It has been a while since I put together my last window shopping post! Look at all this great stuff. I wish someone would pay me to browse Etsy. Online Personal Shopper—that could be a job title, right? 1 brass chevron necklace from Prairie Oats 2 parallel bars ring from SD Marie Jewelry 3 old book [...]
Is it still considered window shopping if you buy something? I have been admiring Eight Seasons’ bags since July 31st, 2009, so I finally ordered one (#3 below). I think it’s the perfect reward for finally finishing my holiday line! Do you self-reward? 1 elephant dream print 2 yellow ochre pillow 3 leather wristlet 4 a [...]
Feel free to make fun of my current baking pan obsession, but I can’t help myself. Have you seen these old Ovenex baking pans that are imprinted with a starburst pattern? I would have never thought a pan could be beautiful, but these certainly are. I’ve been slowly building up my collection, although I think [...]
What did you collect when you were a child? Barbies? Rocks? Matchbox cars? I collected creatures in jars. My jar collections included tadpoles, frogs, toads, crayfish, minnows, fireflies, spiders, caterpillars, butterflies, praying mantises, and lady bugs. Once a lizard narrowly escaped me but left behind his tail. It wiggled for 3 days in its jar before [...]
I just found a huge stag beetle on our deck. I tried to catch him in a jar to show you, but the little jerk crawled between the deck slats, clamped on and wouldn’t budge. I could have pried him out, but I’m afraid he might have lost his legs in the process. In college [...]
I collect dirt. Dirt is the perfect memento of an unforgettable vacation. It’s free, easy to find, fits in my suitcase and lets me take a piece of the world home with me. When I’m an old lady I will look at my shelf full of soil and sand from all over the world and remember [...]