We are officially one week away from the biggest shopping day of the year. Many of us have already begun accumulating goodies here and there. I personally buy year round. But there is something to be said about the Black Friday specials that gets a lot of us up early in the morning.
A fellow Etsian [...]
Road Trips well what can I say other then my boyfriend and I are the kind of obsessed with them. In the last year we have driven to the Finger Lakes in New Year State where we drank some great local wine, made our way to Providence, R.I. for a nice weekend get [...]
This past weekend apart from being Halloween where my boyfriend and I sat and watched scary movies and ate to much candy! I also took a sewing class from a local upcycle artist in Montreal. Which needless to say was amazing! We made throw pillows, now I know it is not the most complex thing [...]
Those of us that adore vintage items have reasons for it. Some of us are fond of the designs, or the patterns and fabrics used. Some of us enjoy having something with imaginable rich histories. Personally I have several reasons for preferring vintage pieces to the modern day mass marketed threads.
I support the “reuse, reduce, [...]
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Here we are, one week out from the magical holiday known as Halloween. Since the first of October my kids have been asking, “Is it time yet? Is it Halloween yet?”. While I do share in their excitement, I think there is a [...]
One of our favorite times of the year is Halloween. There is something magical about the imagination surrounded by the children frequently seen parading the streets. Personally I have run the gamut of possible costumes..ranging from Cinderella to a Pirate Queen. Now that I have my own children the holiday has taken on a new [...]
The high today is a mere 50 degrees. Warmer than some areas, cooler than others. For us, it is the typical Fall weather. A colorful assortment of reds, yellows and oranges blossoming in their own rite in every direction. I am a gardener by hobby and like others thoroughly enjoy the Spring season and [...]
We have all heard it. “In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue”. It is engrained in our minds from a very early age. And rather catchy I must add. It certainly comes to me easier than geometry equations. I never was one for math. With the upcoming holiday I thought I would do a little [...]
The statistics are alarming. It is estimated that 192,370 women will be diagnosed with and 40, 170 women will die of breast cancer in 2009 alone. Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. The chances are good that breast cancer will touch you, or someone you [...]
Like most people I have an addiction. I don’t speak of it often, nor do I feel the need to express a disdain for it and others that share similar trials. Great strides have been taken recently to limit exposure to it and for a while, I am happy to say, it was working. But [...]