Bella Dio is Italian for Beautiful God

Bella Dio is run by a stay-at-home mom of three boys who lives in Indianapolis. I am amazed and awed by her versatility and resourcefulness: she makes beaded jewelry, does wire work, creates stunning polymer clay pendants, and her newest line involves bits of broken china recycled into lovely jewelry. As a Play-doh artist who could never make anything more complicated than a snake, I could browse her shop and admire her work for hours. Have a look for yourself, you're sure to find something that's just perfect!


Pink and White Cherry Blossom Pendant, $25



Perfectly Beautiful Broken China Pendant, $20



Love and Faithfulness Pendant, $25


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Just for Fun--Instantly Frozen Beer Trick

Things are a bit hectic here: still unpacking, getting estimates for electrical and plumbing work for my workshop space, and we've been having internet and phone service problems. So today's post is a video just for fun--if you like this make sure to check out some of the other videos on Easy Bar Tricks.




Freeze A Beer In Two Seconds - video powered by Metacafe

Fit For a Princess

I love things that are custom made and/or personalized. I found this adorable princess gear at Personality Plus Boutique. Princesses not your thing? You can find a variety of custom embroidered items, including unique LDS products: everything from LDS personalized Baptism Towels, to LDS church totes, such as "I am a Child of God" and "Daughter of God" and "Primary" totes, as well as embroidered LDS Temple Hankies.


Custom Made Tutu



Embroidered Birthday Princess Onesie and Tutu Set



Embroidered Purple and Pink Birthday Princess T-shirt



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Giving Away My Trash

We are at least several weeks away from getting completely unpacked and settled in--I'm trying to look at it as making progress every day so that it's not so overwhelming. Today I was surrounded by empty moving boxes (there are empty ones--yippee!) so I joined the local Freecycle group.

If you've never heard of the Freecycle Movement, it's a grassroots, nonprofit movement of people who are giving and getting stuff for free in their own towns and keeping perfectly useable stuff out of landfills. Membership is free, and everything posted must be FREE, legal and appropriate for all ages. Most groups operate via Yahoo Groups, and I set my preferences to read the offers and requests on the web only so I don't get inundated with email.

According to the web site there are 2,519 local members and 4,808,480 groups worldwide. As soon as my membership is approved I'm going to offer these boxes, and with more than 2,500 people I'm sure someone will be able to use them. I love Freecycle!