Weekend Special!!!

For those interested, I did change my twitter user name. It was MikesHempShop and is now Mike021. So if you are following me, now you know who that Mike021 guy is.

I am going to have a weekend special, starting today. Buy any 3 items from my shop and get one packet of Nutiva Organic Hemp Shake for FREE! A delicious organic protein superfood drink mix. Choose from Amaxon Acai, Chocolate, or Berry Pomegranate.

Tell me your choice either be sending me a convo after purchase or use the message to seller option during check out.

These Hemp Shakes are awesome. Great as a snack or as a meal replacement. Each shake is packed with organic raw protein, phytonutrients, and fiber. They contain no trans fats, gluten, dairy, or lactose.

My favorite is the Berry Pomegranat!!!

Hemp Paper

When I make my hemp jewelry, I always have bits and pieces of hemp scraps left over. I would always save the scraps in a bag because I couldn’t just throw it away. There had to be some use for it. I don’t remember how it came to me, but it did. Hemp Paper! Hemp is a fiber, so why not. I did a bit of online research, but all I could find was making paper from the actual hemp plant. Nothing about using scrap hemp cord. So I decided to do an experiment with my scrap hemp pieces. This is what I came up with.

I think is funny how the scraps that I used were all different colors, and the paper came out a grey-ish green color. You can see some colors. I see mostly green, red, and purple fibers throughout the pages. They are roughly 3 1/2” wide by 5 1/2” long.

I don’t know too much about paper making, but I think they came out ok. Some are thick and some are thin. I doodled on one to see if the ink would run or feather out. With the pen and marker I used, there was little to none feathering. These are made out of only hemp, no other fiber or paper was added.

I don’t know what I am going to do with them yet. I have 8 pages, and some more pulp to make about 3 to 4 more.

This is my little way of being green and recycling.

I made the paper last week, but haven't had time to take pics and blog about it.

The Back of The Cupboard

First off, Happy St. Pattie's Day!!!!The green background is only for today, so I don't want to hear it! Get in the mood, haha.

Ok, I love food. I love cooking it just as much as I love eating it. What I also love doing is reading food blogs.

My bestest bestest bff (Hi Kris) just started a food blog. There are only a few of posts right now, but they are are really yummy and interesting posts.

I know all of you will go and check out her delish blog and follow as there are more delish posts to come. I am definitely going to try some of her recipes out.

Thats it for today. Have a Happy and Safe St. Pattie's Day!




New Spider Hemp Choker

What's Up With That ?

First, sorry about the no blogging for 3 or so days. Second, why did my Lazy Blog get more comments than my usual blogs, haha.

So there is this site called DIY OnlineMag.com. I signed up for and won one of their contests. When I was notified, I was so happy because I haven't really won any type of contest before. My prize was my choice of tee shirt from SnorgTees.com. Being the nerd that I am, I chose this shirt. Cool, right! Don't forget to check out the awesome stuff on DIY OnlineMag.com, and make sure you subscribe to their new article alerts

My local news stations started giving out grocery gift cards to viewers. I was up early one day and saw the number to call. You have to be the 12th caller to win. They had many chances to call throughout the morning broadcast. I called and called and called, and nothing. Eh, whatever, it was worth trying. Then I try again on Thursday. I call a couple of times, and nothing. Then I get through, but I am the seventh caller. I try one more time and Congrats you are the 12th caller and winner. Yay me! I won a $150 gift card to a local grocery store. How cool is that. That will help me out a lot. Anyone for T-Bone steaks......j/k

With all this winning going on, I am going to have to start playing the lottery. You never know, I just might win something, even if its $1, haha.


My mom has a week off for spring break (she is a teacher), and guess where she will be spending it. But it's ok. I love spending time with mom. We always have fun together. Shopping, going out to eat, shopping, resting, shopping, and maybe a movie in between, haha. I made sure my apartment was spotless because she will still tell me something if I have a messy apartment, haha, a mom is always a mom, right.

Our shopping goes kind of like this.

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Time to plug the shop:
Here are some of my new stuff. Click and enjoy!!!!

My Addiction

Some of you may already know and some of you may not know, but I have an addiction. I am not afraid to admit it. I LOVE beads. It seems that every time I go to a crafts store, even if it is just to browse, I end up buying beads.

I was recently referred to an online bead store. Not a good idea. I spent the last of my PayPal funds on beautiful and colorful glass beads as well as metal pendants. I am pretty sure that I will be buying more as soon as I get more dinero into my PayPal account.

I also attended a bead and jewelry show. I have never been to anything like this or even know this was going on. I only found out about it because of a TV commercial. It is The Bead Market. Click on the link for all the info about upcoming shows. Now because I had just received my online order of beads, and because I was out of money, I did go only to browse. I was in heaven! So many types, colors, and shapes of beads anybody could ever want. There were some beads that were pricey, but there were also a lot of bargains.

To tell you the truth, I almost did crack and buy some beads, but thanks to my friend, who went with me and saved me from spending my money, haha. Now that I know when the next show will be in town, I will make sure to save enough money to let me go a bit crazy at the show, haha.

Here is something that I made. It will be listed on Etsy soon. This is a hemp choker with a bear paw pendant. Great for all you bears out there or bear lovers. Rawr!!!

Playing With Beeswax

I made it safe and sound to my hometown. It's usually a 2.5 hour drive, but I did it in 4 hours, haha. Lunch hour rush traffic in San Antonio, and stopping to eat in Castroville contributed to that.

OK, on to the point of this blog.

If you follow me on Twitter, which all of you should be, then you know that I from time to time post a twitpic of something that I have created using beeswax. Now you may be asking yourself, Self, why in the world is Mike playing with beeswax. Well, first off, I have beeswax around because I sometimes use it to soften rougher feeling hemp. When I get bored, which is more and more often now a days, I just started playing with the beeswax and molding it into different things. This wax is very pliable and fun to play with, haha. Anyways, if you haven't seen any of my pics, here they are. Now the pics are not that good, because I take them with my cellular phone and send them to twitpic. Enjoy!

Sea Creature


A Spiral......Something?


A Flower


Mr. Snowman

And if you don't follow me on Twitter, shame on you!!!! Just kidding, I still love you all. Just follow me from now on.

Choke Her?

I have had many people ask me if I also make anklets, chokers, and necklaces. I have before, but I just stuck to bracelets because it does not really take a long time to make them. So I usually put off making chokers an necklaces. Well, I don't know what got into me, but I decided to make a couple of chokers. I really like the way they turned out. Now, I think I was bit by the choker making bug, because I've been making more. Not only have I been making some more, but I also made a large order of pendants and beads to make new ones. I'm excited to get my order and start making more. I should get it in by Thursday although I am hoping it will get in earlier. The pendants I ordered are all metal and cool looking as I am going to be trying to make stuff for guys. If it goes well, I plan on ordering wood and bone pendants. I did buy a couple of stone pendants and I used one in a necklace that I made and already listed. I will post some pictures of what I have made so far. Click on the picture to go to the listing and see more pics.

These are the first two that I made and listed


Then I made and listed these two.



Then I made these two. Only the natural colored choker is listed at the moment.



I also made matching bracelets and anklets for the two chokers above.

In other news, I start my first session of physical therapy on Thursday, and get my second epidural steroid injection on Monday! Since my first injection, I have noticed a difference in the amount of pain that I have. I also noticed that I can stand and walk for longer periods of time. Sleeping has got a lot better and I don't wake up in the middle of the night with pain anymore. I am hoping that with this second injection and physical therapy, that I will soon be pain free. Thanks to you all who posted nice comments to me in my other post.

In other other news, I love you all (especially you) and have a great day!