Etsy Loves: Owls

Owls are the coolest animals. I just love little owl faces. These are some adorable owl finds on Etsy:

Rocky Top Studio

Amanda Barr No Tengo Miedo Clay

Woolbuddy

CozySeason

Once Upon a Peony

Studio by the Forest

-Brooke

Etsy Loves: Prints

I constantly fantasize about my future home. I want to cover the walls in gorgeous art.
Lately I've been running across a ton of prints I am in love with on Etsy (click the photos for links).

 SarahJaneStudios

 Lauraamiss

SarahJaneStudios

OrangeOptimist

Sadly Harmless

I bet you'd never guess looking at all these quirky, childish prints that I'm an elementary education major...

-Brooke

Busy!

My life feels so insane right now. I'm done with college classes forever, but that means I'm a full-time intern in a kindergarten class. And after a week of lesson planning and teaching it's as crazy as classes have been!
I'm participating in another craft show in a few weeks, and I realized I needed to make time for some jewelry making, so that's what I've been doing today!
Here are some things I just put up in my shop:

I'm anticipating more free time in the coming weeks, so hopefully that means I can blog more!
-Brooke 

New Jewelries!

Hey y'all, I got some new stuff in the shop (finally!). It's been awhile, but I finally got a new camera! I'm dependent on natural light for my photos, and I have found that the fall light has made my picture shooting more difficult! I never thought anything about how the sun's position changes during the year, but it is an adjustment from the light of the summer.
Anyway! Here they are!
Starting with my favorites :)

Is it bad I'm already excited about Christmas?

And something for those of you still in the fall state of mind

Two more Queen Anne's lace necklaces. This is one of my favorite flowers to put in resin!

-Brooke

A Pinteresting and Wordless Wednesday...

 :)

-Brooke

Books!

I need to read more.
I feel like I always say this to myself. The thing is I'm also really picky about books...I need suggestions!

The last really great series of books I read was the Hunger Games.

I started Jane Eyre over the summer but haven't gotten into it at all.
What are your favorite books?
-Brooke

Knit List

I'm ready to get serious about my fall knitting projects.

So, last year I made my first real sweater, this (unbelievably, gorgeous) pattern: Miette by Andi at Untangling Knots.

And here she is wearing hers (SO pretty)

Well...I completed mine, but it was a tad too small, and generally not perfectly perfect, so what did I do? Thats right, rip the whole thing out.

Here's an awkward and dark photo of the completed sweater, that was later destroyed.

So! I've started again and have made some progress. This time it will be the right size!

I'm also starting to think about Christmasy gifts. In the past I have made my close friends and family scarves and hats. With etsy, and the craziest school schedule, I don't really have time for big gifts, but I still want to do a little something crafty for the people I love, so I'm still brainstorming that...

I did decide to make Ryan a hat as one of his gifts for Christmas. I've been telling him I would for a while. He wants it for snowboarding, black with gray stripes. Here's the pattern I'm thinking, Turn a Square by Jared Flood (you might have to be logged into a Ravelry account for the link to work)

So happy its getting colder and I can knit again! :) 

-Brooke