Gorgeous Crystal Gem Trees - Perfect for Holiday Gifts! TheraTrees, they're great Therapy! lol! On Sale, Today!

Gorgeous Crystal Gem Trees - Perfect for Holiday Gifts! TheraTrees, they're great Therapy! lol! On Sale, Today!

I love to make Gem Trees, Crystal Trees - they are soo gorgeous! 

I love them, and everyone I've given them to, loves them, too!

I've figured out a way for you to give them out as Holiday Gifts, and keep one for yourself, too! 

You'll definitely want to keep at least one for yourself, they're so pretty, and you'll be amazed at your wonderful work, if you choose to make them, yourself! 😍

And if you want to buy them already made, I can do that for you, too! 

DIY Make It Yourself TheraTrees 
(Great for a Workshop at work, too! The TheraTrees are great for getting people talking, they're very relaxing and fun to make!)

1 for $25
3 for $50
10 for $100

You could get all your shopping done in one place! Yippee!!

$125 for a completed Gem Tree

For real gems, I can custom make your VERY fancy Gem Tree!

And if you want ME to run a Workshop for you at your Work Conference, I would be happy to do that, too! (I have all sorts of skills up my sleeve! lol!)

Just Choose Your Color, or Mix and Match the Colors


Yay! You could get all your Christmas Presents and Holiday Shopping done in one place! 

AND, I put the Gem Trees right IN my Christmas Tree - is absolutely gorgeous - they catch the light when the Christmas Lights are on, and even during the day, when the Christmas Lights aren't on, just yet - lol! 

I put Gem Sprigs in Wedding Bouquets, too - they are lovely in your own Wedding Bouquet, and you can choose to make different colors to match your Bridesmaids Colors! You just make them, stick them right in the Bouquets, is stunning! 

Everyone loves a little extra Sparkle, baby! 

I put the Gem Trees in my Plants, too - so pretty! I love the way they catch the light - so they're all over my house, in the plants on the balcony - haha! I Love Them So Much, and you will, too, baby-cakes!

I make Earrings, too! 

Earring Enhancers, they pop in behind your Earrings - they transform your earrings into something brand new!

Mermaid Mix, 6 Colors 
Pink, Blue, Green, Purple, Orange, White Pearl        $15

Flower Garden, 4 Colors                                          $10
Blue, Crystal White, Red, Pink

Crystal Garden, 3 Colors
Crystal White, Crystal Blue, Crystal Red                  $15

*Plus Applicable Taxes : )

Order, today! It'll be so much fun! 


Love from your Sparkly Li'l Pal, Ailsa! xoxo!





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The Getty Villa in Malibu (Pacific Palisades), California - soo gorgeous, a great place to go, yourself, or with your family and friends : )

And if you happen to be a teacher, June 1st is the starting date to pop into the Getty Villa website to book a trip for your class. http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/trippack/index.html

I think there is a special category for Title I schools, too, so be sure to pop into the Getty site, see what you can get for your students - all sorts of lesson plan ideas, too, and there should be some good printables, too - I know I've gotten great teaching materials, right at the Getty Villa, in the Children's center - it's for 'children' of all ages! The young at heart crowd, if you know what I mean - lol! : )

The Getty Website has all sorts of Teacher stuff - you'll love it!

This is an incredible opportunity for your students, and one that may change their lives, forever.  The Getty Villa is so beautiful, and even just taking the bus, there - what a great class trip for you and your students.

There's a place for your students to have their lunch, and you can buy lunch, there, too - is a good idea to just bring their lunch, if possible.  Many schools will let you order school lunches through your school cafeteria manager - good to be friends with the school cafeteria manager, anyway - they're always really nice and helpful : )




For teachers, be sure to check and see what courses are offered for the summer, at The Getty Villa in Malibu (Pacific Palisades), and at The Getty Center, off the 405 in Los Angeles, California.  I've taken so many amazing courses, all free, I think - pretty sure - I took a lot of classes, sooo, a little jumbled in my mind, now, which ones I paid for, and which ones were free, but I'm pretty sure the Getty courses are all free.

Oooh, check and see what other courses there are at all the Art Galleries... LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) had amazing courses, and be sure to stay for the dinners that are provided, free of charge - they had THE best dessert - yum!

