Fourth of July Barbeque!

Happy Fourth of July!  I hope you all have some fun plans to celebrate today.  We are taking the family to see CARS 2...it will be my 3 1/2 year old's first movie experience!  Then later we'll have a BBQ and of course light off some fireworks!

I was inspired to create a treasury on Etsy for the 4th and thought today was the perfect day to share it with all of you!  Enjoy!

You can click HERE to find the links to all these great shops!

How Sweet It Is

I have a huge sweet tooth...it is my weakness.  If you are a sugar lover too then you will love these fun and yummy items I found on Etsy.  Enjoy!

Click HERE to see this treasury up close with links to all these fun shops!

We are off to the swimming pool this morning...have a sweet day!

You're Invited...

to a lovely garden party! 

I have been adding more card making kits for kids to my Etsy shop recently and decided to spend some time browsing other Etsy shops and create a treasury.  Click HERE to access this treasury on Etsy with all the links to these lovely items and shops.

Have a beautiful day!

Treasury Tuesday - Champagne and Roses

Hello! Just popping in to share my newest treasury...Champagne and Roses.

For a closer look at these beautiful items and the links to the shops that sell them, click HERE.

Short and sweet for me today...enjoy your evening!

Treasury Tuesday - The Perfect Party!

Can you believe 2010 is almost over?! Every year I feel like it has gone by so fast. In thinking about the New Year, I thought it would be fun to find great party items on Etsy. So here are my must haves for the perfect New Year's Eve party!

To see these items up close along with links to the shops that create them, click HERE.

I also found two other great holiday party themed treasuries.

Cranberry Party

Holiday Party

Have a wonderful evening! I've got to work on a few Etsy orders and some Christmas gifts too!

Treasury Thursday - Gifts for Everyone on Your List!

Happy Thursday everyone! If you are still in need of some great gift ideas, I have you covered! Today I created a treasury full of fabulous items from my fellow Washingtonians and I am going to show you some of my Etsy Christmas purchases too!From great jewelry to fun art prints, these shops have something for everyone...guys, girls, teachers, kids, babies, and even the dog lover! Click HERE to see these items up close along with links to the shops.

And here are some of the things I have already bought this holiday season on Etsy.

How fun are these capes from Pip and Bean?! I am so excited to give these to my boys. I got to customize the colors and instead of the Superman S, I put their first initial on them. I can't wait for these to arrive and see how my boys like them!

I am super excited to try out these sidewalk paints from Sidewalk Sensations! There are a variety of colors and they have mini sets that would make great party favors.

I am also planning to get some yummy lip balms from Flourish Bath & Body. I love the pear and will be sure to pick up a new flavor for me to try too! :)

Have you purchased some great gifts on Etsy this year? Feel free to share you fun finds in the comments section!

Treasury Tuesday - All I Want For Christmas...

Happy Tuesday everyone! We have snow, ice, and super cold temps here so it is another cozy day inside for us. We are enjoying the family time and getting stuff done around the house. As most of you know by now, I love Etsy...it is a wonderful handmade community and I am always finding new goodies to put on my wish list. With Christmas around the corner, I thought I'd create a treasury filled with some of my favorite things that I would love to have wrapped up under the tree for me this year! :)

If you see some things you'd like to or might be a great gift for someone you know, click HERE to see the treasury up close along with links to all these fabulous items.

And for more great gift ideas, you might want to take a peek at these wonderful treasuries too!

100% Recycled Gift Guide

Gift Guide For Teachers

I Love Grey! Gift Guide

Treasury Thursday

Well, Tuesday and Wednesday kind of got away from me...so I moved Treasury Tuesday to today! :) This week I was inspired to create a honey themed treasury after finding a few lovely golden items while browsing Etsy.

You can find the links to all these wonderful items by clicking HERE.

And three fellow Etsians have included my Christmas button tree cards in their holiday treasuries. You can check them out here:

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

Pine and Berry...Wondrous Woodland Gifts

Fired Up for the Holidays!

Have a great Friday! I'll be back Saturday with my Etsy Inspired project.

Treasury Tuesday - Great Gift Ideas!

Happy Tuesday everyone! I am enjoying a quiet day at home with my little one and took some time this morning to create a treasury on Etsy. As the holiday season gets closer I know we all are looking for the perfect gifts for family and friends and Etsy has some wonderfully unique and lovely items to choose from. I decided to create a treasury for all those crafty people out there who enjoy trying a new craft or having fun with a do it yourself project.

You can find links to all the shops that sell these items by clicking HERE.

And I found several other treasuries full of great gift ideas too!

A Unisex Gift Guide, Naturally!

Cream and Black, Gift Guide under $35

A Gift Guide for the Home Decorator

Also, I have fun card sets and card making kits for kids in my shop that are sure to put a smile on a loved ones face! :)

Have a great week! I'm going to be spending lots of quality time with my family this week so I probably won't post again until Saturday for the Etsy Inspired Challenge!

Treasury Tuesday - On a cold, winter morning...

