Well it's official. I'm closing this blog. I'm not going to take it down, but I won't be posting in it again in the foreseeable future. I love crafting and I love Etsy and I still visit the site weekly to check out what's new and window shop, but I simply don't have time to keep this part of my life going any longer. I've finished my first book, I'm getting close to the end of my second. My kids are getting big and requiring more and more of my time. I still do crafts now and again, but they are for me or gifts, and I'm okay with that. So thank you all for following me and for making this part of my life a good one. If you'd like to see what I'm doing now you can check out my writing blog The Write Way To Type. Good luck and have a great day! :)

Title image by AmeliaKayPhotography.

Taking a Break

I'm taking a little break from crafting, while I work on finishing the book I'm writing. This means I'm also going to be taking a break from this blog for a bit as well. I will most likely be back again this holiday season with more crafts and more treasuries. :) Until then you can follow me on my writing blog The Write Way To Type.

8x12 Fine Art Print by sixhours
See you in the future! :)

Book Worm Day

I've been reading a lot lately. I blame my new friends at Fantasy-Faction.com: a fantasy book website that does reviews and has an awesome forum where we talk about fantasy and sci-fi geeky stuff both book and non-book related. Now don't get me wrong I love fantasy books, I'm even writing one! But listening to everyone talk about all these cool books they've read all day had gotten me back into reading in a big way. I finished 3 new books in less then a week! XD

Why do I bring this up you ask? Well I noticed when I started reading again, that since I moved I no longer own any bookmarks. I find myself using receipts, scraps of paper, and even cards from my kids boardgames I find lying around. I decided something, I need to buy a bookmark. And since I know a bunch of awesome artists on Etsy that have pieces I've been lusting after for years now, I figured I'd buy one from them! :)

That's where I ran into the problem. I found too many I like! So, then I decided to pick the pieces I liked the best and make a treasury to help me decide. But it didn't help. I still can't decide! :) Maybe you guys can help me. Which bookmark do you like best? (Make sure to check out the big treasury too!)

Octopus Illustration Bookmark by jessyjes	Handprinted Happiness Canvas Bookmark by Baisimu
Serenity Firefly Bookmark (set of 3) by bohemianbear	Northern Lights 2 Bookmark by EllesDragons
Rose Eater Artist Bookmark by schin	Character Sheet Collage Bookmark by palimpsestic

And if you are a writing, reading, or fantasy buff you can also check out my much smaller blog The Write Way To Type for updates on the non-Etsy side of my hobby life. :)

Have a great day! :)

That was fun...

So no mini treasury today. My computer went kerplooie over the weekend and my husband and I had to patch together a working one out of three defunked ones. Now I have a computer again, but I have to reinstall all my programs and fix all my settings again before I have time to play. :( Plus I seem to have misplaced my Paint Shop Pro CD and I definitely need that to make my mini treasuries. Hopefully I'll have everything fixed by the end of the week.

Wish me luck and have a great day! :)

I'm here honest!

I was trying to get a real post together for this week, but it looks like it's not going happen. My kids have been sick since last weekend, though they are finally better today, and I'm working on finishing up the story I've been writing so I can enter it in a contest on Monday! If you're interested in hearing more about my story you can check out my new writing blog: The Write Way To Type! :) I'll go back to my regular posting after I'm done with this contest. :)

Oh, I also added a new tab to my blog called Etsy Teams. Check out the cool groups I'm currently in on Etsy! :) There's some new stuff in the Cook Links tab as well if you're interested.

Have a great week everyone! See you next Monday! :)

Cookie Weekend!

Quick post today! :) This weekend was a lot of fun and FULL of junk food! My husband made a bunch of cookies for our Christmas party on Saturday. Then on Sunday we went to my mom's and the kids decorated some gingerbread men. :) Well they mostly just dumped sprinkles on them and ate all the chocolate chips, but they did have fun! :) With all the cookies in their various forms around this weekend, I decided that Christmas cookies would be a good theme for today's mini treasury! Enjoy! :)

Faux Coconut Macaroon Tree Ornament 'Recipe' by JenniBOriginals	Woolly Gingerbread Cookie Pattern by woollysomething
Vintage Christmas Tree Jello Molds from VintagePatriotGirl	Christmas Cocoa Felt Play Food by LittlePicklepotamus
Oh Christmas Tree - 18 Cookies by SweetArtSweets	Four Little Dunkers Cups in SunBurst by pagepottery

And make sure you check out the big treasury for even more goodies! :)

If I don't get a chance to post again before Christmas, I hope you have a beautiful holiday! Stay safe and don't eat too much! ;)

Have a great day!

