Red, White and Blue. Happy 4th!

Work has been exceedingly busy lately, so I was certainly looking forward to a nice long holiday weekend. Time to kick back and relax.

We started our celebrations a tad early on July 3rd, and allowed the trollings to stay up late to watch fireworks. Tonight however, we let off a few fireworks earlier in the day and put the trollings to bed at their usual time. It was funny to hear them going, "Pop! Pop!" every time they heard a firework go off, until they finally fell asleep.

I started wearing my bracelet a day early as well. I kept it simple, going with the old Red, White and Blue. The deep rich colors of the beads really appeal to me. Yesterday, I paired it with a red blouse and today, with my flag navy T-shirt. Playing around with beads to match outfits is definitely part of the fun of having these charm bracelets.

Do you coordinate your bracelets with your outfits?

From left to right: 

Small silver stopper ("homemade")
Trollbeads Unique

Sparkly Sprockets

Trollbeads White Stripe

Sparkly Sprockets

Elfbeads Midnight Flame
Small silver stopper ("homemade")

Happy 4th of July!

Violas and Pansies

Hot on the heels of Earth day comes Arbor Day. In the past at work, we have gotten pine tree seedlings. This year, we got violas and pansies. Not trees, but I think it is still in the spirit of Arbor Day.

Jelly Bean Bracelet

Today is Earth Day and National Jelly Bean Day. At work we celebrated this day by handing out jelly beans and having a lucky drawing for reusable lunch bags, LED bulbs and a Smart Power Strip (automatically shuts off when not in use).

Don't worry the cups containing the jelly beans are meant to be reused for future treats, to reduce packaging waste.

St. Patrick's Day Bracelet

Irish Blessing
May the Irish hills caress you,
May her lakes and rivers bless you,
May the luck of the Irish enfold you,
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.

Chinese New Year / Valentine's Bracelet

Gong Xi Fa Chai! (Mandarin)
Kung Hei Fatt Choi! (Cantonese)
Keong Hee Huat Chai! (Hokkien)
Happy Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day!

A Simple Valentine's Bangle

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thy breadth of choice in color and shape
My hands itch and reach for the beads to create the perfect combination
To grace my wrist that I may admire thee as I go about my day

Apologies to the readers for thoroughly mangling Elizabeth Browning's Sonnet 43.

Merry Christmas!

Twas the night before Christmas, when the trollings were in bed,
Mama Troll was relaxing and playing World of Warcraft instead,
All the presents were wrapped and placed under the tree,
Everything done, all this time just for me!

Trollbeads Share a Christmas Card 2014

I heard about the Trollbeads Share a Christmas Card event sometime in the middle of November, and promptly signed up for it. I thought it was a great idea, and I've always loved stamps from different countries. As an added bonus, gifts can be won every day in December.

Happy Halloween!

It's Halloween! Time to dress up. Time to hand out candy. Time to have fun. So for most of this month, I had been wearing my Great Pumpkin Bracelet but on Halloween itself I was probably going to be a witch or a pirate and wanted something that would blend in a little more.

Screw, Nut, Beer and Radioactive Waste

What could possibly go wrong?

TrollBeads Bracelet and Flower Lock Review

Charms For a Troll. Makes sense that I would own a Trollbeads bracelet then doesn't it? Good thing that I do actually love Trollbeads too. So here goes my review on my Trollbeads bracelet.

In honor of World Trollbeads Day II

One more day before World Trollbeads Day 2014. The excitement builds and I've heard that the special bead will be extremely trollish and was designed by Søren Nielsen the original designer of Trollbeads.

CharmsAddict has a giveway for this special occasion and I posted my entry picture a couple days ago. Well, since it looks like you can enter more than once, I decided to post another picture.

In honor of World Trollbeads Day

On August 1st Trollbeads will be celebrating their first World Trollbeads Day. To commemorate the occasion, Trollbeads is releasing a special Limited Edition Silver Bead. Currently it is all hush, hush and kept under wraps with a few hints dropped on Snapchat.

Trollbeads Fantasy Butterfly Review

Trollbeads recently had their Collector's Dream Sale of 25% off. I couldn't resist and ended up purchasing the Fantasy Butterfly. I actually ended up purchasing more beads after I heard the news about the price hike that is coming in August.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

The bracelet I made for this Memorial Day weekend.