Wordless Wednesday ~ Celebrate Summer Sunshine

craftscafe



HaileyLuDesigns

farouche

ETT Member of the Week ~ MindyG

Beautiful jewelry designed by MindyG, our EtsyTwitter Team member of the week! Please stop by her shop and look at her splendid earrings, pendants and bracelets. You can also follow her on Twitter at Mindy_G.

Wordless Wednesday - Oh So Pretty

orangekisses

Minski

linkeldesigns

Cupcake Love

Silverdays

vesselsandwares

I couldn't save these pictures for 'Wordless Wednesday' because who could possibly stay silent for all this yummy goodness. Thought I would share my delicious cupcake finds today and bring oooh-ahhh to your Monday. Don't forget to visit vesselsandwares and Silverdays Etsy shops and show them some love. Enjoy!

Day Trip

Alley Spring Mill

Day trips are so much fun. Packing a picnic lunch, buying snacks for the road, making sure the teenagers have their mp3 players attached to their ears, actually getting in the car and leaving, make me anticipate a fun adventure away from my normal routines.

Alley Spring Mill is located about two hours away from us along the Jacks Forks River in Southeast Missouri. It is part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways and just one of the many springs along the Jacks Fork and Current Rivers. What I love about this area is it is very rural. No MickeyDs and Wallie Worlds around this part of Missouri. There is also so much to explore--much more than we had time to do in a day. This trip gave us a quick glimpse of the splendid scenery and history of the area to make us want to plan a longer stay on our next visit.

It's a beautiful spring that has a daily flow of 81 million gallons of water! There were black dragonflies everywhere. We hadn't seen black ones before so my daughter took several pictures.

We also visited the one room schoolhouse they had on display at the mill.

I enjoyed the fact that they had the schoolhouse fully restored on the inside so we good glimpse at what it would have been like to attend school here.

We ended the afternoon by swimming in the Jacks Fork, just as a thunderstorm came rolling in. We were tired when we pulled in at home but it was such a relaxing day, I was glad we made the trip.

Another Chance To Win A Pendant!

Here is another chance for you to win a pendant of your choice from my Etsy shop. Please visit Sticky Fingerprints to find out how to enter. It's been a blast participating in two giveaways this week. I love meeting new people and finding out which of my pendants is their favorite.

Can't wait to find out who the winners are! Hope it's you!

New Look

Today is my big reveal day! I have been working with Thompsondesigns to create a new look for my Etsy shop and blog banners--Ta Da! I'm very pleased with the end results. I will also have new business cards and stickers for my tins. It's a fresh, clean start and I'm loving it.

I am running a Summer Special in honor of my new pretty, whimsical look. Buy any 3 pendants from my shop and receive the 4th one FREE.

Come visit The Autry Family Blog and enter to win a pendant of your choice from my Etsy shop! Shanna has been nice enough to review one of my pendants and offer this great giveaway!

For The Janeite ~ Jane Austen Pendants Are Here

I've opened a new section at Pretty Whimsical to display the Jane Austen pendants I've been creating. This should make it easier for the dear Janeites to find all their favorite characters. I will be adding more in the future so remember to check back to see what's new.

Etsy Twitter Member of the Week ~ MySassyGlass

This week's shop of the week is mysassyglass. Susan is a fellow Etsy Twitter Team member that sells fused glass slides, pendant and pierced and clip on earrings in her Etsy shop. www.etsy.com/shop/mysassyglass Please stop by and check out her great pieces. I love the rich colors in the heart pendant in the above photo.

Mysassyglass is offering the ETT readers the following deal: FREE SHIPPING until April 30th on all purchases totaling $40 or more from either of our Etsy shops. Items will be shipped either USPS First Class OR First Class International. Please use code: SOTW in the comments at checkout to redeem this offer. Shipping charges will be refunded via Paypal after payment or you may convo me before payment for a revised invoice. Wisconsin residents - applicable purchase of $40 is calculated before sales tax. Also…..We invite you to check out our facebook pendant giveaway. www.facebook.com/MySassyGlass

More links for this shop are as follows:
Etsy Jewelry Store: www.etsy.com/shop/mysassyglass
Etsy Supply Store: www.etsy.com/shop/mysassysupplies
Our Website: www.mysassyglass.com/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/Mysassyglass
Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/MySassyGlass
Blog: www.mysassyglass.blogspot.com/
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/mysassyglass/