Handcrafted Bead Stew Mask Chains and Bracelets

Handcrafted Bead Stew Mask Chains and Bracelets

Bracelet or mask chain? It’s good to have choices! It all started with a bead stew class with the vivacious Suzie from Suzie Q Studio where I whiled away a Sunday afternoon making this fabulous bracelet. Do you find yourself craving a little creativity in your life?...
Dallas Getaway – Big Things Happen Here!

Dallas Getaway – Big Things Happen Here!

This trip was taken in November 2019 before COVID-19 restrictions came into play.  I am planner.  I like to organize most details of my trips well in advance and always have a Plan B or C just in case. Sometimes, though, it’s best just to go with the flow.  Out of the...
A Step Back In Time

A Step Back In Time

Is there one place in the world that just makes you happy?  I have been very blessed to have travelled to lots of places in my life but for my all time favourite destination and happy place; it’s the UK.  That was the first trip, on my own, at the grown up age of 15...
Handcrafted World “O” Bracelets

Handcrafted World “O” Bracelets

As a longtime world traveller, this “world” bracelet created especially for me by Suzie Q Studio and personalized with an O , which is how it became the “O” World Bracelet! These two bracelets were created from the original “Add-A-Bead” jewellery brand out of Denmark...
Holland America Line: Bread & Butter Pudding

Holland America Line: Bread & Butter Pudding

Ingredients: 1.5 pounds good-quality day-old sliced white bread, crust trimmed and slices cut into cubes6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted1 quart whole milk6 eggs, beaten3 egg yolks, beaten3/4 cup sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract3/4 cup raisinsconfectioner’s sugar...