Thank you www.sacredcake.etys.com for adding my scarf to this amazing treasury!

Summer Morning

I woke up checked my etsy store...found a coupon YEAH checked the link that was in the etsy convo with the coupon and all of a sudden I had a treasury. Eyes still full of morning sleep I began the hunt. The end result...not so bad considering I had not even had my usual cup O joe!!! Enjoy all!

Falling Tower at Hop Scotch Children's Store

Papa's Blocks Tower Promo from Joshua Leatherman on Vimeo.

glass floats

I grew up along the Oregon Coast two towns north of the California border. The fisherman that fished the Pacific waters used hand blown glass floats for their nets. I remember spending hours along the shore as a little girl searching...hoping to find one of those floats that my grandmother had so many of in her collection. I never found my glass float but someone else has evoked that memory in my home town by placing colored glass "floats" along the black sand beaches during the summer months. How I wished I lived in that tiny little town still so that I could comb the beaches for those wonderful treasures.... I live in West Michigan now nostalgia will have to wait for a cheap airplane ticket or a U-Haul.

The nets are the inspiration for this beautifully lacy scarf made from hand dyed chenille yarn and cotton variegated thread.

It measures around 77 inches long and 5 inches wide.

A Different Shade of Blue

Carribean Dreams

Thank you to http://www.ideasthatbloom.etsy.com for adding me to her wonderful treasury!

Sitting Around the Camp Fire new treasury....can't you taste the smores????

Summer Treasury

Click the tittle "Summer Treasury" to see the "REAL" list....this treasury never ever expires.....ENJOY!

Dandelion Treasury

Timing is sweet. Just happened upon this unplanned treasury last night before a walk and date night. Ending to a perfectly unsmooth day.

TIME.....where does it go?

I sold a bag today and have an order for another! GREAT ...but time...where does the extra time come from? I need a little elf to clean up my room, another elf to feed my child, yet one more to sit in my room with me and keep me on task, oh and one more to manage my Etsy shop/facebook fan page/blog!

Alas my studio sits empty of life but OOOO SSSOOO very full of projects in various different stages. The rest of the house full to the brim of noise, kittens, dogs, and children.

I am not foolish enough to believe if I had a bigger space then I would get more done.....I do long for a more efficient use of my space. OR maybe room dividers that I can just close up when there is a mess that my built in blinders can no longer block..... maybe that would help....yeah right..more space would be nice! SOO what is a girl to do? PUSH, stuff, fold, push, hide, put away and then repeat.

I do realize that my time problem is an age old issue where most find unique solutions to fit their personalities....however until elves become available I will continue to wallow!

Enough of this procrastination...on with the real world of work!

Art In The Garden, Allegan MI

Just one more day to veg after the Art In The Garden show .......before I jump back onto the prep wagon (art walk in Paw Paw May 14th). The show was a great time ....however I must say I was in a state of undo panic the night before. I was UP till 3 ish before my husband came out in a sleepy stooper informing me that I should get SOME sleep! His suggestion and idea that the bag I had been working on looked like it had walked home from a bar to drunk to drive allowed the perfectionist in me to turn off the sewing machine light, take off some clothing (?) and stumble into bed.

I got up at 5:30 A.M tired of the restless cuddled in a cold ball sleep that I was not getting. I woke, checked the cat to see if her kittens had been birthed (no), checked facebook to see if the shoe choice photos that I sent to my friends had been answered (yes confirmation of my husbands choice), then coffee, and on with the morning.

I arrived at the show ready to unpack the second car load containing yarn, Madeleine at the Lake wall hanging, and the two bags with their matching wallets. Then in an unlike me fashion was done setting up well before the guests/customers arrived!

I made tons of new fiber, potter, and photographer friends...sold 4 scarves and one of my FAVORITE lapel pins and walked away from the show with no permanent scaring!

Northern Skyline treasury

Here is a treasury I created on Etsy last week. It has since expired..but I wanted you all to see a taste of what is in my favorite file on Etsy. If you don't want to hunt for these shops from my favorite file...give a shout and I will get you the info you desire!

New Mixed Fruit treasury on Etsy...hand picked by yours truley

These are a few of my favorite things....from some of my favorite Etsy Friends......

Mud Season Treasury...take a look see!

This treasury made it to the front page of Etsy!!!

yet another treasury!

I've been blogged about!!!

http://www.divinedepth.etsy.com has added an article about myself and a fellow Etsy FAST team member ( http://www.crewlwhorled.etsy.com ). Do go and check out these amazing ladies Etsy shops and read a touch more about us on the blog?

Click the title of this entry to see Divine Depth's blog!

Chocolate for Valentine's Day Treasury !

This treasury will expire on February 12th at 6:55 am. Please take a look! It includes an item for the shop Hearts for Haiti ...a shop where etsians donate their wares to aid those in Haiti! They have raised around 28,000 so far!!!!!

NEw treasury on Etsy

How cute is this dog?

He is wishing you all...as am I a wonderful holiday season!