Trees just stand around all day
and sun themselves and rest.
They never walk or run away
and surely that is best.
For otherwise how would a
squirrel or robin find its nest?
Aileen Fisher
Trees Trees just stand around all day and sun themselves and rest. They never walk or run away and surely that is best. For otherwise how would a squirrel or robin find its nest? Aileen Fisher
Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend Diamonds are a girl’s best friend. But what about Beryl or Corundum or Grossularite? Are they best friends? Or even casual acquaintances? These names may not sound familiar, but if you’re a fan of Aquamarine, Emerald, Ruby or Sapphire, they are. Beryl, Corundum and Grossularite are just three of...
What makes me a Happy Mango? Mango Crisp Ingredients: • 5 cups ripe mangoes, peeled and thinly sliced, or mixture of sliced mangoes and apples • 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg • 1 tablespoon lemon juice • ¼ cup softened butter • ½ cup packed brown sugar • ½ cup flour Preparation: Mix...
Celebrate our 10th ANNIVERSARY! CONGRATULATIONS to Jessica Blacknall, the winner of all the beads in our anniversary cake! Thank you everyone for participating in this contest. It was fun reading all the comments. We wish everyone could have won. Thanks for helping us celebrate our 10th anniversary! March 2012 marks the...
Have a Happy Mango of a Day! I cannot write the word HAPPY without following it with the word MANGO. I cannot write Happy Birthday, Happy Easter, Happy Thanksgiving, NONE OF THEM! without first writing Happy Mango, then removing Mango and writing in the word I want. Yesterday my granddaughter pointed out to me that I wrote Happy...
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Diamonds are a girl’s best friend. But what about Beryl or Corundum or Grossularite? Are they best friends? Or even casual acquaintances? These names may not sound familiar, but if you’re a fan of Aquamarine, Emerald, Ruby or Sapphire, they are. Beryl, Corundum and Grossularite are just three of approximately 4,124 types of minerals that have been identified by the International Mineralogy Association. They are also the minerals from which we get the gemstones Aquamarine, Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire, to name a few.
Minerals and gemstones may be interchangeable terms for most of us, but both have a very specific definition. Minerals are naturally occurring substances that form through geological processes and have a specific chemical and physical composition, and gemstones are attractive or valuable pieces of cut and polished organic materials that are used in jewelry or other ornamentation. To make things a little more complicated, not all minerals are gemstones and not all gemstones are minerals. Amber, for instance, is classified as a gemstone, but is solidified tree resin, and not a mineral at all. Humans make the decisions regarding what is and is not a gemstone, where Mother Nature had all the say when it came to minerals.
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Im so glad that you have highlighted the wonders of other gems than diamonds! I am a color freak ….. Aren’t we all at HMB? I love the corundum family. Almost as hard as diamonds and the colors are fantastic. If I ever get married, mind you,I’m 58, I want a plethora of corundum in that ring!!!!! |
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Category : Ideas & Tutorials, Meanderings
Mango Crisp
Ingredients:
• 5 cups ripe mangoes, peeled and thinly sliced, or mixture of sliced mangoes and apples
• 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• ¼ cup softened butter
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• ½ cup flour
Preparation:
Mix sliced mangoes with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, the nutmeg, and lemon juice. Place in a buttered 10 x 6 x 2 inch glass baking dish. Set aside. Combine butter and brown sugar until well blended. Cut in flour and remaining ½ teaspoon of cinnamon. Mix until crumbly. Sprinkle the topping evenly over mango slices. Cook in microwave oven 9-11 minutes on HIGH power, rotating a half turn after 5 minutes. Serve warm or cold, with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, if desired.
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Today’s beading tips were provided by Gloria Patterson.
1. When you need to make many identical lengths of chain, I like to use a paper clip. Straighten out one end of the paper clip. Hang the correct length of chain from the paper clip. Now just hang another length on it and use the original as a template to cut more. I also like to put a small bend on the end of the paper clip so my chain does not fall off as I cut.
2. If you spill beads, stretch a knee high nylon across the opening of a vacuum hose and secure the nylon with a rubber band so that there is a little bit hanging loose that will suck up into the vacuum hose end. Vacuum up the beads. Hold the vacuum over a dish when you turn it off and all the beads that were sucked up into the nylon will fall into the dish.
3. Don’t have flush wire cutters? A pair of fingernail clippers does just as well and can get in really close to the beads.
Do you have 3 beading tips you’d like to share? Email them to: tips@happymangobeads.com and if we choose your tips for one of our weekly blog posts you’ll receive a $10 gift certificate to Happy Mango Beads!
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Yippie, that’s me! Thanks Happy Mango Beads for choosing my Tips for Tuesday! Gloria |
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great tips, thank you. |
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Category : Beading Tips
Today’s beading tips were provided by Collette Collins of Firefly Myst Artisan Jewelry.
1. For longer, heavier necklaces use two crimps at each end as well as wire guards for added security.
2. Create a chunky bracelet or necklace using an asymmetrical pattern.
3. Don’t be afraid to start over!
Do you have 3 beading tips you’d like to share? Email them to: tips@happymangobeads.com and if we choose your tips for one of our weekly blog posts you’ll receive a $10 gift certificate to Happy Mango Beads!
Love this! The poem and the pendant!!