Birthday Gift for Abby

Yesterday I ordered this wristlet for Abby since her birthday is in 2 weeks. It was only $20!! I was so excited when I found it.

The seller was super friendly and sent me a convo later in the day to thank me and let me know when it would be shipped. She has a lot of adorable little clutches like this in her shop and everything is so reasonably priced. Making her shop even more appealing to me - she often uses second hand fabrics to make her items. I'm excited to get it in the mail to see it in person!

Milk and Bread Ring

I really really want this ring, personalized with the day Karim and I first started dating. It's so adorable and so unique! Love it!

I've ordered from melaniefavreau before, and she is so friendly and accommodating too :)

Although putting myself on a budget was necessary, it's proving to be difficult!!

PS here is the charm I ordered from her a while ago :)

Adorable isn't it?! Go check out her shop for so many more awesome pieces of jewelry!

Loriola

Loriola, my favorite Etsy seller of all time, is just listing some of her new pieces for Fall and Winter. My favorites so far? Definitely this wonderful acorns in all new colors!!!

The woman behind the shop, Lori Flanders, makes all of her necklaces by hand from glass. I can't believe they are glass either. So amazing. She is such a talented artist!

Go check them out in her shop!

Things I'm Digging Right Now!

Here are some of my favorite things right now!

This postcard! How amazing is this?? It's a postcard that looks exactly like an amazing piece of chocolate cake!

This candle. I can't believe how much it really looks like mac and cheese!!

And this necklace!

It reminds me of the tattoo Kaylah from The Dainty Squid has.

That's all for now! Happy Monday

Sneak Peek at My Halloween Card Photo!

I love Halloween. I'm already trying to figure out my costume. Karim has agreed this year to do a couple's costume! Yay! Right now I'm kind of leaning toward Popeye and Olive Oil. More on that later.

But here is a sneak peek at the picture I'll probably be using when I send out my Halloween cards! Who needs Christmas/holiday cards when you can send them out on Halloween?!

The mustache was made by somethingshidinginhere (shop located here http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5151333) and the pink ones are sold at Red Velvet Art (link to shop on the right of my blog).

This is the picture I used last year :) She hates clothes so much. It took my roommate and I quite a while to finally convince her to sit still and not swat the horns off of her head. Well worth the effort if you ask me!

Handmade Wedding Gift

My friend Abby got married last Friday and I wanted to give her something a little bit more personal than the average gift off of a registry. I know some people might cringe at the thought of doing this, but I love handmade gifts, and I thought Abby would really appreciate it too. So I made her this:

I just love this quote. They like to go to DC to see the cherry blossoms in the Spring, so that's why I decided to use cherry blossoms for accents.


And also ordered this ring dish personalized with their names:

I found the dish on Etsy (shocked??) at The Brick Kiln. Their website is here: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6147788

Block Party Press Giveaway!

Block Party Press is having a giveaway for summer! It is for a beautiful beach ball ring! This is actually my favorite ring from the whole shop so I am really crossing my fingers on this one!!

You can get to the giveaway here: http://blockpartypress.blogspot.com/2009/08/last-days-of-summer-sale-12-more-days.html

And the shop can be found here: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=85582

There are so many wonderful things and very reasonably priced! Even better for me, the shop is located right here in Baltimore!

Good luck :)