BeadStyle Magazine's Findings Challenge!!!!

I am extremely elated to announce that my necklace, pictured below, has been chosen as a finalist in the BeadStyle Magazine findings challenge!!!!!!!

Please help me by voting for my necklace in the challenge so I can finally be pulished! You don't have to be a member of Beadstyle magazine, so vote however many times you'd like. Here's the link: http://beadstylemag.com/Magazine/Challenges/2010/11/Findings%20challenge%20finalists.aspx
(I am Erin Gallant and I made the necklace out of washers!)

Thank you for your help and as a thank you for voting, I will give you 20% off any ONE item you'd like from my etsy shop, antiquetochic.etsy.com. Please convo me with your choice so I can mark down the item!

Time to Buckle Down and Do It

Alright, now I know the holiday season is "the most wonderful time of the year," but it can also equally be the most upsetting time of the year. With all of the sparkle and color and festivity, the stress of finding gifts is somewhat hidden from sight. Around this time of year, the shoppers go on hunts for the best deals and gifts they can possibly afford, but time seems to go so fast in November, and before you know it, it is December 1st. This year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday are rumored to be the biggest yet, in store and online. I know etsy has sure been stepping it up with coupon codes for customers and faster, easier checkout. I myself have made my coupon codes already for the Black Friday and Cyber Monday rush. I'll even give you guys a first looksie. All next week you can get 15% off everything and anything in my shop. Just simply enter the code BLACK15 at checkout and get everything in your cart for 15% off the original prices!

Only a taste of what is coming this year for sales and promos will be shown on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, so I think it might be time to buckle down and start your holiday shopping if you haven't already! Happy hunting!

Been a While

I seem to have let my blog slip through the cracks lately. I haven't posted for a while, so.....let's see if I can spice it back up! How about with some cooking? Just for lunch today I made some japanese food rice, my way. I have to be gluten free becuase of a gluten sensitivity, and I have a sensitive stomach, so I had to find something that tasted good, but would agree with me. I shop at Whole Foods now because of their gluten free selection, and I found this cool gluten free soy sauce. I eat rice on a daily basis, so I thought, if the chefs at those fancy japanese restaraunts can do it, why not me?

I fired up my frying pan, added some butter, and then my rice. I let it brown a little, and then I added some frozen corn I warmed up in the microwave, and about a teaspoon of soy sauce, just to lightly coat the rice and corn. I have to tell you, I am no chef, but I am considering it after this rice! :)

Then again, I've been eating nothing but bland for months!