I love getting surprises don’t you?  I love getting packages in the mail too! I admire other Jewelry Artisans as well and I myself would love joining a earring club. I make all my own jewelry, something to match my spring, summer, fall and winter wardrobes.

I have a box full of earrings and I can never never have enough. I want more new styles and I love my old faithfuls too. But I desire and grave for something new each season.

If you are like this then I am sure you will be very happy with a earring club subscription as well.

Well now I have created a Earring of the month club for earring lovers. I named it Shiny MoonBeams Earring of the Month Club.

This is just a sampling of what you might expect, although I don’t want to give away the surprise.

These are some spring retro style earrings, and the gold and black are fall style. If you like mixed media like me you’ll really enjoy the Mixed Mixed club. That will give you Sterling Silver, 24K Gold Filled and Copper Earrings. What fun!

January – Lady in Red

The Gallery photos shows some possibilities of spring or summer or fall styles that may be used. This is only a few styles, but there will be 12 months in all!

This makes a great gift for Mom for Mother’s Day her birthday or anyone special and that includes yourself!

Be sure to visit my online shops!

http://www.shinymoonbeams.com

http://krystalkats.com

~Kat

]]> http://shinymoonbeams.com/wordpress/2010/03/08/shiny-moonbeams-earring-of-the-month-club/feed/ http://shinymoonbeams.com/wordpress/2010/02/27/krystal-kats-new-shop-shiny-moonbeams-shop/ http://shinymoonbeams.com/wordpress/2010/02/27/krystal-kats-new-shop-shiny-moonbeams-shop/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:31:10 +0000 admin http://shinymoonbeams.com/wordpress/?p=55 Hello, once again another month has nearly passed……just a few more days and February will be all gone. It’s raining cats and dogs right now.

This week my husband and I took a ride out to the country, that’s about a 3 minute drive from our house, but we ended up in a great spot to photograph birds, a California birding  hot spot, off Brewer and Nicolaus in the western edge of Placer County. I have a nice DSLR camera it’s great for your first DSLR camera. Mine is a Sony a300. I really love this camera, it’s been fun learning to use it and some day when I understand all these functions then I can progress to a more complicated camera, but for now this is perfect for me.

Anyway I got this nice shot of a Male Nuttall’s Woodpecker.

Isn’t he gorgeous! we have these at the house too sometimes I hear them pecking away, but I’ve never captured one in a photograph before so, it was pretty exciting for me.

Okay so onto Jewelry. I have opened a new shop, I put it together myself and have been working on it off and on for a few months. This shop is going to be for Beach Style Jewelry, a handbags that I am going to make and a surprise which I will talk about when the time is right.

Please visit my new shop, I hope you like it, I designed it myself. It’s suppose to be very California looking and very beach thened and all about girls and very retro.

Go check it out! Shiny MoonBeams Shop.

It took me awhile to get it the way I wanted it to look. Now I just have to get busy making my handbags.

I plan on making several styles to start with, the beach retro girls, birds (No Kidding!), sugarskulls and pets (Dogs and Cats). Those are the themes I plan on concentrating on to start with.

Please be sure to stop in my new shop and post a comment if you like the new shop at the bottom of each page. I really would appreciate it.

Here are several shell earrings I have made

http://www.shinymoonbeams.com/products-page/earrings/

Alternately you can find the same earrings on my Krystal Kat’s Jewelry and Suncatchers website as well.

Well there you have it, until next time have a great weekend! ~Kat

]]> http://shinymoonbeams.com/wordpress/2010/02/27/krystal-kats-new-shop-shiny-moonbeams-shop/feed/ http://shinymoonbeams.com/wordpress/2010/02/20/february-new-jewelry-added-to-krystal-kats/ http://shinymoonbeams.com/wordpress/2010/02/20/february-new-jewelry-added-to-krystal-kats/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:11:56 +0000 admin http://shinymoonbeams.com/wordpress/?p=54 I just updated my website at www.krystalkats.com with new jewelry, earrings, spring bracelets and necklace’s.

I hope you will gander over and check out the earrings, bracelet’s and the necklace I made. Don’t forget Easter is coming early this year in April, it’s April 4th. If you plan on picking up some Easter Jewelry or Crystal Suncatchers please stop on over and make your purchases early before I get really busy which usually happens the week before. And be sure to get your order delivered on time by ordering early.

Here is a little list of some new things on the What’s New Page.

I have posted the flower bracelets and necklace from last post onto my website.

Also find this new set a Colored Shell and Pearl Necklace, Earrings and Bracelet Set. Find it here.

As some of you know I have been fascinated with birds this year. Here you can read some of my tales of bird watching this year. Click here to read it off my “She Was Old Fashioned” blog.

I hope you have yourself a wonderful weekend! ~Kat

Here is what I created for fun.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

The other fun website I found and this one is hoot, is http://sendables.jibjab.com

You can also join their website for the full features and use more then the free ones that are offered which are limited.

I’m suppose to be a featured artist on Artfire the 10th of February. How exciting. I hope it does some good. I am not doing well at selling on Artfire at all. Here is the article.

Do check out my early spring designs, I have posted them to Artfire, bracelets and Necklaces.
http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=1077149
It’s a darling spring flower resin, crystal and cat’s eye bracelet in a beautiful green. I love it!

Also another bracelet the same but in pink with a different resin flower design can be found there, click here.

And the necklace a double strand with a cute flower very springy and summery. Click Here.

I will add these to my Krystal Kat’s Jewelry and Suncatcher store later this week if still available.

Have a wonderful week! ~Kat

I managed to get a gorgeous photo of an American Finch today. Isn’t she so pretty?
I think she might be having babies, she is a lot chunkier then the others I’ve seen.

I’m not sure, but it might be a Lesser Gold Finch.

