Spring Flowers...

We never did seem to have spring this year so it never seemed the right time to list some springish items on Etsy. But now that the weather is behaving and we're supposed to have beautiful weather with out humidity, I'm feeling the need for color and fun. So tonight I uploaded some fun glass flower earrings with crystals. I have a pair of these earring that I made for myself in pinks and purples and they are really cute. I also have a pair in light pink, if you're interested in those check out the sale section in either of my shops. Hope you're having just as nice weather wherever you are!

Oh, and here's a terrible joke I heard today on this subject: If April showers bring May flowers, what to May flowers bring? Pilgrims!  :)  (I know, I know, my sense of humor is terrible).

Backyard Bliss

One of the best things about having a single-family home as opposed to a condo or townhouse is that we have a backyard with a pretty big back deck. It's a lot of yard work but we're not sick of it yet. The deck needs to be refinished, which is a project for next summer, but I didn't want to wait until then to use it so I went ahead and decorated!

We bought a patio set at Sears, 6 chairs and a table with an umbrella that you can angle. The umbrella is quite handy because we get a lot of sunlight in the afternoons here. I also added little pots that hang off of the railing and filled them with different colors of begonias. Pete said they looked like something a kindergarden would have since they were such bright colors but with our beige house and beige patio furniture I thought a little color was nice. I also got a big pot of some pretty purple flowers, 

although I have no clue what they are. I haven't killed them yet so they must be something hardy.

The best thing about my nice relaxing backyard is that the wireless internet reaches out there so I can sit outside and enjoy the nice weather (when we have it) while still getting some work done. And I've had a lot to do recently moving all 74 items I have in my Etsy shop over to my ArtFire shop. I love my macbook but sometimes it would be really handy to have a nice big screen for things like that. Anyway, back to the backyard. We also have lots of great plants actually planted out there. I'll have images soon. Until then, I'm going back outside to soak up some sun and get some work done on ArtFire. Hope you're having fun enjoying the holiday weekend!

Official Hoop Earring Day!

I made a pair of cute hoop earrings with small red crystals dangling off of them a while ago and am constantly surprised by how few views they get when I put them on to Etsy or ArtFire. Just the other day I put them on ArtFire and they got 1 view while everything else I uploaded at that time got 5-10. So you can imagine my surprise when I took a break from emptying my kitchen for demolition to check my email and found that they had sold! I love getting that "you made a sale" email, it's very exciting. 

And since my cute hoop earrings are now on their way to their new home I decided to list another pair of crystal hoop earrings (photo on left) in honor of them. These earrings have pink and red crystals and are quite pretty. I hope they find a good home soon!