let's see......what, oh what could i do?????

if only i had something [...]]]> CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!!!

WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED TUESDAY MORNING.

wow! it hardly seems possible! tuesday, i reached my one thousandth etsy sale! where did the time go???

if only i could think of some way to celebrate such a hallmark??????

let's see......what, oh what could i do?????

if only i had something that i could giveaway!!!???

like maybe an elegant neck warmer.

or a sweet beret.

or a lovely pair of romantic gauntlets.

or a gorgeous shawl!

hmmmmmmm....... how about all four????
a perfect fall/winter wardrobe, each piece in Winter white.

now, does that sound like a proper way to celebrate this hallmark, or what!
i wish i could make a set for ALL of you but alas, time just doesn't permit.
nor do i have little worker elves at my beckon call.

so, i will have to settle for a drawing!
if you would love to win all of this hand made goodness, just leave a sweet little comment on this post!
as always, if you blog, tweet, facebook, text, "shout from the rooftops" about the giveaway,
you will receive 2 additional entries!!!

fine print (in bold print!) ::

~you MUST supply your email address in order to enter! (you can also email me your entry instead of in the comments)

~entries are warmly welcomed from ANYWHERE in the world.

~ if you do blog, etc about the giveaway, please let me know so right away!

~prize package includes all four items listed above (worth $240!!!)

~everything in package is custom handmade pieces, so winner will be asked for their sizes and
the complete gift package will be ready to ship within 2 weeks. pieces will only be made in Winter white colour.

<strike>~giveaway is open to entries until sunday, november 15th (midnight pst), so there is plenty of time to spread the word!
one winner will be randomly selected and announced the next day, monday november 16th.</strike>

now, go and do your thing! leave a comment, leave your email, then share the goodness with all of your friends!
have a very happy thursday, everyone!   

~kalurah

What a lovely surprise!

Go check it out….

(ah) the [...]]]> A sweet girl by the name of Audrey emailed me this morning to let me know that she is featuring a different etsy artist every Friday on her blog and she wanted to let me know that she was featuring me and my shoppe today.

What a lovely surprise!

Go check it out….

(ah) the blog

Hoping everyone has a glorious weekend. Now that I am part of the workforce again, I can truly appreciate them! Perhaps I’ll use the time to create something extra sweet for the shoppe to share with you next week.

I know, it’s risky.and daring and bold.

but I wanted a separate space for all of my treasured photographs.a place where I can let my nerdy tendencies flow freely.

my camera [...]]]> for a week now, I have been mischievously cheating on my little blog here.
when it wasn’t looking, I created a new blog.
behind it’s back.

I know, it’s risky.
and daring and bold.

but I wanted a separate space for all of my treasured photographs.
a place where I can let my nerdy tendencies flow freely.

my camera is with me all the time.
ask my poor sister, who has to stop alongside me every 5 minutes while we’re out for a walk, so I can shoot something.

I rarely go a single day without photographing something and it takes every last bit of strength inside my bower to keep from posting at least one photo on my blog.
each
and
every
day.

but I don’t.
because I like you people. and I don’t want you all to feel like this is just a breeding ground for photography addicts.

my new Photography Blog.
head over and tell me what you all think.
either here, or at “An open-shutter case”.
I love hearing from all of you!

in fact, those of you who do leave a comment at open-shutter, will be entered in a drawing to win one of my prints.
and you get to choose which one you’d like!

so comment away and spread the word.
if you blog about it, you’ll get an extra drawing entry!
and if it’s your very FIRST comment on both of my blogs, you get another entry!
the deadline will be the 20th at 8pm PT and I’ll announce the winner on the 22nd.

hope to hear from you all soon at my new digs!

introducing:

Zoe is so excited about her new blog.in fact, she’s beginning [...]]]>

here goes.

Michiko.

Michiko means beautiful, wise child in Japanese.named for one of my great aunts in Japan, whom I have never met.and who is probably [...]]]> Bari has middle name “tagged” me!
so it seems that I’m supposed to name some of my favorite things for each letter in my middle name. an Anagram, of sorts???

here goes.

Michiko.

Michiko means beautiful, wise child in Japanese.
named for one of my great aunts in Japan, whom I have never met.
and who is probably long passed now.
she sent me a Japanese origami mobile when I was born and I still give my mother a tongue-lashing for not assuring it’s safety, so that I could’ve passed it on to my daughter.

aaaaaaanyway….moving onto business.

