YART SALE on Etsy!

You might be asking yourself, "What is a Yart Sale?" Well, Yart is an artistic spin on the traditional yard sale:

Art + Yard Sale = Yart!

This years 2nd annual Yart Sale is sponsored by the Etsy Supply Street Team (ESST) on Etsy. It will take place June 10 through June 14, 2009. Everyone with a shop on Etsy is invited to participate!

I have a lot of items listed under the YART SALE section in my Etsy shop. I've also listed the link here. I'm cleaning shop so I have room for new styles in the near future.

I hope to see you at the sale! Enjoy yourself!

Peace,
Donna

Inspirational Tuesday ~ Courage

"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."
- Maya Angelou

I think we all need a little courage, don't you? Hope you all have a great a Tuesday.

Peace,
Donna

Birthdays! Out of the Mouths of Babes!

This past weekend it was my sister's birthday. Now she's nine years younger than me. And as you can suspect, we don't tell our ages. This has worked for a long time now. We'd have parties and when someone would have the nerve to ask us how old we were, we'd reply with that standard phrase, "Oh me? I'm 29 years old." This has worked well for the longest time. BUT, yesterday when my nephew asked how old his mom was, she replied, "Why, I'm 29 years old." That's when I piped up that I must be 38 years old then. Man, I'm liking this story! So my little grand daughter who is standing there listening to all of this says, "Grandma, how can you be 38 and Aunt Judy is 29 when my Mommy (my daughter) is 34?" Ok, who invited this little kid to the party? So now we told her that Aunt Judy is actually 39 years old and I'm really 48 years old. It worked for her, so that's our story and we're sticking to it! ;)

I thought I'd share with you all what I made for my sister. I know the trend in jewelry seems to be more wire, so I made her a wired wrapped bracelet and earrings. Here's the finished product. What I did was take copper wire, form the hearts, then connected them all together. I oxidized the bracelet and earrings and then tumbled them for strength and shine for about 4 hours. They sure did turn out shiny. Just beautiful! In the end, my sister, who was 29, then quickly turned 39 loved her birthday present.

Hope you all have a great Monday!

Peace

Puppy Love~Kitty Love

With the economy the way it has become, we are finding more and more animals out on the street. These animals don't know how to fend for themselves. They've been some body's pet and taken care of. The shelters are becoming overcrowded very quickly. Our Maricopa County East Valley Shelter is the 2nd largest in the country, they take in 50,000 dogs & cats each year. Isn't this little guy here the cutest thing you ever saw? He and his little brother would love to go home with you.

We have very close friends who have a passion for these lost or homeless animals in our community. Our friends, Cindy and Matt Vandiver, volunteer to take photographs of the adoptable dogs and cats to be used on the shelter's website, hoping that all will find a home. All of their prints start out as photographs of the shelter's dogs and cats which they transform them through the use of their digital paintbrush into colorful pop art prints. Read their stories. These animals have survived, they are so full of love, just needing a family to give it to. Here are a few of their prints from their etsy shop, Paw Prints Project, tails from the pound. They also give 10% of each sale back to the shelter.
"I Want My Momma" This little kitty is saying.
Irresistible You Know You Want One
This is a lucky little guy, he was adopted.

"All I Ever Wanted Was You"

"Waiting For You"

"Only A Face A Mother Could Love"
I hope you enjoy looking at Cindy's photos as much as I do. These animals need so much love and they come with a guarantee to give you much love in return.

Have a great day!
Donna

Whispers on Etsy!

Whispers....they just seem to whisper in the wind. Can you hear them? They tell a story if you listen. These earrings are very light and made with sterling silver and Apatite faceted gemstones. I hand formed the teardrop shape then hand wired the tiny gemstones around the earrings. I then oxidized them to give them that rustic look. They have been tumbled to polish them up and give the wires strength. Whispers are 2 3/4 inches in length. The teardrop part is 1 1/4 inches in width. These are a wonderful pair of earrings. They would look good with so many outfits, from casual to dressy. It's your choice.

Hope you all had a great weekend. We went to our timeshare and did some fishing. It was great! Cold, can you say sleet and snow in May in AZ? Yep, we had strong winds, lightening, snow, sleet, hail and rain, lots of rain! And we kept right on fishing! LOL! Yep, we are fishing fools! We did catch our fish for the day and went back to our room and warmed up! Loved every minute of it. Hated to come back down the mountain to the desert.

Have a great day!

Peace,
Donna