An Etsy Fave Branches Out

One of my favorite Etsy shops and bloggers recently posted about bloggers helping bloggers. She discussed the concept of PIF (pay it foward) in a blog and applying it to this method. What is this method you ask? Well, it’s basically the “you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours” method. I’ll feature this seller […]

When I Grow Up

I’ve recently stumbled across the blog of a friend of mine from college. She went on after she graduated to go to grad school for Music Therapy – that’s something I used to think I was going to do. Well, that or Musicology (I’m still torn on that one). Some times I’m fine with where […]

Yawn

I haven’t sat down and really made anything in well over a week. I finished a custom order this past weekend, but that didn’t count (in my opinion). I’ve got so many ideas, so many things I want to do, I just need to find the energy. Yesterday was spent in the garden and today […]

My Other Hobby

Who said I wouldn’t have time for gardening and jewelry making. I proved today that you just need one afternoon to get the garden ready to go. I took this afternoon off seeing as how I worked for 6 hours last Monday after already working 9 hours during the regular work day. I figured that […]

They’re Here!

I have listed some of my necklaces into my shop tonight. They are brand new, never before seen in Idyll Hands’ Etsy shop. I made these for my most recent craft fair and liked them so much, I thought I’d offer them to my customers. Keep your eye on the shop as I’ll be adding […]

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 […]

Spanker Creek Arts and Crafts Fair – a review

I made it to the end of another craft fair in one piece, although, the tornado warning in the town the fair was in on the night we set everything up had me questioning if one piece was even an option. I should know better. Arkansas has proved itself to be the tornado capital of […]

Is The End In Sight?

I want to start this post by stating that I have been good to my body this week. I started this week thinking I would not have time to go to Jazzercise and would only have time to come home and work on stuff for the fair this weekend. However, I’ve gone to Jazzercise both […]

Up To Something

Judging by the pictures of my purchases today, I’ll be up to my ears in jewelry making tonight. I knew I would be since I took a break from my craft show prep to go to a plant sale at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, Farmers Market, and Springfest today. I then went out […]

Wipes Me Out

I had set a goal for my self this past weekend to photograph all of my earrings that had less than stellar photographs. This should have been easy. I was planning on sitting down next to my window and photographing them, one by one, until all were up to par. Little did I know what […]