M making. I love to bake, cook, sew, crochet, cut and paste, blog, photograph. the art of “making”. pouring my heart and soul into a creation is so satisfying!

I Ice cream. French Vanilla, to be exact. I actually went an entire week eating Tillamook French Vanilla Ice cream for lunch everyday. no regrets. no shame. just me and my sweet French lover. I even lost 2 lbs that week. but the dimples on my butt still haven’t forgotten my brief affair.

C Coffee. everyone who knows me, knows coffee is my life! it is my existence. without it, you would not be able to come within a couple feet of me. I started my coffee kick at the tender age of 12.
and I’ll admit it. I don’t even find the taste appealing at this point. but I NEED it. I CRAVE it. it smells like poop and tastes like dirt but I MUST have at least 3 cups of it a day! I MUST!
and no. I am NOT addicted to it. what would even make you think that?

H my husband. I have got the greatest one I could have ever asked for. he’s my best friend. he makes me laugh. he tells me he loves me every hour on the hour. I’m actually beginning to wonder if this is just a nervous “tick”???

I another “I”??!! boy, you don’t know how tempting it is to use Icecream again. that’s how much I love it!!! (in case you hadn’t already picked up on it.)
how about “I can’t think of another thing beginning with I.”???
no?
okay, let’s go with……. the Internet. this lovely place where thoughts and wishes burst out allover the place and you never know who they will stick to.
beautiful.

K Kids. mine, mostly. I think if I’d never met my children before and I picked them out of a line-up, I would choose my own as my very favorite.
they make me thankful that I’m a mom. they make me laugh, cry and want to run away screaming, all at the same time. motherhood is the most challenging thing I’ve ever pursued. even harder than Marriage. (that’s a breeze!)
but my kids are the greatest adventure I have ever stumbled upon and I’m so thankful to be their mom.

O the Ocean. I love the ocean. I love just sitting and watching it for hours. I truly believe that if I could live on the beach right smack in front of the ocean, I would be perfectly happy every single day of the rest of my life. my hair could have fallen all out from my kids driving me nuts and I could have gained 90 pounds from my French Vanilla ice cream diet.
and I WOULDN’T care. I would plop my bald, fat self down in the sand with a huge dumb grin on my face. staring at the sea. forever.

now, on to the deceitful business of tagging others!
Richelle, Sarah, Galadriel (I am DIEING to find out your middle name!) and Heather.

head on over and check it out! and if you have a blog, link to her and get an additional entry into the giveaway!

there’s [...]]]> Heather over at apples on a stick is having a giveaway that will definitely perk up your little ears if you have a love affair with ricrac and vintage fabrics.

head on over and check it out! and if you have a blog, link to her and get an additional entry into the giveaway!

there’s also a giveaway over at Fresh Vintage that will be sure to get all of you vintage lovers swooning! and ditto the “link to giveaway=extra entry” thing! in fact, Colleen will give you TWO extra entries!

all of this Giveaway talk has that little hamster wheel in my head a turn’n.
hmmmm.
I may have to sift through my craftroom and find some goodies to wave in all your beautiful faces.

on that note, keep posted, you Giveaway Maniacs!

oh my!

I am so blown away!I posted one of my Portland Zoo photos in a Flickr group called “World Through My Eyes” just 2 days ago and it has already been blogged!!!

here is a link to the group page where I am blogged. (well, my photo, that is)it’s a page of all [...]]]>

oh my!

I am so blown away!
I posted one of my Portland Zoo photos in a Flickr group called “World Through My Eyes” just 2 days ago and it has already been blogged!!!

here is a link to the group page where I am blogged. (well, my photo, that is)
it’s a page of all the administrators’ favorite photos.

I’m so blown away.
did I say that already?
well I am.

in fact, I am so stoked over this I just may decide to hold another contest and make the prize be a large print of that photo!

check back soon and see if my thoughts have accumulated into the actual thing!
you may just find that they have.
I am that stoked!

and you all know how much I like my “Give That Photo a Name” Contests. so, I may go that direction. we’ll see.

I hope everyone has a beautiful day today.
go take your camera with you and find a lovely spot somewhere to take pictures.
enjoy yourself and have fun.
and come back here and share it with me.

you never know, I just might blog you!