Lucky Lobes

look what I GOT! just take a gander......

like a kid in a candy shop with a smackdown of REBEL!



so the above earrings are from the fantastically talented AMY at
www.ThePeachTree.etsy.com
now, these are all going to be gifts- 3 for my mother, 1 for my awesome assistant who just bought herself a pair of rockin YELLOW vans. these treats are going to make my lovelies very happy. their LOBES ARE GONNA BE A SHOUTIN'!
if i could wear earrings these would be what i'd be wearing. but seriously, if you could see me these days...... i get so excited and frantically artistic that i actually run into walls when i move from room to room because i don't take the time to think about things spacially. knowing me i would get these things caught the latches of a new suitcase and probably rip off my entire lobe. oh wow, gettin to graphic.

POINT IS:

who doesn't want a little color in their lives? these gems are fabulous for everyday or a night out. for adults and kids. they are dazzzzzzzling. they are NOT to eat but yo may find yourself attempting to put them in your mouth as it's watering for a jolly-rancher.

go buy
a pair for your mom, a pair for your best friend, and a pair for yourself!
because not only are these pieces GORGEOUS but they are affordable.

thank you amy, for making us all able to let our inner rockstar out at a price completely justifiable!

it's video time again.....

hi eveyone! no dance moves this time- sorry.

and to NestaHome i say NestaHome.com when in reality it's www.NESTAHOME.etsy.com

sorry about that friend:)

have a great rest of the weekend

again, DOUBLE CLICK SO YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE SCREEN!!!

GET MY ETSY LOVE ON

okay, so here are some things i think you should have, or that i think someone should buy for me. first up, supporting my home town is this SWEETASTIC 

DETROIT MAP LP RECORD WALL CLOCK- BLUE

from Citybird on etsy

then i must have a locket from this RAD shop i stumbled upon a couple weeks back

i thought i was going to get the red shutterbug one but lately it's looking like this guy may be the winner

GOING SOMEWHERE

by Locket2You on etsy

oh and then there is this bracelet- i can never own enough red jewelry and here's the other thing. i go into this shop and literally i want to eat everything i see. this jewelry shop has within it a red bracelet that makes my heart skip beats! also this girls metalwork makes me want to cry it's so good

SARA KATE (BRACELET)

by Smashing on etsy

happy thursday.

read a book, shop on etsy, listen to some good jams, drink a good cup of coffee and let the good things in your life sink in......

creative machine incapable of repaying.....

here's to everyone... buyers, sellers, browsers, addicts

how it feels on the inside- which is numb....

i saw a woman last weekend at my father's surprise 50th birthday party (daddy if you are reading this, i love you and cherish every moment we share together). both she and her husband have played a huge encouraging roll in my endevour to further my photography business (my other job alongside luggagemania). i inevitably had 3 pieces of my luggage so the questions came. and my gushing followed. over etsy and how it's changed my life etc. a few days later i received an email from her. she had checked out my shop and coined me as "a creative machine"

no doubt it was a compliment but it struck a chord. staring at that phrase i felt like i had the machine part down, but the creative part was lost in the woods. i decided it was time to go searching for that part that makes us artists tick- that creativity we thrive on.....

well, my trip got completely ripped to shreds!

last night, or rather morning, at 2am i found myself on the floor of my workspace in a pile of tape and shipping labels, my hands covered in permanent marker and i was gone. after packing up 13 pieces of luggage in the past 24 hours i could barely remember my name. right now, as i write this incoherent ramble, i'm thinking about that creative drive.... how to get it back, how to be less of a machine? i'm not in need of answers...... i know they will come. i'm in need of balance..... but that too will come.

be creative- keep it up kids

don't be a machine.

now i am going to finish poster-sketching my treasury- which is painful at this point because i have left soooo many INCREDIBLY TALENTED ARTISTS out- for that i am sad- i am more than sad. how did this happen? how did i get to a point where i feel so incapable of EVER even coming close to repaying all those who have made me a part of their cube? i returned from picking up my dear friend from the airport to see that i had 13 new convos- none of which i have been able to return. it's left me feeling cold.

and tonight, in florida, it's actually cold enough where you can see your breath in white puffs against the black sky.

i am so incredibly thankful and so incredibly incapable.

i'm holdin' on to what i know.

and that is how i will get by tonight

and tommorow

and the next day.....