Fav Item Contest 5

Just in case things aren't going to just right, just remember....
"Every lil' thing, is gonna be alright"
That inspired this contest's theme. Here is a reminder of the rules:

1) You cannot vote for yourself
2) You CAN encourage your friends to vote for you
3) Results will still be tallied Thursdays by 7:00 pm (central time)
4) A link to the winning item's shop will be placed on my etsy shop homepage!

Vote by placing a comment with the mention of your favorite item.

Happy voting, here are this week's items:

nakedtile ..... myzoetrope



chicalookate ..... artschoolgirl



avantcore ..... LittlemDesign



diction ..... owlyshadowpuppets

Canadian eh?

In honor of Etsy day today, I have updated all items with the option to ship to Canada! Happy Shopping : )

Fav Item Winner 4

Wow, excellent turnout on the voting this week everyone! It came down to the mum and the wine bag and a matter of only two votes....and mums the word! AmyLDesigns congratulations you won this week's contest!! A link to your shop will be placed on the homepage of my etsy shop. Thanks for voting everyone : )

Fav Item Contest 4

Man, this has been a crazy week! Starting this week's contest a little later but its still Wednesday! I've been very inspired to do purple this week because my local Relay for Life group's color is purple this year. So this week's contest will also have a purple theme. Here is a reminder of the rules:

1) You cannot vote for yourself
2) You CAN encourage your friends to vote for you
3) Results will still be tallied Thursdays by 7:00 pm (central time)
4) A link to the winning item's shop will be placed on my etsy shop homepage!

Happy voting, here are this week's items:

odealamour ..... jeanskellyknitwear



rawartist7 ..... DanielBarkley



GSStudioworks ..... queensbeee



AmyLDesigns ..... ScarlettShoppe

Down 2 Business

Treasury has definitely the resounding theme of this week for me. I was able to snatch a spot in both the main treasury and the treasury west which I was pretty excited about but that quickly paled in comparison to the excitement that came from finding out I had my first photo featured in a treasury. Yet not just one photo but 2!!

This has been a wonderful week for treasuries....

"Through great Green Door" was one of my treasuries this week and it has been one of my favorites so far. The photograph in the center inspired the treasuries theme and poem I wrote to go with it. I feel that the 'great green door' could be a metaphor for life which like life can lead you to many different places and sometimes you never know what's at the other end. We often hurry through life without cherishing our current moments always wishing we were somewhere else, someone else, or someplace other than here. Hopefully you will enjoy it.


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Hurry through the great green door

Onward flying evermore

Treasured travels to distant shores

Faint echos of a life no more

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Fav Item Winner III

Congratulations .... ShelbyLea!! !!! Your item won this week's contest and a link to your shop will be placed on the homepage of my etsy shop. Thanks for voting everyone : )

Fav Contest III

Its Wednesday again already so today will start a new favorite item contest. This week's theme is going to be those undiscovered etisians who have yet to make a sale! After doing this a few weeks I have come up with some new rules for the contest:

1) You cannot vote for yourself
2) You CAN encourage your friends to vote for you
3) Results will now be tallied Thursdays by 7:00 pm (central time)

I hope this contest will help those of you make your first sale because I know what it is like since I am also waiting for my first sale! You can check out the shops via the shop names which are links. Without further adu here are this week's favorite items:

redbookstudio ..... acerriteno



littlemonkeys ..... onebumble



ShelbyLea ..... InnerSwirl



DiaCosta ..... Moss2Marvelous

Fav Item Winner II

This week's winner blew the competition out of the water, Congratulations ....mabellecherie!! I will be posting a link to their etsy site for the next week on my etsy shop homepage!

Fav Item Contest II

It's time again for the favorite item contest. Votes will be tallied Friday at 7:00pm central time. If your item is listed as one to vote for you can place a vote but you can also encourage your friends to vote for you as well! Again, the winner will have a link to their shop placed in my etsy shop for the entire week. This week I'm doing a theme of small carrying cases. Also, the names above the pics are links to that person's shop. Support handmade and I hope you enjoy : )

GEOmetricSTYLE _hine_


mabellecherie __mareri_


brokesy ____Upstyle__


charmdesign _QuietDoing_

Amazing Baby Swimmers!

If you haven't already seen this video on YouTube, then you have to check out these amazing babies! These infants have been trained for survival so that as soon as they fall into water they automatically flip over and float. Slightly older toddlers learn to swim and flip over to float when they need to breath. It's truly amazing!



Another interesting baby tid-bit is this thing they are calling the wee wee blocker. Ingenious invention, if I do say so myself and someday, when needed, I believe I will buy one of these things for my little wee wee man.

Sunny Afternoon Walks: Trash or Treasure?

Rainy days turn out to be some of the best days for getting things done. However, I also love how I'm easily distracted by good weather and further encouraged to procastinate through its alluring power. Sunny afternoons are also great for relaxing walks especially when you can grab some Subway on your way. You can also expect to learn or discover something new you wouldn't notice while driving down the same road. On my way to Subway, I notice that many houses have old furniture and junk piled up outside by the curb. As I progress along my walk, there were many pickups driving around with similar junk in the bed of their truks and even one large older car that had it's trunk tied down. Apparently, these people were driving around picking up other people's junk! Come to find out that their is a citywide junk pick up held monthly and people go around pilfering through their neighbor's leftovers carting off their treasures!! Who knew? One man's trash is definitely another man's treasure.

Favs Contest Winner

All right, the votes are in and tallied up and the winner is ....starsb117. Congratulations! I will be posting a link to their etsy site for the next week on my etsy shop homepage!

Birthday Surprise

My husband's bday is coming up this weekend and it took me awhile to come up with what I wanted to get him. For the longest time he has been wanting to get a weber grill. I thought I was going to be sneaky and get one for him. So for the past month I played it up that I thought it was too expensive and that of all things we definitely did not need a grill.

A couple weekends ago he went to an auction and I thought *perfect timing* I will go and pick up a brand new grill for my baby! I had just bought the grill when my hubby gave me a call and the next words out of his mouth crushed my gloriously sneaky moment I thought I was having "You will never guess what I bought at the auction..." Yep, you guessed it...same exact stinkin' grill, like new, at that auction. What are the chances I asked myself...apparently, pretty good.

Fav Item Contest: Wednesdays

It is only fitting to celebrate my first blog post with a contest that will take place every Wednesday. I'm a huge fan of etsy and and will be picking several of my favorite items from etsy sellers every week. I will post pictures of the items and you vote for your favorite! The votes will be tallied by Friday at 7:00pm (central time). I will place a link in my etsy shop of the shop with the winning item!!!! Here they are...enjoy and vote!

starsb117


organiccouture


AuburnStudios


lewfoster


RiRiFisch


naturalatheart


couragemylove


AmandaKLockrowJewels


GiftsAndTalents


BerdandBee


HowToUseArt


LoucheLab


P.S. I have added links to the shops. You can view your favs shop by clicking on the name above the photo.