Darn. I have bad knees (too many years of sports) and Carol Dean (SandFibers) caught me and tagged me. :-) So I'm supposed to share seven facts about myself, some random and some weird. I've given this very little thought, so bear with me.

1. I like to wear silly pants. The sillier the better. Not necessarily out in public, but when I'm at home I always have them on. Wal-Mart has a wonderful selection of comfy knit pants (they're in the men's section, but I have long legs and wear lots of men's pants), so I have Sponge Bob, Snoopy, Mr. Potato Head, Pac Man, Scooby Doo, Bullwinkle, and a few others.

2. I type very fast. Actually, I do quite a lot of things fast. The fastest speed, when I was timed (for a job), was 128 words per minute. I also read fast. At one time I could read 1200 words per minute. I'm sure I've slowed down, but I still go through books really quickly. I'm a little obsessed with speed.

3. My favorite thing to drink is milk. It's been my favorite drink since I was little. My second favorite is latte (I have at least two of them a day). Since my husband also likes to drink milk and latte, we go through 6-8 gallons of milk a week between the two of us.

4. My nose has been broken twice. The first time was when I was in high school and was punched in the nose by a fellow student. He had epilepsy, and while I was trying to hold him down during a really bad seizure, he hit me in the nose. The second broken nose was from getting hit with a softball.

5. I love to sing. I used to sing in choir, and at one point I was a voice major. Now I only sing in the car when I'm alone, to my favorite CDs, and usually at the top of my lungs. No one can see me in there, right?

6. My favorite book of all time is Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand. That's saying a lot, considering how many books I've read (I currently own more than 3000 books - my husband thinks I should open a library).

7. I've smoked exactly one cigarette in my life. I was four years old. My Mom used to sit at the table and smoke a cigarette while she had a cup of coffee. I thought it was so neat, and I tried to sneak one from her. She caught me and, since she didn't want me to take up a bad habit (she eventually quit a two-pack a day habit herself), she hunted down the oldest, stalest unfiltered Camel she could find and made me smoke the whole thing. Blech. Ptooey. She gave me a really strong cup of coffee to go with it, and it was years before I could bring myself to drink coffee.

Okay, now that's done.

The rules for tagging are:
1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Here are the cyberfriends I'm tagging:
1. Anna, of A Rose By Name.
2. Smadar, of Smadar's Treasure.
3. Kim, of Regal Beads.
4. Heidi, of Health Nut Wannabee Mom.
5. Ixela, of Ixela Thoughts.
6. Melody, of Salamander House.
7. Dawn, of Colorful Everyday.

Now I'm off to tag them! (I hope they don't run too fast.)

Yay! Sometime in the wee hours of the morning, I sold my 3000th item on Etsy!!! I know there are sellers who have sold lots more than that, but I'm very happy with that number. My Etsy shop lets me feed my creating habit, and that's a good thing.

Just this morning I finished my newest creation, this Fourth of July Lariat. This is lots and lots and lots of beads, more than 4000 of them to be exact. I haven't done any bead crochet in awhile, and a friend of mine told me I should create a patriotic lariat. I think this fits the bill, don't you?

Not for the faint of heart, that one. I wonder if Michelle Obama needs something to wear for the fourth of July... :-)

My other Etsy celebration is that I have quite a few items in treasuries right now. It's so much fun to browse through the treasuries and see those little gold and silver stars.

There's this one (actually in Treasury West) created by bittercherryemporium (be sure to click that link and check out some of her original paintings), featuring my Celtic Knot button ring. Don't you love these colors together?! I thought this one would catch the eye of the Etsy admins and wind up on the front page. I haven't seen it there yet, but it'll still be around for four hours.


Also in Treasury West is this one by my friend Carol Dean (SandFibers), and she featured my Long Island Stone beadwoven necklace. Carol Dean has such a knack for assembling beautiful treasuries, not to mention the knack she has for being able to grab them in the first place!
After you've finished checking out Carol Dean's Etsy shop, visit the Etsy BeadWeavers blog to vote for your favorite entry into the Anything Goes challenge, and then visit Carol Dean's blog to enter her giveaway of a beautiful beadwoven cuff! Carol Dean created this gorgeous bracelet for the challenge:

Another fellow beadweaver, Kim (RegalBeads) put together this chocolate covered strawberries treasury and included my Foxxy Cleopatra Cuff in it. Don't you just love the pinks and browns all together? The Foxxy Cleopatra Cuff is my entry into the Etsy BeadWeavers challenge, too.


Here's Kim's entry into the challenge, a beautiful green netted necklace:

Ginny (njema) created a treasury filled with cream and gold and included my Honeycomb Cuff in it.
Ginny also has an entry into the Etsy BeadWeavers challenge, this lovely necklace called Her Majesty's Flower Garden.
Ileana (enchantedbeads) created this one, called The Magic of Orange, and included two of my little bits of artwork, Turtle on Tile and Lizard Love, both ACEOs.

Ileana is ALSO a beadweaver, and she created this Sea Treasure Brooch for the challenge.

I also found one of those little gold stars next to this treasury, called Shoplifting Ring Busted. Even without the gold star, I would probably have clicked on emmarts' treasury just to see what she'd included under that title! Gabriele is a multi-talented artist, as is evidenced by all the cool things in her Etsy shop.
Last but not least, I found one of my Captioned Critters in this treasury by SmileMoon, called Here's Looking at You, SQUID! If you're looking for something made of wood, check out his Etsy shop! He's got everything from puzzles to frames to wine bottle holders in there.

Etsy Treasuries are hard to get, but Triz managed to snag one and featured some beadweaving in it. It's a beautifully-assembled grouping of creations in blacks and browns, and I'm honored that she included my Industrial Paint cuff (it's in the middle of the third row)!!!

Carol Dean (aka SandFibers) is always on the lookout for treasuries, and she let me know about this one. That's her Beaded Larvikite Pendant in the second row. I'm borrowing Carol Dean's screenshot of the Treasury. :-)

You can check out the pure style treasury on Etsy until Sunday morning.

Kim (aka RegalBeads) also grabbed a treasury and filled it with accompaniments for the ubiquitous little black dress. It's exciting to have TWO of my beadwoven creations in treasuries at the same time! You can check out Little Black Dress until tomorrow morning.