It's road trip time for us and one long drive out to Las Vegas, NV 

Sorry for not getting this up on Thursday I was just to tired after the long drive.  I am writing this up on my phone while Chance takes his first time behind the wheel for this trip.  Please excuse any interesting typos. 

We left bright and earily Monday morning and drove for 3 very long days to get out to Vegas.   Below is a photo dump of out trip.

We where welocomed to a lot of states.

Stoped at a lot of rest stops.  This one was in Texas .

Crossedover the continual divide. 

Droped by the visitors center for the petrified Forest.   Plan on doing the whole drive on the way home.

Made it to Vegas late at night after 3 full daya of driving .  This is a pictue from the 57th floor of our hotel... not the floor we where on

We plan on taking a more leisurely drive home... all of 4 days.  

I will most likely post on Friday.  Have a safe and wonderful January till then.

We Are Heading To Las Vegas, NV

For those of you who follow us you know that we are all over the place.  Well this January I am driving to Las Vegas, NV for Otakon Vegas.  Since I am driving all the way out there and back and not staying at family or friends homes for the trip I will have to ship all the orders out when I get back from this 2 week drive/trip.  Because of this I am extending the 1 cent shipping deal till I get back... well actually a few days after I get back (didn't think you would mind).

So Don't hesitate to buy all the wonderful Jewelry you want.   Also keep an eye on this blog for updates on my trip.   I'll do another photo dump like I did when in Florida.

Oh and Happy New Year!

         

        

Christmas Day at my House is all about ART!

Each Christmas I have the day all to myself.  My family is scattered and my Honey-Bunny spends the day with his family so I am home alone.  Now this might seam lonely to some of you, but for me it is a wonderful treat.  A day that I don't have to work and I know that I will have all to myself.  I could do almost anything and high up on that list should probably be just relaxing.  However it is traditional for me  to spend Christmas Day making art.  It is always something that is just for the house and most of the time it is painting something.

 This years project was repainting an old cabinet that was sitting round being all boring.  It was a bad shade of yellow, the person that had made it did not sand or prime it and it only had one thin coat of paint, plus the door was falling apart.  After lots of layers of paint and some ink (yes I was having fun) it was done.  Sadly I forgot to take pictures until it was almost done.  Oh well

First was cleaning it up and taking the door and hardware off, then a light sanding followed by a coat of light gray paint then streaky layers of 2 different shades of blue on top of the wet paint.  Let mostly dry then add more paint elements, mostly different types of spots.  Next paint on the gold vines (with ink) and finely the sliver skulls also hand painted in ink.   I was super happy with the end results.  What do you think? 

Because the weather was above 50 the painting was able to be done outside this year.  My Honey-Bunny will be shocked to come home and not have the house smelling like paint.  Also I was able to ware my painting togs witch include flip-flops and a short sleeved shirt.   Not normal winter weather attire, but hay I live in North Carolina so it was only chilly not actually truly cold, unlike the past 2 weeks up in PA.  YEAY!  This also ended up being the quickest Christmas project to-date it only took 3 hours.

Below are a few of the things that where created in Christmases Past

 If you would like to see more of my random artwork just visit my Pinterest Page Crafts I've Done.

         

        

Today (Dec. 15) is Wold Wide Otaku Day.  So if you are into anime, manga, games or other things geeky from Japan then this is the day to celebrate your love.

Below is some jewelry that will make your inner Otaku Happy.

         

        

My Mom sometimes displays the same twisted since of humor that I have.  One day she sent me the below saying.  I dressed it up a bit for you, cause you know it needed a bit more fun.

         

        

One Cent Shipping Is BACK!

It is a holiday Tradition here at Unique Creations by Amy to give our wonderful customers 1 cent shipping for the entire month of December.

You don't have to do anything just place your order like normal and the shipping will come up automatically.  Sadly I can only offer this to my US customers because shipping international would bankrupt me (frowny face). 

On top of being the first Monday of the month and therefor the day I post our monthly sales it also happens to be ...

International Ninja Day 

To Celebrate this fun day check out our Ninja Inspired Jewelry.

So a particularly hardy Happy Holidays to all my Ninja customers and I hope you find something to make you smile.

         

        

Happy Cyber Monday!

It's the end of the month and the last owl post for the year. 

So just remember to be Owlsome!

Have Fun shopping!

         

        

Let me slap a bit of Owl Wisdom on you today.