And these go to…

These earrings, just made tonight, go to Dancing Mooney. I found the Pay if Forward idea on her blog and therefore she gets a handmade goody from Idyll Hands. I added the spiral on the end of the wire to these and I think I’ll do that one some other earrings. I like it. I […]

Winter Scenes

Winter is my favorite time of the year. Sure, I love the summer when I can garden and grow delicious tomatoes, but in the winter you have a calm, peaceful, serenity that has settled over the wooded areas that dot Northwest Arkansas. The empty branches of the trees play well with the white/gray that the […]

AREtsy

Christmas is just 20 days away but it’s not too late to get some good, quality shopping finished. My favorite group of Etsy ladies makes up a street team lovingly called AREtsy (Arkansas Etsy for those who aren’t in the know). It’s an amazingly varied group of crafters/artists with all kinds of items in their […]

Pay it forward…

As seen at Dancing Mooney’s Blog, a Pay if Forward promise… I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this PIF (Pay it forward) exchange. I’m not sure what that gift will be. It will be a surprise! The only thing you […]

On the topic of felted jewerly

I would like to take this time to feature another one of my favorite Etsy sellers. Pirilamporiscado was the first time I had ever seen felted jewelry of any kind. She is located in Portugal and her necklaces are tempting me to spend too much of my hard earned PayPal money. Aside from making wonderful […]

They like me… they really like me

RUSSIAN Style Christmas I love coming home after a long day and finding my jewelry featured in someone’s treasury. This time I found my earrings in RUSSIAN Style Holidays by vaivanat. I was honored to be included in such a wonderful treasury and seeing this always makes me giddy. Vaivanat is an Etsy artist who […]