The Joy of Etsy

You know that excited feeling you get when a package comes in the mail? Even if you know what it is, you're shaking with anticipation as you rip through the envelope for the treasure that lies inside. It felt the same way as a kid getting my sea monkeys, as it does now. The reason I bring this up is that I've made some recent Etsy trades and purchases and thought I would show a few of them off here:These first two are from AardvArt! The bottle opener is so cool ~ a combination of cool and clever! The second is a pretty little mustard-colored pendant. It's a very rich color in person! I'm in love!

The third one I'm showing off this is beautiful necklace by BlestBeads! This necklace is so amazing I have worn it every day since it came in the mail!I can't wait to get some more wonderful things online!

Terrific Days Ahead

Yesterday I didn't have much that I *needed* to work on - just one pair of snake skin sandals and a custom order from Etsy. I was playing around with my camera a took a shot of my mess of a workspace.
Allen finished a business card holder that fits on bicycle handlebars for a friend at the Chopper Night Rides. Pretty sweet, huh? The pictures are actually kind of dull, since I had to take them indoors. For some reason I have yet to master the art of fabulous indoor photography.

Double Dose of Treasuries

I'm never in Etsy treasuries. Well, actually I wouldn't know because I rarely go in there anymore. It's become very difficult to snag one so I'll look around once a week or so, but never fanatically. Yesterday, however, a lovely seller, HotDish, let me know that she had included Allen's Beer Holster in her Prohibition Treasury.So I decided to take a look around and realized Allen's custom beer holsters were in another treasury! This one by EllaBearBowtique.

Beer Holsters for all!!!

Egg on your Arm

I have a new laminated cuff! Since my lamination machine has been broken, I haven't delved into the paper-leather combinations in a while. But I found a lovely recipe for omelets that had been sitting around and made this awesome wrist candy!

And since we're on the subject of eggs - Bicycleocean has these fab egg patches she makes!Where's YOUR eggs?

Happy Birthday Dad!

As we get older, certain mannerisms and characteristics begin to emerge in each of us; planted there, long ago, by our parents. I'll catch myself laughing like my mother. Throwing a fit like my father. Certain sayings that used to annoy me as a child fall out of my mouth in conversation. I'm curious as to how many of these traits were shared by my grandparents and great-grandparents and so on.
Which one of my relatives first coined the phrase, "Have a good one"?
Which ancestor of mine first decide he needed undivided attention all the time?
But I'm glad to have these quirks. Some of them are good. I can't imagine being me without them anymore.
Happy birthday, dad!

Fish Bags

Today, before I go to see the Roller Derby game, I'm reminiscing about my fish bags. I had them listed on Etsy and they didn't sell but I thought they were adorable. Then one week they both sold out of our B&M store, within a day of each other. Weird, huh? So, here they are:So what do you think? Do you love them? Not love them? Wish they were in a different color?

Working Weekend

I'm trying to get my house and laundry cleaned so I can spend tomorrow out of town. Slowly but surely I'm accomplishing it. I've also managed to make use of my amazing new Etrelle's tags!

It takes a little extra time and effort to sew them in, but I think it's worth it!
And the radio station is playing a 'flashback' weekend so I've been jamming to all the songs that I used to love when I was 12-17. No diggity. Word to your mother. Do the Humpty-hump. Well, I must make it short and sweet so I can go get my clean on!

SALE how cool is that?

I've been choosing one item each day to dramatically reduce in price.
I call it my No Reason What-So-Ever SALE.Today's SALE item is this black geometric pattern cuff. It used to be $20 - now it's $12!

Other than my sale, I don't have too much going on for the day. Our water went out again last night - it's the second time in a week. Which I can only assume means whoever came out to fix it last time didn't really fix it. Hopefully I'll be able to get a shower before the night job, but if not, I suppose for once our pool will see some action this spring after all!

good clean knowledge

Word O' the Day

umbrage
\UHM-brij\, noun:
1. Shade; shadow; hence, something that affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.
2. a. A vague or indistinct indication or suggestion; a hint.
3. b. Reason for doubt; suspicion.
4. Suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment.

The Newest and Best

Introducing....

My NEW Monty Tote!!

He's just like the rest - except more classy!!!
You could take him out to dinner.
You could take him to the movies (imagine all the candy you could stuff in there).
You could take him to the beach, even!

Monty loves to party.