Dotty

What a nice surprise to come home this afternoon and find that I've been included in a CREST treasury curated by dottyral. In Dotty's shop you'll find not only her very popular emery pincushions, but also a new line of hand stitched pendants.




















Even nicer is to find out that someone visited my shop and bought the set of cute clips pictured in the top row of the treasury list along with two other sets!

New Fabric

The mail carrier brought me an envelope of delightful fabrics today from Krista, owner of Fabric Closet. A big thanks goes out to her (when she is back from vacation) for providing these four fat quarters for a giveaway that I won! The giveaway was offered on a blog called A Heart For Home. On this blog Allyson writes about her family and faith plus she offers recipes, crafts and some great giveaways. Her latest recipe is for foccacia bread which sounds great. I wish someone would make me some...
Anyhow, here are the fabrics from Krista's shop that I chose for my prize.
Heather Bailey's Pop Daisy in Green
Heather Bailey's Pop Daisy in Rose
Sandi Henderson's Playful Paisley in Aqua Farmer's Market and
Michael Miller's Clementine Boho Blossom

Wednesday Welcome: First Class Mail Art

Each week I'm using Etsy's Pounce feature in order to discover new items "from undiscovered shops waiting for their first sale" as the Etsy site states. This week's welcome is extended to First Class Mail Art. The mail art pins in this shop are made with stamps from many countries and include a wide variety of images. Who knew a postage stamp could be turned into such a nice piece of jewelry?!

CREST's Fat Tuesday Sales TODAY ONLY

Many members of the CREST team on Etsy are hosting sales today, Tuesday 2/24, in honor of Mardi Gras. Check out these talented artists and take advantage of our sales! Remember, all hair accessories in my shop are 50% off the currently listed prices until 11:59pm Eastern!

SewArtsy.etsy.com
Half price on this pink and brown paisley tote - (regularly $44.95)

Brigabauble.etsy.com
50% off Sterling Silver and Rose Quartz 5-decade Catholic Rosary (regularly $65)


UndefinedVillage.etsy.com
50% OFF all 8x10 photos!


MaryEllenDoran.etsy.com
50% off hand cold forged sterling silver hoop earrings (2-inches long) (regularly $15)


MaggieSueDesigns.etsy.com
All Hair Accessories 50% off the listed price!















Shelbyb.etsy.com
10% off Yarn and FREE SHIPPING!


ArtStudioShanti.etsy.com
All Neckwarmers 50% off Listed price


JellyBugArtworks.etsy.com
25% off all Purple, Green and Yellow items!

LondonGirl99.etsy.com
Free 18-inch leather necklace with purchase of any yellow, purple, or green pendant.

SweetBeadStudio.etsy.com
15% off All Necklaces and Bracelets.

Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez

Let the good times roll! In honor of Mardi Gras 2009, I'm offering a SALE today and tomorrow (Fat Tuesday) only. All hair accessories in my Etsy shop are 50% off the currently listed prices! Details can be found in my shop announcement. Visit the shop HERE and check out the hair accessories HERE. Here are just a few examples of what you'll see there:

She's a Party Girl

Our baby girl turned 7 yesterday. Time really does fly! It seems like it was not so long ago that our son was an only child and our daughter was still an unrealized dream. This weekend we were all operating in the mode of "all Jessica all of the time" since she was able to have two parties this weekend! On Saturday, her actual birthday, we celebrated at home with family. My husband made a great pan of lasagna and we enjoyed a family dinner in the company of Jessie's Grandparents, Aunt, Uncle and cousins.
Today we hosted a party at the local roller skating rink. Jessica has some really nice friends from the neighborhood and from school. She knows some of the girls from her soccer team and some from her Brownie troop. Others she went to kindergarten with last year and a few are new friends from her 1st grade class this year. It was an enjoyable afternoon of good clean fun topped off by her favorite vanilla Costco cake. Here's a shot of Jess enjoying her special day:

Thrify Thursday

Visiting a thrift store is like digging for buried treasure. Sometimes you end up empty handed but other times you uncover a coveted item. This week I found two sets of rubber stamps, one brand new and the other barely used. Now the question is, when will I get a chance to use them?


The Marcella K condensed alphabet stamp set is brand new and was only one dollar! The other set did not come with any identifying info. It is in great shape and only three or four of the stamps appear to have been used. All these in a nice box for only three dollars. Hooray :)