BesTeam Feature - Ardent Reverie

Ardent Reverie is a great shop of unique handmade accessories and more!  Ardent Reverie is run by two "crazy" sisters working like crazy in their tiny room to create unique handmade items.


They love creating new things that inspire them, so that they can share them with us.

You will find many beautiful hair accessories:

.Dandelion Fields Forever Clip

Lotus and Potpourri Feather Headband

Bella Moss Feather Clip

As well as some beautiful hand crochet items such as the L'amour Beanie and the Frill Scarf, both of which come in various colors.

L'amour Beanie

Frill Scarf

There is even some great original paintings.

Lunch for the Hummingbirds

Blue Flowers

To see more of the creations from these "2 crazy sisters" visit there shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/ardentreverie

Or check out their blog at

http://ardentreverie1.blogspot.com/

BesTeam Weekly Feature - FishPrincessDesigns

This week I am honored to feature FishPrincessDesigns for my BesTeam feature. She is a fly fishing, jewelry designing, accountant!

Her pieces are inspired by the great outdoors... a mountain stream, a walk in the woods, our beautiful Great Lakes, a fabulous sunset, a stormy sky...and if you take a look at her shop I am sure you will find something that inspires you too!

This Swarovski Pearl and Sterling Silver Tube Bracelet-Powdered Pink happens to be one of my favorite pieces...along with the matching earrings!

Swarovski Pearl and sterling Silver Tube Bracelet
Powdered Pink

Swarovski Pearl and Crystal Rondelle Earrings
Powdered Pink-Petite

She also has some great earrings made out of sea glass.  These little drops of pale sea foam green I just love! Makes you wonder where did these pieces of glass start their journey to the shore? Where they Coca-Cola bottles at one time?!

Sea Glass Dangle Earrings
Sea Foam Green

And here are a few more pieces that inspired me!

Hammered Copper Teardrop Earrings
with Turquosie Howlite

Garnet, Brushed Sterling Silver and Freshwater Pearl Necklace

To see more of her beautiful pieces visit her at FishPrincessDesigns.
You can also follow her on her blog http://www.fishprincessdesigns.blogspot.com/

Best Team Feature / Bits n' Beads by Gilliauna

Bits n' Beads by Gilliauna is where color and quality is what they are all about!

Gilliauna specializes in unique, handmade artisan jewelry and accessories with an emphasis on color and quality including necklaces, earrings, bracelets, purse charms, eyeglass chains, zipper pulls, lanyards, rosaries and more.

Gilliauna is a US citizen that lives and works over the border in British Columbia, Canada. Enjoying many different crafts but with an emphasis in designing colorful, quality jewelry.  Gilliauna has over 20 years of experience in jewelry design and sells items in many different crafting venues including on Etsy, Artfire, 1000Markets, DaWanda and Zibbet.

At Bits n Beads, they strive to help add a little extra color to your life and make each of your days just a little brighter with a variety of beautiful, quality pieces lovingly crafted by hand to be enjoyed for many years to come. Perfect whether you're looking a gift for yourself or for someone else!

Some of my personal favorites are the Exilir of Raindrops in Gold earrings, which caught my attention right off because they are such a pretty shade of blue!! The Poseidon's Daughter bracelet is so simple and sweet with just enough color.  And Metamorphose, the perfect accent whether you want to dress up a casual outfit or create a focal accent on an elegant ensemble.

Blue Teardrop Wire Wrapped Earrings
Exilir of Raindrops in Gold

  Handmade Mother of Pearl, Coral and Gemstone Bracelet
Poseidon's Daughter

Handmade Gemstone Cluster Bracelet - Metamorphose

To see more of Gilliauna you can visit http://www.etsy.com/shop/Gilliauna or at http://www.bitsnbeads.com 

You can also keep up with the goings on of Gilliauna at:

Facebook ~ http://facebook.com/BitsnBeadsbyGilliauna

Blog ~ http://www.colorfulartisanjewelry.com
Twitter ~ http://twitter.com/gilliauna

The Meandering Musings Blog ~ http://www.handmadeshoppingguide.com

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This video I found on the PSI website about "Why You Should Hire a Professional Pet Sitter?  Pretty funny!!  And I have seen people like this when it comes to animals...so I can only imagine that it is probably quite often that it happens!

I saw this logo on a blog I was checking out and thought it looked adorable...which made me click on it....

And found this wonderful site that provides "Night Night Packages" to homeless children in shelters.  These packages contain a security blanket, a book and a stuffed animal to help provide homeless children with sweeter dreams.

Established in 2005 by Kendra Stitt Robins, Project Night Night is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that began with the belief that every child deserves a good night’s sleep.  read more...

Waterwaif: Sponsor Giveaway: Handmade Soap Set from Sandyvern!

Waterwaif: Sponsor Giveaway: Handmade Soap Set from Sandyvern!

I am being featured on Waterwaif's Blog and sponsoring a giveaway of 2 bars of cold process soap along with a wooden soap dish!






This is pretty exciting as I have never done this before :-)  To enter the give-away you need to check out my shop and leave a comment on Waterwaif's Blog.  It is nice to read some of the comments that people post about what is there favorite thing in my shop.  It makes me a smile to read these!  So go check out my shop and then go to Waterwaif's Blog and leave a comment!!

Redecorating my room...

I have been working on redecorating my room. I live in a house with a friend and have a room in his house. I have been here 4 years now (as of July 2nd) and I have always thought it would be temporary. But alas, I am still here, so I finally decided to try and make it "my own." About 2 years ago, I did end up painting it a lovely, shade of blue.  Sort of a country/sky blue...which definitely did wonders for the space.  The horses I added after I painted the room because I am a horse lover at heart...and currently not working full time with horses...so these just make me happy to look at.  They are actually pieces of "horse wallpaper" that I found online at a "horse-y" shop.

 

Then in May of this year, I finally ordered a bookcase and a dresser. I ordered them from a local unfinished furniture place as I wasn't sure whether or not I wanted them to be stained or painted. I ended up getting them clear coated just to be on the safe side as I still haven't decided.

And this weekend, I found a cute quilt and pillow sham in various shades of blue at Bed, Bath & Beyond.

 

So my room is finally coming along...it still has piles of stuff I need to go through and boxes of books that I will be donating to our local library (hopefully this coming week)...but at least I see some progress.