Before I snapped that Finch photo I made a video for my Crystal Psalm 23 Bracelet and Rainbow Suncatchers for my Krystal Kat’s website. I made a video to show off my Psalm 23 bracelet and my Rainbow suncatcher.

Okay well I want to be sure I get this out before I take off for some shut eye, don’t forget about Valentine’s Day!
I have lots of cute Jewelry and Suncatchers that would make perfect gifts for your Valentine’s.

http://krystalkats.com/jewels/index.php?item=355

Another pretty bracelet The Twisted Heart Bracelet, you can find that here.

~Kat

Last week on January 19th, in between storms I tried to video capture some Robins. I see lots of different birds each day, so I will try to video capture as many as I can through the year.

Well I want to tell you about some very attractive Psalm 23 The Lord Shepherd of His People, A Psalm of David Bracelet I made in 14K gold filled and Copper style. I also have Sterling Silver styles available at my Crystal Jewelry & Crystal Suncatcher site.

I have a whole page dedicated to this bracelet, check it out by clicking on this link.

Click the photo or link to view it larger and read more about it.

http://krystalkats.com/jewels/index.php?item=358

I also made it with matching earrings, click here to view it larger or read more about it. This is really beautiful! I love these gold beads and the shiny Swarovski Crystals on it look fabulous with the gold.

Here is the Copper style. Not pure copper but copper filled.

Here is the link to view the bracelet full size and read more about it. Matching Earrings are forth coming.

I also have sterling silver styles be sure to check out my page The Lord is My Shepherd, Psalm 23 Bracelet Page.

Check out my new products page! or visit me on http://krystalkats.com.

Also be sure to check out my personal blog at http://www.she-was-old-fashioned.com/

Okay…. well I am going off to try and see if today might be the day I can video capture some more birds. I seen a really pretty one out my window. I have not idea what kind of bird it is, but it’s beautiful. ~Kat

It’s a cute little bird don’t you think? Well onto other things like Jewelry! LOL! Here is a bracelet that I made it’s a pet charm bracelet not for your pet but for you. It’s made with pink Grade A Cat’s Eye beads, but you can have it in two colors of blue, purple and green.

http://krystalkats.com/jewels/index.php?item=348 Go ahead and click on the link and see the photo larger and read more about this bracelet. Also available in a Breast Cancer style with a pink or silver ribbon.

It would be a cute Valentine Bracelet as well with a cute little heart charm added to it.

Here is darling pair of earrings thta would be so cute with this bracelet, although I put it at my Artfire Gallery.

I will try to add it to Krystal Kat’s soon!

Be sure to check out the jewelry and my video! have a great weekend. ~Kat

Frank Sinatra’s fly me to the moon goes perfectly with the title of my site, Shiny Moon Beams. I just love Frank Sinatra also known as Ol’ Blue Eyes, my husband says he prefers Dean Martin.

I really enjoy listening to oldies but goodies. I downloaded this tune from itunes for our trip to Oregon this past September. I never really thought I would want to listen to old music, but I really love it. I also downloaded The Andrew Sisters(Boogie Woogie Boogle Boy), Benny Goodmen (It’s Only a Paper Moon), Count Basie (Blue Skies) and more songs from Frank Sinatra and even the Everly Brothers, Cathy’s Clown and All I have to do is Dream. They just don’t make music like this anymore! I remember my parents playing some of this when I was just knee high to a grasshopper.

It was so funny because this past weekend I was talking to my son Shane and he told me he to loved this song. Who knew!?

Frank Sinatra recorded the song on his album in 1964 “It Might as Well Be Swing” accompanied by Count Basie. In 1966 Frank Sinatra performed the song with Basie on “Sinatra at the Sands”… his final recording of “Fly Me to the Moon” was in 1969 in collaboration with Antonio Carlos Jobim. He then again performed the song in his 1969 show “Sinatra”, there he dedicated the song to the Apollo astronauts “.

In another words have a great evening!

~Kat

I had to remove the rapid cart since I am no longer a Pro Artfire Seller.

I have added some things these past few days that I have not added to my Krystal Kat’s store yet.
For instance these cute little earrings;

Link to purchase or view the earrings click here.

Please stop in to my Artfire studio. ~Kat

Last night I made some homemade pear & applesauce. It’s really yummy and you should give it a try. I made it up one day with fruit that was going to go bad. So I decided well pears and apples would make a good applesauce. It was so good I decided to make it again and this time I canned it. The trick is to let the fruit set out until it gets soft, about 3 to 5 days after purchasing it.

Here is the recipe;
2 cups of water
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 Fuji Apples with skins removed and cut into slices or junks
4 Bartlett Pears with skins removed and cut into slices or junks
4 Red Pears with skins removed and cut into slices or junks
few drop of lemon juice
Also be sure to remove the cores from each pear and apple.
Altogether you will need 12 pieces of fruit, if you want more apple taste use more apples then pears, or an even amount of apples to the pears.
Makes 4 16 oz jars. (I used the Ball Collection Elite Jars, the one photographed on the right).

Add all the fruit to a pot, then add 2 cups of water, 1 1/2 cups sugar and cook until apples and pears are really soft, then use a potato masher and mash the apples and pears into a sauce, it will be a bit chunky, but that is the good part. It’s a slightly chunky Pear & Applesauce.

I used the water bath canning technique to can me Pear & Applesauce. Here are some directions, it’s not hard. But be sure to read it very well for food safety reasons. If you don’t have the supplies such as jars and a water bath canner you will have to make a small investment in supplies. It’s worth it, you can make homemade jellies and jams and can your own fruit and veggies you grow in your own yard or on your own property, or perhaps fruit that is given to you from friends or family that grow their own.

More information about canning can be found on Ball and Simply Canning.

Have a wonderful week! ~Kat