Month of the Amethyst

I keep thinking February is over, and I'm not sure why. But I'm glad it's not, because I almost forgot to do its birthstone post! :) February's birthstone is amethyst, which I can never spell correctly, but happens to be one of my favorite stones. :) I love its deep purple color and how amethyst crystals can be so many different shades of purple at once. :) Amethyst is actually a form of purple quartz. In ancient times they used to make drinking glasses out of it because they thought amethyst prevented drunkenness! If only it were that simple. ;)

Being that purple is one of my favorite colors and amethyst is one of my favorite stones, this was a hard treasury to make! There are just far too many beautiful amethyst pieces on Etsy! I hope you like the ones I finally picked. :) Happy birthday to all my friends and family born in February! Enjoy! :)

Kaleidoscope of Paper Butterflies by paperNplastic	Amethyst Oxidized Sterling Silver Earrings by GlitzGlitter
Amethyst Heart Felt Ornaments by SewnNatural	Purple Balcony 8x10 Fine Art Photo by rebeccaplotnick
Delphinium - Print of Watercolor by amberalexander	Amethyst Crystal Soap by amethystsoap

And here are even more beautiful pieces in the full sized treasury! :)

Have a great Friday and a beautiful weekend!

One down, Two to go!

I'm finally getting to the end of my Across Etsy treasury series! Only two more left after today. It's been a lot of fun to do! And in case you have no idea what I'm talking about, I'll explain exactly how this series works. My Across Etsy series is based off of Etsy's categories. I pick a category and use it as my keyword in a search. Then go through all the other categories and try to find pieces based on that keyword. It's amazing to see how the different categories on Etsy cross and re-cross each other. I started with Woodworking and have been making my way up the list. So far I've done one for each category except Plants & Edibles and Dolls & Miniatures, where I split the two halves into separate treasuries. After today, the only two I have left to do are Art and Accessories. I'm guessing Art is going to be a hard one, but we'll see. :) Today's mini treasury is based on the Bags and Purses category. Enjoy! :)

Queen of Hearts Felted Bag by DebAllenFrippery	A Chair and A Bag 8x8 Fine Art Print by fieryeyed
Button Looped Porcelain Hand Bag by braypottery	Autumn Gnome in an Oak Leaf Pouch by LittleRedWhimsy
Vintage Multicolor 1980s Leather Purse from OldBaltimoreVintage	Wedding Clutch Bag with Vintage Millinery Flowers by aaliciawedding

If you want to see more fabulous bags, make sure you check out the big treasury that matches today's post! :)

Have a great day! :)

It's beginning to look a lot like...

...Halloween! :) I actually had to turn the heat on yesterday morning! And the trees in our neighbor hood are just barely starting to change color. Can't be that much longer! :) My kids are all excited. They sort of remember last Halloween, but I think they mostly just remember that they got candy. I don't think they remember the dressing up part at all. That reminds me, I have to figure out costumes for them! :o Hmm...I'm glad I posted this. Now I have another thing to add to my to do list!

Anyway, today's mini treasury theme is Holidays Across Etsy. I was going to do like I did with Housewares, and do one holiday for each item, but there were enough subcategories to do that without doubling up, and I couldn't figure out a good color scheme to work with all the different holidays. So, instead, I ended up picking one holiday to work with. Well technically two holidays. Since it's so close to October, I went with Day of the Dead and Halloween. I found some really cool stuff too! :) Enjoy!

Haunted House Halloween Tags by mamacateyes	Handmade Embroidered Pillow Cover by moonspiritstudios
Lunar Green - 10x10 Acrylic Landscape Painting by Blakeswork	Sugar Skull Quilt, Purple and Green by BadBabyQuilts
Glow in The Dark This and That Spinning Wool by merlinthecat	Chartreuse Modern Paper Star Ornament by kissadesign

And here is the equally spooky full sized treasury! :o Oh and I almost forgot! I've been playing with my blog some more. If you look at the top of the page, I've added some new pages. :) I now have About Me, My Family, and Cool Links pages. I'll be adding a couple more and I'll be adding more content to the ones I already have. Let me know what you think!

Okay, back to work! Have a cool day! :)

Oy!

I guess I should have taken this week off instead of last week! All three kids are currently cycling through a stomach virus: 1 down, 1 currently sick, 1 to go. I'm HOPING beyond hope, that my husband and I don't get it too! Anyway, I was able to post a new piece I finished Monday. It's a sugar plum, and it's the first fully beaded piece I've ever done. It came out cute! :) It wasn't has hard to the beading as I thought it was going to be. If this piece sells I may do another plum and maybe a couple other beaded pieces. :) Anyway, since I didn't have a lot of time to come up with another theme, today is officially sugar plum day on my blog! Enjoy!

Plumin' Around In Silver Painting by JNociforaStudio	Plum Blossoms Photograph by enamour
Veronica Hand Knit Sweater in Sugar Plum by whiletheyplay	Absolutely Yummy Apple Plum Butter by Pinkflamingo66
Sugar Plum Beaded Christmas Ornament by Autumn2May	Hip Pocket Bag in Plum with Blossom by jennyndesign

Oh and I also did a treasury to go with today's post. You can check it out here. Have a sweet day, and try to stay healthy! :)