Hello again! :)

I am in fact alive, I've just been ridiculously busy lately. I've also been having trouble with my wrists, which is why I haven't posted in awhile. But I wanted to make sure I wished all of you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, or just a Happy Holiday in general! I'll hopefully be going back to posting at least once a week this month, then back to posting a few times a week come January. If I don't see you before January, I hope you enjoy the love and friendship of the holiday season!

Have a great day! :)

I'm not dead!

Or a zombie! ;) I'm just trying to dig out from under all the stuff that has accumulated in my work area. You know, so I can see the floor again! I'll be back tomorrow, with a real post I promise! :)

While you wait, why don't you enter my current giveaway? You could win this cute knit kitten! :)



Head to my Giveaways page for more information! But hurry, the contest ends on Monday!

See you tomorrow! :)

If it's not one thing...

...it's 15 things. Now my house phone has decided it no longer wants to work. Sigh. So I spent all day on the phone today trying to get my phone working. That sounds weird doesn't it? :) Anyway, since I was busy doing that, I didn't get a chance to finish the treasury for today, but I promise it will done for tomorrow. :) I did get a bunch of pictures downloaded from my family's recent trip to Grounds for Sculpture. :) I posted about it once before, but if you live in or near New Jersey, you HAVE to go at least once! It's basically an outdoor art museum set inside a huge garden. I'll upload the pictures to Flickr when I'm done here. But here's my favorite.



The lotus pond was in full bloom! I had no idea they got that big! If I could have stood on the water, they would have been taller then me! So beautiful. :)

Okay time to get ready for dinner! Have a great day! :)

I'm back!

All the kids are well, the weather is turning cool, my shop is stocked to the brim, I am so ready for the holiday rush! :) Even though I didn't get to go to the craft show, I did have a bunch of sales this weekend. And it was a good thing I stayed home, because my youngest was miserable all day. While I'm sure my husband could have handled it, I'm sure he was glad I was there to help. :)

In non craft/kid related news, I have recently come into possession of a boat load of vintage pieces that I'm going to be posting on Etsy! :) There's some pottery, matchbooks, glassware, pin backs, jewelry, more cameras, even some vintage coats and bathing suits! It should keep me busy for the next couple of weeks. ;)

I'm also back to making my treasury series: Across Etsy. The idea behind the series is I take the name of a category and use it as a search term. Then I go through all the other categories and find cool pieces using that search term. Today's theme is music! Enjoy! :)

Mix Tape Pouch - Brown by BraveMoonman	The Double Note Stained Glass by glassgallerygirls
Vintage Sheet Music Rose by TheCrimsonPoppy	Sterling Silver Music Note Ring by CatherineMarissa
10 Recycled Record Player Cards by TwoPoodlePress	Piano Music Lovers Soap Favor by twoeggplants

And here is the big treasury that matches it! Hope you all have a beautiful day! :)

Busy Week!

So this week has turned out much more hectic then I thought it would be. Monday was great! My husband stayed home and we went out to lunch without the kids, then had his parents over for dinner. :) That evening was when it started to get slightly crazy. Apparently something my husband ate did NOT agree with him and he ended up sick the rest of the night. So he stayed home on Tuesday as well! Which I don't mind generally speaking, but he kind of interrupted my "Monday". Monday is usually one of my busiest days, because I'm packing orders, answering mail, and cleaning the house from the weekend. With him home, for some reason, it becomes more difficult to get things done on time. :) Luckily by Tuesday night he was feeling fine again, so he went back to work on Wednesday.

Wednesday I got a lot done including posting a bunch of vintage pieces & getting some descriptions written up. And today looks good for pictures (finally) so hopefully I'll get a bunch of stuff posted today and tomorrow as well! I also finished to new ornaments, a mask and a sun! They came out cute!

Also, there is only a week and a half left before the craft fair! And I'm not ready. :( I have a bunch of little stuff to make up, plus I just realized that all my table decorations are packed and in my attic! But I'm not panicking yet! That can wait till next week. :)

Anyway (long post today), in and amongst all of the stuff going on this week, I did get another mini treasury made up! :) This one is based on the Paper Goods category. I like the way the colors turned out on this one, and I hope you do to! Enjoy! :)

Eight Crane Origami Mobile by roundhousedesigns	Blue Recycled Magazines Tree Shadowbox colorstorydesigns
Alice and the White Rabbit Hand-Cut Shadow Puppets by IsabellasArt	Turquoise Cherry Blossoms Hand Painted Paper Parasol by ARTintersect
Blue Journal with Floral Spine by AnnReneeLighter	3D Paper Airplane Mug by DirtyDishesPottery

And of course, here's the link to the big treasury. :)

Since the craft show is sneaking up on me quickly, I guess I should give you guys some more information on it, in case you live in the area and would like to come and see my stuff in person. :)

The craft show is on September 4, in Ocean Grove, NJ right on the beach! :)

Screen Shot of Map from Google (click to enlarge)

Close up Map of my Booth Location (click to enlarge)

If you are able to attend, I've even got a coupon for you! One per person please! :)



Just print this out, and bring it with you to the show. And if you forget it, that's okay too. Just mention you saw the coupon on my blog. :) There were a lot of people last year, and hopefully the weather will be nice and there will be plenty of people there again this year! Hope to see you there! :)

Okay that's enough fooling around for today. Time to get back to work! ;) Have a great day! :)

Busy, busy!

