BESTeam Weekly Feature – CK Silver

Come check out this week's BESTeam featured site CK Silver.

This shop incorporates things from Cindy and Marilyn, a daughter and mother team. They love creating classic pieces of jewelry that you'll be proud to wear anytime and anywhere.

At CK Silver you will see beautiful handcrafted sterling silver jewelry that is timeless and elegant in nature. Most pieces incorporate sterling silver, freshwater pearls, semi-precious stones, and Swarovski crystal. Each piece of jewelry is unique and many are one of a kind.

CK Silver’s primary inspiration is the beauty of nature, and the amazing richness of creation that we find all around us. Custom orders welcome, and all birthstones are available either in the stone itself or in Swarovski crystal.

Midnight Remembrance Silver Cross, Onyx, and Brecciate Jasper Necklace

This necklace is a beautiful combination of red brecciate jasper, black onyx, and sterling silver. It features a beautiful sterling silver cross wire-wrapped for strength and beauty on a 35mm brecciate jasper pendant.

Wedding Dance Sterling Silver Earrings

These earrings make you think of a bride & groom dancing at their wedding in their glorious attire. They are hand wire-wrapped with sterling silver wire and incorporate freshwater pearls & genuine rubies.

Tantalizing Fire and Ice Sterling Silver Bracelet

This bracelet is beautiful and dainty, and designed in a timeless fashion. It incorporates freshwater pearls and red jasper beads wire-wrapped in sterling silver for the most tantalizingly beautiful look.

These are only a few of the wonderful pieces of jewelry available. Please check out the rest of this beautiful collection at CK Silver and also take the time to view the CK Silver blog where there is a new feature “where CK Silver will bring you beautiful pairings of jewelry and clothing or accessories.”

Happy Shopping!

Creativity Bug ~ Sue

Link Up LOVE Party

READY.....SET....LOVE/COMMENT....LINK....ADD the LINK to your BLOG!!! 

***Guidelines***
1. Follow EVERYONE's blog in the Linky Tool
2. Leave a comment
3. Add the link below to your blog post
4. Get ready for lots of new blog friends!

Have fun blog hopping and posting comments of "love" and "appreciation" along the way
Creativity Bug ~ Sue

Girl Onesie Mini Book

My brother-in-law's sister Julie is having a baby girl and I had to try my hand at making a baby onesie mini album for her. It took me a bit to get the rounded neck and leg openings to look just right, but I am ecstatic about the way things turned out.

I also made her a folded baby card with bookmark tags filled with nursery rhymes.

It was such a crowd pleaser that now I am working on making a few of the mini books and cards for our Etsy shop. I will definitely let everyone know when those get posted.

Creativity Bug ~ Sue

Featured Freebies for the Week of April 11th

Happy Monday!

Here are a few digital images and printable freebies we found on blogs and other places on the web.

Beccy's Place features a Basket filled with eggs just in time for Easter

Edible Crafts shares a Party Printable set

Making Our Mark has an Easter Bunny digital image

Altered Scrap is featuring a butterfly image

May Brit's Hobbyblog has a bear in a buggy which would work great on baby cards or pages

Sliejke is featuring a kitty, puppy with wagon, mole in flowerpot, and love birds images

If you have any links to fabulous freebie digitals, printables, etc. that you would like to share please feel free to include the link in our comment section.

Happy Crafting!!
Creativity Bug ~ Sue

Recipe Friday: Key Lime Pie Poke Cake

A number of years ago, a friend made for me Key lime pie for my birthday and it became my number one favorite over cherry pie. There is nothing like the fresh tart flavors of the lime mixed with the sweet creaminess from the evaporated milk. All I can say is YUM!

When I found this recipe for Key lime pie poke cake, I knew it was something worth trying.

Key Lime Pie Poke Cake

Ingredients:

Cake

1 box white cake mix

1 ¼ cups water

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

4 eggs

Key Lime Filling

1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk

¾ cup whipping cream

½ cup Key lime juice

1 teaspoon grated lime peel

4 drops yellow food coloring

1 drop green food coloring

Frosting

1 container vanilla frosting

2 teaspoons grated lime peel

Directions

• Heat oven to 350°F for shiny metal or glass pan (or 325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with baking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
• Bake 26 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. With handle of wooden spoon (1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter), poke holes almost to bottom of cake every 1/2 inch, wiping spoon handle occasionally to reduce sticking.
• In medium bowl, stir together filling ingredients (mixture will thicken). Pour over cake; spread evenly over surface, working back and forth to fill holes. (Some filling should remain on top of cake.) Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Spread frosting over cake; sprinkle with lime peel. Garnish with strawberries, lime slices and lemon leaves. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

** If Key lime is not in season or you can't find it at your grocer, invest in real Key lime juice that can be found at places like Trader Joe's.

Happy Eating!!

Creativity Bug ~ Sue

BESTeam Weekly Feature - You Are My Sunshine

Come check out this week's BESTeam featured site You Are My Sunshine.

When I first heard the name of this week's shop, I couldn't stop thinking and humming the song "you are my sunshine". Not surprisingly, Nina the Etsy shop owner of You Are My Sunshine named it for this very same nursery rhyme song. In her own words, she sets a beautiful setting....

When my sons were little, I would sing them to sleep with the nursery rhyme "You Are My Sunshine." Now that they are older, cuddles consist of discussions about anything and everything important to an eight and eleven year old.
Yet, as sleep overcomes them and their eyelashes finally fall onto their soft, smooth cheeks, their lips relax into innocent worry-less smiles and their ninja warrior/transformer gyrations settle into peaceful, lyrical sighs, I look at each one and still think, “yes, my love, you are my sunshine.”

You Are My Sunshine specializes in handmade fabric flower brooches, fabric flower hair pins, rings, earrings, bracelets and statement necklaces in a rainbow of colors to bring sunshine to your day!

Here are a few of my favorite products from the shop:

Fabric Flower Brooch Accessory Blazing Bronze with Emerald Green Feather

Bubble Gum Pink and Peach Vintage Bobby Pin

True Love, A Fabric Rose Ring

These are only a few of the wonderful pieces of jewelry available. Please check out the rest of this beautiful collection at You Are My Sunshine and also take the time to view Nina’s blog Nina in Florida.

Happy Shopping!

Creativity Bug ~ Sue

Featured Freebies for the Week of April 4th

Happy Monday!

Here a some great digital images and printables found on blogs and websites or shared with us by friends and followers.

MyGrafico Digital Arts and Craft Store has a bunch of great freebies including an Easter Collection from LaLa Studios,  Cupcake Toppers from Blackleaf Studios, Abstract Pink Papers from Zbooh Design Studios, and a Spotted Cat Set from Lilly Bimble.

Di's Digi Downloads shares a kitty that would be great for a Mother's Day card

DZ Doodles features a bird and flower digital images

Spyder's Corner shares a fairy digital image great for a card or scrapbook page

Netty's Cards features a Get Well, Beautiful Baby, Happy Anniversary, and Happy Mother's Day sentiment circle digital images

If you have any digital images, clipart, or freebies to share, please feel free to put a link in the comment section below.

As always, happy crafting!
Creativity Bug ~ Sue