Monday, August 30, 2010

Blogmania Sponsor

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Oh my goodness you must check out all the wonderful shops chipping in to make this one big blast!!!
I have my most popular hat...  The Grey Beautee in the giveaway...
 

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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

******CONTEST TIME******


My BIG 1 year anniversary with etsy  is on September 1st....

I cannot believe it has been a year already...

I just started the Tolduso facebook fan page in January of this year and I must say I have learned so much from all the talented crafters and fans........
What better way to celebrate my 1 year than with a contest...


The winner will get to choose 1 hat from my etsy shop for there prize.  Any hat..Any size..And any color...

If you have purchased a hat or any item from my Tolduso shop on etsy or from me personally you are qualified to enter...Easy right..

What I need is.. you to send me a photo of you wearing your hat or hats that you purchased.  For each different hat you have is another entry...so if you have purchased 2 hats from me...send me 2 different photos.....

Send them to my wall on my facebook page or simply send them to my etsy page in a message..


Then I will do a blog with all photos that I received on September 15th and then have a vote....

The winner will be announced on September 30th....

Whoever has the most votes will be the winner...Easy does it...you are choosing the winner...

Get creative with your photos...Lets bring out your crazy side...sexy, funny, cute, hot, simple, etc....


I am open for photos now....
Have fun..


Tuesday, August 17, 2010

A Fall Living Room with Etsy Finds

Yes it is that time of year again...The darkness is coming earlier and the evening light is fading away.  The kids are back in school, the mornings are cool and the days hot.
Fall ya'll....My favorite time of year. 
I love all the colors and the smell of cider. 
The long walks in the woods I take with my son and the pumpkin festivals we visit every year.
 This time of year also makes me want to decorate my  home for fall....you know..the pumpkin spice candle, the colorful leaves and sunflowers,crows, etc.....

I looked around some Etsy shops to see what I can come up with for your living rooms and here are some items you can use...
I just go thru random and pick shops out...
It is amazing what you can find just browsing around and putting some short key words in.
Enjoy!!

We must start at the front door and this beautiful wreath just speaks out and yells Fall...

Has these amazing pillows to throw around in a chair or couch...Talk about a statement

I can picture some of these lovely leaves on your coffee table, side tables, etc..

Wow...This shop is new and has no sales yet...I love these prints..
How wonderful would these look on your fireplace mantel or over a shelf..

These little blocks will look cute anywhere you want to sit them

Whats a fall setting without gourds

I can't make a statement in my home without adding a black crow or 2 or with me alot more...

We must add some acorns in are living room...check these out

Even something simple as a switch plate can make a statement in your living room..or any room


I can go on and on as always...But will stop for now...I hope you stop over and check out some of if not all of these shops...Thanks for stopping over and reading my blog..


Monday, August 16, 2010

Meet me under the Old Oak Tree

eclectic resin jewels for the artistic soul
If you know me then you know that I have a thing for trees...Love them..And every so often I find great items in etsy shops and I just have to have all to myself. 
I found this necklace and these wonderful earrings at Underglass  a very cool and reasonably priced shop on etsy.  Stop on over and look around...

I also bought these cute spider earrings to wear closer to Halloween..
 
Hello to the clearance section...$3.00  and I bought it while free shipping was going on....yay!!!  I mean really support Handmade is not hard to do and even if you pay shipping its not bad....
Stop on over and visit this shop...

They also have a fan page..Feel free to drop in and say Hello and become a fan. 

Now those 3 item were what I bought for myself...Look what else is in there shop...
These earrings must be just listed because I did not see them when I was shopping... :) 
LOVE THEM...How great for fall...hmmmmm
May I request some black birds to...I am a BIG lover of black birds.. lol...

Oh my goodness I can go on and on...
Stop on over and visit UNDERGLASS  

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Stop on over and vote

Take a minute and stop on over and visit this great web page.  Great Handmade Finds by Made for me by Oaklie

They have been so kind as to include one of my hats in there great finds section.  Take a minute and vote for me and give me the chance to win a week of free advertising...

Vote for  Tolduso  on the Great Handmade Finds page just scroll down and on your left hand side you will see a grey box with all the shops listed...simply click on Tolduso and hit vote....easy as can be...

I hope while you are over there you visit the gallery and links page as well... 
Meg's Crochet is the sponsor and I have a few of her pieces in my jewelry box...Stop on over and visit her shop and fan her page and follow her blog...She is wonderful at helping promote your shops and is very friendly.  I do hope you stop over and tell her hello...

I want to thank them so much for including me in this....It goes on for 1 week....Stop on over

Friday, August 13, 2010

Some New Items

I have been busy filling some custom orders around my home town the past few weeks
Getting ready cooler weather and alot of babies to be born soon.... Here is a peek of some of the items that have sold...
This grey hat got shipped out to England on Tuesday....The flower is a removable pin and the button is vintage...
These blanket are going to a set of twins to be born in 2 weeks...One boy and One girl...
Sexy little gloves here were a request for a woman at my work
The little twins soon to be born get these hats as well...

Some items are listed in my etsy shop...Stop on over and visit Tolduso
I am all caught up as of today...So if you would like to order something please order and be ahead of everyone else...
I welcome all custom orders...

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Been Awhile

Ok so we are back from our St. Louis trip.  It was a fun little getaway.  My husband made it to round 6 then got knocked out by 4 yards.  So he thinks he is done for this year in trying to compete for the Long drive.  Will focus on getting stronger and healthier...which is a win win case...and try again next year...

We went to visit the Arch in St. Louis and it is amazing wow...This is the Mississippi River behind us...They had a museum and theaters below it and we watched a documentary on how it was made and it made me queezzeee....its like way high and took them over 2 years to build the thing...And not one of the 13 men got injured or died...yay!!
I thought that was amazing in itself.

So on a differnt note I teach my very first official spinning class tonight...I have been getting ready all day thinking of what I am going to do in class..

I have also been making scarfs,cowl,cuffs,and new hats to add to my shop...
Here is a couple to show you
I just got an order for 2 baby blankets I am going to start on this weekend.   The woman's friend is having twins in 3 weeks and its gonna be a boy and a girl...how perfect is that..
This is the hat set she ordered from me the other day.

ok well I am gonna continue to create and will keep you posted with my new and upcoming items and adventures...:)