Item of the day: Clover Cup

I love the unique shape of these cups by kiefferceramics, and the frost one is my favourite colour: I think the delicate design makes them really special. I'd love to drink my tea out of one of these every morning.

Item of the day: Summer Shades

I just love the colours of this hand-woven table runner. Actually, I like everything in finnishweaver's shop, this is just my favourite: Although they are beautiful summer shades, I think they would look lovely year round.

Free Shipping!

Since I'll be away for 2 weeks and won't be able to ship anything off until January 5th, I'm offering FREE SHIPPING on all purchases between December 20 and January 4 at midnight.

Home for the Holidays

Home is such a relative term. It is our little apartment most of the time, except when I'm in Hamilton and talking about my parents' place. Then that's home. Until I'm there, then Hamilton is home again.

Either way, I'm heading home for the holidays, to Verner / the middle of nowhere. Pat is also from the area (we met in high school), so we travel home together. This year, if the weather is nice, we're going to get a ride home from either my mom or my older brother. My brother is more likely to drive in some snow, and he wants to stop at IKEA to get a last-minute gift. However, it really depends on the weather ~ it's snowing pretty hard here right now.

Well, actually, the wind is the worst part, blowing the snow up and reducing visibility. But we get so little snow in Hamilton that it's a pretty big deal ~ schools were canceled this morning before the snow even got started! Back home, we definitely would have gone to school in such a storm.

Anyway, I'll be away for 2 weeks. It's going to be a nice, long visit (though by the end I'll be more than ready to come back home). I won't be able to be online as often as I like, but my parents finally just got high speed internet, so I'll be able to steal my little brother's laptop to check my email, shop and blog.

I'd like to wish everyone a very happy and safe holiday ~ I hope you get to spend it with those you love most.

Playing with a new banner ... again

OK, so I had a suggestion that desaturating the pictures on one end would help create a focal point around my goddess (and shop name) on the left. Here are the results...

This is the version I have as my shop banner right now. Desaturating this version looked good, except for the tag (looked odd somehow) and the bracelet on the end - it has no colour at all.So first I changed the set of tags, and I tried 2 different bracelets. First this one:Then this one highlighted in blue/green:Or in yellow:Which do you like best? Or do you think I should stick with the full colour version? I like how the desaturation brings your attention to the goddess... And I think I like the first of the 3 the best.

More Playing with Banners

I still can't decide if I prefer 3 or 4 pictures on the right of my banner. I prefer the off-center writing of the first one, but maybe looks a little empty? Anyway, I had a suggestion to substitute the hot pink tags for green ones to enhance the contrast, so... what do you think?

Version 1Version 2Version 3Version 4Version 5Version 6 Version 7
I think versions 4 and 5 are my favourites... HELP!

Item of the day: Blue Hawaiian Quilt

I love quilts. They look so warm and cozy, and inviting. Plus, there is something special about a lovingly handmade item, especially one on the scale of this quilt. PacoandLupe chose absolutely stunning fabric and the quilted floral pattern is mesmerizing. Take a look and prepare to pick your jaw up off the floor (and wipe that drool off your face!):Doesn't it make you want to own a beach house so you can have this on your bed (or couch or wall) there? Oh, and do click on the picture and check out the listing for this quilt - the single picture just does not do this item justice!

Playing with a new banner

So I've been meaning to change my shop banner to reflect my shop more, while leaving this one as my blog banner. So I created 2 versions of a banner... what do you think? Too simple? Which version do you like better?

Version #1

Version #2