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Meet Pearl aka BlueBell (as in homemade vanilla)...owing to her color-she's a Texas girl either way!

We drove the first new Tahoe (my first new car EVER!) home at 10pm Friday nite...Sat. am we got out to go back to the dealership...I had forgotten the title to the trade-in!  When I walked around to the passenger side of the car there was a BIG DENT in the front quarter panel!!! No paint was missing...it was a just big 4 inch crease....no way the detailers of the night before could have missed it! It was dark when we left the dealership Fri. nite and got home so we never saw it! (Originally, we had been looking at a different one..but this one was just a little bit more with more goodies we wanted...we had not inspected it for 3 days like the first one!)

By the time we got to the dealership I was shaking and almost in tears...they did their little talk about fixing it and making it all better for just $100! That's when the tears started! And the mad...They thought WE put the dent in it....I told them not only would we not pay $100...I didn't want my very first car to start off with body work! They back-pedalled on the $100 and tried to convince us that they could pull the dent out of it and we'd never know it had been there...When I couldn't take any more I told them I still had the title to my trade-in, the '05 Tahoe...to just bring it back up to the front and we'd drive it home...no way was I setting foot in that other one again!  
Looooong story short:  The only other one on the lot (in our color scheme and what we wanted in it) was a step up due to the paint color and one or two other differences! She is a beauty...we test-drove her...then went back inside to start the haggling process all over again! Of course, they wanted more money...that lead to more stress!  Finally....we left with the NEW, new Tahoe....the main difference, other than the dent!, being the color...OMG!  I bought TWO NEW CARS! in 2 days!!! 

All's well that ends well...We really love this one better! But stress has taken it's toll...I've already lost my phone charger and car keys!

PS...bet you thought it was going to be a new goat!

First Things First! I wanted to show the end result of the charm bracelet from a couple of posts back.

Thank You, Followers! Breaking News!!

I want to take a minute to thank my new followers for coming on board...and my "already" followers (notice I didn't call you my "old" followers!) for hanging in there and not giving up on me when I'm not the best blogger...ie. not adding to my blog often enough....I confess I'm severly "time challenged" lately.  But I have a great excuse! 

First, and most important!  My youngest son (32...about time!) was married on Feb.8 to a fantastic girl we are all just crazy about!  She and her 14 year old daughter (our new granddaughter!!) have already brought so much joy to the family.  They belong to us like crazy!!  Pictures to follow soon!

Second, we have another new member to the family:  "Prissy Pearl Butzke"....stay tuned for more info and pix, Dear Readers!

Custom Charm Bracelet To-Be

This is just a preview of a custom charm bracelet for a client.  Each of her neice and nephews' names have been riveted, ransom-note-style, on a textured sterling silver heart charm.  They will be tumbled, oxidized, tumbled again, and polished before they are done.  The charm bracelet itself will also be custom-made.  Stay tuned for the finale!

Our show at the Panther Creek Shopping Center in The Woodlands

I just couldn't wait to share this!  Isn't she beautiful??!!??  She was a display in Camille's (of Old Towne Spring) booth at the Champions Holiday Market show we did earlier this month.  My hubby (who KNOWS me) saw it first and talked Camille into selling it to him after the show.  Isn't she just the bomb???!!

Much as I love her, she was just a small portion of the wonderfulness of that show!  You know how sometimes you meet someone and know immediately that you will be great friends?  That happened in multiples here!  You know who you are Kathy, Genie (and hubbys), Shelley, Camille (thanks for giving in to my husband!), Lynn, Robin and mom, Millie!! (love her!) and all the other vendors and new customers that have become new friends!  Funny how we all just came together by chance...Thank you all for being there! 

I love you all!

A Couple of Pics From a Recent Show

 A big "Thank You" to all who came out to support us at this show.  It was a great success...we are so blessed!

It's Show Time!!

Our shows are starting in full swing this weekend.  If you are in the Houston area, come see us at the Holiday Market at Champions Forest Dr. and FM1960.  It's open from 10 til 6 each day, Oct. 29 thru Nov. 6.

Texas Wildfires!

You have all probably heard of the Texas wildfires...today was the first time we could see the smoke from our house! Monday when we were still getting winds from hurricane Irene, we could smell it.  Tho the wind has died down considerably, the fires have shifted and are more spread out.

Tonya's Pendant

We attended the birthday party for my hubby's niece yesterday...she made out like a bandit!! She said she loved the pendant, and I have to believe her since she received lots of other jewelry but put our's on immediately! Another niece wanted one as well...so this one will be for her. I decided to rivet today instead of solder! I'm really liking the rougher, more primitive, organic style as opposed to a picture-perfect mirror finish. This looks to be my niche!

Like the slate background? The store let us have it for a sample....soooo we're going to a different store each weekend to pick samples til we have enough to floor our hot tub porch! LOL!!