Each Tuesday I share a treasury I've created as well as a few other fabulous treasuries I have found throughout the week. I personally find a lot of inspiration from Etsy and sometimes a gorgeous treasury will inspire me to create a project around that theme or color combination and other times I find new favorite shops and some amazing items that I probably would not have discovered otherwise. So, I hope sharing them will do the same for you! :)

On a cold, winter morning...

Gorgeous, right?! Such talented artists on Etsy! You can see this treasury up close with links to these great items by clicking HERE.

Here are a few other winter inspired treasuries:
Let It...Snow

Winter Wish List

Let It Snow!

Treasury Tuesday - Giving Thanks

Happy Tuesday everyone! Today was filled with running errands, a trip to the doctor for my sick little guy, and visiting with some family we haven't seen in awhile...so super busy, but good. And I think my little one is on his way to feeling better...Yeah!

Every Tuesday I am taking time to create a treasury on Etsy and share it with you all here for some inspiration and maybe some new discoveries or gift ideas too! :) And along with my treasury I like to share links to a few other favorites that I have seen as well.

Although Halloween is this weekend, I am actually already more focused on Thanksgiving. For me it is always a time to pause and take count of all that I have to be thankful for. So that is what inspired my treasury this week.


I'm thankful for so many things but some that I featured in this treasury represent family, friends, my children, education, nature, dance, love, laughter, and my home. To check out this treasury up close along with links to the shops that sell these wonderful items, click HERE.

And here are a few other treasuries that were created with the giving thanks theme in mind.

Giving Thanks in Style

Give Thanks...

Let's Give Thanks and Smile!

Enjoy your evening! I need to work on my goal for this week...catch you later!

Treasury Tuesday - Autumn Splendor

Don't you just love Fall?! Yesterday as I was driving my son to school, I passed by a lovely row of trees that were just bursting with color. I love the chill in the air, trips to the pumpkin patch, warming up with a cup of tea or hot chocolate, snuggling up with a blanket and a good book, and all the beautiful fall colors that nature creates. So, when I went searching Etsy for great items for a treasury this week it was no surprise when I was instantly attracted to all the warm colors of autumn inspired items. Take a look at these lovely finds.

I'm thinking that I really need one of those wreaths to help bring fall into my home. You can check out the treasury up close with links to all the fabulous shops HERE.

Here are a few more lovely autumn treasuries created by other Etsians.

Red Autumn

Okey Dokey Artichokey (I just love this unique title and interesting collection)

Cranberry Treats

I hope you enjoy these wonderful collections of Etsy items and find a little fall inspiration! If you've created a treasury or these treasuries inspired you to create a new fall item, I'd love to see it...just leave a link in the comments section and I'll be sure to check it out!

We are going to look at 3 potential houses today (yes, we're still trying to find the perfect house) and our house is still on the market as well. So, hopefully we will fall in love with one of them. :) But if not, I know it will all come together at the right time. Enjoy your day!

Treasury Tuesday!

Hello! So today marks the beginning of some new regularly scheduled blog posts. Every Tuesday I will be sharing a treasury I have created on Etsy as well as a few of my favorites created by other Etsians. My hope is that you will find inspiration in these collections as well as maybe a few gift ideas or lovely goodies for yourself!

This week I created a very tranquil treasury that I think has a peaceful, winter feel to it.

Click HERE to see the treasury up close and to visit the great shops that created these items.

Here are two other treasuries I found to be quite lovely and calming as well.
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4caf45cec2268eef27ed1e20/photographic-treasury-pastel-rainbow#4cb0f23791928eeffa328627

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4ca2a518fd8a6d9173b07499/shhhhhh#4cb0f309b3b06d91b0c4aaae

And if you enjoy Robert Frost's poetry, check out this treasury that I created two weeks ago:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4cab7f6370f08eef52e34026/two-roads-diverged-in-a-yellow-wood?index=2

I'd love to hear what you think about these treasuries or this new feature on my blog!

Just Breathe

That is my mantra for this week. My little one is starting preschool this week and between both of my son's schools I have a lot of commitments like helping in the classroom each week, monthly meetings, and class jobs such as newsletter editior. So, last night as I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by the influx of about 20 emails full of school info, I took some time to just breathe, browse Etsy, and I came up with this tranquil treasury which I titled Pure Zen.

This morning I took some time to add new items to my shop such as buttons, creativity kits, and cards. And for those of you who have been wondering where my card making kits for kids went, I have been redesigning them and will be listing several by the end of the month.

Here is one of the new cards I listed.

Wishing you a peaceful and relaxing day!

Who wants to go Shopping with me?!

I love Etsy! I always find so many unique, fun, and beautiful items. It's a good thing that I am careful with my spending! :) However, as part of the Etsy community myself, I definitely now look to Etsy when it comes time to buy a special gift. And with Christmas slowly sneaking up on us, I have been keeping my eye out for great gift ideas. Care to do a little browsing with me?! :)

Here are two treasuries I created recently that are filled with fabulous items from some wonderful shops.

First up, a warm, fall inspired treasury filled with yummy chocolate colored items.