You'll come away with lots of great ideas for future lessons, and maybe meet some nice people.. and learn all sorts of interesting and amazing new things, yourself - you'll love it!  Oh, and the Getty Center off the 405 had fantastic breakfasts, too - and I think they were free, as well... wow, can it get any better than that?  Great classes, possibly a Free Trip for your students, and free breakfasts for you, at the courses?  Hope I'm not spilling the beans, here - lol!

The earlier you put in your request for a school trip, the better the odds are of getting to go to the Getty Villa or the Getty Center, or, possibly, both.  It's all worth a shot, for sure!

 

Best Class Trip, ever? Or did they have a bit of a ruff trip? haha! So cute!

Oh, and the Getty Villa and the Getty Center are amazing trips for anyone, any time.  Generally, you have to go online to book a ticket for the Getty Villa, just so they know you're coming, and you will have a variety of times to choose from, and I think admission is free, just pay for parking.

I know I've taken some courses at the Getty Center, where they handed out free parking passes, too - so, be open to all the freebies, for sures, and if you're at either the Getty Villa in Malibu, or the Getty Center off the 405 in L.A., and you have children with you, pop into the children's center - soo much fun - the kids will love it, too - bah'hahaha!

And if you want to take your students (or just go on your own!) to Huntington Gardens, which is beyond gorgeous, Huntington Gardens has a Free Day, and I'm pretty sure there's no fee for parking... the first Thursday of the month should be the Free Day, but check online, I think that's the only way to get your tickets, and you have to book in advance - plan well in advance, so you'll get your tickets - and if you're a teacher, you can see if there are any sources who might provide a free bus - worth looking into, for sure, and an incredible opportunity for your students
: ) http://huntington.org/freeday/

Happy Travels!  Ailsa 

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You know when you have a really heavy piece of art work, or a really heavy mirror that you want to hang on a wall, it can take forever to get the measurements juuuust right, and finally you can hang up the picture or the mirror? Takes forever, and often a few fights in the middle of the process, depending on who you're working with - lol!

Well, I was out shopping, yesterday, for a nice new mirror - I wanted a full length mirror for the front entry, right, see what we look like on our way out the door - lol!  Plus, I'm at the gym all the time, these days, and I want to check out all the lovely changes - and a full length mirror is best for that sort o' gazing upon oneself - hahahaha!

Anyway, occurred to me, this morning, while my horrible upstairs neighbour was hammering away, oh, I should just switch some paintings and artwork with a lovely big mirror I already have in the Dining Room, that, really, doesn't do a whole helluva lot on that wall - it's too high to really reflect what I wanted it to reflect, and kind of wasted it's usage on that wall, even though that's where I would normally place a big mirror...and it WAS nice, there, but I needed it to be more practical, and sometimes you can just re-position or re-purpose things you already have, instead of going out and buying new stuff, all the time....


So, traditionally, when you are hanging a very heavy piece of art work or mirror on a wall, you would measure the distance between the two 'hooks' that, hopefully, will already be on the mirror or picture...is annoying when the mirror does not come with the things for hanging it up, easily, then you have to hammer in your own - yaah!  Nerve-racking!

But anyway, traditionally, you would have to first determine where on the wall you wanted to hang the picture or mirror, right? Then hold it up on the wall to see where it will look the best...then measure between the two 'hooks', then measure from the floor to the points where you want to hang it, or measure from the ceiling down, to make sure your very heavy object is hanging straight, and in an older place, the floor may or may not be level... there's sooo much work!

Soo, here's how I did it, this morning, and you can totally save yourself a lot of hassle by doing it this way, too...if you like! lol!

Just take a piece of wire, or a piece of string (I happen to have a lot of thin wire around my house, because I make a lot of art with wire - more on that, later : )....Measure the piece of string against the two hooks on the back of your picture or mirror, making sure it's longer on either side by about 2 inches, or so. This is not an exact science, so no need to worry about how many inches on either side, just some extra working room...

See the two hooks? You want to line up your wire or string to the center of each hook. Don't worry, it'll be really easy, once you get started : )

With the wire, you just wind it around the first hook, right in the middle where the nail/screw or picture hook will be... if you are hanging something that is really, really heavy, it would be a wise idea to make sure you find the stud (doesn't everyone want to find the stud! buh'dum-bum!) - by tapping on the wall, or use a stud-finder... when you're tapping on the wall, the sound will be different when you get to the stud, and there should be a stud every 12 inches....and use a very large screw to hold the extra weight, or a very large nail. I like the picture hanging kits you can get - very handy, and they'll say right on the package how much weight they will safely hold up.

