Front Page Happiness

I woke up to find my Branching Out necklace on etsy's front page this morning, a nice Sunday morning surprise! Thank you to The Lost Earring for curating this lovely list. The Lost Earring's shop is inspired by all of the beloved earrings she has lost over the years. She incorporates natural elements in her jewelry, designing beautiful one of a kind pieces. Take a look at her Leafy Dream Pressed Leaf Floral earrings:

And her Cedar on Blue Sterling Silver Earrings:

These will certainly make up for any earrings you may have lost over the years, don't you think?

What I'm working on

I've been enamoured with the warm tones of brass for the past couple of weeks,  must be the cold winter sinking in, pushing me to seek warmth anywhere I can. I spent the morning going through my sea glass collection, remembering summer, and pulled out these little gems of bonfire glass to set off the brass in this necklace to be. I hope to have it and other new brass and silver pieces listed in my etsy shop next week.

The Little Amaryllis That Almost Didn't

My amaryllis opened today, planted in late November for Christmas, a bit late but beautiful. At first I thought he was a dud- two weeks after he was planted, there was still nothing, not a single green sprout, which is unusal for an amaryllis. Usually you can just stand there and watch them grow. Well, almost. And the cat hasn't bothered him, which is also unusual because he's pretty sure we grow houseplants as salads just for him. I'm going to go stare at my amaryllis a bit longer before I start the Things I have to do today even though I'd rather do anything else list.

The Beach, my favourite theme...

Cobblestonelane has done a beautiful job with this etsy treasury, gorgeous colour mix and of course my favourite theme :)  And a thank you for including our red sea glass necklace. I'm a bit jealous though, had my own treasury all ready in poster sketch, sat by my computer doing the treasury countdown, then, BAM, it was full again. How does that happen? Maybe next time...

What's New in Our Etsy Shop

New in our etsy shop, this little guy is hand forged from sterling silver and hangs on a sterling silver box chain. He is a bigger version of the Strength inukshuk we have available with a little piece of sea glass. Did you know that the plural form is inuksuit? 

Etsy Atlantic Team Treasury

Beautiful job, ArtoftheMoment, on curating this etsy treasury of Atlantic Canadian artisans. And thanks for including our newly listed sea pottery jewelry set. You can see more work by Atlantic Canadians at the Etsy Atlantic team blog here.

Prisoner

I'm a prisoner in my own home. Wait, before you call the police, its self-inflicted. We are in the process of having our roof and front door replaced. No more draft leakiness. I hope. So right now its a big, loud, messy, animals hiding under the furniture because of all the banging, expensive ordeal. But when its all finished, it will be lovely. And because its the way life goes, when Keith was dragging out the Christmas boxes last night, he noticed the hot water tank was leaking. Sigh to everything happening at once. But really we're lucky we caught it before it let go. How's that for positive thinking? I'm trying here :) 

On the brighter side, here is a photo shot off our back deck last week. It was a gorgeous moonrise and I couldn't take my eyes off of it.

Way more satisfying than hot water tanks and shingles.