Saturday Rambling

I got some goodies in the mail today! In fact, finding the oversized package from one of my favorite Etsy artists made me skip (yes, skipped) back to my house from the mail box. Inside of the package I found 2 new batts, a beautiful skein of yarn, and some bonus goodies. I *heart* Hobbledehoy. […]

Digging My Heart Out With a Spoon

Ever since my first time to watch Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, I’ve had a crush on Alan Rickman (I think it was the nasty line about digging Robin’s heart out with a spoon that hooked me). He plays the bad guy SO well and, as we all saw (come on, admit you watched it […]

The Great Unveiling

This weekend I sat down in my little creative corner of my loft and ended up with a new line of jewelry soon to be for sale in my Etsy shop. I’m finding it hard not to photograph and get up there immediately. I really want to unveil these guys at the Spanker Creek Farm […]

Spring Cleaning

After many months of contemplation, I have finally added a “destash/sale” section to my shop. I’ve got way too many beads and will begin to list them in my Etsy shop in hopes that someone out there will give them a good home. Many of these beads are so close to “vintage” it hurts. However, […]

New Fun Things

I came home after busy day at work today and a mediocre Chinese dinner to find a package from KnittyDirtyGirl (my new fave Etsy shop) in the mail today. I had worked out a trade with her a couple of weeks ago and got some made to order yarn in “Robins Egg“. I can’t get […]

15 Minutes of Fame

For a portion of this afternoon, I felt like a celebrity. No, not the kind who go to rehab before they are even old enough to legally drink, but the Etsy kind. A fellow member of AREtsy and my coworker, BeadedBombshell, let me in on a little secret this afternoon. One of my bracelets had […]

Things for a Gardener

I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned this a few times, but gardening season has begun. I had started some seeds a few weeks ago and I’ve found it in myself to rake some pine needles away from what will be my herb garden, but that is where it ends for now. Other than planting the herbs […]

Enough Already

Carnival – Kaleidoscope Earrings (will they be the 50th item sold from my shop?) I’ve had a major case of the pooh-poohs lately. I’ve pooh-poohed about the lack of sales the past couple of weeks, pooh-poohed about the lack of inspiration (I still want to take that trip to Austin), and I’ve just pooh-poohed in […]

A Bit of a Makeover

After taking many batches of photos for my Etsy shop that I was quite proud of, I figured it was time to get rid of the unsavory photos and replace them all. Anytime I use the word “replace” that usually means it will take the bulk of my day to do. This was no exception. […]

Movies tonight business tomorrow

Tonight was spent napping through Good Eats (something was wrong, I never sleep through Good Eats) and then eating take out Chinese food while watching Empire Strikes Back. Not a bit of crafting was accomplished and you know, it felt okay. I did packaged up the bracelet that was given away on Subu’s blog this […]