Any Press Is Good Press

I may be basking in the sun on the beach, but I'm also basking in the limelight.

By day I'm mild-mannered but crazy blogger, Peggy M. who is crafting and re-decorating her way through life. By night, I'm Maggie Mae, crazy jewelry-maker who is starting to let go of a few pieces by selling them to unwitting consumers who are crazy enough to like her designs.

Check out the link below to the local rag on Block Island. It's a little article about yours truly selling a few baubles at the local farmers' market (wait . . . is that old-lady-under-arm-fat?! Makeup!)

Market vignettes: Maggie Mae Designs, Don's empanadas

I even thrift to make jewelry

My big secret is that, besides all the crafting for home decor and housewares, remodeling, and gardening, I also make jewelry. And even with jewelry, I cannot resist thrifting and re-using old and vintage jewelry, baubles, beads, etc. I love coming upon a pile of costume necklaces at a garage sale that just looks like a pile of crap. Somewhere in there are usually some pretty good fake pearls or crystals, or even mid-century plastic "glass" beads, which actually catch light, unlike today's plastic.


I take this "crap" home and pull it apart and store it for a rainy day.


Last night was a rainy day.


These days my typical evening looks like this (in this order): 

1. Eat dinner (I do cook for myself even though it's just me; let's face it, it's healthier).
2. Watch any mind-numbing television I feel compelled to watch (there's not much on that interests me besides Modern Family, American Pickers [duh], reruns of 30 Rock, and Pawn Stars.
3. When TV fails me, I turn on some talking heads (news, not the band from the 80s) real loud, and . . . 
4. Head to my craft room to make JEWELRY.

Last night I made these heart bracelets in honor of Valentine's Day. The hearts and findings for these came from JoAnn's, but all the beads are from vintage or old jewelry that I take apart and re-use.