christmas comes early

I gave J one of his bday gifts a little early (his actual bday is 12/15). we had decided to hijack the tail end of Fenix's party to celebrate J's birthday as well. Our friends were giving him gifts so I decided to give him his big gift (a Wii). I guess he got caught up in all of the gift giving so he gave me one of my Christmas gifts early.

These wooden hoops from Leviticus Jewelry:


I love them! They feel so light on your ears - I kept touching my earlobes all through the next day to be sure that they hadn't fallen out.

Now that I have these it's kinda piqued my interest in other wooden jewelry items. Check out some of these:

from etsy seller carpedraco


from etsy seller ZsBcreations


from etsy seller effiehandmade

cute clutches

I've been putting my new sewing machine to good use since I got it. After a bit of experimentation I've refined some ideas that I had about little clutches that I wanted to make and I have a couple of finished pieces that I'm really happy with. I'll probably sell these on my etsy site.

Here they are:
Black leather with green chenille leaf applique:




Loden green, wool felt with black felt f hole applique:

etsy finds

this week on etsy i WANT:

pirate booties:


hemp wrap dress:


very cute organic fiber dress:

sweater bags

I had a dream the other night that I sewed up all these nifty handbags and wristwarmers made from old sweaters. Apparently others have had the same vision so my idea isn't so... uh unique. Here are some cool examples that I found on etsy while poking around.

stretchy wool bag


recycled jcrew sweater bag


green sweater tote

etsy finds

my faves from a search for the term "phoenix":

i sold 5 things on etsy!

I sold 2 hats and three blankets from my etsy site. I have an offline order for another hat too. So exciting. I wish I had more time to do this stuff! I'd sew and knit stuff for babies any day over testing software.

etsy... finally!

Finally got my etsy site going. Only four items listed so far but I have a couple of hats to add to that and will add more and more as I make new things. Come check me out over there.

Metagestation on Etsy

Here's the final set of blankets that are up for sale on the site:

chime balls?

I got these really cool soft fabric covered chime balls for Fenix's room.
I thought they were a really cute accent/decoration that can double as toys. They make very light chime-y sounds when you shake them.

etsy finds

Etsy is one of my favorite websites. I check for new stuff almost daily.
I plan to do a regular series on cool things I find there. Maybe you'll buy something and I can live vicariously through you!?

I found these items while browsing the baby section:

soft baby shoes:


cute kimono set:


incredibly cute hat: