Birds of a feather do not always stick together...

1. Wren earrings by sophiehillartist

2. Atticus Finch t-shirt (yes!) by inexplicableconfetti (happy mardi gras New Orleans!)

 3. Gulls photograph by takenbyrobinlynne

4. Pillow by Nuka

5. Reusable snack bags by evelynfields

6. Stay Close print by PragyaK (many other fantastic bird prints too!)

7. Angry Bird blank note cards by badbird (many other bird prints with attitudes, too!)

God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.
-Jacques Deval
Afin de vivre bel et bien.

(quote found here) 

♥-Kat.

Snow just the way I like it: wham, bam, thank you m'am..I'm out!

 

Snow started to fall down Friday afternoon & left around 3" into the evening. It was fantastic, but I didn't have anywhere to be either. Really though, it was great. There wasn't much traffic around my area & it was so tranquil. It was a nice quick dose of medicine for the soul. I actually sat outside on the balcony for just a bit & read. Not too long, I didn't exactly want to muck it up by coming down with a cold, you know! ;)

 

 

A lot of it had melted by Saturday afternoon, and by Sunday it was basically all gone around  my neighborhood.

Hope everyone had a great V-day, President's Day, and have a fabulous Mardi Gras!

♥-Kat.

Because you'd rather be... shopping: favorite things

 

Hand-stamped martini earrings by insanejellyfish  

 

Aerial art locket necklace by heartworksbylori

cameo necklace by laralewis  

stunning golden leather necklace by eninaj 

  

scrumptious teal Italian leather bag by morelle 

  

aqua pumps by starletvintage

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Okay, now get back to work!
-♥Kat.

List of online venues.

 

 Bursting at the seams with stuff to sell? Well, thanks to scarlettcat, we have quite the list of online venues to branch out to if needed. See scarlettcat's original Etsy forum thread here for various details, opinions & descriptions. I've included suggested sites found throughout the forum thread ('cause I love you all ;] )--at least up 'til page 40.  

Before you get too frantic, some of these are not additional selling venues like Etsy & Artfire rather just show images & link back to your shop. I have included other sites that I didn't see listed. Please leave a comment with any others you want to add!

http://www.1000markets.com/

http://www.alittlemarket.com
http://www.artfire.com/
http://www.artflock.com/
https://www.artfulhome.com/
http://www.artbyus.com/
http://www.artsefest.com/home.php

http://www.babylonmall.com/
http://www.blujay.com/

http://www.bonanzle.com/
http://www.bouf.com/
http://bigcartel.com/
http://www.buyitsellit.com/
https://www.byhand.me/

http://www.coriandr.com/
http://www.craftmall.com/
http://en.dawanda.com/
http://www.ecrater.com/
http://www.elsewares.com/commerce/index.php
http://www.erayo.com/

http://www.etsy.com/
http://funkyfinds.us/theshops/
http://www.folksy.com/
http://www.gozabo.com/
http://handmadecatalog.com/
http://handmadefusion.com/
http://hyenacart.com/
http://www.icraft.ca

http://www.indiepublic.com

http://www.kaboodle.com/
http://www.kinfolkcrafts.com/
http://www.lollishops.com/
http://lov.li/

http://lovelyclusters.com/index.html
http://lunacraft.com/
http://www.madeit.com.au/

http://mainstreetmallonline.com/

http://shop.marketpublique.com/
http://www.mintd.com/

http://www.misi.co.uk/
http://www.myartplot.com/
http://www.mycraft.com
http://www.mystore.com/

http://www.neoloch.com/
http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/

http://www.onlineauction.com/

http://www.oztion.com.au/
http://www.papernstitch.com/
http://www.pinkdoodle.com/

http://www.plunderhere.com/

http://www.primitivecrossroads.com/index.html
http://www.redbubble.com/
http://www.rubylane.com/
http://www.silkfair.com/
http://www.shophandmade.com/home
http://www.shopify.com/

http://www.soleyne.com/
http://www.smashingdarling.com/

http://www.specialistauctions.com/
http://www.strictlyhandmade.com/
http://supermarkethq.com/browse/everything
http://www.thumbtackpress.com/
http://www.ustrendy.com
http://veganica.com/
http://www.wagglepop.com/bin/Auction
http://www.winkelf.com/
http://www.wwcrafters.com/
http://www.yabblebabble.com/
http://www.yessy.com/
http://www.yinia.com/
http://youcraft.org/
http://www.youcraftylot.com/index.php
http://www.zazzle.com/

http://www.zibbet.com/

And as beadedwire points out on page 25 of the forum thread:

You may want to look up traffic on some of these sites before spending much time on them. You can see trafftic on
http://www.alexa.com/
It is hard to sell on sites that don't get visitors. 

I intend to go through & check out some of these, then help categorize. But you know what they say about good intentions... 

 Happy Listing!

-♥Kat. 

PS- The pic at the top shows the guts of the mini-shop where my grandmother sold her crafts. This was after she passed & a lot of things got piled into that particular building. I'm hiding in the background trying to clear a path, I think! Anyways, that's the non-stop burst of color that I grew up with...kitsch (to me), but oh-so-colorful!

Whatever your flavor of politics...stay informed.

 

Picture from About.com site...here

While this may seem out of left field for me, but I wanted to share a couple of links to our government since the State of the Union address was just a couple of days ago. Now, I am not going in any deep political topics...nor am I going to discuss sides with anyone here. I just think it's good to check-in & see what all is going on. Also, when a heated topic is plastered all over the papers, web, & 6 o'clock news...I simply like to research a bit more before forming an opinion. But, hey, I'm not everybody...

White House's official site

- links to all current issues with WH's actions, links to other government branches 

While there you can't contact our President after all, you can "directly" contact the VP. Actually, for kids learning about our government, the site explains all of the different branches + history of the WH.

Republican's official site 

Democrat's official site

Libertarian Party 

Green Party 

--let me know if you want another flavor added

-♥Kat.

Friday Treats: Something sweet and homemade for Valentine's Day.

 

I love baking my own cookies. My friend & I are something like pastry-Nazi's...we like our baked goods our own particular ways & tend to be VERY critical when sampling others' goods. And I'm the less critical of the pair. I will use frozen ready-made crusts at times, whereas she gives me hell. Alas.

Oh yeah...I was getting to how hard it is to find unique cookie cutters. I actually discovered this site when I was searching for fluer-de-lis cookie cutters for this particular picky friend nicknamed Paris--& been going by that before the Hilton sisters were even conceived...I just hope she never reads this or I'm french toast! Off the Beaten Path sells all kinds of cookie cutter shapes (V-day set above here) & a ton of miniature cutters too.

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Now, my favorite place to find super-specialty baking  goods is at King Arthur Flour, based out of Vermont. Every time I receive an update in my in-box, my mouth instantly salivates. Check out the recipe for their Lemon Love buns here. Yes, there are all other sorts of yummy recipes on their site. 

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Okay, I officially need to go raid the kitchen now!

-♥Kat.