Giveaway Winner!

The giveaway winner is .....

Allison!

Thank you all for participating!  I've added tons of things to my Etsy shop, and will have even more items coming soon!  I've been so busy creating things the past few months that I didn't realize how much I already had and how many more things I cannot wait to make!  Thanks again, guys! You are the best!  My next giveaway will be after I make 15 sales and will be a bit bigger :)

Grand Opening of Bury Me in Leaves and A GIVEAWAY!

Hi pumpkins! I've been super busy moving and getting ready to reopen my etsy shop.  It's finally time to do that and I'm so excited!  I'll be starting to post my items tomorrow morning and throughout the day that I've been working so hard on. 
I have so many items that are still in the works, but I have so many items finished that I'm ready to go ahead and get this business party started.   

I'm having a giveaway, so go ahead and start entering and tell your friends!  I am so looking forward to growing my business and blog with you guys who have stuck with me over the past few years just doing this as a hobby.  I'm so thankful to all of you!  And I'm so thankful to Ashley for helping me model some of the items I have, she was a good sport, and now that she is well read on defense tactics, we should probably go have a pickup game soon **a million hearts**


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In my mailbox: swap from With Love Jamie!

I recently did a swap with my online bud Jamie from the blog With Love Jamie.  We did a swap of 10 things including 2 handmade items, favorite scents, craft supplies, favorite animal, favorite beauty product, and favorite color.  Jamie is one of the best swappers around! She puts so much thought and care into my gifts and doesn't just slap a bunch of random, terrible things together.  There's nothing worse than spending a lot of time on someone's swap and getting a terrible swap in return (I've had my fair share of bad swaps on swap-bot, no me gusta). 

Jamie sent me an arrow wrap around ring (my favorite new ring!), a giraffe pin she made, green and navy socks, grapefruit burts bees lip balm (I didn't even know this existed! definitely my new favorite; I'm a lip balm junkie),  pink grapefruit soap from the body shop, a wooden thank you stamp (perfect for my etsy shop reopening!), my favorite yarn in really cool colors, adorable felt heart ribbon, a giraffe wind up toy (totally Heidi), the perfect shade of green nail polish, safety pins (finally I won't have to wish I had them and forget to buy them!), and an awesome key necklace she made!   I LOVE LOVE LOVE it all!

Go check out Jamie's blog and etsy shop This Years Love; she is the sweetest girl ever.  She loves mint, sparrows, baking, stacking russian dolls, and all sorts of cute things! 

Craft Studio Upgrade

Hi pumpkins!
In an effort to better organize, have my craft studio look nice, and have an inspiring place to work, I was on the hunt for some ikea or ikea-style shelving units. I scored these bad boys as a set for $60 on craigslist! 

I couldn't believe my luck, and all of my new shoebox containers full of craft supplies fit perfectly on the shelves.  I'll share some more photos of my workspace soon if you want to see them.  I hope you all are having a wonderful, productive January so far! I know that this has been the best start to a new year I've had in a really, really long time.

2013 Goals

I don't like to set new year resolutions because it seems that they are easier to forget or you end up letting yourself down if you don't accomplish the change in your life.  Instead I like to set goals and make lists of things to do and then work on them one at a time to get them done.  What are your new year goals and/or resolutions?  Are there any that you think you might struggle with? I also must add that I am going to try to use my sewing machine more to make my own clothes.