I’ve decided that each month I’m going to have a giveaway from my Etsy shop, some months it will be jewelry, some months a holiday hat, sometimes hand warmers or a custom piece, you get the idea. My first giveaway is going to be these fabulous earrings made by yours truly. Huzzah!

Beachcomber Earrings: Pink Pearls, [...]

A few more examples of why I love Etsy…
L-R: Sterling and Copper Earrings; Tara Moon; Ninjinsky Dream; Absinthe; Baby Peacock Feather Hair Clip; Original Mermaid Painting; High John the Conquer Root; Mermaid; Witches Gothic Votive; Vintage Brass Mermaid Necklace;  Peacock Spinning Set; Hortensia Ring

Getting back into the groove of making things, here are the first few products of Summer 2010

So, I was talking with Miss D and we came up with a fun fun project – to wear an entire outfit from Etsy, from the shoes to the earrings to the underwear (clearly we’re srs bsns about this). I own a few pieces from Gaia Conceptions and loads of bath & beauty products, as [...]

What happens when an Ice Princess meets an Indian Princess? Wild and magical things – and also, apparently, a rat’s nest of hair. But no matter! My new thing is adding a plethora of beads, ribbon, feathers and sparkly things to my hats. What say you? Is this a design worth repeating and/or keeping around? [...]

It’s so wonderful when I actually make something I love. Just listed this Cotton Candy Tam in the shop…reminds me of Betsey Johnson’s old apartment…or maybe Gala Darling’s hair turned into a hat?

Right before I left for Ireland I finished an order of custom hats for a family going to the Olympics. They were rooting for the Canadian hockey team, but I suppose I can’t hold it against them too much, since the hats came out wicked awesome (yes, I’m from upstate, we say “wicked” and “awesome” [...]

I remember coming across a kanzashi a few years ago and thought them very pretty, but a little impractical for my style…since at the time I had no hair and thus nothing to attach them to. However, not that I do, in fact, have hair, and quite a lot of it, I’ve decided that I [...]

I recently gave in to my scent addiction and ordered a set of perfume oil samples from The Poison Apple Apothecary. What can I say? I was totally drawn into the oils’ descriptions, they did such a great job of convincing me I NEEDED to own them.
Well, the proprietor of the Apothecary is Angela, a [...]

I made a new hat using the last of my wool from Wild Wool Farm and it came out rather well if I don’t say so myself. It also happens to match my new hair – which I’m a little on the fence about. I’ll probably go back to something more natural looking in a [...]