I’m so thrilled and honored that Jackie from Etsy Item of the Day has chosen my turquoise bracelet as her ‘item of the day’! Her blog is full of fabulous Etsy finds and I encourage you to follow her great blog and her fun tweets!

Thank you so much, Jackie! You’ve made my day!

Big Dave’s Big Gift is a charity that I heard about through Janna. She is a fellow Etsian, jewelry designer and a lovely, kind person. She is working with David’s family to create a beautiful line of Cancer Awareness jewelry of which all proceeds will be donated to the David Turner Lymphoma Foundation. Janna contacted me to see if I might be able to help out with hand stamping some sterling silver charms with the words ‘faith’, ‘hope’ and ‘love’. I was delighted and honored that she asked me to be involved and I have since been a mad stamping woman!

Once Janna has worked her magic and created her lovely jewelry I’ll be sure to let you know. She does have a few available right now which can be found here.

Here is David’s Story

David Christopher Turner was diagnosed with Stage IV lymphoma in 2008. He originally created the David Turner Lymphoma Foundation to raise money for a stem cell transplant. Unfortunately his body had not responded to chemo therapy well enough for him to receive the transplant.

If he couldn’t receive one, David partnered with the American Cancer Society (http://www.cancer.org) to form a program in his honor to raise enough money for people to receive stem cell transplants on behalf of the American Cancer Society and the David Turner Lymphoma Foundation. He worked non-stop to set up the foundation and implement his fundraising ideas until the very last day. At just 26 years of age, David passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2009. His mom, Suzanne Turner, will continue David’s vision. Cancer-themed items, including my jewelry, will be available at http://bigdavesbiggift.org/ soon. In the mean time, please visit the website to learn more about the organization’s mission and share David’s story.

I’ve been tagged by my friend Kim, otherwise known as slinkymalinkicat . Thank you Kim!

I’ve been Tagged

What is your current obsession?
Learning how to take better photographs. It drives me crazy that I cannot get my photos to look the way I want or expect them to!

What is your weirdest obsession?
My love for artichokes! I would eat them morning, noon and night if they weren’t so expensive and if they were always in season!

What are you wearing today?
Still in PJ’s and next will be my bathing suit as I have a Mommy and me swim class with my daughter this morning.

What’s for dinner?
Wow, I don’t normally think that far in advance when it comes to cooking!

What is your favourite book?
Anything factual to do with England in medieval times.

What’s the last thing you bought?
A lovely clutch from Ira!

What are you listening to right now?
My fingers hitting the keyboard. Amazingly the kids are still sleeping even though it’s 6:45am now!

What is your favourite ice-cream flavour?
Plain old chocolate does it for me.

What do you think of the person who tagged you?
I think Kim is a very hard working, passionate, creative, helpful and kind person!

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
Wow, I’m going with either a lovely old cottage in Chalfont St Giles, England or somewhere in Tuscany.

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour where would you go?
Visit my grandparents in OK.

Which language do you want to learn?
Italian.

Who do you want to meet right now?
Ina May Gaskin

What is your favourite colour?
I love red in every hue!

What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own wardrobe?
A strapless summery denim dress.

What is your favourite magazine?
The only magazine I read is Mothering Magazine.

If you had a £100 now, what would you spend it on?
New clothing, definitely!

Favourite artist/s?
My two children make the most lovely artworks!

Do you admire anyone’s style?
This is Kim’s line – People who remain positive in the face of adversity – and I totally agree!

Describe your personal style?
Well, if we’re talking clothes then, dull! Jeans and t-shirt gal here.

What are you going to do after this?
Get ready for swimming class.

What are your favourite movies?
Robin Hood (Disney)

What is your favourite fruit?
Strawberries

What inspires you?
My adoring family.

What music do you like this week?
Jim Croce.

What is your dream job?
Stay at home mom creating jewelry with her children by her side!

What is stopping you?
Nothing!!

What is your favorite season of the year?
Autumn! I love the coolness that arrives after such a dry and hot summer.

Something about yourself that makes no sense?
My mind plays weird little word games when it gets bored.

The rules:
1. Respond and rework; answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own.
2. Tag eight other people.

I am tagging:
Connie (Young and Relentless)

Madeline (My Boy and Me)

Janna (jaC Jewelry)

Toni (Utah Desert Runner)