this little life of mine

Blogging From A to Z: Earrings

I love earrings. As you can see from the display above, I have quite a collection. The more unique or bizarre the better. I have earrings shaped like fish skeletons, feather earrings, dragons, coffins, eyeballs, bats, even miniature rubber stamp earrings (that really are functional rubber stamps!). Sure I've got some pretty and normal earrings as well, but when I find something wacky, I usually buy it. Recently I have been trying to steer away from some of the cheaper, clothing-store-type earrings and start buying pieces that are slightly higher quality while still being unique and unusual. Some of my current favourite pieces are below: 

These gorgeous earrings are made with sea glass and were purchased at Teresa Belle Gallery in Cambria, California. I love that they are one-of-a-kind, hand-made earrings, and the colours are beautiful!

This pair of hand-blown glass earrings were purchased at The Glasshouse Studio in Seattle, Washington. I love the unique, artsy feel of them, and the pretty, swirling colours. 

This pair was purchased at the Pro Shop at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Nothing too terribly special about them except that it's the Packers, and they're subtle enough so I can wear them to work without being too flashy about supporting my team.

This is another unique, artsy pair of earrings I bought in Seattle, but unfortunately I can't remember which quaint little gallery I bought them in .

And, yeah, I know I said I was trying not to buy so much cheap jewelery from clothing stores, but these adorable sugar skull earrings from Torrid were just too cute to resist!

Blogging From A to Z: Camera Lens Coffee Mug

A couple weeks ago, I bought myself a little present: a travel coffee mug that looks like a camera lens. I saw it around the web, and absolutely HAD to have one. I bought this one off amazon.com, and ended up buying the larger white one as well. Too much fun!

Blogging From A to Z: Art Wall

Finally printed up some pictures from my recent trip to Wisconsin and Ohio to display on my Art Wall. It's funny I just realized that all the Wisconsin photos were taken at the Rock K Ranch during the sleigh ride. As if we didn't do anything else that weekend! The three kitties belong to my BFF in Ohio as does the backyard shown in the one really snowy picture.

Sepia Scenes: Travel Clock

I swear I used to have a travel clock just like this one many, many years ago. In fact, who knows? It might still be somewhere amongst all our stuff in this very house! Also, I totally fell in love with these little birds that were scattered all over the store. I think I might  have to go back and buy one. 

Friday Five '13F

1. I honestly don't know what's happened to time lately. I used to have so much of it, and now I seem to have so very little. At least not enough to get done all I want and need to.  I used to hand stamp cards for just about every holiday or special event throughout the year, and now I'm lucky if I get five done for Christmas! I used to write extremely long (and probably boring) journal entries and fan fiction stories ALL THE TIME, and now if I get one brief blog entry posted a week, I'm doing good. It's kinda sad, really.
2. That said, this week has gone by SO SLOWLY! God, I thought we'd never get to Friday! The hours just dragged on and on, and I swear we either had an extra day this week, or a few extra hours attached to every day. It was painful. Truly.
3. I haven't started packing for Weetacon yet, and that's terrifying. I do have a new winter coat to take, but couldn't find any boots, so I might have to make due with what I have (which will likely be my floral Doc Martin's). I also need to buy my costume, get my charity items completed, and I think I'm going to need a new suitcase. My little red one just isn't going to cut it this year, mostly because I'm extending my vacation beyond Weetacon this year to a week with my BFF Jewel in Ohio, and will need to take extra stuff. My mom has a big, hard-sided suitcase I might use, but we've had it since the mid-80s (it's the one she used on our totally amazing England trip), so I'm not sure what kind of shape it's in. If I need to, I'm sure I can run down to Target quick like a bunny and buy a new one, but, dang! I'm cutting it close!
4. After a couple of months of using my TARDIS hard case for my iPhone and the Michael Kors wallet that it fit into, I've gone back to my all-in-one bookbook wallet/iPhone case. As much as I loved the TARDIS case, digging out my wallet, unzipping it, and pulling out my iPhone without dropping it just to check Facebook or take a picture was becoming annoying. And, I'll be travelling soon, so the bookbook is just going to be way more convenient.
5. And, here is your photo of the week: the sun through a tree jazzed up on snapseed:

   

 

Sepia Scenes: Mustard Tin

Nestled among some rather nice dishes and floral teacups was this rather out-of-place and slightly rusty tin of mustard. I love antique shops! You never know what you're going to find - or where you'll find it!

Photo Friday: Shadow

Photo Friday: Serene

Sepia Scenes: Old Photos

I think it's kinda sad when I see someone's old family photos for sale in an antique store/mall. I wonder who these people were, and why their family chose to give the pictures to a store to sell to strangers? Maybe there's no family left; the person was the last of their line, so the estate was distributed by an attorney or maybe a friend who had no emotional ties to the family or memories of the people in the photos. Whatever the case, it's sad. 

See it Sunday: Mug