New Look for Yolanda's Clay Etsy Store

Been wanting to do a new avatar and banner for my etsy store for a while. Bonnie from Love My Hero Etsy  has  shop banners for etsy stores. I wanted something on the colors above, brown representing earth as clay comes from it and the green is an all time favorite color.  The nature theme on it with birds which I love.  I am very pleased how it turned out and give Bonnie big kudos for getting it with this info "brown, green, birds, earthy".

Love My Hero also specializes in Military themed jewelry.  The store has pieces already made for a quick purchase and you could also have items to be custom made exclusively for you.

 









Bonnie is a Marine wife who likes doing scrapbooking and now uses her digital knowledge to make the themed jewelry that is in her etsy store.  I hope you visit her store and heart it and check many of her other pieces available for yourself or as a gift for someone you know who has a family member serving.

What a great way to honor and remember so gratefully the men and women who do so much for our country and our freedoms.  Thank you to all service men/women past and present who give everything for us.

Cats and the Outdoors

A snapshot of cat experiencing the outdoors

Jupiter is more daring and after many times out has explored beyond the threshold.

Layla being the shy one is still hanging by the door.

We have had these cats for six months now and they are finally feeling at home, specially Layla who is three.  We believe she did not have a good beginning but now she is safe, trusting and enjoying having a home.  Jupes as we call her, was 2 months when we got her so she knows this is her home from day one.  They will be indoor cats because of the dangers outside, and our area has coyotes occasionally. But they do get bored at times so I take them out in our yard supervised for 10 minutes a couple times a day.  

Today I will be at Patchwork Show in Santa Ana form 11 to 5 pm,  if you are in Orange County come and check it out lots of fun things going on.

Patchwork Show Event

Patchwork Show Again!! 

That time again for Patchwork Santa Ana

Sunday May 29 from 11 to 5 pm

Main St. and the 5 Freeway

Between Bowers Museum and Main Place Mall

Hope to see you there!

Few items Today

Sunday is Patchwork Show Long Beach

PATCHWORK SPRING SHOW MAY 15 in LONG BEACH

Sunday May 15th is the day people!  Patchwork Show in Long Beach is happening.  From 11 to 5pm

at the  Marine Stadium.  There will be over 125 vendors with all handmade goodies.  The shows are always a blast so come prepared to have lotsssss of fun, good food and nice music in the background.

Rain or shine!  so do the sun dance for us please.

Here some of the stuff I've been making and that I will have there.

Come and say Hi!

Another Design with One of my Pendants

A few months ago I made a sale on my etsy store, I asked the buyer how she found me. She said she saw a picture on flickr of a necklace with one of my pendants, later on she sent me a link to this necklace.

The pendant was one that sold around Christmas.  The necklace was beautifully designed in yellow and purple.  It was a commissioned piece that artist Linda Landig from Linda Landig Jewelry created for a man who would give away as a gift.  Linda's designs are beautiful pieces full of color in many different designs and choices for you to wear.

The pendant is a little square about one inch in size, stamped with a yellow bird in the center with ornamental texture surrounding it in purple and an outline of yellow again.  The piece is designed with square beads, seed beads and lentil beads and some nugget looking ones too.

Linda and I have become facebook friends and I became a fan on her page too Linda Landig Contemporary Artisan Jewelry Also here is a post she did recently on her blog on some pendants she recently purchased   Linda's Bead Blog   

This is another pendant Linda has on the works, can't wait to see what she makes with it.  Thank you Linda for sending the pictures to share.