Daily Sprinkle 4~5~11

How cute is this necklace?!  I neeeed it!  And I love to support handmade too.....win, win! 

 http://www.etsy.com/listing/64976827/lust-so-what-if-its-a-deadly-sin?ref=pr_shop

Daily Sprinkle: 4~1~11

Poetic Licence Summer Bloom

I have been stalking these shoes for a couple of weeks now but have managed to restrain myself for now.   And it totally makes me want to be Harley Quinn for Halloween!

What do you think?  Should I take the plunge?  I don't know how much longer I can wait...

Lately I feel like there are so many things that I want to accomplish and so many things that I am working on that I am not doing any of them as well as I would like.  I long for a clean, organized home that stays that way for more than a day or two.  More time to bring the ideas floating in my head into fruition: update the jewelry site, practice new metal techniques, get the line in more stores, learn to sew and knit.  Be more organized at work.  Cook at home more and not the same old thing (kind of hard when I despise the grocery store).  Spend more time with friends and family and to actually be present when I am with them - not making lists or planning my next project and not being lost in my phone or computer looking at endless inspiration on the web.  The problem is that I refuse to accept that I can't be great at all these things.  So I'll keep searching for more time in a day until I figure out how to do it all; dedicate a piece of each day to each of those things until little by little I get there.  And now it's out there, I wrote it down...

True love

No matter what kind of day you've had, this always fixes it for me.

A winter pick-me-up

These 3 white hydrangea stems begged me to bring them home from Trader Joe's yesterday.  Since they're my favorite flower, how could I say no?  Plus they look absolutely perfect in my new Anthropologie pitcher

Week of Gratitude

I first set out to post a month of thanks leading up to Thanksgiving.  But I always to seem to have too many ideas and not enough time.  So here I am, 9 days til turkey and I am just starting.  I was fortunate in graduate school to have a dear friend who "created" work for me.  Times were definitely tight as most of my free time had to be spent studying with not enough time for working.  This dear family friend hired me to babysit the cutest boy ever born.  I was able to study while I worked and her trips to the grocery store or even the mall resulted in some treats for me.  When the time came for the family to move on, I was in my last bit of school.  She continued to pay me to check on the house, drop goods off to the homeless shelter, etc.  I know that this was her way of helping me out but maintaining my dignity by not making it a handout.  I was included in family vacations that I never would have been able to afford.  She went on to have 2 more children and even though they lived miles away, would fly me out to spend time with them, my other family.  Those children remain terribly dear to me and taught just how endless love can be.  She's not the sentimental type so to express my vast amount of gratitude to her would likely make her uncomfortable.  But thanks for making a tough time bearable and for making me a part of your family.

UncommonGoods

UncommonGoods

How's this for a pick-me-up?! These tin flowers are sure to bring me a smile everyday, even if I forget to water them!