Merritt By Design

My Little Flying Monkey

2010-05-03T17:42:00.000-04:00

Haulin' in Hot Pink

2010-04-17T17:20:00.001-04:00

Ab's second track meet @ Victor. Girls came in second!!

Have I told you lately that I love my new Camera?

2010-04-11T10:46:00.001-04:00

This is my version of Air Buddy, here is Air Bear!! Bear love soccer and will play tirelessly for ages. Years ago his older sisters took some summer soccer lessons so he has loads of soccer balls at his ready disposal. There is no fake out he cannot get past and no air ball he cannot stop!! Anytime you are in the neighborhood, stop on by for a quick game of "bear ball"!!

Num Yummy!!

2010-04-07T10:52:00.002-04:00

I treated myself to two beautiful tomatoes the other day. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I saw the price!! The other tomato is about the same size as the one pictured and I paid over $4.00 for both of them. I cannot wait until I can plant my own tomato plants. And even though that lovely red gem looks good enough to eat, it does not have that wonderful, fresh from the vine scent that home grown has. Wish me luck. I am going to have this little beauty with my lunch. Hopefully it tastes as good as it looks.

SHHHHH, we are hunting Wabbits

2010-03-31T17:12:00.002-04:00

Not sure why, but with teens that is normally the case!!

Pretty as a picture

2010-03-29T19:37:00.001-04:00

This made me smile today. What makes you smile?

2010-03-28T17:23:00.000-04:00

I made the earrings for my daughter a while back and kept thinking that there was something missing. After a morning of running around, I figured out just what I have left out, a matching bracelet.

It is starting...

2010-03-23T14:26:00.002-04:00

Let me start off by saying that I do not hate all trees, just this one. This behemoth lives in my back yard. Every year that I have lived in this house the tree has tormented me. The first of its little delights are what some might call flowers. They are kinda small, red and a bit sticky if you are dumb enough to try and pick them up by hand like I did the first time I saw them. The second treat this wonderful tree gives to me, are the first set of helicopters. They are soft and a lovely shade of green and also a pain to clean up. And if I do not get them all up, they start to grow in my flower beds. The third gift is hard brown helicopters. These things are mean. They are single sided and come down from the tree with a force that can draw blood. And finally as fall draws summer to a close and I start to like the tree because of the wonderful color of the leaves, as if to spite me it tosses them all to the ground. And as if that was not enough of a reason to dislike this monster, the whole time it has leaves I cannot get a decent picture on my TV due to the tree being in the direct line of site for the satellite. I have had dreams of me attacking the tree with an ax while it laughs at me. Thanks to the size and location of the tree it would cost me more than some would pay for a used car to have it taken down. So, every time we have a thunder storm I make a little prayer for the tree to be hit by lightning and fall in the next door neighbors yard, whom I like almost as much as the tree.

I think Spring is coming...

2010-03-23T12:28:00.001-04:00

Some new bling

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Yes I can see them too...

2010-03-17T19:39:00.003-04:00

Not sure what was going on today, but all of these school buses showed up downtown. But the buses may have been just a dream...

Wake Up Rochester

2010-03-17T07:16:00.002-04:00

Stop on over for a cup!!

2010-03-14T18:47:00.002-04:00

I got a new camera last weekend and my husband got this!! I must say my only beef with this coffee maker is that it only brews a 8 oz cup. I have learned to step back on my over all consumption over the last week. And my girls totally love the hot chocolate!!

If I sing to you, will you give me cookies?

2010-03-14T09:32:00.002-04:00

See how cute I am, please, please, please give me a cookie!!

1 new reason to smile!!!

2010-03-08T19:38:00.002-05:00

Guess who finally got an SLR?

Momma's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Oompa Loompas!!

2010-03-06T09:32:00.003-05:00

Yeah, I said it. Oompa Loompa, you got a problem with that? Green hair, orange skin and probably the most fun I have ever seen my oldest daughter have. This time last year she was gearing up for the middle school's production of Willy Wonka and told me that the director wanted all of the Oompa Loompas to wear wigs. Um, no! Who knows where these nasty green wigs have been and who has had them on? So we compromised and my daughters beautiful blonde hair was colored a wonderful shade of grass green. Permanently colored green… When the hair dresser was done coloring her hair she gave her a haircut and the hair on the floor looked just like grass clippings. The production was a great success and the green hair did not last that long. But it did not totally go away. My daughter spend the whole summer last year with a nice tinge of green to her blonde that made her look like she was molding. And I got the coolest mom of the year award for allowing my daughter to color her hair green. Ain't life grand…?

2010-03-03T13:43:00.003-05:00

Lovely shades of bottle green beads, accented with sweet little silver flowers. The clasp is a bypass box design, not only is it effective it is stylish too. If you have small ankles this piece can be worn as an anklet, but it was made as a bracelet. $18

Purple is...

2010-03-02T14:12:00.003-05:00

cool, inviting, for me timeless. I have loved the color purple ever since I first laid eyes on Donny's purple sox. These little beauties are far from sox, they are amethyst beads with silver findings and little extra for the sparkle factor.

Crystal Elegance

2010-03-01T11:07:00.003-05:00

Catch the light

and be seen

in these lovely

crystal gazing balls!!

Opalescent crystal

beads with eye

catching silver

findings.

$10.00

Some more of the pretty stuff...

2010-02-28T14:01:00.003-05:00

At the top we have gold and purple beads accented with clear crystals and gold findings, second we have black and silver cube beads accented with silver spacers and smokey crystals and silver findings, in the third space we have warm gold cubes with lovely antique creamy pearls and gold findings, in the last spot we have red jasper beads with rose and clear crystals and gold findings. All pairs are $10 each.

A Bear's Eye View

2010-02-26T07:11:00.001-05:00

This is what greeted mans' best friend this morning. This shot is taken right outside my sliding glass door going into my back yard. The drift is about 2 feet deep, keep in mind Bear's legs are only about 8 inches long. When I opened the slider and offered to let him in the yard to pee this morning he took one look at the snow and went and sat in his crate to await his breakfast. Oh yeah, did I mention that it is still snowing and the wind is blowing at about 25 miles an hour?

Got the Blues

2010-02-24T09:38:00.003-05:00

Some times a girl just has to have the blues!! And much like potato chips, one is never enough. At the top blue heart beads with silver findings, second blue, red & black beads with gold findings, third pair of earrings are lovely blue bi cone crystals, opalescent block crystals and cute little silver rings. Each pair of earrings is $10.
At the bottom is a very fun and flirty cuff bracelet with blue beads and lovely blue shells, $12

Orange You Glad

2010-02-23T09:59:00.001-05:00

Orange is such a fun, happy color. These beautiful orange cane beads are mixed with a lovely mix of silver or gold findings. Each pair is $10.

2010-02-22T17:03:00.002-05:00

Most of the time I make stuff to sell, but when I finished these I was sold!! This staple of my summer wardrobe can be yours if the price is right!! Only kidding, but I am more than willing to remake this set. Sterling Silver beads with Amethyst AB Swarovski cube beads. Price is approximately $50 for the set.

Hey City of Rochester, guess what?

2010-02-18T09:09:00.002-05:00

I don't totally hate the stretch of Broad Street in front of my work being closed. I thought I would, thought it would be a huge pain in the butt. The commute is the same amount of time and the lack of constant noise is very refreshing. I still have very strong concerns about the city's ability to keep the "Pond" clean and free of the homeless that camp out in the Civic Center Garage. If someone can keep the area clean and free of pests, count me in.

Oh Wow!!

2010-02-15T16:14:00.003-05:00

I love my stuff, but I make it for me. That is the one rule I have for my stuff. I have to want to keep it for myself. And not just keep it, but want to like wear it everyday. Well now thanks to Ms. Renée you can all see my stuff the way I see it. I know I have said it before, but it bears repeating THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Renée!!

Oh Happy Day

2010-02-14T11:40:00.003-05:00

Happy St. Valentines' day, this is turning into something like Christmas at the Merritt house hold. I got 3 new books and a new bead for my Pandora bracelet. Two of the books are by one of my new favorite writers, Jodi Picoult. I have read about half a dozen of her 17 book and each one is more amazing then the last. Jodi's ability to flesh out characters is the main reason I keep coming back again and again. The third book I have been holding off buying because I really did not want to shell out the hard cover price. My husband who knows this only too well used it as an opportunity to get me a much wanted gift. Dan Brown's writing style is fast and fact based. The Lost Symbol follows a much loved character, "Robert Langdon", from Brown's other books "Angels & Demons", and "The Da Vinci Code". Both were great reads. Next to my obsession with kid lit, Jodi and Dan are two of my preferred writers.

Made chocolate, chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. Now need to go spend some quality time at the gym. Plus the Hubster is making a full Turkey dinner!! Maybe I should just live at the gym and come back here for meals.

Spreading the love…

2010-02-13T12:40:00.003-05:00

My 85 year old neighbor lady stopped in to give her "other family" some very sweet little valentines. I know at the age of 44 that my palate should be more mature and crave things like dark chocolate and Merlo, but I must admit that White Zinfandel is one of my personal favorites. This will be enjoyed this evening with homemade tomato sauce and homemade gnocchi. Yes, feel free to envy me tonight. :-)

Sweet, but a bit Naughty

2010-02-12T08:09:00.002-05:00

This is Bear; he is an almost 8 year old male tri color Pembroke Corgi. Bear was the largest puppy in his litter; he picked me out shortly after his eyes opened for the first time. Bear has a very strenuous life style. He keeps all intruders at bay. That is unless they have been invited into the house. Then he jumps on them to make sure they are worthy of admittance. Bear makes sure that the couch in the family room does not fly away, by sleeping on it as much as possible. And he takes personal offence to any toy that makes noise. These are all dealt with in the same manor; it is not pretty and ends with the toy going to the big toy box in the sky shortly after purchase. As for those demon eyes, they are little bonus the breeder never warned me about.

Football is finally over!! Now it is time for Baseball

2010-02-11T13:39:00.006-05:00

Momma is looking for her boys in red!! This one in particular... Heres hoping the Sox will have some October ball this year!!

Dear Civic Center Parking Garage

2010-02-11T06:27:00.000-05:00

Thank you for the privilege of paying $91.00 a month to park in your garage. Thank you also for the privilege of having the crap scared out of me 3 out of 5 days of the week. Monday, scary homeless people loitering in the garage, Tuesday, more scary homeless people, Wednesday, 4 cop cars and lots of scary homeless people. All of this for the bargain basement price of $91.00 a month. What more could anyone ask for? I think those Red Shirt guys need to do a stint in the morning from 5:00 am till 7:30 am. So those of us who work downtown and pay for the privilege of parking in the Civic Center Garage can get to work safely each morning.

Abby?

2010-02-10T18:54:00.002-05:00

Not wanting to be seen, this is what my oldest daughter is willing to do.

Yeah Me

2010-02-10T18:24:00.000-05:00

Three weeks ago I started working out 5 times a week. I have not really been dieting, but have been kinda been keeping an eye on what I eat. Trying to stay away from the goodies at work and not giving into temptation at home. Not always easy with two teenage daughters. But I am very proud to say that as of yesterday I have lost 5 pounds!! Being only 5 foot 1, and 208 pounds after Christmas, added to the winter funk. Here's to stripping away the funk and all those unwanted extra pounds!!

Tuesday's

2010-02-09T08:21:00.002-05:00

Ah, my 6 week Tuesday break is just about done. For the last 6 weeks my girls have been participating in Ski Club. They leave from school at 2:45 and do not get home until after 10:00 pm. The girls get to spend time with friends and get some fresh air. But what I get is just as good. I get to come home to a quiet home. The only one there is Bear, my 8 year old Corgi. Who is always happy to see me and his only demand when I walk in the door is to pet him. A few blissfull hours of me time. I will miss you Tuesdays... until next year!!

Why? Rochester? Why?

2010-02-08T09:43:00.001-05:00

Why? The bridge spanning the Genesee River will be closed for a little over 2 weeks starting this coming Friday the 12th. While I would be all for updates to the bridge, cleaning, adding more support. None of those are the reason it will be closed. It will be closed so that those of us that need to traverse that expanse of Broad Street can get used to the idea that the "ROAD" may soon be turned into a water way. I personally have nothing against water. It is lovely to look at, swim in, drink… But the City does not have the best track record when it comes to keeping its self clean. Who is going to keep this new water way clean? Not to mention who is going to keep the vagrants out of the water? The City cannot keep the vagrants out of the parking garages, how are they going to keep these homeless city dwellers from defecating in the water? I personally do not see how making part of Broad Street a water way is going to bring people to Rochester. The businesses that this will impact are not happy, but the City does not seem to care. This smacks of the "Fast Ferry" all over again. Dear City of Rochester, I am able to think for myself. Stop trying to do it for me. P.S. you can also stop trying to spend my money for me too. I do a very good job at that as well.

This is why I am here...

2010-02-07T15:23:00.003-05:00

I got a kick in the butt the other day. Well, not a real kick in the butt. I have been very lax with the very reason I started this blog. Well I hope this makes up for it. And again I would like to thank that butt kicker!! What would I do with out you?

A big "thank you"!!

2010-02-07T15:20:00.006-05:00

This little beauty is for a very special someone, you know who you are!!

And here is the last shot...

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Pantry Shots

2008-09-30T07:05:00.002-04:00

$20.00

Bottle green and silver bracelet and matching earrings.

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$25.00

Silver and Snowflake obsidian, anklet and matching earrings.

2008-09-30T06:56:00.003-04:00

$25.00

Red Jasper, pink chrystals, pearl & gold bracelet and matching earings.

2008-09-30T06:54:00.003-04:00

$60.00

SOLD

Dark bottle green, light green, pearl, & silver 8 inch anklet.

2008-09-30T06:51:00.002-04:00

$15.00

Amethyst, clear crystal, pearl, & silver. Bracelet & matching earrings.

2008-09-29T17:08:00.002-04:00

$50.00

SOLD

About

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Jewelry has been an obsession for a long time. All of my pieces are one of a kind. Many of the pieces listed are sold, but if you like them you can order something like it. If you are interested in any of the listed pieces please contact me at mer1016@frontiernet.net.