Sunshine!

Let's all take a moment to overlook the fact that this is the first blog post for 2010. What? It's February you say? Well, better late than never.  I've decided to use the same excuse my friend and I came up with yesterday for not exercising, being homebodies, and eating too much dessert.  It's winter.  It's cold, grey, and gets dark by 5. Ok, maybe 6.  All this so I can tell you I needed a little sunshine.

Which is why I was so tickled (yes, I said tickled) to see that my friend, Sally, from nightowlcraftworks has passed along the Sunshine Award to me!  Thank you, Sally.  Now part of the joy of the Sunshine Award is to spread the love.  Here are just a few blogs that I follow and would like to pass this award on to.

http://jennadesigns.blogspot.com/
http://shadysidefarm.blogspot.com/
http://tealandgold.blogspot.com/

So there you go. Now once you have been notified of receiving the award, you need to complete the following:


Please pass this award on to your favorite bloggers! Here are the Rules:
1. Put the logo on your blog or within your post
2. Pass the award on to other bloggers
3. Link the nominees within your post
4. Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog
5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award

An Etsy Christmas Gift

Every season of the year there's a fashion obsession I develop.  Most of the year it goes between shoes and bags, but as soon as the snow hits it's scarves.  If I had (quite) a bit more money, this obsession could easily be winter coats.  This year I was so happy to get two new scarves one of which is from Little Birdie Design on Etsy.  It's so soft and goes with my teal wool coat beautifully.  I even sit around the house with it on wrapped twice to keep warm.  Little Birdie Design's shop has stunning knitted pieces and even some for your pets! I'm so excited to spend the winter keeping cozy with this scarf and just as happy to have discovered another great shop.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Cards by ReneHoover on Etsy

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas spent with family and friends.

A Peek at My Etsy Favorites

          

Here's a peek at the latest items on my Etsy favorites list.  In case you couldn't tell, last night I was looking for some great holiday cards.  One thing I actually didn't notice until this morning - all the cards I liked enough to add to my favorites featured ornaments.  I still haven't made my decision on which to get, but I love them all.

Top Left: A Very Retro Holiday - Peace, Joy, Love by CDesignIllustration

Top Right: Ornaments Holiday Card Set of 12 by SilhouetteBlue

Bottom: Ornaments Printable Christmas Card by empapers

Craft Show Attempt #3

It's another craft show weekend for me here and naturally there is plenty for me to get done.  There are about 280 pieces of fabric and 140 pieces of interfacing I have cut out just waiting to be put together.  The next step for the clutches and gadget sleeves has to be my favorite part.  Nothing like hammering on some snaps to get out a bit of aggression!


This is only my third craft show and I'm hoping it'll be a good one!  I'm lucky enough to be sharing a booth with an etsyWMI teammate - Afiya from OsayinHolistics.  Since my items are so small and I'm still getting started I can't quite pull of a whole booth by myself.  At my first craft show I actually shared a booth with 2 other people!  The picture above is me (being cheesy) with my section of the booth.  I'll have quite a bit more product this time around and hopefully there are the buyers for it.  Wish me luck!