Click HERE to check out all these items along with links to the shops that create them!

Next up is a treasury filled with items that just make me happy. I love the colors and summer feel to this collection.

Click HERE to see these items up close and to take a closer look at the shops that they came from.

My most recent Etsy purchase was from THIS shop. And I have my eye on THIS shop...love their photograph sets of Paris in yellow and green.

I always love to discover new shops, so if you have a favorite Etsy shop or own an Etsy shop yourself, I'd love to hear from you...please leave me a comment!

Inspired By

Hello! I have been loving hearing from all of you what inspires you. You still have one more day to get your comments in HERE to win a free stamp and one more day to get your entry in for the Etsy Inspired Challenge for your chance to win BIG! :)

So as I have been reading about what inspires you all, I have been thinking a little about what inspires me...my boys, magazines/blogs, fabulous products, and I realized that I'm very inspired by what is going on in my life at any given moment. If I'm feeling a little down I may create a cheery card to lift my spirits or a soft, subtle card to fit my mood. Right now with all the house stuff we have going on I have even found inspiration in that. In focusing on my yard and trying to get my grass nice and green, I was inspired to create THIS grass green treasury on Etsy.

And while cleaning out all my craft supplies I found some scraps of paper that I just couldn't recycle or put away again in some box, so I whipped up this little card.

I hope you all are having a wonderful week! We enjoyed a trip to the zoo yesterday followed by some swimming. Tonight my boys are camping out in the yard with Daddy! Hooray for uninterrupted crafting time for Mommy! :)

Happy Sunday!

Well, they originally had predicted a nice sunny day for us here in WA but instead it has been a little dreary. I don't usually mind the rain but we had a birthday party at a park to attend today and I was hoping it was going to be a little nicer. Oh well, the boys still had a good time! :) I thought I'd take a minute to share two new treasuries I created on Etsy this past week.

Vintage Pearl

Lavender Sky
If any of these items look like something you might like to own or take a closer look at you can check out the shops by clicking HERE and HERE.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Look what I got!!!

Brand new, yummy papers from Echo Park Paper Company's first collection Sweet Summertime and I am in love!!! It is so colorful and fun with adorable patterns, stickers and journaling tags too! My scrapbook store got an order of this paper in the day before they closed their doors and so I snagged two full sets of the stuff plus a few extra papers too. I had to make sure I had at least two of each paper in case I want to make some fun double page summer scrapbook layouts, right?! :) Plus I thought I would list a little bit of it in my Etsy shop too...that's right...I have two smaller 6x6 sets that I am selling in my shop along with some great new May Arts and American Crafts ribbon.

This line is not one that you will keep sitting in your drawer for years to come...you are going to want to tear into it and get crafting! And that is exactly what I did!

I truly love every piece of paper and sticker in this collection (no I am not receiving any compensation for these comments!) :) I have been meaning to submit some thank you cards for the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol competition and this paper totally got my mojo flowing. I made the flowers 3 dimensional by popping up the front row of flowers on some foam squares and don't you just love the green polka dot scallop border! I thought it worked great as grass! The only part of this card that is not from the Echo Park Sweet Summertime collection is the rhinestones that I added...I think they add that extra something to the card.

I'd love to hear your thoughts! Have you seen this collection yet...do you love it too?

HERE is the set I am offering in my Etsy shop.


And along with the Summertime theme, I also created a new treasury on Etsy titled Summer at the Market...check it out up close along with links to the great shops I discovered HERE.

Have a wonderful day!

Relaxed, Refreshed, Renewed!

So, yesterday I had a whole day to craft and hang out with friends...kid-free! It was a much needed and much overdue break for me and I am feeling so great today! I completed several scrapbook pages yesterday, enjoyed chatting with friends, and had a lovely dinner out too. I am feeling rested and full of energy, patience, and joy today...yeah! It is just what I needed and it made me realize that I really do need to be better about taking time for myself because it's good for me which in turn is good for my kiddos too! :)

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend too! I thought I would share the birthday card that I made for my friend who had the party yesterday.

I really love the fun colors in this Creative Imaginations Studio 101 birthday line and the cute cupcake 3d stickers too! Did you notice my ruffled ribbon? I actually created that myself using some seam binding and my sewing machine! :)

I also thought I would share my new treasury which was inspired by Cath's new Moxie Fab challenge using the ever so trendy...chair. Yep, who knew furniture images would be so trendy?! I don't know that I will create any chair projects myself but I sure had fun finding some great chair items on Etsy...take a peek!

Click HERE to see the treasury up close along with links to some great shops! I would love to have those light blue chairs in my dream house! :)

Enjoy the rest of your day! I'm off to play with my boys...I missed not getting to hang out with them yesterday! :) I mean, really, how could you not want to spend every waking moment with these two adorable kids!

Water, Earth, and Sky

Hi there!

I wanted to share my latest Etsy Treasury with you all. It is a combination of many shops, colors, and things I love...hope you like it too!

You can click HERE to check out the treasury close up along with links to the shops.

Have a great day!