Wow Wednesday Etsy Sellers I Love

I have a serious purse problem. My love is not the fancy brands that typically bring a girl to her knees at the mere glimpse of their emblem or that parades down the catwalk practically on the kinetic energy of the oohs and aahhhs of the beautiful people. No, my love is the quirky, kitchsy, adorable, changeable, creative stuff.

This seller is a recent discovery and I just love her style. I like her offbeat patterns and the way she's not afraid to use color. I've been accused of the same thing in my decorating however, when they cough before they say it, it makes it seem like it might be a bad thing..

Anyway, check it out: Kirasma

Looks like she does diaper bags and custom orders too!

Wow Wednesday- Etsy sellers I love

Today's favorite Etsy Seller is Old Barn Rescue Company. They do vinyl wall decals and art using vintage and reclaimed items. We've got to re-do Super G's room thanks to springing ANOTHER leak in our plumbing and spending a soggy evening tearing up carpets and padding a few weeks ago. We've finally decided on a color and are probably going with a muted teal-ish color (wow, how specific and technical was that?!)

and we'll need some fresh new ideas for the wall.

So far I'm completely in love with this decal from OldBarnRescueCompany's Etsy shop:

They even have one on sale, but alas the sale one is in brown and I'd like to do white. The white design we had looked so nice last time that I have a hard time not going with it again.

Mr.M loves this one, but I'm not 100% sold on the fact that we're really the cutie patootie sort:

Spend some time moseying around their shop. You're sure to find something you are going to love!

Birthdays

Excited in a small way thanks to some new craft goodies that came in for some new ideas for my Etsy shop. I'll post pics once I get the new things done. I'm always so excited with new materials. On to more important happenings:


So today is the birthday of the Queen Bee of the kid army in our house. She's 18! It's so unbelievable that you spend so much time thinking and planning what those 18 years are going to be like and what you are going to do. Life has a funny way of playing with all of those plans and keeping you thinking on your feet.

I remember being scared to death thinking there was NO way they were going to let me be 100% responsible for making sure she makes it through ok. I'm happy to report she made it here mostly intact but for a few self imposed holes, questionable hair cuts and flirtations with the arts.

Happy Birthday Kiddo!

I'm trying to think back to my favorite birthday gift ever. Hm..there were some albums I'm probably pretty embarassed about at this point {Bay City Rollers anyone?

wow, there's a set of faces only a mother could love!}

a tape recorder and later a boom box. Not surprising that my most memorable gifts all involved music. I would have made a heck of a rock star. I figure I just needed a prescription drug habit and a little luck right?! Unfortunately, I fear I have become The Man. {{sigh}}

in the words of the great Dewey Finn: Give up, just quit, because in this life, you can't win. Yeah, you can try, but in the end you're just gonna lose, big time, because the world is run by the Man. The Man, oh, you don't know the Man. He's everywhere. In the White House... down the hall... Ms. Mullins, she's the Man. And the Man ruined the ozone, he's burning down the Amazon, and he kidnapped Shamu and put her in a chlorine tank! And there used to be a way to stick it to the Man. It was called rock 'n roll, but guess what, oh no, the Man ruined that, too, with a little thing called MTV! So don't waste your time trying to make anything cool or pure or awesome 'cause the Man is just gonna call you a fat washed up loser and crush your soul. So do yourselves a favor and just GIVE UP!

hm, maybe it's good that I gave up on that inspirational speaking thing too.

Where to begin?

There are so many things on my mind these days that I don't know where to begin. Probably my largest new development is that I've joined Port City Community Church and feel like I have fallen into a new home. God and faith are all things that have been bubbling to the surface in the past few years and months. Hopefully, I've found a place where those thoughts and feelings can take root and grow. I've been listening to a lot of the old topics from services and several things have been resonating with me. Strange though how I've always felt like my marriage is one of the most secure I know but after examining several things while digesting the talks from the podcasts, I realize I've been doing so many things wrong and looking at things from a flawed perspective that it's only by the grace of God that I've made it this far. More on this later.

I'm working on some things for a small group at church called Starting Point and I have discovered so many new things. I came into it with so many questions and things on my mind and of course, it has only sparked the flame of curiousity even higher.

I've been super busy with creating some adorable new things for my Etsy shop too. It's nice sitting down to work because it gives me time where my mind is free to roam and really medidate on what's been cooking in my brain. Let's hope it comes out over easy instead of overdone and rubbery.