Since I won’t see my mom on Mother’s Day this year I had to be a bit proactive and ordered her presents early so I could wrap and ship them myself. To be honest, this is what I do for most family birthdays and holidays, because we live nowhere near family and I love wrapping gifts. [...]
You know how it is. You sit down with your coffee and you think “I’ll just look at Etsy for two minutes.” Half an hour later and you’re still clicking, hearting, and shopping. Here’s what I found on my last trip down the handmade rabbit hole of lovely things. 1) Chalkboard Mug 2) Porcelain Bottle [...]
I’ve been a fan of Shanna Murray’s work for ages and of course I adore her new Spring collection. It’s a lovely mix of ribbons, wreaths of clover, and thoughts. I’d be happy to scoop up the whole shop, but if I had to pick a favorite it would be this one. Be brave. You [...]
I was sitting at the dinning room table painting my nails when I remembered a video that I had seen popping up on Etsy lately. I had been meaning to watch it so I pulled it. It surprised me with its loveliness. “With a needle and fiber, of course, anything can be done. This is [...]
Heads up! I’m working on a brand new line of cozy things for the shop. September 1, 2012 the shop will undergo a complete transformation. I’m so excited! This also means that I will not be making any more cozies. What you see is what I’ve got and once they’re gone they are gone. Get [...]
Months ago when there was still snow on the ground Joel asked for a pair of fingerless gloves. He designs and builds websites all day and wanted to keep his hands and wrists warm. I was excited about the project, ran right out and picked up the yarn, flipped through my stitch dictionary, and made [...]
I feel like I can never promote the wonderful handmade artists and vintage shopkeepers of the world enough. So here’s a little something I pulled together inspired by this morning’s weather. When Cors and I went out this morning, the sky was grey with little wispy pink clouds. Just like this collection: You can find [...]
A lot of times on this ol’ blog I mention my homework/schoolwork/grad school etc. I haven’t shown you what that really looks like much because I’m still learning basic stuff and I don’t think it will be all that exciting to you, but this semester I’m seeing a little progress. This is a peak at [...]
A few days ago an email from Jeska popped into my inbox. I knew something wonderfully lovely would be waiting inside and I was right! Jeska has set herself the challenge of creating a unique matchbox every day for the month of February. She’s doing this to support her Valentine who is running the London [...]
Tabletop Made is a Santa Barbara, CA based, letterpress stationary collaboration between Karis and Sarah. The ladies were kind enough to spare a little time for to share more about their work here today. I’m so glad they did! I’m sure you’ll just love Tabletop Made, too! You can visit their Etsy shop, website, and blog, [...]
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