No Shoes Allowed! Sad Face!

First off I need to get this book, and second,the title is just about how I felt all day today  I gave up shopping for myself for lent and should have known better than to go into Ross. I didn’t even bother to take a picture of the shoes for you because having that teaser on my phone would most likely lure me back in there. I really shouldn’t be complaining about it though. I have noticed in the last few years I have become a tad materialistic. I may be the cheap kind of materialistic but materialistic none the less. I mean I save before I spend, and I love giving to others but I have found myself buying things when I dont really need them. Being a shopaholic isn’t a sin to end the ages but I think I just want to calm down with the shoe hoarding for a minute. Or at least until after lent. So being that I cant buy things for myself I have been a busy little bee with my crafting. Hey, I may be buying stuff for the crafts but its not for me so it doesn’t count 🙂 I am actually getting pretty swift at making pretty little goodies out of ordinary things. Check out this candle I made out of a vintage glass teacup that I got at Goodwill for 59 cents!

My stupid phone camera really doesn’t give justice to how cute this thing is! I so need to get a new camera. You see….there I go again. I hand melted the candle wax out of some wax cubes I got at the dollar store and the roses are made of felt that I hand rolled. I never new how therapeutic hand rolling felt into roses could be. I’ve been dabbling in jewelry making too!

Yep ladies and gents! I made that with my own two little hands. Some pearl beads, some wire, a chain and MEH! Easy peasy! I even put the clasp together which actually was a big fat pain in the arse but the end result was worth it. I think I’ll be giving this to one of my aunts for Easter.

~ Hugs and Smiles ~ R!LEY COUTURE