It's open!!!

Hi there! Well, as promised, Hold Dear's Etsy Shop is now open for business!!! I'm pretty excited...mainly because I have SO much stuff and I've run out of room! It's ridiculous! I just have a few items in the shop but as I get things together, I will add more and more. I have some "collections" of things in mind. Oooh! This is fun fun fun! Pop on over if you get a chance!

In other news, this weekend started out crazy but then slowed down, thankfully! Glen and I went out to go karoake singing on Friday night and while we were out, Miranda called letting us know she was heading home (she'd been out with friends) because she hurt her foot. Oh boy. Turns out that a large piece of a metal cable punctured the top of her foot and went in about 1/2". It instantly got infected, of course, and so Saturday morning, we made a trip to Urgent Care where she got a Tetanus booster and antibiotics. All is fine now but that sure took a bite out of our mental energy for the weekend.

Thankfully we had something very fun planned for Saturday night. We went over to Andrea's house for a birthday party for her very fun hubby. Andrea, her husband, and all her friends are some very cool people. Seriously. We had a great time!

I did venture out to make a trip to Michael's today to take advantage of the 50% coupon action going on for Labor Day. I'm gathering/packing up some supplies to mail ahead to Kim. Kim's gonna hang on to some stuff for me so for Anahata and Emily's art event on September 20 and 21. I'm SO excited about this one and absolutely can't believe I'm going!

Oh and BTW, ArtFest registration starts TOMORROW!!!! Eeeeeek! I'd better go turn in some bottles and cans to make some money for that! Or  better yet, how about I just hustle and go put LOTS of goodies in the shop!? It'll be a win/win for both of us! :-)

Thanks again to Sandy who designed the gorgeous banner for Hold Dear: The Blog and Hold Dear: The Etsy Shop! She's a mightly talented girlie!!!! :-)

Comments

[Karin@creativechaos]

Congrats Michelle!!! Love the new banner......I wanted to use my 50% off coupon too but tired kids prevented me from doing so :) Off to check out your shop!

[Ilene Harris]

Hey Michelle,

Congrats on the new etsy shope! I will keep looking for tchotchkes I can't resist...

I'm in Chicago this week and I will check out some neighborhood thrift shops (fun!). I also realized after walking down the alley behind our B and B that many interesting items may be lurking there!

Ilene

[Jana]

Yay you! Congratulations on your Etsy biz :). I keep toying with starting up one... photos? beads? prints? paintings? kids hats? just don't know where or how to focus I guess....
Sorry to hear about Miranda's foot! At least she was nearby this time (remembering her Hawaiian injury---ouch!)

[Sandy]

Congrats on already making 4 sales in your new shop!!! I hope Miranda heals quickly! I really appreciate your sweet comments about the banner and for mentioning me at your etsy store too. You rock!

P.S Where ddoes ArtFest take place?

Sand xoxox

[andrea]

I like the new banner!!!

We had such a blast on Saturday, thanks for coming over! Tom enjoyed his whiskey with a cigar Sunday night. He loved it and I was supposed to email you guys a thank you from him. xoxo

and have fun with etsy too!

[Maija Lepore]

I just went to check in on your shop and you've done fabulous!!!
I'm still thinking about ArtFest!