Swoon

I've been watching alot of dvds lately (new to the area=I have nothing to do outside the house), including rewatching the original The Evil Dead. I love it so much!* And it totally reminded me of the wonders of Bruce Campbell. And he was never any finer than he is right here:



Except maybe here:



*this love does not extend to Evil Dead the Musical, which I sat through not once, but twice. They were serving shots in the aisles and I still had a miserable time.

Cape Cod Coyotes?!

I have recently discovered that along with squirrels, chipmunks, and all manner of birds, I'm sharing the Cape with the Eastern coyote. At the risk of sounding dumb, I never knew there was such a thing! While I'm totally fascinated, and love the thought of much an interesting neighbor, I'm now obsessed with the idea that Nessa and Mugsy will soon become bite-sized puppy nuggets for them. According to a couple of my neighbors, sometimes the coyotes can be seen wandering the nature trails behind my house--where I walk the dogs. Suddenly I'm in the Wild West!

I've also just discovered the dismaying truth that the coyotes aren't thought of too kindly here and that there is an annual hunt...although apparently Massachusetts offers the most protection of the species (there are much bigger hunts in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont).

In any event, I really am kind of excited about this. Now I really, really want to see one!

Cape Cod Living

If you've been past our Etsy shop in the past month or so, you know that we've been in the process of moving, which is hellacious. No one should ever move--wherever you are, my advice is to stay there forever.

But we're sorta, kinda, settled in-ish here in beautiful Cape Cod. And it really is ridiculously beautiful. I'm looking forward to getting truly settled so that I can explore some more, but we've gotten in the habit of hitting the South Cape Beach every couple of nights at dusk, which is amazing, and reminds us why we moved here in the first place.

Also, I've become addicted to grilling. I may never cook indoors again. I have a sad feeling that there are going to be many posts going forward about grilled food.

But it feels good to be getting back to normal business. And, as you can see above, Mugsy the monkey dog seems happy in the sun. :o)

Jewelry Party

Here's the invite I dashed out for our first jewelry party this coming Sunday. I've never done one of these before, so I'm hoping it goes well!

Color Me Barista

Monday's the big day...my very first day as a Starbucks PTer.

Full benefits! Full benefits! Full benefits!

As many Etsy forum readers know, I'm feeling a little funny about going from an actual career to serving coffee, but I'm trying really hard to stay positive and look at this as a fun adventure. With free coffee. :o)

Wish me luck!

Self Portrait Thursday - 2.14.08

Kinda forgot to post this as I intended to on the actual Thursday, but here it is nonetheless. Sporting my first straight haircut in...7 years? 8?

Busy, busy

Now that January is over, I am going to try to catch my breath a little. This has been a crazy, crazy month--326 sales! More than I sold in the previous 9 months combined!

So this is what the worktables look like here, 24 hours a day. Right now, we're trying to get some pieces together, not just for our pending orders, but also for a 2-day trunk sale this weekend at the awesome artez'n in Brooklyn. I'm planning on having roughly 6 billion rings there, and lots of wallpaper pendants and postage earrings. This is the plan.

Also in my plan--more blogging. But that has been in my plan before, and look how that turned out...