Sihaya Designs is giving away some Halloween goodies.  Check it out here: http://sihayadesigns.blogspot.com/

My favorite piece from the Halloween collection are the pumpkin earrings.  Just too darn cute!

Thanks for the chance to win the prize! :)

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I also found out recently that the fairy/fairytale scholar Katharine Mary Briggs received her doctorate in her early 50's.  There's always hope and education is always there to be had. 

Please go to http://community.livejournal.com/weloveyoutess/ to check out auctions of handmade items inspired by the world of fey and fairy tales. It is a benefit to help my friend Tess Avelland with the daunting expenses of her upcoming surgery and recovery for a very rare form of cancer called Pseudomyxoma peritonei. Your bids are ( Read more... )

http://www.amazon.com/J-W-Waterhouse-Modern-Pre-Raphaelite/dp/1905711360/ref=pd_sim_b_2

A while back I made it a point to collect Barbie dolls.  Not the pink box ones that you would give a young girl, but the collectors dolls that are a bit more expensive.  I am so glad that Mattel has the ability to branch out into different cultures to create some stunning dolls.  They did a Legends of Ireland collection a few years ago and I just ( Read more... )

Oi! So I've been wanting to take some photos of me and Joe, especially outside in the lovely fall scenery and weather.  I go to take a shot of me sitting at my work desk for the fun of it, and um, yeah, the screen is black.  It's black when I have it on camera mode and it's black on view mode. WTF?  This camera does nothing but sit in it's case ( Read more... )

I will be taking a week's vacation.  I won't be going anywhere special, at least not in the real world.

Northrend here I come!!!

Much stocking of the necessaries will occur prior to this momentous date:

Diet Mountain Dew and Diet Pepsi
Snacks, snacks, oh and more snacks.
I might invest in a coffee maker.  We're pulling all nighters here people!!
Money ( Read more... )

I think I've found my new favorite home decor store:  OMG!

The hole in my life that Bombay left after it went bankrupt, is now suddenly filled again.

It's like the worlds of fashion and home goods said let's drive Edie crazy this fall with really cool items that she will love and adore.  Can haz a lottery win?

I just figured I would post a link to my friend Rook's eBay items. She has been wood burning boxes for years (I lost count of how many I own) and mainly uses mythological and fantasy themes in her artwork. I am hoping that she will start to post more of them soon so if you are interested in her work, please bookmark her eBay page or add her to ( Read more... )

OMG, love this lady.  I want to be her when I grow up!  Well, minus the missing teeth.

Go granny GO!