Two Bead Sets and Green Pizza

These two bead sets will be added to my etsy shop later on today, but I had to share them with you all before they went up.  I am having lots of fun making my own beads and using a variety of colors.  The details are surprisingly rewarding and give the beads special flare. The top set is all about being bold and loving it.  The bottom set is for all you bird and flower lovers.  I particularly like the little brownish egg that comes along with this set.  The sparrow on the red bead is the momma.

An eatable creation.  How many of you heard or were a part of a pre-dinner conversation similar to this:

Kid: "I don't wanna eat that. It's gross and I don't like it. Can we go to McDonalds?"

Mom: "No we can't. How do you know it's gross when you haven't even tried it:/ I worked hard to make this.  

This isn't a restaurant. You will eat what I make, or go hungry."

Kid: "I don't like this. I'm not eating. (arms folded) It's gross!  I'm hungry!"

Mom: "If you were hungry then you'd eat it instead of complaining."

Kid: "No, it's gross! "

The ending might be different depending on how your 

parents handled it. The worst part is that now I'm the mom 

telling my kids to eat or go hungry. I'm the one trying to 

convince my kids that my food is better than fast food. 

This frustration lead me to a bright idea. I bought pizza 

dough from my local pizzaria (under $3) and each of my 

munchkins gets a personal pizza. On pizza night, my house 

does become a restaurant and the best part is that the kids

are the cooks. I just go buy the ingredients and they make 

their own pizza, can't get more personal than that. Depend-ing 

on my budget the number of ingredients will vary. We all 

made our own green pizza this time.  What makes it green 

is using pesto sauce instead of marinara. Some wanted

the works, while the youngest wanted his plain.  

Dinner made easy, I avoided one dreadful dinner feud, and 

we all ate happily ever after....at least on that night. Yikes!

If you have any great dinner ideas, please post a comment and lets us in on it.