An Etsy Christmas

Happy Boxing Day, friends. The holiday was indeed merry and bright for The {insert my last name}'s. I hope it was filled with lots of love for you too.

I have a few deeper thoughts I've been meaning to share but I am watching a movie with Scott and you know I would end up having way to many typos to feel like I could publish it without feeling deep blogging shame. So I will spare you all - especially my grammar-lovin' cousin (is that hyphenated?) - and share my 2009 Etsy Christmas presents extravaganza.

I've been trying to buy as much as possible from Etsy because I love to support artists and handmade products. Plus there are incredibly unique, one-of-a-kind treasures to be had on that lovely site. So without further ado...

Present Given #1: Typewriter Key Necklaces for the Campbell nieces from The Empty Nest. The ones I purchased were actually an antique yellow color, fairly rare and had their initials on it of course. I thought it would be fun since these girls always want to wear my jewelry when we are together.

Present Given #2: Organic Tee w/ Vintage Camera Screen Print for Scotty Boy from Vital. This went along with the Photojojo book that never ended up coming from an Amazon seller. Ugh. Hate that. I had a theme going but it didn't quite deliver they way I expected. I was still happy with the shirt though.

Present Received #1: Penny Farthing Locket from Scott for moi from irenesuchockis. I love it. Plan on putting one of our wedding pictures on the empty side. He did good. I had this on my etsy favorites for a long time but thought it was sold out. I'll probably wear it everyday so you can plan on seeing it in person someday soon. There is something very romantic and mysterious about lockets. I've always wanted one. Now I have one for my very own!

Present received #2: Briefcase in Wintergreen Distressed Genuine Leather from my favorite, most generous boss made by the amazing artist at jennyndesign. With how much I am attached to my computer on a daily basis I end up finding myself carrying way to many bags. This lovely piece of perfection solves that problem as it fits my mac perfectly and allows room for all the other essentials. If classy had a smell this would be it. I could cuddle up with it at night and have the smell put me to sleep. It was a fun, fun, fun surprise to get in the mail. I still can't believe it is handmade. It looks and feels so soft and wonderful. Lots of great leather bags in her shop if you are in the market for a new one. Thank you again, Julie!

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So there you have it. I've had a lot of people say to me they have a hard time weeding through Etsy with all the options on there. I would say subscribe to the daily email. It is easy to quickly scroll though and click on stuff you like and add it to your favorites for future reference or just delete it if you don't have time. Go to the homepage and on the bottom left there is a field to add your email if you so desire.

Happy Etsying.