I love him.

I'm feeling an overwhelming urge of love towards my husband right now!SexyCute.

Young and Adorable.

Silly! LOVE.

HOST TRUNK SHOW on Etsy

HOST is putting on a sale! Woohoo!!!

My Living Room Wishlist

I bought my first "REAL" piece of "GROWN UP" furniture this weekend! My definition of 'real' and 'grown up' means not purchased for less than $50; not a hand me down; not 30+ years old, and does not come in a box!!!

Now mind you, there is nothing wrong with any of the above - in fact my ENTIRE house is furnished with things that meet those criteria, however I've been saving up for a while to buy new furniture for when we move into our new house and this just happened to be on SUPER SALE!!!

Here's a pic of the couch, the color is a little off, its a lime greenish color:

My current living room is black and red, so I am going to have to get new accesories - oh how sad (wink, wink). Here's a provisional wish list:

Bouquet of Red - SkyeArt

Capricious - Papermoth

Creamsicle Chubby Nester Trio - TimaryArt

Sunny Chocolate Duo - atelierBB

Oak Leaf Trio - LynnCardwellPottery

This is it for now! I still have to find a table, a rug, and some accents! I can't wait, this is going to be so fun!!!

HOST - the Etsy Helping Others Street Team

If you haven't already, please take a moment to check out a very important team I belong to: HOST - the Helping Others Street Team. We formed at Christmas time last year when someone asked a very important question in the Etsy forums: is anyone in need this season?

It was such a simple question and I don't think any of us were prepared for what followed. I couldn't believe the amount of people that flocked to not only tell their stories but for all the help they gave as well! It was amazing! And it all happened so fast.

I was at work when the thread started and I followed it for over 3 hours. When it was time to go home I was just so amazed that I couldn't leave my computer! Needless to say, I left work a little late that day! When I got home I kept following, I couldn't stop reading in awe.

Click here for the original thread - there were 2,933 posts in that first thread! What followed was the formation of our street team, then a store but most importantly, amazing friendships!

If you are a member of Etsy or know someone who is, and ever find yourself in a jiffy, don't hesistate to talk to us! Do a forum search for HOST and you'll find us! We'll do what we can to help :)

I did it! I made a dress!

After much fighting with my sewing machine, I finally made a baby dress I was happy with. I found a fantastic fabric I wanted to use for little baby Sophie but first, I had to do a trial run...
Let's take a moment to remember the poor fabric that had to be sacrificed before getting a winner... and here is the finished product!!!

Its a reversible dress, which after I got the hang of it, was surprisingly easy!

White on the outside, yellow on the inside!

Close up of the fabric.

BUT the final dress will be made from this beautiful fabric:


Isn't it gorgeous? I can't wait!

Vibrant Etsy Treasury

The wonderful Cynmb has been kind enough to feature one of my Note Scribblers in a treasury!

Check it out!

Thank you Cyn! What wonderful company you have me in!

Treasury

New Frontiers

I ventured into new and unknown territory this past weekend. I received some beautiful felted beads from HandBEHG and decided to make some earrings, and a few necklaces. I have to say I was very surprised at how difficult it was! I now have an even GREATER appreciation and admiration for all the fabulous jewelry artists on Etsy! Its hard work what they do!

So this weekend I made two necklaces: a simple one with ribbon and beads, and a more complicated one with ribbon, beads, felted balls and chain. It was so pretty and I wish I would have taken a picture (I'll post it later). I showed my little sister, who is my toughest critic and to my surprise she loved it - so I gave it to her.

The necklaces will have to be my next project but, what I want to show you now are the earrings! My good friend Maisy from Etsy, encouraged me to list them, so they MIGHTgo up this weekend...if I don't chicken out!

She gave me some awesome tips on wire wrapping and how to use the pliers, so I hope I can master it! I gotta say though, its not as easy as it looks! And Maisy has A LOT more experience than I do. If you haven't already, check out her shop - it's absolutely fabulous!!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!

