new SPOOKY treasury!

it's been cold, cold, cold(!) here in santa cruz, and i'm already starting to think about the fall. crunchy leaves, hot soup for breakfast, and HALLOWEEN! this is my second treasury, this time on treasury west, and i had fun looking through all of the amazing halloween items on etsy.

the link if you want to check out some of these cool items:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=65582

so inspired by king tut

today we FINALLY made it over to san francisco to see the king tutankhamun exhibit at the de young. i saw a similar tut exhibit when i was 9 years old in memphis, tennessee, and the striking images that i saw that day in 1981 have stuck with me all these years as "amazing things to see."

today did not disappoint. to stand in front of something older than 3,000 years old is mind-blowing. the fact that artisans were glazing in brilliant turquoise and carving intricate designs and hammering out gold scarabs in unbelievable. i feel like these people were much more connected with what is than our contemporary society will ever be.

because gabe, our oldest, is nine (the age when tut started his rule) it was really fun to see the connections that were made between tut and himself. the bust carved out of wood of tut was about gabe's size. the chair that is believed to be tut's first throne (gorgeous and inlayed with ebony and ivory) was just gabe's size. i don't think gabe is ready to be the ruler of one of the most powerful empires in history, that's for sure. i just hope that he remembered to brush his teeth tonight:)

new to blogging, but what the hell

things to know about me:

1. this is my first blog entry ever. and may be my last.


2. i REFUSE to capitalize words. unless i want to make sure you KNOW THAT I AM REALLY SERIOUS about something.

3. i like to make things. not all the time, but very sporadically and then very, very manically so that i have a bunch of stuff piled everywhere.

4. i am addicted to ETSY but before that it was facebook and before that it was myspace. myspace was only fun when i fronted as a penguin. maybe blogging will be my next addiction. i haven't really caught on to twitter yet.

5. i like to paint. i've painted canvas, board, rocks, clothes, and even a sofa.

okay

that's enough with the numbers. i am planning on primarily using this blog to talk about etsy but other general areas of my life may emerge like my two kids that i love dearly but drive me crazy 72% of the time, my husband, surfing, santa cruz, and my other obsession, music, primarily in the indie genre.

please check out my shop if you feel like it