Etsy Shop and Blog Hop

Oh, this is fun.  The Helping Others Street Team on Etsy is doing an Etsy Shop and Blog Hop. 

Here I'm posting the items I like from the two shops above me:

These business cards from SpellPages are pretty and useful.
My sister is a fan of Chai Tea, so I'm sure she'd love this blend from IvyKeep.

Want to play?  Here's the code to join. It's fun!

Etsy Saturday

I'm starting a new series:  Etsy Saturday.  Just interesting things I find on Etsy.  I've been buying on Etsy for a couple of years, but only since I opened my shop have I been spending more time there.  And I'm constantly amazed by what you can find.

This is one of my latest finds.  I'm a huge fan of  Aquolina's Pink Sugar perfume.  It's sweet and light and I often get compliments on it.  But it's expensive.  Do you know there are people on Etsy who sell dupes?  And they are exactly the same and a fraction of the cost?  It's true.  I bought an exact duplicate from Caribbean Scents and I love it. 

The beauty section of Etsy is enormous; definitely worth your time.

Heat Relief

Too hot to do anything here except think of ice cream.  So I created a little Etsy Treasury in celebration of that wonderful combination of strawberry, chocolate and vanilla!

The Ultimate in Creativity?

This is a place you could easily kill a couple of hours -- and subsequently gain a few pounds.  It's Chocri -- where you can design your own chocolate bar.  Choose your chocolate (only dark for me), then add your choice of fruit, spices, nuts, confections, decor and grains.

The choices are truly amazing:  everything from candied lilac to ground chili.  You can also purchase Recommended Creations.  Instant Wealth looks positively yummy!

Adventures in Shrink Plastic

So I have some ideas for some new kinds of jewelry using shrink plastic.  Today was prototyping.  The big thing I learned?  This stuff is hard -- even before you bake it! I tried using a regular craft knife to cut it -- barely made a scratch.  I had to break out the big utility knife from the basement.  Still, I had fun playing with it.  Hope to incorporate it into some new jewelry soon.

Playing Junior Stylist

Nicole over at lillyella has a fun feature called Couture du Jour.  And today she's featuring the outfit I put together!  And it all started with this top from ModCloth.  Click over to lillyella to see the post.