And now for a display as to how a professional does it...

Sodalite drops - Maisyh

Cherry Flower Earrings - MCNovelties

I HEART white howlite brushed sterling - MCNovelties

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If you haven't already, head on over to her shop, its filled with eye candy!

Maisyh and MCNovelties.

Etsy's New Feature

Refer a friend!

Its not like people weren't doing this before but now they have a way for you to send a message out to specific email addresses. It's an invite to join Etsy and it gives the person a direct link to your shop!

So if you haven't done it already, check out Etsy!!! Hello and welcome to your new addiction...

Click Here

Hello - SarahJaneStudios - $24

If I had a million dollars... (part one)

...to spend on ETSY this is what I would buy:

Radiolaria Brooch - Nervous System - $75.00

I've been drooling over this brooch forever! So pretty, plus its ridiculously elegant!

Handmade Wilderness Project - RubysLounge - $345.00

When we buy our new house, this will be our housewarming gift to ourselves!

Granny's curtains - StarOfTheEast - $50.00

Beautiful, I think the picture speaks for itself.

Pui Coasters - StudioWonJun - $40.00

Wow! The color is magnificent!

Knitware Vase - AlyssaEttinger - $150.00

This would make any arrangement look so elegant!

Blue Haired Sea Side Doll - MilkRun - $175.00

Oh man! Just look at her! She is so cute with her little blue hair and cute little octopus!

Hand Painted Glass Vase - MaryWibis - $80.00

This would go perfect with my kitchen! Also, check out the Spring pitcher!

Twig Pendant - EhmeGlass - $48.00

I love the blue one - all of her beads have beautiful colors; check out her bird beads!

Mustard Pea Coat - Stewwie - $180

The Utah snow ain't got nothing on this coat!

Ahoy Vest - MissBrache - $68.00

Ahhh! So cute! I want! I want!

That wraps up this addition of "If I had a million dollars".

My Studio...

I finally had the guts to take pictures of my craft space and allow the world to see. I don't know if I'm really proud or severely ashamed! Proud at how I turned a 7 foot by 7 foot "room" into an actual studio, or terribly embarrassed to even call it a studio since it's nothing more than a no name room as we like to affectionately call it! Here goes!!!

A little background first. This house was built over 100 years ago and when it was constructed it had no bathroom and ended at the kitchen. When it was remodelled, there was no place to add a bathroom but "outside" the house, so its got this weird little addition to the back just off the kitchen. If you look closely in some of the pictures, you can see the siding and shingles from the orginal back of the house! Anyway, it resulted in this weird little no use "room" that I decided to turn into MY space. Here you go!



Here's my messy, messy, desk. See the funny thing is its not messy at all but I have SO MUCH junk it looks that way, doesn't it? That border you see along the top of the desk is a little wall built that covers the staircase that leads to the basement. Yes, the basement we NEVER go down to - well, I don't go down to. I am so terrified of it I bought that white curtain and hung it from the ceiling so I don't have to look at the staircase and think about monsters attacking me while I have nothing to defend myself with except a glue gun!

Here is a closeup where you can spot three wonderful Etsy seller's things: StitchandTells wonderful art (the blue waterfall piece in the back); ThreeMusesCrafts ACEO cards and LAOriginals beautiful plum brooch! You can also see my beloved Blythe Doll and a new ACEO I just finished - first one EVER - and a new brooch design I am working on.

Next is my storage space, it makes me feel better to call it an actual "space" as opposed to a corner! Lots of things going on here: art - finished - and in progress. Photo collages also in progress... I'm starting to see a pattern here, can you tell I have ADHD? Oh and not to mention a completely out of control Hello Kitty addiction! Oh yeah like the toaster oven? We got it for Christmas and somehow it ended up in here.


And one last one just for pretty: this doesn't have much use other than for a little aesthetic appeal and to house a few of my scarves and magazines.