LAST CHANCE for LIBBY BABY baby slings....

This is also the last chance for our baby slings as well.

I've placed them on sale in our etsy shop...

LAST CHANCE for LIBBY DIBBY SPINNY skirts....

sadly... our Libby Dibby spinny skirts are part of the CPSIA's range of children's items that can no longer be sold after Feb 9th.

If you're interested in buying a Libby Dibby spinny skirt for your little girl or little friend, though they are (obviously) not tainted with lead - the new law makes it impossible for me to sell them (without an extremely expensive testing process) without risking jail time and a $100,000 fine.

so these happy little skirts will make a sad "so long"

if you want them, please let us know... we can sell for a few more days - and then after that ... well, they're gone.

I'll put them on sale in the etsy shop... 

Ain't that a motto?

I don't live by it, but it does describe a byproduct of a life full
with little joys.
I don't have time to be unhappy...

Knit me a log cabin...

Though it doesn't feel like winter here (freak heat wave!), most of you are probably reading this from cooler climes and will still appreciate the cozy-ness of this Anthropologie display... Some of
their displays are more standardized these days and perhaps your local store has something similar... But I figured this was worth sharing, regardless...)

What sweetness is this display? I couldn't fit the whole scene in my view, but you get the point. My whole heart warms looking at this scene.

Esmeralda designs

I've met the sweetest designers at the show these past few days. It may be a bead show, but there are so many fabulous designers and vendors... That I think the show name is a misnomer.

See here, a jewelry designer that I've met... Esmeralda Designs and her etsy shop...

She describes her artwork as "raw ethereal avant garde Eco metal works" - and yes, that is how I'd describe it. Looking at her rings, I was reminded of some of the things I would see in my summer of archeology in Israel. These rings are magnificent... They have words and meanings, ancient qualities and something new and fresh... Though modern is not the word. Ancient. Lovely.

I feel as if I put one of these rings on that it would make me feel transcendent to time. One can dream...

(oh, and her materials are recycled...)
Wow.

Flickr

hey friends.
I uploaded a ton to Flickr tonight. I've been signed up, but not really ever used it before...
are you all on it? do you use it?

Have I told you lately? (Dohippy)

Talking to people about my Dohippy bags always reminds me why I love them. I haven't yet been able to find a good way to demo online (I know, I need a video!)... how they work, but it's great to see people's eyes light up with surprise at how many ways one bag works. I always hear, "these are SO clever!" (at which point, I explain how I inherited the inventing gene from my dad...)
So here is my attempt at showing one bag, MANY ways. I really need to photograph these for etsy... I have a fabulous batch of about 30 right now...

I really love skirts...

Wearing this with my Out & About skirt today. I've been wanting to
make something like this for a while...

"The beauty nature creates"

I bought this ring from a lovely lovely man who sold it to me along with a free lecture on how God created a good world, filled with beauty that we were made to enjoy.
The ring is made of the tiniest slices of cross sections of shells, placed together with meticulous care and "love". I'm loving it's beauty, nature and RED!
And now every time I look at it, I am going to think of the sweet artist who points to the Greatest Artist.
(ps... He does not have a website, or I would post it...)

Good morning, Pasadena!

Here we go!
See HER (maybe, annabella?) new shirt?
I've got one, too...
I love skirts!