So now you have the first point where you'll make a mark in pen on the wall, where you'll hammer in your nail, screw or picture hook. If you are using the picture hook, be sure to take into account the extra inch, or so, of the size of the picture hook...

Stretch the wire or string over to the other picture hook, and either just hold it tight in the center of each hook, or wind it around, so it's easier to see where to make your marks on the wall.

Now you are going to hold the string or wire up to the wall where you want to hang your picture, and make the marks. The great thing about the string or wire being held up against the wall, is you can get the other person, if there is someone else to give you a hand, to stand back and make sure it's straight...and you can see it for yourself, too. Make your first mark on the wall with a pen, then the second mark. 

Hmm, well, that's a terrible picture o' mah' hand! hahahaha!  Ah, well, is important to show you how to do this, right? Lol!  Ignore the hand.... lol!

Just hammer in the nail or put in the screw on each mark, and go ahead and carefully hang your picture or mirror. If it's really crazy heavy, would be so great if you had someone else helping you to hang it : )

Is easier to put one side on, first, then place the other side - is pretty hard to get both sides on at the same time - no need to struggle when you can do it one side at a time, right?

Conversely, and this is only for pieces that you might be hanging on the wall that aren't terribly heavy, you could attach some serious wire between the two hooks and hang it from a center nail, but just be super-careful that it will hold, especially if you happen to live in an earthquake zone.

There, all done!  Took only a few minutes, and it's safe and secure, and looks great!  Yahoo!  I can see what me looks like on mah' way out the door! 

And that's my fancy desk - I love it sooo much!  I scored it for $100, I believe in mah' head - actually, cannot remember how much I got it for, but let's say you're moving, and you need a lot of new stuff, try to go through your local online places, like UsedVictoria, or UsedVancouver (do they have the Used...series in the States, yet? I love it, is great, and in Canada we have Kijiji, which is very useful - I've gotten some seriously great stuff through them, and met some really nice people, too : )  Suss it out, first, and if you have any reservations, don't go, it's just an item for your house... you know the safety drill! lol!

Oh, and here's a little tidbit about my beautiful desk/armoire... the moving guy moved it without me knowihg he was on his way - is a little backward, here, sometimes, with people not seeming to understand how texting works... blah!!  Like, if you text me at 9:30pm to say you're on your way with the armoire, and in no way am I expecting to see a mover at 9:30 at NIGHT, and you don't get a text back, that's because I did not get your text, so this is not going to work, right??  Well, apparently, that's not how things go down, around here, so I get a call from this mover's WIFE, which was so weird, to say is he there? What the hellll??  Whole thing, so crazy. Ended up, the guy was nice enough, but he didn't bring any moving equipment, and this armoire weighed a ton, so I had to go get my own equipment out of my car... how many girls have their own moving equipment?? lol! Anyway, so now I'm helping, too, and when we went to bring the armoire out of the elevator, it wouldn't budge, so I said, oh, there's a lip on the elevator entrance, we'll have to lift it up on one side, and did this guy listen to me? No. Because I'm not a man,. That is the sort of thing that infuriates me - when a man will only listen to another man - ugh! 

So the mover insisted on doing it his way, and the whole armoire cracked in two, started falling apart, right in front of my eyes - was awful, and insanely dangerous. It fell apart, entirely, by the time we got it down the hall to my apartment... what a disaster, and he still charged me $60 for the move - bleah!!  What a joke. And then it sat in the corner for about a year, I had no way of getting it back together, it was soo heavy, and so much work, like a puzzle, to piece it all back together, so, eventually, I found a fantastic carpenter (took me a year to even find a reliable carpenter), Sean, I think his name was, and he put it together - but took 4 of us to lift the thing up, and put it in place... but it looks great, now, right? lol!  hahaha!  Just took a minute to get it all done, but now my desk looks how I had visualized it, and I loves it!! 

See you soon, and I hope this little idea helps you out, too, makes your life a little easier! : )  Ailsa : )

(You can click on my name to learn how to build a whole house - lol!)

Okay, 'til next time!! Go haz you'self Lots of Fun!! Ailsa : )

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