Coming Soon

Coming up in the next week will be the Blossoming Tree 'Tis The Season giveaway! There will be lots of gifts to keep for yourself or give as stocking stuffers. Plus, artists features! Look for details before the end of the month. You don't want to miss this! ;-)

A Case Of Foot-In-Mouth Disease

Have you ever said something to someone that caused bad feelings? You didn't do it on purpose and actually had no idea it would turn that way. Well, that was me today. An email was sent to someone by me. It was meant in good spirit but what resulted wasn't what I had expected at all. Now I feel pretty bad about the whole thing. Hopefully it'll all blow over sooner rather than later.

Etsy Artists Of Color Big Giveaway

The Etsy Artists of Color street team is hosting a giveaway! Here's your chance to win a gift box of handmade goods by 10 street team members. Head over to the team blog for rules and to enter. Good luck!

Artists Of Color blog

My Earliest Memory Of Scent

This is a discussion that came about with several acquaintances on a forum I belong to. My earliest memories are of food scents; vanilla, cinnamon, clove. Of the three, clove is still near the top of my most liked list, with vanilla and cinnamon fluctuating from top to bottom, depending on my mood. But what really stands out in my mind is not of my earliest memory but of one I recall from my adolescent years that I'd like to share.

Many (many lol) years ago during the Christmas season my mom would take my sister and me to Hudson's department store in downtown Detroit. At that time of year one of the upper floors was set up as a little shop for children only to do their Christmas shopping. The parents would give their children money to buy gifts (more like trinkets) then wait outside this set up until the children finished shopping. This one particular year I bought my grandmother a green apple cologne. When I purchased it I thought it was the best scent on Earth. I was a kid, what did I know. I still laugh about it to this day. It was green in color and in an apple shaped atomizer. Grandmothers are sweet. They don't always tell you when you've given them shit they'd never ever use. When I gave it to her on Christmas she smiled brightly, gave me a hug and said "Thank you." I was so proud of myself. It never dawned on me that years later that bottle of cologne was still full, yet sitting proudly on my gram's dresser amongst her real cologne.

After all, it was the thought right? ;-)

And The Winner Is...

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Timestamp: 2008-11-09 06:28:07 UTC

Congratulations to UniqueNurseGranny

UniqueNurseGranny said...
All the charities are such worthwhile ones..Hope the Give Away goes well.I am tired of cleaning house.I want a maid..

I'm Tired...Giveaway

Contest Closed

What are you tired of?

Post here and enter to win an "I'm Tired" eco friendly bracelet from I'm Tired Online. The bracelets are made of recycled tires and metal, with half of the retail price going to charity. You choose the charity.

• aids


• Alzheimer's


• animal cruelty


• autism


• cancer


• child abuse


• diabetes


• global warming


• heart disease


• world hunger

The winner will be selected at random by random.org. You MUST leave a way for me to contact you whether it be an email address, blog or shop on Etsy, DaWanda, Silkfair or ShopHandmade.

1. Contest begins at 12:00AM Thursday 6 November 2008 and ends at 11:59PM Sunday 9 November 2008.

2. One comment per person. Duplicates will be discarded. Only comments addressing the question "What are you tired of?" will be included.

3. Open to everyone 18 yrs and older.

4. The winner agrees to have his/her response posted the following day in a congratulatory post.

Yes We Did!

What A Day

To say I was a little worried about going to vote today would be an understatement. The truth is I had anxiety over it. Not because I didn't know who I wanted to vote for but rather because of all the news reports saying the lines would be longer than ever. Now I'm not the most patient person in the world so I was really stressing over this. I knew I had to vote but could I wait for hours to do it? I worked myself into a tension headache last night that carried over into the morning. I told myself that I'd be there no longer than 2 hours. That is all the time it would take. I wouldn't need any more time than that. And sure enough I stepped into line at 7:15 am and walked out just before 9:15 am, extremely happy. It was like a weight had been lifted. I still have a headache but I'm very relieved.

My husband brought to my attention that I helped 4 other people vote. He and my dad both voted absentee, which I tended to the minor details for them. Then I drove my sister and niece to vote. They, of course, walked in and out in less than 10 minutes. Go figure!

What's New?

I have so many things planned for the next 2 months. New products, artist features and two awesome giveaways. I don't want to give out the details on the giveaways just yet, but there will be lots to offer. And as you can see this blog has once again been revamped, as have so many other aspects of my business. I haven't been posting here much lately because I just didn't have anything to share. Yeah I was in a funk and didn't want to do much. But I realized that the more I did "nothing" the more I wanted to do "nothing". That's where I had to make myself get up and work. Now I have to turn all those ideas floating around in my head into actual products. I'm really excited about that, so look for them to be featured soon. Anyway, that's all for now. Details on the giveaway will be posted soon!