YAY! iPad 2 is here!

Yippee!!  Exciting news! Many of us have been eagerly waiting for the much talked about iPad 2 to be released today!  It has been said that it has a faster CPU, and it's graphics will be up to 9x faster than the first iPad.   In addition, the iPad 2 has a webcam!  How cool is that???

Here's your chance to take advantage of a special I have going on this weekend. 10% off anything in my shop
Just enter coupon code iPad22011 ~ Valid March 11-13, 2011 (EST)

Have a wonderful weekend folks!

...til next time  ~Jan

My newest guilty pleasure, Hot Cocoa - 99.9% Caffeine Free!

OMG!  My daughters bought me this box of Hershey's GoodNight Kisses Hot Chocolate mix from the Hershey store in Chicago.  They know that I LOVE chocolate, but I refrain from having any chocolate in the evenings as any amount caffeine, even the smallest amount...affects me.  I'd be awake all night!
Not good.  :(

I was a little skeptical at first, thinking that this may be flavorless, or just too different.  Well, I was wrong, it was SOOOO good!  Rather than adding a little bit of milk, as I like things a little creamy,  I added some Coffee House's Caramel  Macchiato cream (found in the dairy section) , and these tiny miniature marshmallow bits from Heini's  (located in Berlin, Ohio).  OMG!  It was SOOOOOOO good!  I drank it down so fast, and wanted more....but no, I better not....I shall wait until tomorrow!    However, I soon will have a dilemma on my hands... What am I going to do when I run out of this Good Night Kisses Hot Chocolate?  I am hoping I can find it locally, as Chicago is 4.5 hours away!

Do you have any hot chocolate recipes to share?   Would love to hear of it if you do!  By the way, if you love chocolate, stayed tuned, as I will soon be creating some new covers for laptops, eReaders and iPads featuring....CHOCOLATE!

~til next time.... ~Jan

Shop Review

Sweet!  My esty shop is currently being featured on 'Liz's Favorite' website!  You can check it out here .

I found her blog to be quite interesting!  She has posted about reviews she done on several Etsy shops. I think I just may be 'going shopping'!   Liz has also done reviews on books, websites, and other things as well.    Next time I am at the library, I am going to check out some of Liz's book mentions that I think are worth reading.

For the month of February, I am offering a 10% discount in my shop for those who visited my review on  Liz's blog .   Enter coupon code LizsFav2011 at checkout.

Thanks again, Liz,  for such a nice review!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!  
I wish you all a beautiful day!

I know...I know...it's been a long while...

Hello out there!  I know it been a while since I last posted on my blog.  While I won't make excuses for myself,  but geee... I felt like I had some sort of writer's block!    I still do....  even though there a lot of ideas in my head that I would like to blog about...but where do I start??   Anyways, I truly enjoy surfing through blog world!   So much inspiration out there!  It's amazing!  It sure is easy to lose track of time!  

Anyways, I hope this finds you all well.  Hard to believe its November already!  I thought I would share with you some photos from Three Cedar Farms in Northville, Michigan.  They had the place so nicely

decorated.  They are now closed until the day after Thanksgiving as they are getting the place ready for Christmas.  

Three Cedar Farms

Is this a pumpkin or what???

Remember the story... The 3 little Pigs??

Mary had a little lamb its fleece was white as snow.....
By the way, where is the white lamb?  These lambs are  black!

I used to love this story!  So who gets to eat the bread??

OMG !   Remember these phones???

Antique Gas Pump!  Really cool! 

Junk Scraps put together = Cool Art! 

Love this wheel! 

YAY!  I finally did it!  A very overdue blog post!

Til next time ~Jan

Handpicked by Etsy for front page today!

OMG! I was on the front page of Etsy today! I did not know it at the time, but found out 5 hours later.  I  had noticed my Etsy hearts had jumped and wondered why.  Sure enough, after some researching, I had found that I was on the front page earlier this afternoon!  Thank you so much Etsy!!  You made my day! :) I am honored to be part of this collection of beautiful products!  Yippee!  Thank youuu!!!

Quilt Show!

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Quilt Show in Chicago last weekend. I thought I would share with you these photos of absolutely gorgeous, jaw dropping quilts that were on display.

Can you believe these are all quilts?  Its remarkable what these talented quilters could accomplish with fabric and thread.  It was a privilege to be able to view these beautiful quilts!

til next time ~Jan