Submissions: Things for your Hands

Every Friday I put together a treasury of some of my favorite items made by other etsy sellers, post it on my blog and call it the Friday's Favorites!

Last week's To B or Not To B treasury had 100 views, 22 comments, 41 clicks and 3 favorites.

This week I'm looking for stuff for your hands, for example: gloves, rings, bracelets, lotions and anything else you can think of that people buy for their hands.

If you have an item like this, post the link in the comments and check back tomorrow for the Friday's Favorites.

Don't have anything for your hands in your shop? Feel free to nominate a friend's item and help spread the love.

I will be looking for items in the forums too, but I always consider the blog submissions first.

The Blue Chevron Fingerless Gloves pictured above are my handy item!

Kitty Toilet Training

So, for the longest time I've wanted to have a cat that was toilet trained... I mean trained to use a human toilet.

I was searching around the web and I found this wonderful blog (http://www.karawynn.net/mishacat/toilet.html) and thought that I would give it a go.

Today is day one.

Luckily, I already have a cat that is not afraid of the toilet, even though he's already fallen in once (by playing, not with the training process. He's almost 6 months old, so I'm excited to get started.

If this works, I will never have to change the kitty litter again.

My goal is to have him using the toilet by mid August... Let the training begin!

Sunday Funday Video: Dog Steals Blanket

A friend of mine reposted this on facebook, and I thought it was too cute not to post here. I love it when animals act like humans... picture the cat as me, and the dog as my boyfriend...lol.

Rain? But it's a Desert!

Last night I was performing magic at one of the new centers out in the northwest of town. It's an outdoor venue which I've been working at for the last couple of months. As they are new, they are providing free entertainment to encourage customers to come and see the new shops. These include caricature artists, balloon twisters, jugglers, magicians, face painters and even a different band every night.

Well, last night, the clouds opened and sheets of rain began to fall. There's not that much shelter in the place so everyone was huddled together, and I was doing my best to keep people entertained until it let up. First it poured for 5 minutes, then cleared, then another 10, then cleared and after the third time, they let us off work early as they figured it was impossible to perform.

The band had it the worst of all, since they had a lot of electrical equipment, and even though they had a tent over their heads, the wind was actually blowing the rain straight at them.

I love the rain, especially since we see so little of it here, and it was nice to leave work a little early.

In Treasury News

Yesterday's To B or Not To B treasury, so far has 88 views, 24 comments, 41 clicks and 3 favorites! If you haven't taken a look, please check it out.

Friday's B-utiful Favorites

This week, instead of going by colors or style, I thought I'd go by first letter. Who knew how many gorgeous things were out there that begin with B? Well, now I do, and after looking at these goodies, you will too!



Here is the link for those that want to blog, facebook, or tweet about it:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/NjI1NjY2NHw0MjU1NzQ4Mjc/to-b-or-not-to-b

Submissions: Things that start with B!

Every Friday, I put together a treasury of some of my favorite items made by other etsy sellers, post it on my blog, and call it the Friday's Favorites!

Last week's All We Need is Fireworks Treasury had 64 views, 22 comments, 77 clicks, 12 favorites, and one sale! Congratulations MsZinski!

This week I'm looking for things that start with the letter B. If you have anything in your shop that starts with B, post the link in the comments and check back tomorrow for the Friday's Favorites.

Don't have any B items? Feel free to nominate a friend's and help spread the love.

I will also be looking in the forums for items, but I always consider the blog submissions first.

The item pictured above is my B item... it's a Blue Belly Top

Fourth of July Fun!

Well, first off, the boyfriend and I never have a day off together. Usually his one day off is Saturday, and I always work then, however, he got the fourth off, and I'm always off on Mondays, so we got to spend it together!

We ran a few of my errands (I know, fun, fun, fun), and then we went out to the lake to pay his boat rent.

It was so hot, and the lake looked so inviting, I said we should take the boat to Hoover Dam and back. In a motor boat that would take only 10 minutes each way, but in our sailboat it's about 45 minutes each direction. We bought some water and headed out.

The motor took quite a bit to get started (yeah, even sailboats have motors, but they don't go as fast as an actual motor boat). The poor boyfriend was soaking wet with sweat pulling and pulling on the cord, but finally we got it started.

Of course once we pulled the boat out, there was not a breath of wind, so we simply motored there and back. Still a relaxing journey, and once you get into the canyon, it's about 10 degrees cooler which is such a relief. I even sat on the bow and dangled my toes in the water.

I wanted to anchor and go for a swim, but neither of us had anything resembling swim suits, and the lake was so busy (it being the fourth) that we would have really needed them if we swam.

A fun day! And then a special dinner of KFC (I hadn't eaten there in years), which tasted so good even though I swear their mashed potatoes and gravy have crack in them as I am still craving more this morning.