Hands To Work

Ladybug Lily

Here is Lily dressed up for Halloween.  With an added accessory.   The tradition lives on...she's as crazy as the rest of us!  Oh yeah, we are proud.

Happy November!

 

Etsy Happyness

I have confessed in earlier posts about my love for Etsy.  It's fun to look at the listings as some of them can be quite odd.  But just when I am sad that nothing has caught my eye, a treasure pops up.  Let me share a few. 

Gina is a letter girl.  She makes stationary, beautiful scrapbook pages and on her etsy site, she sells hand lettered address stamps.  They are AWESOME.  She gave me permission to share some images from her blog.  You will want to buy from her, I promise!

 

 

Gina is having a sale on her stamps right now at etsy.  Go buy some!

Another fun girl is My Market Stall.  Look at this baby hat!

I can't stand it.  I think that is the cutest hat ever.  She has strawberries, apples, leeks, pumpkins.  Super duper cuteness!

Jewelry is a weakness for me.  I love Organikx's shop.  Her jewelry is just beautiful!  Like this: and this:

That's all the fun I have time for today.  Now get back to work!

  
   

 
 

Do You Etsy?

I have found another great way to waste my time and empty my wallet...a fun little place called Esty.  I LOVE it.  Here are some of the most beautious things I have purchased:

  A cool skirt pattern from The Needle Shop .

  Vintage bangles from See Jayne Knit.  These are part of Elisabeth's birthday present.  Shhh, don't tell!

Look at this beautiful yarn from  Wool Candy.  Yummy colors!

    

Found this lovely vintage blouse for Courtney (who hasn't worn it yet).  Isn't it so pretty? You can find lots of cool things from  graceandartantiques.  

That's all for now.  Since I hadn't posted in so long thought I would tempt you to spend a little money with me.  I will try to post some new pictures of Helen if I don't kill her first!  She is trying my patience.

tracy 

Moving On...

Go to Alma's blog right now for a dose of happyness!  I'm so glad that she is blogging.  And doing it regularly too, you know.  Like you're supposed to! 

Look at this piece of a new Loose Feathers....I can't wait to see the finished product.

 

Happy Wednesday!

A Winner and a Treat

The redware logo plates are now gone.  The Love, Me plates are still available.

Okay Lizzie girl.  You win the wallet!  The girls and I laughed at the total of posts the other day.  In contrast to Ree's comments from her web site, I had just 11 posts!  LOL.  My only request for cute Liz is that she send us a picture of her and the wallet once it arrives!  Enjoy the wonderful wallet sweet pea.

Now I have two red ware plates to show you that are for sale.  I only have two of each so it's going to be a first come first served situation.  I will be able to get more but my potter is very busy.  So I make no promises when more might arrive.

First plate available is a small oval with my logo on it.  The price is $24.00 plus shipping.  I ship priority mail and it should be about $5 to send it along.    

The second sweet little plate is my Love, Me design that was released in February.  I love it!  The price for this beauty is $32 plus shipping.  I have two available.

Both of these plates are dishwasher safe, food safe, and oven and microwave safe too I think.

It's such a beautiful day here.  The sun is shining, no humidity, slight breeze.   I have windows open and feel amazing today.  Life is good.

A CONTEST

Today is the day!  I am giving away a fabulous Fossil wallet that is so stinkin' cute that I hate to see it go!  In honor of Mother's day which is this Sunday, May 11th, I will send the amazing wallet to the 11th person that posts TODAY. 

This is the outside of the wallet of happiness.

Notice that the WOH still has the tags attached.  Even though I wanted to, I didn't fill it with my credit cards, cash and photos.  It's fresh and new.

Get busy and post!!!

Trying again....

As Promised

A video showcasing Kathy Barrick Dieter's room (carriagehousesamplings) and Barb & Alma's room (blackbird designs) at the Nashville cash and carry show earlier this month.  The video is a little long but I found such an appropriate song so sit back and enjoy!

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New Camcorder

I got the coolest little camcorder called Flip and of course the first thing I did was capture a few minutes with Lily being cute.  Notice the plastic bag above her head?  Never fear, we don't normally let her play with them.  Check back later as I should have pictures of new designs.

Ugh

Three little letters that spell out my favorite word to use in my correspondence.  Ugh.  I never use this word out loud.  But to thoroughly explain my feelings at the moment, it's perfect!  I am thinking that I can incorporate this into my normal vocabulary.  Like when I look into the bathroom mirror and the light is just right and I notice that I have enough spare eyebrow hairs to make a new eyebrow and wonder how many other women we noticing and wish I would go have them waxed already.  When Lily is freshly bathed and in her jammies, Elisabeth skips out the door for class and won't be home for three hours and Lily decides to expel what she has saved up all day and it's up her back, down her legs and when she is being changed, she kicks so her feet are in it too!  What do you think?  Ugh might be my new word to use...often.  If the word people at Wheel of Fortune used it, the contestants would never solve the puzzle!  I might have to email them.

This is my last day of freedom until the weekend.  Starting tomorrow I have to work.  Which means getting out of bed before the sun comes up, showering and brushing my teeth before noon and dressing in something other than a sweatshirt and pajama pants.  Ugh.

Here is what I'm releasing for Nashville.  Ellen Myerscough and Ann Eliza Hastings which are both reproductions, Alpha-Bat.... featuring a pumpkin and a bat.  Surprise!  I also plan on having a sweet little chart called something like My Love To You, or Love, Me.  And, if poor Joanne gets it done, another design to go with Harvest Blooms and Winter Blooms.  I sent it to her at the end of last week and being the wonderful girl that she is, she is going to try to have it done in time for me to take to market.  I was a little embarrassed to ask her to stitch it.  Guess she knows me well enough now to know that I don't work ahead!  Anyway, I will post pictures soon.  Happy Day!