Beautiful Steal of a Deal

During my time on etsy, I have met some really great friends. This particular post spotlights a lady who’s been a rock for me! Her name is Bette and her shop is called lvsbeadsnthings. (Just click her shop name to go straight to her shop.)

One new creation she has is such a perfect and affordable Mother’s Day gift. Her new birthstone rings:

How gorgeous are these? I love them! Plus she makes them herself, so they can’t be found anywhere else. They can be special ordered by just contacting her and they are only $12.99 each!!! What a BARGAIN!

Such a beautiful idea from a beautiful lady!

Awwwww Foohy!

Being from the South, we have some quirky sayings and exclamations. One of the funniest to me is when something doesn’t quite go my way, I might say “Awwwww Foohy!”

Imagine my delight to find a seller on etsy named “Foohy” with all sorts of wonderful goodies. How cute is that name and please, please look at her avatar – so perfectly cute. Who says there’s not innocent fun anymore!?!? I have visited her shop multiple times and she’s become such a dear friend. She actually has another shop in addition to her Foohy shop called “Mootsie“. Both of them are equally as fabulous. Foohy sells all sorts of wonderful supplies – paper, vintage, beads, charms and more. I am consistently inspired when I look through her things!!

Some petite pink pearls (imagine the possibilities!):

And some vintage brass lockets:

Then, Mootsie has so many lovely things like this Sense and Sensibility bracelet:

and this shabby/cottage/chic banner:

This lady is super nice and you will be oh-so-happy with anything you get from her. I happily sing her praises because she is so very worthy!

Love you Audrey!!

All photos courtesy of Foohy and Mootsie.

My Luck Is Changing??

I have always had no luck at contests and usually never win anything. This past week, though, I won a beautiful pair of earrings from JaniesJoli on etsy. She is such a dear friend to me and I met her almost a year ago, around the time I started with etsy.  Just look at them:

They look almost black, but they are really a deep garnet color – so pretty! I love her jewelry AND her beauty/bath shop, too. She is oh-so-talented! Please visit her jewelry shop called JaniesJoli and her bath and beauty shop called BubblySensations. This lady is truly a sweetheart and such a joy to work with. You won’t be disappointed in anything you get from her!

Treasury Feature

I am so incredibly honored to be in treasuries. Any time it happens, it absolutely makes my day!! I need to start showing you those here, so I can remember who did what and repay them in some of my future treasuries, as well. I always try to include some of my friends, some people I don’t know, and some people who have featured one of my things, when I can. I think it’s just the right thing to do

Here’s the latest one made by acottagehearth:

 http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=39351

She features a treasury all about laundry and called it, appropriately, “Off Balance”. This is the item from my shop that she features:

Thanks so much, acottagehearth! It is adorable!!

Truly Inspirational

Just last week I mentioned getting my google reader full of the blogs I frequent. I absolutely LOVE this feature and highly recommend it to cut so much time off your day if you are physically going to each site. This allows me to see things sooner and easy – I am so diggin’ me some google reader!!

That brings me to my reason for this most wonderful post. One of the most inspirational sites I have discovered has to be one from a lady named Analise. Now, I don’t know her, but I feel like I do. She seems like such a sweet and wonderful lady. Click here to see her blog. Just looking at her pictures makes me so excited and inspired to create pretty things.

Here’s a little sampling of those things that just inspire me to no end:

All of these pretties and sooooo many more things that you will just swoon over are located in her shop leesiebella on etsy.