Valentine's Day Water Heart!

I was brushing my teeth this morning, looked down and there was a water shaped heart!  I always see shapes in water drops...well, that's another story in itself.  Anyway, so I grabbed my Droid and snapped a pic before it went away. What makes this even more exciting (yes, water drops excite me) is what is today people?  VALENTINE'S DAY!

Okay, time to hit the studio, but just had to share this first.

♥ Rocki

Artisan Lampwork Octopus

Came across this very talented etsian's shop yesterday with the coolest sea creatures ever and just had to share!

Roger Child of RC Art Glass. Check out his talented lampwork, you'll be amazed - trust me.

Dreaming of the beach... only 2 days to go!
Rocki

Awesome Florida Bird...

These pictures are from our Florida trip last December. We visited again just this past August and I took more pictures. I have many cool shots that I would like to post - when I have time.

Anyway, just a real quickie here... I took these pictures when we were boating through the channel where my brother lives. I'm no photographer by any means. I took the above pic and then a couple moments later clicked again...

and got this AWESOME shot! It may be just me, but I really love how this picture came out- so cool!

Have great day!

Peace,

Rocki

Daughtry - VIP part 1

Not quite sure where to start on this most memorable day/evening except to say it ROCKED! Since pictures speak a thousands words, I'll try and let them do most of the talking, but will give some highlights.

Nope, we didn't win tickets to the concert or VIP backstage passes. We purchased our tickets when they went on sale - couldn't miss Daughtry! When we found out that we could get VIP passes to meet & greet with the band, etc., it took less than a nanosecond to say YES!

Oh and above is little ol' me with the guys - very down to earth and so humble. Yes, I was majorly star struck and I think I blinded everyone with my braces as I smiled ALL day and ALL night long!

This is during the soundcheck where we got to sit in on. Yes, we were right at the stage! Oh and they sound just as good in soundcheck :)

Since we had 2 tickets we were able to have 2 pictures taken. I went first. I was so dazed by it all that after the pic was taken I started to walk away and TOTALLY forgot about Mark! LOL! I just had to go stand by Josh Steely on the end. Not like I know him personally, but there was just something about him that was so calming. He commented on my Buddha necklace and I was so star struck that I didn't notice his gorgeous Buddha tattoos until yesterday when we were checking out the previous VIP concert pictures!

Another soundcheck pic and this is Josh Steely. Yep, he sounds as good as he looks :)

Still have that same big glowing smile on my face - it's still there in fact! This was after all the VIP treatment with lots of goodies to take home.

Afterwards we ate dinner at Margaritaville before heading back in for the concert. Nope, we didn't have Margarita's - we don't drink. But after many years, I DID have my first true hamburger with a bun! Being allergic to wheat & dairy I never get to have a bun with a burger unless at home and then it is with my special bread - totally NOT the same. Anyway, Margaritaville has a gluten-free menu and the bun was soft and yummy!

I have more pictures to share of the concert, but I'll do that either this weekend or Monday. Wait to you see where our seats were :) Oh and since I forgot my camera, the pics are all taken with my Droid, but they turned out okay.

Daughtry - you guys are #1 in my book - stay just like you are!

♥ Rocki

(5/1 update: I've been asked if I added pink to my hair for the concert - nope, this is me! I've had variations of this style going on a year now and it has become my signature style ;)

Follow me!

What a very cool idea! I found a thread today on the Etsy Forum started by backwoodsophisticate's (she has a very cool shop too!) about a new Blogger Gadget -points to right ----->

It is a new gadget that lets you follow blogs as well as other bloggers are able to follow you with just a click! All you need to do is add the "Follow Me" gadget anywhere on your sidebar. Bada boom, bada bing! Right now I have mine up top to show everyone where it's at. Oh! Plus once you click to follow me, it will place a little picture of your pic from your blog or whatever else you choose to have.

That's it. Just had to share because I think it is totally cool! So go ahead, click on it to follow me and I would love to do the same :)

Happy Hump Day everyone!

Rocki

Advertise Animoto Style!

Rocki's first video debut!

Don't worry, it's harmless and only about 26 seconds long.

I don't know if you've heard about this very cool advertising tool, but

last night in the Etsy Forums, Stoopidgerl started a thread about it. Let me tell you, it is SO much fun and so VERY easy to do!

After reading about this fun tool I headed over to Animoto and made my first one, then another... needless to say I was hooked. I was going to add into my blog, but want to read up a little more on it first. Plus I want to make another one with different photos.

So what is Animoto? Not only is it a place to create your own little video's with or without music, but they also have trailers to new movies and other cool stuff. Here's a quote from their site:

"a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using their own patent-pending technology and high-end motion design. Each video is a fully customized orchestration of user-selected images and music. Produced on a widescreen format, Animoto videos have the visual energy of a music video and the emotional impact of a movie trailer."

I'm sure others will be blogging about this as it's just too cool to pass up!

Oh, and it's FREE! Well, the short ones are, but I believe there is a small fee if you want a longer video.

Go have fun and create your own video as it's a great tool to add to you emails, blogs and other sites!

Happy Creating!

Rocki