A Grain of Sand Blog

Wrist Watch

People have their favorite types of jewelry, and it changes over the years. When I was in middle and high school I had one necklace and one ring, and pairs...

Wrist Watch

People have their favorite types of jewelry, and it changes over the years. When I was in middle and high school I had one necklace and one ring, and pairs...

Cap and Round

It’s graduation season again. And horse racing season as well…and to me the highlight of both of those are the special hats. Afterall, a graduation without mortarboards is really just a...

Cap and Round

It’s graduation season again. And horse racing season as well…and to me the highlight of both of those are the special hats. Afterall, a graduation without mortarboards is really just a...

Bring on those May Flowers!

The April box was much like the spring weather here in the Carolinas…stormy and grey one moment, and all sunshine the next. To celebrate that shift, this month I stuck...

Bring on those May Flowers!

The April box was much like the spring weather here in the Carolinas…stormy and grey one moment, and all sunshine the next. To celebrate that shift, this month I stuck...

Nothin' But Net

What do tax season and NCAA men’s basketball have in common? They’re both about getting to the net.So in honor of a sport I don’t watch, and a paperwork process...

Nothin' But Net

What do tax season and NCAA men’s basketball have in common? They’re both about getting to the net.So in honor of a sport I don’t watch, and a paperwork process...

The I'ds of March

Ah, yes…March…when the trees try to kill me, and we get another box of goodies from the Bead Hoard Curiosity Club.Perhaps it’s all that pollen that led me to design...

The I'ds of March

Ah, yes…March…when the trees try to kill me, and we get another box of goodies from the Bead Hoard Curiosity Club.Perhaps it’s all that pollen that led me to design...

Hoard Hawker

This past weekend I got the opportunity to help others take home their own little part of the hoard by helping Suzanne and Jean at the A Grain of Sand...

Hoard Hawker

This past weekend I got the opportunity to help others take home their own little part of the hoard by helping Suzanne and Jean at the A Grain of Sand...