Instagram Update #3

I was house sitting for my neighbour/friend and they have the most gorgeous flowers!

More pretty.

We finally had our first beach day of the summer.  It was a great day for the beach.

My girls  :)

I'm doing a fundraiser with a group from my church going to Cambodia in December.  We've sold 19 necklaces and raised $190 for their trip already!

Map Necklace - Italy.  Available in my etsy shop Oxford Bright.  Or check out Sew Lovely Designs on face book.

Colourful map of Africa.  I really like this one.

Amazing Grace Necklace.  Also available in my shop.

I have some ambitious plans for creating this week, but I also have family coming to visit on Friday.  Cleaning might win out  :)

Have a great week!

Bethany

Instagram Update, #2

A picture of the corn while on my run.  It is so tall already!  It has me thinking of school and fall and summer ending.

One of the farms on my run.  I feel so fortunate to have such beautiful surroundings when I run!

Wheat is so pretty  :)

A Pyrex gravy boat that I found thrifting.  At $10, it was a little bit more than I like to spend but it was unique, in good condition, and I actually needed one!

I worked on a bunch of necklaces this week.

This might be my favourite.

This necklace was made to help raise funds for a team from our Church that are going to Cambodia in December.  $10 from every sale goes to the team (cost is $18).  If you want more information, find me at Sew Lovely Designs of facebook and I'd be happy to answer any questions.  Or leave a comment here!  :)

I went to the Mill Race Folk Festival today and took this picture of two of my kids.  They are in front of the church my grandparents got married in, approximately 68 years ago!  You might remember from previous posts that I had had a booth at this festival.  The last two years I didn't participate.  Even though I loved it, it was sooo much work and the unfavourable weather conditions the last year I did it caused me to have no desire to do it again!

Saw this at Dollarama this week.  Way.  Too.  Early.

Are there Halloween decorations in the stores where you are?  Is it just me, or do they seem to bring out seasonal merchandise earlier and earlier all the time?

I hope you all had a great weekend!  It's a (kind of) holiday weekend here and I'm excited about going to the beach tomorrow with my family.  Talk soon!

Bethany

Instagram Update

It's been so long since I've updated that I'm not sure where to start!  So let's do an update via Instagram.  My user name is bethany_oxfordbright if you want to follow along  :)

My husband, David, went to Russia for the first two weeks of July to help with a building project at a local church.  The kids and I were pretty happy when he returned home!

Silly faces.

Selfie of Evie and me.

I mailed the beauties to Australia.  I sell vintage linens at SewLovelyVintage on etsy.

I ran my second half marathon on June 1st.  Finished in 2:27 something  :)

I opened up a new etsy store called OxfordBright to sell some of my new jewellery! 

Still sewing, too!

I held an open house sale at my home in May.

Lots of thrifting still going on.  I love my globes  :)

I've been getting a lot of custom map necklace orders through my facebook page.  I love making jewellery with a special meaning for people!

Five bucks.  Totally awesome.

Another custom necklace, this time the customer wanted her surname initial and two bead to represent her kids birthstones.  I love this one too!

It feels good to be back in this little space.  Talk soon!

Bethany