Afghan Scarf

Meet my new scarf! I suppose if I am going to introduce you I should give it a name. It is only the polite thing to do. I'll start over. Meet Miss Agatha! She looks like an Agatha don't you think?

This has been my project this week. It definitely took longer than I anticipated. It is so soft, and plush, and warm. And maybe just a tad heavy. I doubled up the strands of yarn and tried a new stitch called "Pineapple." Each bobble consists of 16 strands! It didn't turn out anything like the picture showed, but I love the result! Because of the thickness it is a bit like a portable afghan. Perfect!

It measures 100"x12"

Now if I only had somewhere cold to wear it! North Pole here I come!

Personalize your Mother's Day

Another great etsy artist I stumbled across----Polarity. She uses recycled auto parts to create unique lockets, bracelets and earrings. And as I love one of a kind and slightly off jewelry (see older posts) I am loving her style.

Follow this giveaway link to her blog for your chance to enter and win a personalized locket set.

Check out her other shop Uncorked for more awesomeness!

to create is to destroy

found this online. loved it. wanted to share.

A Sylvia-Louise Giveaway!

Win a headband and matching bracelet!

Contest ends April 30th.

A few weeks ago blogger Say Something Stacey contacted us about participating in a feature about handmade artists on Etsy. We've never had anyone approach us about a giveaway before. This is our very first. We are extremely excited. It will be interesting to see what kind of response we get.

For details check out her blog. Best of luck to everyone!

Earth Day Series Giveaway

This week I have discovered another AMAZING artist on Etsy. TheBrokenPlate. She recycles and makes beautiful jewelry pieces. Her thimble necklaces are my favorite. I would definitely wear one. A few years ago while in Kauai I found some hand painted incense burner holders. I fell in love with them and turned them into necklaces for myself. I've had lots of complements. I love the idea of taking something that doesn't belong and making it work out as something else---kind of my general philosophy of life.

Anyway, the rikrak studio is doing a series of giveaways in honor of Earth Day. This particular one features TheBrokenPlate.

Click here giveaway link to enter.

Emelia Jane Photography

My new favorite artist on Etsy is Emelia Jane Photography. I discovered her when I was searching out new artists to include in my "Oh . . . the stories I could tell" treasury collection. She is an amazing artist! And she's super nice. She created a write up about me and two other artists who included her work in their treasuries.  Her blog is fantastic and even has a "Thank You" section Sylvia-Louise is lucky to included in.

These are a few of my favorite Emelia Jane photographs.

Little Homes Have A New Home

One of my favorite artists on Etsy is thelittlereddoor. She makes the cutest little ceramic items. I've wanted to order something for a long time. I finally had a reason---DD was moving offices for her new position in financial aid and redecorating. I special ordered these 2 custom houses to match her black, white and red London theme. I've been watching the mail everyday for the past couple of weeks, and today they arrived! DD loved them, and since we were out and about we took them to her new office. Ta-da!

Even better? When I ordered DD's houses thelittlereddoor was having a buy one get one promotion. So I got a couple of houses for myself! Hooray! They are adorable. And I'm happy one of the houses actually has a little red door (because red is my favorite color).  They were too cute not to immediately take photos of and post.