Grandmother's Prophesies

There are two things I can't seem to walk by without stopping to put my money into - photo booths and fortune telling machines. You know, those glass cases with a mechanical bust of a fortune teller? Put your quarter in and moments later a card revealing your future pops out! This one is from July 3rd, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. It has me looking forward to November!

Summer Garden Update

Summer is finally here and I am keeping busy in the garden! If there is anything better than eating sugar snap peas right off the plants I have not found it yet. My zucchini plants have exploded - I love the beautiful flowers, and tiny little zucchini's are making an appearance.


The cherry tomatoes are getting red and fat. Lots of green tomatoes on my other plants but they will be ready soon. Garden fresh tomatoes are so deliciously sweet - the ones from the grocery store just can't compare.


I've all ready picked my carrots and celery. The celery was okay - next year I will try again, planting them earlier and giving them more water. The baby carrots I planted were so yummy I've planted a 2nd crop! I'm still waiting for my onions, peppers, cauliflower and brussel sprouts. I also started some eggplant (hopefully not too late) and am looking forward to eggplant sandwiches later in the summer. Happy gardening and happy eating!

Spotlight on LazyTcrochet

Congratulations to LazyTcrochet on being the EtsyBloggers featured blogger for June!


Green Apple Cloche

From hats to vests, potholders to headbands LazyTcrochet has a wide variety of knitted and crocheted items to choose from in her shop. In her own words from her shop profile, " I love working with yarn, especially hand-spun wool and cotton, recycling fabrics and fibers when I can and bringing affordable, handmade items to the marketplace. I like creating modern and original designs as well as traditional, old-world styles in knit and crochet. I particularly enjoy custom orders and recreating antique designs."


Desert Rose Shrug with Collar



Hand Knit Chunky Felted Wood Bangle Bracelet Pink Fuchsia Mix

Do not forget to check out her blog!

Sweet Tweet

A sweet little quail paid a visit to my front walk yesterday afternoon. Isn't he a cutie pie? I just love his fancy head feathers! I wonder if he escaped from someone - he seemed very tame and was not afraid of me at all. My husband tried to shoo him off (to protect him from our cats; we love our birdie visitors and don't want to see them eaten.) This little guy did not want to go though. Eventually he made it down to the back yard and hopefully found a cozy spot to nest for the night.

EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival June 8th Edition

I am happy to be hosting the June 8th edition of the EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival! The topics this week are "School's Out For Summer" and "June Symbols". Enjoy!

Welcome to the June 8, 2009 edition of etsybloggers.

Becky DeVries presents EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival! posted at Spirit Of Giving Becky.

Stacy presents First Etsy Street Bloggers Post posted at PoSH Travel Stories and Reviews.

dizzydragonflies presents My summer seems to be felting posted at dizzydragonflies.

Jessica presents June is fast approaching posted at Life, love, YARN!.

Lauren B Wilson presents Blog Carnival! posted at be2be - Art and Design Blog from Lauren B Wilson.

PurrPrints presents Ah, Summer, how I adore thee... posted at PurrPrints: Art, Cats, and Randomness

veryverdant presents School's Out Summer's here!!! posted at Very Verdant.

MagdaleneJewels presents Carnival: Symbols of June: The Rose and Moonstone posted at MagdaleneJewels's Blogs.

Chrissy P. presents Summer, Summer!!!! posted at The Felted Chicken.

Sykin presents Etsybloggers.com posted at Sykin's One Stop Etsy Shopping Guide.

Linda Pruitt presents June's acomin' posted at Pruitt Handcrafts.

Silver Enso presents Summer Fun!!! posted at Silver Enso: Creative Endeavors by a Prior Recreational Artist.

Kathy Johnston (Cozy) presents My Month, My Flower posted at A Cozy Life.

cindy devine presents June Weddings posted at Devine Designs Jewelry.

agoodwitchtoo presents Symbols of June posted at The Copper Cauldron.

Jimena presents School's Out??? Yeah, I don't think so.... posted at Panoptica.

Karen aka MysticWynd presents Farewell May, Hello June! posted at Mystic Wynd

Linda B presents June - Weddings and Pearls posted at Linda B's Blog

kitschkitch presents Board No. 55 - In Envy of the June's Pearl posted at Inspired by Etsy

martha smith presents Old Fashioned fun! posted at Opendoor Studio

Virginia Burnett presents Summer is Almost Here posted at Luna's Baublebilities.

Nubia Goncalves presents Blog Carnival for EtsyBloggers Team posted at DANUGS

miesmama presents June is all about flowers and fun! posted at miesmama.

TiLTcreations presents Etsybloggers Carnival: Pearls of June posted at Crafts, kids, home and life.

Elise presents The True Symbol of June | posted at Inside Betani's Bureau.

Cindy Leaders presents Summer for Real posted at Handbound Weekly

Desia presents Stop and Smell the Roses posted at Savon Shoppe

maryeb presents Roses and Moonstones and Pearls, Oh My! posted at Colorless Green Ideas.

Brenda/Split Rock Ranch presents School's out for summer! posted at Split Rock Ranch

PatchFirstShop presents Pearl Pearl Pearl - Pearl Collection posted at Patch First Shop.

Ellen Behm presents Summer Plans posted at Down the Street Creations.

Kathy and Carrie presents EtsyBloggers Team Blog Carnival...... posted at CalKat The Jewelry Junkie.

HomeMadeOriginals presents A Special Jewel posted at Home Made Originals.

kitschkitch presents Board No. 58 - Back to School, Already posted at Inspired by Etsy

JewelryWorksbyKim presents Celebrating June With Pearls posted at JewelryWorks By Kim.

Rose Works Jewelry presents Rose Works Jewelry: June means Roses! posted at Rose Works Jewelry.

shellmitchell presents School's Out For Summer! posted at Shell Mitchell Accessories and Design.

Alicia Mae presents Summer time posted at Crafts and Cooking.

Now let's go visit our teammates blogs and read this edition of the EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival!

Technorati tags: etsybloggers, blog carnival.

School's Out For Summer!

The school year is winding down - my son only has 4 days left before he says good bye to junior high. The first day of kindergarden seems like it was not that long ago and I am having a hard time believing he will be starting high school in the fall. Wow, the time has flown by fast.

I am waiting with anticipation for summer fun. My son is going to visit grandparents for a month. It's pretty exciting to know that a break from being a mom is right around the corner! My husband and I are looking forward to spontaneous weekends away. I can't wait!

Spotlight on Create A Thought

Congratulations to Create A Thought who is the EtsyBloggers featured blogger for May! This is such a fun shop filled with unique jewelry and journals to suit your every mood.


Seven little robots sitting on a journal


Vintage Button Ring

In their own words from their Etsy profile, "Everyday you are creating thoughts. Thoughts that are interesting and beautiful, profound and deep, silly and funny. Whatever your thought style is, they should be recorded.

CREATEaTHOUGHT's mission is to help you do just that. I provide items that fit your personal writing and recording style. If you find that you are in need of a different style I will strive to create a personalized item just for you! Each journal is created to be unique and one of a kind.
I want to be able to provide you with something that is not mass produced. You will not have to worry about someone saying "I have that same journal!"

What a wonderful concept! When I was a child I found in my parents attic a journal that had belonged to my great great grandmother. Many stories were held within it's worn pages. Stories that had she not written down would have been lost to the family forever. Finding that journal set me on the path of recording my own stories.

Don't forget to check out Create A Thought's Blog.