Happy things!

Okay, so this was supposed to go up yesterday, but life interfered. So, here it is, better late than never. I wanted to share some nice happy things from my weekend to spread the sunshine around.


Exhibit A: This is from the Etsy Craft Meetup on Friday night. These are all the crafts that I got to make with the other lovely Etsy ladies. Wendy from Wendy's Origami taught us how to make the paper boxes and she is responsible for the beautiful picture shown here. I taught wire wrapping technique and everyone made earrings like my little green ones here. We were also all introduced to artist trading cards and you can see mine peeking out from inside the box. It was a great night and so much fun meeting other crafty ladies!



Exhibit B: I got a chance to finish up my packaging for my Etsy shop! So now every bracelet, necklace, and pair of earrings will come in a beautiful gift box in a range of colors with an adorable hand-stamped silver double happiness design. Double happiness is a commonly used Chinese symbol for love and luck in love; I have always been drawn to the pretty symmetry and the ideal that love doubles your happiness.



Exhibit C: I'm the winner!!! I won a giveaway for a free personalized kids apron pictured above AND a gift certificate on a great blog I have been following http://cottoncupcakegallery.blogspot.com/ Everyone who has kids or knows someone with kids should check out her blog and Etsy shop. Now I just have to really hope that hubby and I can beat the odds. Everyone we know that has had a kid recently has had a boy, but I took a chance and got the apron with the name we have picked out for our theoretical daughter: Hannah. Yay, you just can't beat free stuff!

So, I had a great weekend and getting back to the workweek is blah! At least the happy weekend, which included quality hubby time and all these awesome events, have given me some extra energy to get up and get going. I wish you the same!