Goldeluxe: An Etsy Shop Highlight

My husband will hate this statement, but I love Facebook.  He's totally on board with Twitter, but really dislikes (and refuses to use) Facebook.  I don't use any of the apps or send hugs (sometimes I will return them because I feel bad for ignoring them) or build farms or anything.  But, I love the idea that you can reconnect with people that you've known over the years and really see what people have been up to.  Inevitably, you will run across people you probably didn't like very much when you knew them before, but you never know what people are like now.  So, I try to be friends with everyone and sometimes hide notifications for people with statuses I regularly dislike.  It's a very neutral way to be friendly, without a lot of effort.  And, we are all SO busy these days that we need ways to keep in touch without a lot of effort, right?  (I think this is part of what my husband objects to.  He thinks if a relationship is worth having, it's worth the effort.  Which I agree with on some levels, but...)  I'm always excited, though, when I see people on there that I have missed, or really enjoyed knowing when I knew them.  Do you do that too?  Do you like social media in its various forms?

One of these people was Libby Hopper.  I've been friends with her brother Dan for a long time, in real life and on Facebook.  I don't know why it didn't occur to me to see if Libby was part of his friends list.  (That actually almost never occurs to me, to look for people.)  But, Facebook is super cool for suggesting people that you might want to be friends with.  Libby popped up, and I was excited.  See, Dan and I dated a couple of times in middle school (if you can call it dating) and high school.  Libby was his younger sister.  She was young enough that we never really hung out, but I could tell even then that she'd end up being a really cool person.  She was always nice and genuine and those are my favorite kinds of people.  I was checking out her profile and found she has an Etsy shop, Goldeluxe. 

My kind of girl ;)  So, I follow the link to her shop and it's so fun!  This is my favorite necklace she's made!








Super cute, right?  She makes jewelry with vintage finds.  I love the idea of using vintage items in crafts and especially jewlery, but I really love Libby's results!  I'm usually not even a big fan of gold jewelry, but these are such fun combinations...

Have you found that some people from your past are really fun, creative people?  Do you love Facebook, Twitter and the like?  I'd love to "meet" some of the creative people you know!  Comment with a link below and I'll pop on over sometime :)

If you want to visit Libby's shop, click here or click the picture to lead you to that listing. 

PS - This is one of the posts I promised for last week, but I messed it up and had to redo it before it posted.  Sorry!  I'm trying to figure out HTML and I keep breaking things in Blogger ;)

PPS - I should've known that Libby would be a crafty girl because she made me a homemade birthday card once.  She's super sweet that way ;)

PPS - Libby is now offering 25% off to anyone who mentions Lucky Star Lane at checkout.  See, told you she was nice ;)  Convo her before you purchase and she'll arrange the discount!

Winner of Snazzie Drawers Giveaway

The winner of the Snazzie Drawers giveaway is Linda at Craftaholics Anonymous!

Thanks to everyone who entered!  I totally can't get enough of this shop...The pictures are just gorgeous! 

Okay, I'm done for now.  I'm headed to Ohio this weekend to see some of my favorite family members ;)  My nephew Mason is having his first birthday party!  I can't believe he's one already!  It goes by WAY too fast, especially when you don't live close enough! 

I've got a few things scheduled to dazzle you this weekend.  Hope you enjoy them and I'll "see" you next week ;)  Have a lovely weekend!

Thanks again to Joy for offering some of her beautiful patterns to our readers.  I can't wait to see which ones Linda picks!

Fashion Accessories from a "Comfortable" Mom

My mom used to rock the shoe clips back in the day.  I wasn't old enough then to really think about them.  But, when my wonderful friend Ann suggested we make some shoe clips for her, I was intrigued.  I love the idea of taking one pair of shoes and fancying (I'm sure that's a word) them up a bit...coordinating them with different outfits, etc. 

I'm kind of fashion defunct since my son was born (I know he's too old for me to blame him, sorry HB!).  I also was never so into fashion that my handbag changed for different outfits or that I always ever looked like I stepped from the pages of a magazine (at least not one you'd look to for fashion advice).  However, I have always liked to have something a little fun.  I like fun shoes, sometimes heels, sometimes jewelry, etc. 

My husband will tell you that I dress up too much.  If you knew me, you'd laugh because that's not really true.  I like to wear jeans and a t-shirt most of the time.  I like the comfortable fashion.  Anyway, I think that's the something that makes me LOVE these shoe clips.  They're something that, if unpurchased from our shop, I will smile inwardly because that means I can wear them ;)

Please ignore my hideous feet and my too-long-toes. Someone please tell me if pedicures are tax-deductible as a business expense so I can rectify the situation that is my feet. 

So, ladies, what do you think...did you wear shoe clips in a past life and love them?  Want to get a pedi with me and dress it up with a pretty in pink shoe clip?  I'm totally ready to go when you are ;)

I linked up to Frugal Friday, because clips that make one pair of shoes like several pair are frugal.  I bet even Dave Ramsey would think so ;)

Moving to Lucky Star Lane

Good afternoon crafty people! My good friend Erin and I are joining crafty forces. We're hoping that Lucky Star Lane can be a place to inspire you to try new things…Since Erin and I both love most things crafty, but have different talents and favorites, we thought that together we could bring you more frequent postings about more varied projects than either of us could separately. If you've gotten here from my old blog, please bear with me as I post a few projects I worked on there…If you're already a reader of Lucky Star Lane – hello! I'm very excited to be here! I can't wait to hear from all of you!

-Heather, a craftee gyrl

PS - My home on etsy is soon going to be a place for all of us who live on LuckyStarLane to bring you quality, handmade items. Check it out and check back often for new items!