There is no picture for this blog but I really want to share a wonderful thing that happened to me Thursday.

I decided to go see Harry Potter (by myself) Thursday morning. I loved it and want to see it again. Next to the theatre there is a place called the Golden Spoon Frozen Yogurt Shop. I can't go to the show without stopping there after ward and getting one of their specials for the day. I went in, got my "little" cup of chocolate and pistachio yogurt and sat at a table. A young man came in wearing an Air Force uniform. We live near Luke Air Force Base. Anyway, I had a 5 dollar bill in my pocket so I got up and went to the counter and told the yogurt guy that I was paying for the young man's yogurt. The young man told me I didn't have to but I said "Yes, I do because it's one of the ways I have to show how much I appreciate them". I think what these men and women are doing for our country is wonderful and they never complain about it. He was a nice young man and was very gracious. At the same time some lady behind me yells in my ear "I wish I would have done that". She kept saying it over and over, I thought my ear drum was going to burst. I went back and sat at my table and finished my "little" cup of yogurt and the manager of the store came over and gave me a card so I can have a free yogurt next time I come in. I really didn't expect that but I thought it was really nice. I hope I have another opportunity to do something like that. I felt really good all day.

This morning my husband was telling the story to some of the guys he has breakfast with and one of the older guys wanted to know when I would be there again so he could have my free yogurt. Gotta love those seniors.

My last thought is, now that I've done it once, I'm going to do it again whenever I get the chance. I think it made all the calories of the "little" cup of yogurt disappear.

SBS Necklace and The Rose Beads

This necklace is made entirely of Studio By Sculpey clay. I was going to put it on Etsy but I wore it a couple times and got so many compliments on it I decided to keep it myself. I guess I'll have to make another one. This set of beads was made by my sweet friend Rose. We share a lot as you know from some of my past blogs. Many times when Rose and I are together doing clay, we give each other pieces of canes that we have made.

These beads that Rose made were from canes that she had made and from pieces that I had given her. I think they are awesome. I'm waiting to see what she is going to make with them. I tried to tell her they match what I'm wearing. That's a joke we have. Every time I make something it seems as though she is wearing something that absolutely matches what I made. There will be four of us doing clay together very soon. Sweet Rose, my lovely friend Evelyn who also has a strange and beautiful knack for colors and my good friend Judy who had breast cancer surgery two weeks ago and has to have it again next week. I will be thinking about her but I know she's going to be OK. My three friends do some wonderful, colorful things with clay and they inspire me.

This set is from a Kaleidoscope polymer clay cane that I did with left over clay. I was fortunate to get 3 pendants, a pair of earrings and enough beads for a bracelet. This is my favorite set of jewelry right now and I can't duplicate it so it won't be going on Etsy but I'll be coming up with more One Of a Kind items for Etsy very soon. I'm working on some wild canes which hopefully will make some wild items. I'll be gone back to Wisconsin for two weeks starting July 26th so my Etsy shop will be closed and this blog will be sleeping but until then I hope to publish enough fun stuff to last till I get back. It better be cool when I get there. I'm tired of this heat. I'm starting to feel like a mushroom in this house. It was 119 on the patio the other day.

This is my July Carnival bracelet, it's cute. Makes me smile. I love chunky. It's on my Etsy at http://bleekreations.etsy.com/

This little dominoe bracelet has a cute little dog on each dominoe that was stamped on and then hand painted. The back of the dominoe was painted with silver paint and then stamped with black leaves. He's so cute but he needs a home.