Etsy Finds

Americana Style

With Memorial Day Weekend here, I can’t help but feel a surge of patriotism. For fun, I’ve gathered up a few favorite finds from Etsy – each with its own Americana style. Canning jar with eagle, Ugly Santa Fine art photograph, Clancy’s Classics 1920’s enameled eagle brooch, Musarra and Company Vintage cotton dishtowel by Junque […]

Mr. Postman

Hello friends! Today I have a few special things to share – all hand made with love and brought to me by Mr. Postman. First up is a sweet little gift from Kristin Robinson. You may be familiar with Kristin through her contributions to the Stampington magazines, including a recent cover of Somerset Life. Kristin is […]

Tarnished Treasures

How about a little Show and Tell? I read a blog recently in which the writer noted, “if the children have Show and Tell at school, why don’t we do the same here on our blogs?” I think this is a big part of what our blogs are about. And for non-writers like me, it’s […]

Wednesday Wishlist {esty}

Hello! Thank you for stopping by after my long absence! I have been away simply enjoying SUMMER. It’s that time of year when a few of the blogs are starting to mention (gasp!) fall colors, cool weather and boot shopping! Okay, hold on here. Wasn’t it just yesterday that everyone was dreaming of warm weather […]

It was Spooktacular!

‘Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween! We were lucky…it sprinkled off and on but that didn’t spoil the fun. Just a quick post here to share a few pictures of our little goblins. This year we had a mad Scientist, Clone Trooper (we’ve seen our fair share of Star Wars costumes over the last few […]

Beautiful treasures from France

Isn’t this necklace just gorgeous?? I must confess I did not make it…some of you may recognize who did though! I have loved Esther’s one of a kind jewelry since I first saw them…and we recently decided to do a trade with our necklaces. This beautiful copper piece came wrapped carefully in it’s own lacy […]

A {beautiful} new shop

Etsy is an even more tempting place for window shopping….Esther of Mes illusions Baroques {Lilibulle} has opened her own shop! I am so happy to share this good news…I had been hoping for some time that this talented painter, mixed media/jewelry artist, interior designer and Mom would bring her French jewelry closer to home. Stop […]

Boys of Summer

Greetings from the beach {again}. Please tell me you’re not tired of stopping by here to find more beach pictures! You know I can’t help myself…this is my favorite season! I’m savoring it for as long as I can. And believe it or not, I’m actually restraining myself from posting even more pictures! 😉 Whew, […]

Wednesday Wishlist {etsy}

I was thinking, it’s been some time since I featured a little Etsy window shopping here on my blog. Rather than highlight random Etsy artists, I thought, why not feature pieces from my own blog-land friends. What fun…browsing through your shops. It’s hard to pick out just one thing, but here goes…. I’ll be doing […]