Summer Time....

Wow its been hot in North Texas. I'm one of those that had rather have the heat than the cold so its in the air conditioning most of the day for me! Had a glorious weekend in semi-outside setting. Since we had friends in from Houston this weekend we did venture out to the Dallas Aquarium. What a terrific outing for adults and kids alike. We saw penguins, manatees, sharks, anaconda (yuck!) and many beautiful birds and flora. Since I don't travel to downtown Dallas much, it was fun seeing the area on a Saturday without all the work traffic. Naturally we all forgot our cameras, so I used my phone camera and ran the battery down taking pictures! Takes pretty good photographs though. Gotta finish getting ready for my show this weekend .... gluing and attaching bling to my flip flops! See you at Central High School, Keller, Texas 9-5, Saturday only.

Summer Musings

Now that we have this wonderfully warm weather my feet were screaming for more flip flops. I've had the best time making flip flops...it began with a simple design of a center concho and a few crystals. Soon I branched out into turquoise rivets, longhorn conchos (in honor of UT Austin of course!), cross conchos and this weekend I created a wonderful Fleur-de-Lis with purple crystals in honor of friends from the great state of Louisiana. If you've not been there try this on for size "Laisse le bon temps rouler". Its cajun for "let the good times roll". Found a little more information when I was double checking my spelling~Laissez les bons temps rouler!" is a Cajun expression meaning "Let the good times roll!" It strongly conveys the "joie de vivre" ("joy of living") attitude that pervades south Louisiana. The saying lent itself to the title of a "proto-zydeco" song by R&B musician Clarence Garlow of Welsh, whose "Bon Ton Roula (Let The Good Times Roll)" -- also known as "Bon Ton Roule" -- appeared on the Macy's record label in early 1950. (It climbed onto national R&B record sales charts that year.) Around 1958, Cajun musician Lawrence Walker recorded "Bon Ton Rouley" for Floyd SoileauIs short-lived Vee-Pee label of Ville Platte. Although hardly a new invention, the expression now appears on everything from T-shirts to bumper stickers; it also is now generally regarded by Cajuns as a cultural cliché.
(Source: Broven, South to Louisiana).
Being that the Fleur-de-lis is a french symbol I had to "bling" it up with a few stones. See what you think. Would love your opinions. Shall I give them a name?
I've also added a "Pink Power" flip flop in honor of many friends who are breast cancer survivors. A portion of the proceeds from each of those sales will go to Susan G. Komen Foundantion as well. Hope to hear from you folks!

Until later~Becky

May Flowers

Decided to try my hand at making a slide show. Hopefully, this will work and you all can see a "snapshot" of all our gorgeous things. Stay tuned as we add things almost daily.

We are having the most fun making our new flip flops. Compliments are coming like crazy as are sales. It seems there are endless ways in which to embellish a plain flop. I'm even thinking of having a "design your own flip flop" session. What about flip flop party?? Leave me your comments. Last week I received a new order of conchos and in the order was a gorgeous new Swarovski crystal cross. Haven't made but one set of these (for me of course) but I'll take pictures soon so stay tuned!! Now my hubby is saying "how many pairs of flip flops can you wear girl!" Its kinda like we used to say about silk blouses, you can't have too many!! Enjoy the slide show.....this was fun to create.
Blessings,Becky

Flip Flop Mania!

Shopping in a market like Dallas is so exciting since we tend to see the latest trends here many times before the rest of the country. Dallas Market was a buzz with the latest stylish Rhinestone Flip Flops and we ~LOVE~LOVE~LOVE them! When you can get style and comfort in one thing, count yourself lucky. In these challenging economic times, we look for the best quality at the best price and are thrilled to offer these lovelies to you. Of course, because we love our bling we had to "add" a few "sparklies". The cheetah flops are embellished with gorgeous Swarovski Blue Zircon stones which go so well with the hair on hide background and rhinestone crown. We couldn't stop there so we added Rose Swarovski crystals to our fashionable Zebra flops! These are so fun to make that we hardly get anything else done these days! Help, I need a housekeeper so I can keep making on these! Look for new unique www.classysassycouture.com designs in the next few weeks. This weekend we're off to Central High School in Keller, Texas for our Spring show and hope to see you there for the launch of our new Rhinestone Flip Flops.
~Later~Becky

~Funky Friday~Its Back!

No more whining or complaining about Spring...look at this beauty from my garden. Its a blue iris and just popped up the other day. Mother Nature is good!

As you may have noticed, "Funky Friday" has been missing for the last few weeks from our site. The new website design and development has been eating my lunch so something had to slide. Anyway, its BAAACK and better than ever. This week's theme will be "PENDANT PASSION". We have lots of styles, shapes and colors so get them while you can. We'll also be offering "FREE SHIPPING" Friday only for our pendants. They make wonderful, unique Mother's Day gifts.

Rudy has also been busy creating new "handcrafted pens" in his workshop. Check our website for new styles and colors. He can also engrave a name or special phrase on most any of the pens for a small fee. Drop us an email if you have a special request. Great Father's Day gift!!

Until later~Becky

Easter Blessings

I visited my Mother in Florida during Easter and wanted to share these lovely flowers from her garden. An update on the azaleas I so wanted to see ~ most were gone but I did see a few blooms.

Unfortunately, the Easter Lilies had not started blooming, but I know they'll be lovely when they do. Its so amazing to see God's work in nature. On Sunday, I was able to enjoy the annual Easter gathering at my counsin's home. There is always LOTS of wonderful southern food, so I don't even try to watch my diet or observe portion control on those days! We had the best time together and I love visiting with them. They always make you feel so welcome and are truly interested in your life! I wish I could see them more often as they are such fine people and we have the best laughs and conversations. My Mother is the oldest of 10 children so I have no shortage of cousins. We enjoyed meeting Emily, the newest "bundle of joy" ~ who was only 3 days old on Easter Sunday. She is a real beauty and will be loved and cherished by all I'm sure. Can't wait to see her on my next trip.

Spring has sprung in Texas so look for more pictures of our Spring line of pendants, necklaces and new Denim Jackets.

Until later.....Blessings~ Becky and Susan

Spring Commeth and Goeth

~Okay, I don't know who is in charge of the weather lately here in North Texas but I think our patience is being tested! In the last 3 weeks we've gone from 80 one day to golf ball size hail and then 40-50 mph winds! Before I moved to the area more than 3 years ago I didn't pay much attention to wind but man oh man...its a bear to deal with here in our area. First, the girls in my family have "lots" of hair so trying to style and spray my hair is getting quite expensive. I've bought good hairspray, heavy hairspray, etc. but to no avail. Anyway, I want Spring and I want it without the wind! Enough whining....we could be in 10 inches of snow right?