Slightly Embarrassed

I must say that I'm slightly embarrassed and completely ashamed that I did not keep up with a garden of any kind this year and didn't even take pictures of my sad excuse for one. I keep telling myself it is because I knew, deep down inside, that the Sweet Boy and I would be moving mid-season. That's a lie. I didn't know that. It was chance that we found a house far superior to where we were and chance that we even got it.

I need to stop the lies.

Sitting in my new front yard is a collection of potted peppers, eggplants, hostas and herbs. I did manage to get some of the herbs into the ground the other night, but I stop with the mint. The peppers seem to be happy enough in the cheap, plastic Wal-Mart pots but I know they'd be happier in the ground, where they belong. The hostas also seem quite happy in buckets, pots, and cans, but again, I know that they would much rather be in the ground.

We've had a VERY mild past week or so. I'm not sure where August went, but it hasn't been over 84 degrees in days. We sat for two weeks right around WAY TOO HOT, and now it's quite nice and Septembery. Odd. Odd that the weather is so nice and odd that I'm not taking advantage of it and working on my new garden space.

Instead I disected the drawer on my vintage sewing machine cabinet that I've had for well over a year. The drawer had been peeked at before, but never emptied and examined. I found many good things to distract me from my garden. There were vintage buttons aplenty, needles, spools, bullet casings (?), and prescription medicine labels from the late '60s. Yes, I had plenty to distract me from my garden and now it's too late to go outside. I've been successful once again.

Oh, and I've been neglecting unpacking the last 4 boxes from the move. We'll have company in two nights, I suppose I should go work on that. Enjoy my sewing machine drawer pictures.

Thank You!!!

The TransCanada Etsy Team recently held a scavenger hunt of sorts in their shops. There were a series of questions about the sellers and you had to find out which one it was by searching through their shops. I always love looking through the shops that make up other teams, so, for fun, I joined in on the hunt.

Lucky me - I won!

Team Canada is made up of some wonderful shops who sent some of the neatest things to me. A search for "Team Canada" on Etsy pulls up their shops and their wonderful items. The items you see in the picture came from the following shops:

RikRak
Pinkfire Designs
Laura Bucci
DesignedbyRJ
Puncezilla
Tanis Alexis
Enthral Designs
Starry Eyed Studios
My Hand Bound Books
Piggy-Tails

I hope I included everyone that contributed to the giveaway in this post. If not, please let me know!!!

Take a few minutes and check these shops out. You won't be sorry!

(and just because this little bunny guy is the sweetest thing ever, here's a close up - from Puncezilla)

For you Texas Fans...

I made this necklace, just for you Longhorn fans out there.

Soon to be found in my Etsy shop. And for those of you who root for a team a bit more local to where I am, once I find supplies, you'll have your necklace too.

Best Etsy Forum Thread Ever

Let's start a glossary...

Please enjoy accordingly.

Newbies

After many months of eyeing these retaining/retainer (not sure which it is) rings, I finally broke down and rewarded myself for not purchasing anything on Etsy for a month. I think they were well deserved. They sat on my desk for about a week until inspiration hit.

I think they fit well into my shop and I'm quite happy with their outcome. Now, provided I can find a good spot to photograph my jewelry tomorrow, I'll list them in my shop by tomorrow evening. I only have two things working against me - my camera has died and I'm using The Sweet Boy's camera (note the learning curve) and I've moved away from the PERFECTLY worn window sill that I was using before.

Picture taking may never be the same.

In Preperation

I received good news from one of my best friends yesterday. My roommate from college, Barbara, will be coming up in September to watch the Texas vs. Arkansas game right here in Fayetteville. They are playing in Austin, but getting tickets to that game is impossible so I convinced her to come wear some Texas gear here in the Ozarks and help me root for our team.

That is when the panic set in. I don't have any Longhorn shirts that were not from my time in Austin. They are old, some have holes, and most have stains. Thankfully, the University Co-op makes it easy to do a bit of shopping online and new shirts were purchased. Crisis avoided. This is one of the two I bought -

The other one is navy blue, which looks super with burnt orange. I cannot wait for game day on Sept. 14. Hook 'em Horns!

Cuttin' it up

I've been toying with the idea to get my hair cut for a few weeks now. I took the plunge today and called the only salon that was open (I'm sure there were more, but so many of them are closed on Mondays). They had ONE appointment available with a guy named Brandon. Let me tell you, Brandon at The Pink Papaya is AMAZING. My hair looks just like the picture.

Just like it.

And I lurve it.