Getting back to it

Wow! I have not blogged in forever. I have allowed so much the busyness of life to pull me away from my passions. Thank to my adopted sis from Graphic Direction for moving me a little towards it! Amenia is an aspiring Graphic designer and would love your input on her progressive work! She is most talented!!!!

The One Woman Extravaganza - The Fab Miss B

Well there you go! The featured Etsyblogger of the month is none other than the The Fab Miss B! She is all about the Vintage FLARE! Check out a few of her unique items!

Nov 20th Etsyblogger Blog Carnival

Most countries around the world have a day set aside to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. Here in the US, it's Thanksgiving. What do you celebrate wherever you live and how do you celebrate?

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays! The entire family gets together either at my place or my brothers and we all cook, play cards and just laugh about old times! My sister is stationed in Germany and one of my brother's is in Maryland so it is definitely a treat when all of us can come together! Now we all have kids and I am the grandma so our kids enjoy laughing at all of our old stories too!

Happy Holidays!

MadebyMelissa Oct Featured Etsyblogger

Congrats to this month's Featured EtsyBlogger MadeByMelissa! I hear she has been a supporter of the EtsyBlogger team since it started! What a great supporter! Check out a few of her hand crafted Jewelry pieces!

The Eyes are the mirror of the soul

I love the eyes! They are generally the first thing (along with the smile) that draws me to a person. They say the eyes are the mirror of the soul. Look at these eyes and tell me what these eyes say to you! Here are my thoughts:

#1 - Their eyes look a little tired but seem focused and persistent
#2 - hmm..I see a little worry and anxiety but strength.
#3 - Deep, passionate, soft yet intense

Hotdiggity Dog Carnival

July is National Hot Dog month! write about anything related to hot dogs.

Never heard of such a thing but hey fun to post images about! Nothing like hotdog visuals! LOL!

Featured Etsyblogger MiesMama

MiesMama - An Etsyblogger team mate that is all about felted goodness! Check out her featured items below, blog and flickr photos!

Church Bulletin BLOOPERS

They're Back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These sentences (with all the BLOOPERS ) actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services:

1. The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
2. The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water." The sermon tonight: "Searching for Jesus."
3. Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
4. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smileat someone who is hard to love. Say "Hell" to someone who doesn't care much about you.
5. Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.
6. Miss Charlene Mason sang "I will not pass this way again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.
7. For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
8. Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need allthe help they can get.
9. Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 inthe church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
10. A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.
11. At the evening service tonight, the e sermon topic will be "WhatIs Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice.
12. Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
13. Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
14. Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.
    
15. The church will host an evening of fine dining, superentertainment and gracious hostility.
16. Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.
17. The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
18. This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
19. Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. is done.
20. The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday
21. Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Pleaseuse the back door.
22. The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
23. Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First PresbyterianChurch. Please use large double door at the side entrance.
24. The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new campaign slogan last Sunday: "I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours."

Summer Etsybloggers Blog Carnival

Tell us your top five favorite things about summer! (And tell us why, of course!)

My top five favorite things about summer are:

1. Every other year 4 of us divas go on vacation together. This year we are going to Montego Bay. A couple of years ago we went to Aruba! I LOVED it!

2. Spending time with my grand daughter! She is getting so big!

3. Going to the Zoo! I love nature and animals! It makes me feel close to God!



4. Thunderstorms!

5. No school traffic! YIPPEE! HOORAY!

What is YOUR Etsy Shop value?

Want to get a feel for the value of what your Etsy shop is selling? The total value of your shop? number of items for sale? average, median and most common value of items listed and a little more? Then go to EtsyHacks! Yeah I know the site name is a little scary but boy is it a useful tool!

Here are my results Quite Useful!!