Today my husband decided it would be a good idea to hang our TV up on the wall. I agree with the plan in general, but I am NOT looking forward to the mess and noise this is going to create. :) I think he's just doing it cause now he gets to knock holes in the wall and play with power tools. ;) Anyway, as I am busy herding children away from the construction zone today, I didn't get a chance to make a mini post for today's treasury. But, I did finish the big one. :) So here you go!

- Pets Across Etsy -

Have a great day! :)

So much to do...

...so little time to do it. I am so not ready for this craft show next month! I need to get my butt in gear and make some magnets and pincushions, or my table is going to be empty! I did get a lot of stuff done this weekend, but I still have a lot to do this week. I have a whole bunch of vintage stuff to post, including some medium format cameras and lenses, and I have a bunch of half finished projects to finish, on top of cleaning and chasing my crazy kids around! :) Everybody wish me luck! This promises to be a crazy week! :)

Anyways, today's mini treasury is inspired by quilts all over Etsy. My mom collects quilts. She has a million of them! So it was interesting to me to find quilts on Etsy that weren't really quilts. :) Enjoy!

Quilted Ceramic Coffee Pot by Mullox	Hand Dyed Quilted Bookmark by rubymountaindyeworks
Nine Square - Watercolor Painting by Niceharpy	Link Quilted Pillow Cover - Blue by raindrops23
Charlie Baby Quilt by kunklebaby	Large Walnut Lazy Susan by woodmosaics

Make sure you also check out the big treasury here. Have a great day! :)

It's Bacon!

Okay, I'm taking a break from my treasury series, to show you what I've been doing lately. :) I've created a couple new ornaments in the last couple weeks. The first couple are old ideas that have have recreated as ornaments. Long, LONG ago, I made a felt advent calender from scratch. It took me two years on and off to finish it.



So I thought this year it might be fun to remake some of the little advent ornaments into full sized ornaments! :) The first one I did was the easiest:

Red Felt Heart Christmas Ornament

I'm thinking of make up a pink one and making a listing for a pick your own color heart listing. We'll see. :) Then I moved on to a slightly more complex one (and my favorite from the calender):

Snow Globe with Red House Felt Christmas Ornament

This was a fun piece to do, though for some reason, I had a heck of a time with the base! I just couldn't decide how I wanted it to look. But I think it came out really cute! :)

Then I made up a couple new pieces. I while back I had bought some yummy colored felt from TheDailyPincushion. I used some of it to make my sushi pincushions and ornaments, but the rest got lost in the shuffle when we moved. While the kids were sick, one of the things I did was organize my workspace a bit better, and in the process I found all my cool colored felt! So I decided to put it to good use and make this:

Strawberry Hand Sewn Felt Christmas Ornament

Isn't that strawberry felt delicious? :) I must have been in a food mood, because the other piece I made with the new felt was: bacon!

Felt Bacon Breakfast Hand Sewn Ornament

Yeah, I'm not exactly sure why I made felt bacon either, but it turned out really cute! And on that note, I've made up a little bit of bacon heaven, for your enjoyment! Please don't eat the pictures!

Candied Chipotle Bacon by HashDelectableEdible	The Big Breakfast Felt Pin by pippindesigns
Felt Bacon Breakfast Hand Sewn Ornament by Autumn2May	Bacon - Use Your Words Framed Embroidery Wall Art by DearNight
Mini Side Dish of Breakfast Bacon by EverydayGourmet	Bacon - Print of Original Oil Painting by mgenomgeno

Oh and here is the link to the full sized bacon treasury! I hope you're hungry!

That's it for now. Have a yummy day! :D

Alright, you've fooled around long enough!

Time to get back to blogging! :) I've been playing with treasuries for the last couple days. I should also be blogging, but I was having too much fun! :) Anyway as you know from my last post, I'm doing a series using Etsy's categories as search terms. Here's the ones I've done so far:

- Woodworking Across Etsy -

- Weddings Across Etsy -

- Vintage Inspired Across Etsy -

- Toys Across Etsy -

And my latest treasury:

- Handmade Supplies Across Etsy -

Okay now to get some actual work done. :) Have a great day!