I love Etsy. There I said it. I’m on the site at least once a day if not more. There’s just something about things handmade. I’ve been a crafter all of my life, when I was little my mom called me “The Shredder” because I was always cutting up paper or fabric to make something. The living room floor always had bits of my projects – sorry mom!

A great friend of mine just started her own Etsy shop, check it out!

Dave and I had a blast photographing her products and my sister was the perfect model. My reward was some very fun hand made accessories .

Enjoy!

When I was little my mom and aunt started a birthday tradition. On our birthdays we had a birthday date with our aunt, out to eat and then to a bookstore to get a brand new book! Dave and I want to start this with our nieces, and this Saturday we had our first birthday date with Lucy.

She was dressed up like a princess, so uncle Dave wore a jacket & tie for the occasion. First we headed to Cafe 237 in Paw Paw where Lucy had the best chocolate chip pancakes ever, and hot chocolate. Uncle Dave had crab cakes benedict, and I had a spinach & wild mushroom fritatta. YUMBO! Then we finished up at Fat Cat Books where we visited Grimsley the store cat, and loaded up on some great children’s books. We had a great time!