Buy of The Day

Go and buy it!  The best anchor necklace around....

Image via elaine-ho

One Of A Kind

I've been really bad at updating my Etsy shop in the past month...I've been working on designs and have even photographed some of them but the images haven't made it to my store yet!

I am determined to get these listed this week but wanted to show you here first.  Here are a couple of one of a kind pieces...I am so thrilled with how they turned out!  

What do you think?

Weekend Snippets

Happy Monday!

 I nearly forgot to post this...sorry!I didn't get many snaps this weekend because I spent a lot of time with my hands too filthy to pick up the camera.
I picked up a huge lot of vintage jewelry that I was busy cleaning (messier than you 'd think).  We did a bunch of wall repair and patching as well and  finally tackled my little chest of drawers!!  I'll give a proper before and after once the final details are finished but this will give you a hint...

Oh - and there was also an enormous amount of cooking....

Pretty little things

Hiya!  I just wanted to tell you that I've been working on some new pieces for my Etsy shop...I'm excited!!  

I've been waiting till I had a decent day to photograph all of them but as the skies haven't cooperated again today I thought I'd take a few frames and give you a sneak peak.  I'll let you know when they're listed...

What do you think??

A Little Help

My son came home from school the other day asking what we could do to help the people in Haiti.  My first thought (naturally) was 'let's organize a Bake Sale!!'  I love baked goods, so any excuse to do a variety of cookies and squares is always right up my alley.  This idea was quickly rejected because it is so hard to ensure that items are safe for the kids that have allergies.  So there we were, back to the drawing board.

 I find my kids to be the catalyst for most of my endeavours and this is certainly no exception.
  I had been playing around with some jewellery designs over the past couple of months and this was the push I need to get into action!  I designed a beautifully simple necklace I've named 'Hope' to be sold in my Etsy shop.  $5.00 from each sale of this piece will go to the Canadian Red Cross.  Please visit my new Etsy store http://www.etsy.com/shop/alanalillian to view the items and for further details.


 If we all do a little bit we can really make a difference!