situations that are beyond our control ;) . . . look for the simple joys (or lesson) and we'll find the beauty (positive focus) . . . well, that's my take on it anyway - Jonathan didn't like (. . . understand) the quote - LoL

If I only had a heart!

I had to dress up like the Tin Man for our YCL Kickoff, so I made some earrings out of heart marshmallows:

Jonathan made me the oil can with a cabinet pull and an actual empty oil can that he painted silver and I painted a funnel silver (which stayed on with 2 bobby pins) and modernized (made it girly!) with some ribbon:

I made heart ice cubes with frozen concentrated red ruby juice, I only added 2 cans of water to keep the flavor strong when it melted into the sprite:

I made a mailbox that held chocolate nuggets 'if I only had a heart':

here are the nuggets up close:

Maybe I'll bring my funnel hat to Girl's Camp with me - I rather like it still!