Since I’m in the midst of major preparations for my 3rd Annual Hand Crafted Hoedown for the Holidays I thought it would be fitting to do a themed Thursday on some of the fabulous and fun looking DIY projects you can purchase on etsy.  I’ll start with something for the ‘green’ lover. A DIY Terrarium […]

Here you go! KEYWORDS: harvest owl x 3 love plum teal rustic x 3 peppermint x 2 winter accessories x 2 mustard mint rust recycled   INSPIRED BY: Holiday Decor Eco-Friendly Fashion Winter Holidays x 4 the harvest x 2 miniatures heirlooms {would be a good tag for quilts…} owls mod luck travel a woodland […]

I have an obsession with buying books.  I just love them…ecspecially books with different projects in them.  I recently purchased one with an adorable belt project in it.  I made the first one per instructions (not pictured here) and it turned out great BUT I had to modify a few things to make it easier […]

This week’s Sunday Gift Guide is to help out folks that need to buy people like me gifts.  To know if you need to buy for a person like me I’ll help you out a little. I am an under 30 mom of two little girls that stays home with them and runs her etsy […]

  If you are in the Middleton Area today make sure to stop by my aunt Becky’s Holiday Craft Fair.  I was there yesterday morning and took pictures of the fabulous collection of handmade goods.    Some of the things you’ll see are: hand-crafted fall and winter decorations, fused glass jewelry, fused glass bottles and […]

This is a picture of my husband (Frank and/or Jared) from a close friend of mine’s wedding last May.  She just posted it on Facebook and I just LOVE it!  Maybe that’s weird but aren’t we cute?

My oldest little girl, Cedi is going to be turning three at the end of the month and I just love to dress her up!  I have to be honest, I have a hard time shopping at the ‘normal’ stores at this point…I’ve been spoiled by etsy.  This is a picture of her in one […]

This past weekend I went to the Quilts By Barb Quilt Retreat and I have actually finished one of the projects I started there.  (I started three…what was I thinking?   I know what I was thinking…I wanted to learn everything that they were teaching even though one of the teachers is my MIL and I […]

I was away this past weekend at a quilt retreat held by my Husband’s aunt, aka, Quilts by Barb.  I returned home Sunday afternoon to a baby Capri with some very, very, very blue feet.  My husband’s reply…”It just happened.”  I felt that things could have been worse…the blue will come off and the girls […]

The response from last week is that people are finding this post helpful so I’m going to continue to do it for awhile. So, here we go…the keywords from last week’s front page on etsy.KEYWORDSwoodlandfeatherowl x 2plumecomintswedish INSPIRED BYan etsy Holiday x 2fall harvestwinter Holidays x 2travela dark romanceboyfriendsroses MISCELLANEOUSPlanning the Perfect Holiday PartyHoliday Gift […]