Etsy Sneak Peak

I didn't include two new necklaces, but I'm not happy with my pictures of them yet. Sorry! I'm not 100% happy with these yet, either, but they're better. I'm not sure how I feel about the sheepfur. It adds a neutral texture contrast... What do you think? Any suggestions?

Shhhh... I'm hunting for tweasures.

OK, lame title. I know. Anyway, I'm going to the Knightsbridge Antique Mall in Northville today. Woo! I will be looking for a few things, among them:

Any kind of wire basket. They're beautiful, they're useful, what more could I want? Lovely image from SimpleSong.

And maybe a nice fisherman's basket to keep some goodies in next to my desk. Image and great idea from Martha Stewart. I can't find the exact link, but I'm quite certain that's where these came from.

I am also going to be shopping (elsewhere) for the Fiber Department at CCS. Wish me luck!

I've always loved these...

I did before then, but especially since I went to Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida, I've loved Buddhist prayer flags. The setup for the Mt. Everest ride was so well done, that I was actually inspired and felt really calm (but excited for the ride, too!) and since then, I've wanted prayer flags to give me that feeling again. Granted, it was also the stones and the whole atmosphere of the Tibetan inspired walk to the coaster. Looking at the Pedlars online store (found from Cafe Cartolina, thanks!) I was reinspired to look for prayer flags. I think I'll buy some (eBay maybe? or somewhere else...) but I want something authentic. Not something that's been made and packaged especially for sale to a Western audience. I want something that has human energy in it. Hopefully, I'll find it.

Etsy Preview

Here are a few new things destined for Etsy in the next couple days...



Sorry about the bad compilation, I didn't really want to post each individually... Please forgive me!

Or, just check out my flickr!

Grand Haven!

Hooray for going home! Here are my adventures :)

On Thursday, I went thrifting with my Daddy! He knows all of them. I think we hit around 10 stores, plus this awesome antique sale, where I got...

...THIS! My new favorite necklace! I really like owls lately, and this guy is such a show stopper.

E and M got into town on Friday and on Saturday we went to the beach. I went swimming in the lake and got a wee bit of sunbathing in. E was bored, but cute.

The river was full of boats before the Coast Guard fireworks. That guy smiled for my picture. Thanks, guy!

M read an article at mlive.com about the new green bathrooms at the State Park. They were pretty neat, but we kind of expected more. Here's us being all cute in front of them :)

I have more on Flickr!

Beautiful Cards

I love this card from Hello! Lucky studio. They print on antique letterpresses and make pretty cards like this one. I was going to do a weekend post today, but I'm so tired and had to stay after class (nothing bad!) and have to wake up early tomorrow to go to the garden, so I think I'll just show you the snail.

The Garden and I

New haircut!! I love it. I. love. it. It's so light and fluffy and hopefully less maintenance than that crazy grown out thing I called a haircut. 

Turquoise necklace I always get compliments for. As you can see, this is pre- new haircut.

Garden! Tomatoes, gorgeous flowers and carrot tops! We're also harvesting peppers already! Hungarian wax and jalapeno. Delish. We're pickling the Hungarians.