Indian Earrings

7 years ago me, Mom, Dad, and Korbin all went to a Scout camp in Cimmaron, New Mexico called Philmont. Korbin went on a week long hike in the mountains, Dad was in scout training classes all day, mom was with her group doing crafts and some training also while I stayed with my small group of 13 year old girls. We would go on hikes in the mountains and around lakes, horseback riding, crafts, games and had some free-time to do what we liked. One day during my free time I headed up to the craft lodge and admired all of the intricate trinkets. I happened to come across a display of exquisitely beaded earrings. I inquired about them to a friendly gray haired lady from California who owned a craft store. She was kind enough to show me how to make them and spend hours and hours teaching. I spent a lot of time talking to her and getting to know her as she taught me how to thread the small beads into earrings. It was one of the best things I could have ever learned. When we came home I modified and changed the design a little and made them bigger. Here they are! I made these particular ones for a friend. Once she picked the color and size I was good to make her some. It's sewn using little seed beads with a needle and thread. Each earring takes about 2 hours to make but it's well worth it in my opinion. It's so relaxing being able to make them. If anyone is interested in a pair, I will gladly make them for you. Just let me know the colors and sizes. Thanks

This is how they start out with just 4 beads.

This is the base that I work off of.

Top half.

Voila! Done.

This is from a previous pair that's my favorite that I wear all the time. The turquoise beads I actually took from an old perfume bottle. So yes, they did smell great for a really long time!

Dothan, Alabama

It was so fun to have everyone together again. So much of the Blunck personality in one place! Whoa! Good luck...

Korbin and Abby's Wedding

Guess who?

I have been looking at baby pictures lately and it has been so fun remembering these sweet days when our children were young. Can you guess who is who?

Atlanta Aquarium

The Atlanta Aquarium in Atlanta, GA is by far one of the most amazing wonders in the world. The day we flew out, Mom, Dad, and I all went for a quick trip to the aquarium. Seriously, I would've loved to have spent hours, and hours in there. They had different themed rooms with exotic fish, Antarctic fish, and anything and everything in between. By far the best part was the room that had a tunnel you could go through with all the water and fish over the top. It was such a crazy feeling knowing that there were thousands of lbs of water above you. Everything was so gorgeous though. I would go back there in a heart beat. If you ever get the chance to go down South, make sure you hit up the Aquarium!

One of the many stingrays that swam above us. These things were huge! They were constantly doing flips all the time. So beautiful to watch.

Dad thoroughly enjoying the tunnel with the whale swimming right over him.

Absolutely gorgeous!

Horrible picture of me but it just shows you how up close and personal we were with the sharks!

This is a replica of a whale that was in the tank. Huge!

I am absolutely terrified of sharks, and yet at the same time I'm so transfixed with them. There's always been this fear of them but for a strange reason I love shark movies, and learning as much as I can, I bought several shark tooth necklaces when we were in Florida. I seriously just can't get enough of them, but at the same time they're one of my biggest fears. Strange right? Exactly.

Eels freak me out but they were one of the best parts also.

This was one of the several albino alligators that they had on display there.

Dad secretly misses his old job, but shhh, don't tell him that.

I don't know how many of you have seen Sphere, but I watched that movie at a very young age. Remember the scene were the jellyfish come and attack that lady and she ends up dying. Ya, that's not exactly child friendly so from then on I've always been a little nervous about jellyfish. And yet they're so beautiful and it was fun to watch how they moved in the water.

Freaky Seahorses.

They had pools were you could touch the sea urchins. Not quite as cool as Canon Beach Oregon though....

Piranhas!

This was another of my favorite attractions there. They had a huge pool filled with the sting rays, and two different kinds of sharks that you could touch. They were all incredibly smooth and soft. It was such a sweet experience! They'd swim right past you and you could dip your hand in and run your hands over their backs. So we got to touch some sharks and sting rays! Sweet!!