Costumes....

 My two favourite costumes that I've come across this Halloween season.....

 Awesome costume found on Cute Overload via  Zwzzy Vintage on Pinterest.

Amazing Mary Poppins and Bert costume found on the amazing site Keiko Lynne.

This week so far....

 This weeks been nuts! On Monday I came to the realization that my brand new printer was just not cutting it. I found out that the store I bought it from would exchange it even though I was past their 14 day exchange policy but I had to get it back to them by today. So yesterday I did nothing but print, print, print to use up as much ink as possible before taking the printer back (see picture above). I am not the proud owner of another brand new printer which I hope to set up this afternoon. Cross your fingers for me that this one will be better. 

Also today is a very exciting day for me! My shop hit 700 sales!!! I can't believe it! I mean obviously I've hit 500 and 600 sales in the past and always been thrilled but there's something about this number that is just making me say "wow"! I mean 700.....Wow! Thank you so much to all of you for your support of my blog, my shop, my newsletter, whatever. I really appreciate it so much! 

 That's been my week so far! How has yours been?

 

Simple....

I've always loved simple, black and white line drawings so it's understandable that I'd be drawn to these amazing wire sculptures by Masao Seki. You can see more amazing pieces on his site.

Found via the wonderful blog LUSHLEE.

PonderandStitch....

Right out of the envelope.

Look what arrived in my mailbox last week! I have been in love with the Etsy shop PonderandStitch since just after it opened. I've been eyeing a custom embroidery cuff for awhile that I wanted to get my kids names put on but figured I'd better wait till I was official done having kidlets. Well the other day I wondered over to find an item for a treasury and what did I see but this amazing necklace! Next thing I know my eye caught sight of a cuff in the cutest fabric and I was sold. I am now the proud owner of two of the most amazing pieces. I'd also like to add that I've never received anything packaged so nicely! The card, the box, the string, all wonderful!

Slowly taking it apart.

This shop really is awesome and Amy, the shop owner is so nice she ever adjusted the cuff down in size a bit so that it would fit my wrist perfectly! This shop has many fun items that would make great Christmas gifts. Be sure to give it a look see.

Self Portrait.

Yum....

I love this! It's a Chocolate Bar Cross Section photo taken by Rachel Been an amazing photographer, art director and photo editor. Don't you love being able to see the insides of all these yummy chocolates all at once? You can see more of Rachel Been's amazing work on her website. I found this wonderful photo via  one of my favourite blogs, LUSHLEE.

SALE....

 

Happy Monday! Just a quick post today to let you all know that I'm participating in The Alberta Team Fall Sale all week. I'm offering 10% off in my shop till Friday night. Just used the coupon code FALLSALE2011 at checkout.

You can find a complete list of all the participating shops here. 

Have a great day everyone. I'll be back tomorrow! : )

Bat Cake...

I love this Bat Cake! Not only does it look really yummy but the black and white is so fun especially with the bats flying over top! Found via Shannon's Pinterest. (I'm really loving Shannon's Pins this week, can you tell?

Halloween Decor for your Front Door....

Love these two decor ideas I found and may I mention that that front door is amazing in itself. Awesome! 

The door was found on Country Living and the Google Eye Moss Wreath was found on this site. Both via Shannon's Pinterest 

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Halloween Party Foods....

 Apple Cider Floating Heads from Martha Stewart via Katie's Pinterest.

From the Etsy shop craftypagan via Lisa's Pinterest.

Found via Sweet Estelle's Pinterest. Not sure where the original image comes from. If you know please tell me so I can add a link.

From Taste of Home via Shannon's Pinterest. 

 From Parents via Addisons Pinterest.

Halloween....

Well Halloween is exactly 3 weeks away. I admit that it's not my favourite holiday but now that my kids are getting old enough to get into it Halloween is growing on me especially considering some of the ridiculously cute Halloween ideas I've been seeing lately. So this week I thought I'd share some of them with you.

First up, this amazing pumpkin! I do not have the patience to make something this awesome, thank goodness others do so that we get to enjoy them! Unfortunately I don't know where this guy came from but if you do please let me know so I can add a link. I found him on Lisa's Pinterest. You can see other wonderful pumpkin carvings here.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving....

Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians! All shops in the treasuries below are from Canada. Enjoy!


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Toms....

I bought myself a present last week. Some Olive Green Toms shoes and they're just as comfy as everyone told me they'd be. If you don't know about Toms you can find out more about them here. Basically for ever pair of Toms shoes purchased a new pair is given to a child in need, One for One. The founder of Toms is going to be on Ellen today. I really like mine and have a feeling they won't be my only pair! 

Smile....

 Found on Curiosities and Clockwork via Lisa's Pin.

Just thought I'd share a couple of "Pins" with you that I found last night via Pinterest. They make me smile. : )

Found on modernhepburn via Tori's Pin.

Halloween Costume I can get on board with....

Okay this is one of the cutest and most creative costumes I've seen in awhile. I found it on the awesome website Family Fun. You can see step by step instructions on how to make this costumer here.

Fall Party Ideas....

 Honeycomb Cupcakes found on Instructables via Laura's Pinterest.

 Caramel Apples as favours found on Ruffled (DIY Howell, Michigan Wedding)

DIY Stump Cake Stand found on oncewed via Caitlin's Pinterest.

 Apple Cider served in Apple Cups found Better Homes and Gardens via Nicole's Pinterest.

Oh the Drama.....

So this time last week I found myself in the middle of some unexpected drama. After 4.5 years and a lot of use my printer broke. Not died but broke. The little piece right here (see below) that adjusts to the size of paper I'm printing on broke off right in the middle of an order. At first I thought all would be fine as the slider for the paper gauge was still intact but it turns out that this little piece also helps feed the paper into the printer. So alas I was hooped! 

So what did I end up doing all week? Shopping, buying and setting up this bad boy! I now have a brand new, shiny printer to call my own. It's a Canon, the same brand as my last two printers (I'm a fan!), it's all decked out with fancy buttons and seems to print like a charm (knock on wood).

So I am back to being able to make these (and by these I mean stationery in general) and all is right with the world. Drama over.....I hope! 

Anything unexpected happen to you recently?