More Bird Finds Monday

Ok I took the weekend off. teehee. :o) So here are more bird finds including owls; thank you Erin for the suggestion! ;o) I did a search for owls and they are truly everywhere, but let's start with birds shall we...

I love this pillow by joom on ETSY. She has alot of hip bird-themed goodies and it was hard picking a fave.



Here's a gorgeous custom boutique girls outfit made by April of allforthekidds on eBay.



Kristin of spirited*style has listed another Tweet Tweet Happy Hobo on eBay. It's similar to the one I purchased and blogged about last month. I use mine all the time! :o)



I bought 2 of these sweet bird shirts for the girls(for next summer) at Old Navy. They were on sale and I just couldn't pass them up.




And now for the owls...

How darn cute is this owl bag?! Tinkybelle has 3 shops on ETSY but Hoooooooot is definitely my favorite.



Check out this "funky" custom boutique girls outfit made by Angie of that*funky*boutique on eBay. The auction ends soon!



There are lots of hair pretties with owls, especially on ETSY, but I'll just post one. These are owl fabric-covered button bobby pins made by Sarah of SweetSparrow on ETSY.



Amber of cherry*tea on eBay just listed this fun owl backpack. What a unique look for back to school!



And last but certainly not least, here's an adorable soldered/fabric owl bracelet by Erin herself(thevintagepearl on both ETSY & eBay). :o)




So with all these birds on the brain I was thinking about peacocks. Ya know they're really beautiful birds! Anyone up for making peacocks the next big bird trend....

Fabulous "Bird" Finds Friday

Yup, I'm finally posting my favorite bird finds. Sorry about the wait. :oP

So my guess is most of you have noticed a lot of bird-themed items have become popular lately including, fabric, jewelry, clothing, etc. Well, I have definitely been drawn to birds lately myself. I find I'm faving bird-themed items on ETSY alot. Sooo, here are some of my fave bird things on ETSY & eBay.
I received my bird sunhat from Tara on eBay and I really love it! It keeps me so much cooler out in this TX heat than I realized it would. I guess I need to wear hats more often. :oP I've already gotten a number of compliments on it.



I purchased this sweet sweet bird doorhanger for the twins room from Hazel of BlossomHill on ETSY. Isn't it precious? :o)



I have completely fallen in love with this vintage-style art nouveau necklace by Jody of 1ofmykind on ETSY and am waiting until it gets listed again and I have more "me money". All of her jewelry is amazing but I'm just drawn to this one for some reason. It's gorgeous!!



I just found this adorable bird stuffie by cornflakegirl on ETSY today actually. Sooo darn cute don't you think?



Take a look at these great bird coasters from P.D.A. Collection on ETSY.




Ok so stay tuned for Part 2 of fabulous bird finds, hopefully tomorrow. :o)

Wordless Wednesday - Sweet Nostalgia

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Tuesday Treasures

So I signed up for my first swap on Swap-Bot a few weeks ago. Anyone else done swaps on this site?? The 1st swap I joined was a bead swap...of course! hehe. Basically it was a destash swap where we exchange beads we already have on hand.
I had 2 partners I sent beads to and I received 2. I waited for the 2nd to arrive(yesterday) before posting the pics here. Soooo...here they are.

The 1st was from "Nana in Paris"(France that is). Yup, my first came all the way from France. How exciting! :o) Here's a pic:




My 2nd was from "BethAnne" who also has a blog. Here's a pic:




Most of these beads I can't use for any jewelry that I sell but the plastic and vintage pearl beads I can use in some costume jewelry for the girls so that will be fun!
Unfortunately I didn't take pics of the "good mail" I sent to my partners but I'm hoping they'll post pics when they receive them. I sent the beads inside colored tissue paper in round aluminum tins decorated with ric-rac, stickers and leaf-shaped tags. It was so much fun! I really hope my partners enjoy their packages as much as I enjoyed putting them together. :o)

I signed up for my 2nd swap today called "Just Stuff". teehee. Should be fun! :o)

I listed an autumn-themed bracelet yesterday for the ALTB Fall Harvest launch. I ws a little late listing but better late than never, right?



I'll be listing more jewelry either tonight or tomorrow on eBay.
I also listed a vintage pewter lion pendant necklace on ETSY.




I know I promised a post about bird finds last week but I think I'll save that for Friday. ;o)

Fabulous Tag Friday

I've been tagged! Twice! :o)


First I was tagged for "The Tag of Fours" by Carole so here goes:

Four Jobs I Have Had:
waitress(in a Chinese restaurant)
law office receptionist
Microsoft tech support
web design project coordinator

Four Films I Can Watch Over & Over:
Gone with the Wind
Practical Magic
Brigadoon
Excalibur

Four Places I have lived:
Van Nuys, CA
Waxahachie, TX
Tucson, AZ
Denton, TX

Four Favorite TV shows:
Lost
Heroes
Project Runway
ER

Four Favorite Foods:
Sushi
Thai food
artichokes
chocolate truffles

Four Websites I visit every day:
Ebay
ETSY
Blogger
Typepad

Four Places I Would Love To Be:
the beach
treasure hunting(i.e. thrift stores, estate sales, garage sales...)
the movies
in bed(sleeping, duh!)

Four Favorite Colors:
pink
green(apple and jadeite being my faves)
lavender
robins egg blue

Four Names You Love But Would/Could Not Use For Your Child:
Scarlett
Galadriel
Hermione
Wallace

That was fun, thank you Carole. :o) Ok so I'm going to tag....Michele!

And speaking of Michele(teehee)...she tagged me for this meme:

The Rules:
“Each person links to the person who tagged them. Then each person posts the rules before their list, then they list 8 things about themselves. At the end of the post, that person tags and links to 8 other people and then visits those peoples’ sites and comments letting them know that they have been tagged, and to come read the post, so they know what they have to do.”

(Ok I'm already going to bend the rules as I really don't have 8 people I can tag soooo I'll just tag 1 person. Well maybe that's more then bending the rules...)

1. I hate my hair! It's really frizzy/curly and I want to get it straightened using that Japanese thermal straightening technique but it's pretty darned expensive.

2. I'm an only child and I wish I could have had sisters and brothers to grow up with.

3. I've loved Sushi for as long as I can remember and I actually really liked octopus when I was little but I definitely don't like it now. Yech!

4. I only like one type of white wine called Gewürztraminer because it's sweet and fizzy but it's not sparkling wine. All red wines are ok though. :o)

5. I like to play computer games, especially MMORPG's, which makes me a hero in my son's eyes. I imagine most anyone reading this has absolutely NO idea what MMORPG means. LOL!

6. I've never broken a bone in my life.

7. I've never had a cavity either. *crosses fingers*

8. I adore roses, gardenias and hydrangeas but have none of them in my yard! *sigh*

So I'm gonna tag....Linda! Have fun. :o)

That's it for me today. It's my birthday so dh should be coming home earlier than usual and we're going to have ice cream and rent a movie. Then hopefully I'll get to sleep in tomorrow!! :o)
I do have stuff to list on eBay and ETSY but I think it can wait a day or two...

Thoughts & Prayers....

Being pretty much MIA for the past week & a half I had planned on posting quite a bit but with what happened in Minneapolis I'm thinking of others today and sending my thoughts & prayers to all of the people involved in this tragedy and to those family members who still haven't heard from their missing loved ones...I can only imagine what that must be like.
It is truly scary to think that there are some 80,000 other bridges across the US that had the same rating (or worse) than this particular bridge. :o(

Wordless Wednesday - Rainy Days

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