Roots and Feathers excitement...

 Im so excited that I just had to share... my Roots and Feathers etsy shop has made it to the front page of etsy two days in a row!  The fun thing about having a new shop, is that it is new!  Its almost 3 whole months old, ha ha!  Even after my Violet Bella account making it to the front page 44 times and my Photography account making it 31 times, it still feels so exciting every time!!!  I felt the same way for my hubby when his shop made it to the front page too!  Its just plain fun and exciting!  I put these up in widget form so you can actually click around and visit everyone's shops that are in these two treasuries!

     

And speaking of my Roots and Feathers shop, I have added some new things recently... some may be sold already... and there are more newbies not pictured here.  And more to come!  I have another batch of 'feather in a bottle' necklaces coming soon.


 PEACE,
Laura

Textile Gypsy Earrings...

Today I am just going to share with you the rest of the fabric earrings I made.  They are all listed in the Roots and Feathers shop.  And there are more goodies coming to the shop soon.  Did I mention Im in love?


What is your favorite item out of my Roots and Feathers shop?  Im curious to know.  I keep finding it going in so many directions.  I truly love the work Im doing for it.

Off to finish making toasted sandwiches for dinner.

PEACE,
Laura

Violet, Obella & Roots and Feathers...

Today Violet got to be a free dog for the first time in two months!!!  She did great at her check up and they gave her the okay to be outside a bit off the leash.  For those of you who are fairly new to reading, she had heartworms, and has been on medication and house bound for two months now.  She came through like a pro.  No doubt that all of your prayers were heard.  She sure had so much love shown to her when I first posted about it here.

When we went to the post office today (with my 19 packages to mail in hand) I was so happy to get my Obella Organics headwraps in the mail.  We had a wonderful trade with each other.  You can see her recent post wearing her Violet Bella scarf tank, and both her and her two precious little girls wearing VB braided headbands.  So so darling.  This girl is a true gem in this world.  I love her morals and the way she lives her life and raises her family.  Such an amazing woman.  So... onto my headwraps from her.  I LOVE them.  I got two different colors, one short and one long.  This is the long one.  Im excited about all of the different ways I can wear it.  Today, I wore it sort of like a messy turban/bun wrap.  I wear my hair up alot when I dont want to mess with it, so this worked perfectly!  Im planning on using this long wrap as a belt and as a scarf this fall.

Also, today I worked on a batch of new earrings for my Roots and Feathers line.  They are single (solo) earrings and are tassel like with vintage trims and such, and beads, and some have feathers.  Ive had these dreamt up in my head since I first made my necklaces in the shop with the fabric strips.  They are some of my favorites.  And Im kind of obsessed right now with single earrings.  Im pretty much in love.  I think these are going to be a staple in my fall wardrobe.

On another note, I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your comments on my last post.  So many people took so much time and heart and thought into your words you left me, and so many of them left me with tears rolling down my cheeks.  I am moved, literally, moved, by the kindness I have received from people I have never met, all across the globe.  Thank you for allowing me to have this space online as my safe place to share my soul.  It has truly been a huge part of my healing process.  I think I would be in a much different state if I was not able to share these things openly.  Honestly, blogging has allowed me to really find myself in a way.  Writing out my thoughts on a daily basis, really keeps me in touch with what is real in my life, and being able to go back and look at the posts I have written, have sort of allowed me to grow within myself more.  Does anyone else feel that way? 

Why not leave you with a song...

PEACE,
Laura

New Roots and Feathers jewels...

There is a slew of new work in my Roots and Feathers shop, and still more to come, hopefully tomorrow.  Im in love with this last batch.  I decided to group them into categories to showcase them on here.  Although most of the dreamcatcher/mobiles are from the past few weeks, I dont think I ever really featured them on the blog.  Im quite in love with each one, and the fact that each one is one of a kind. 


There are lots of new bottled feather necklaces, and more to come.

I pretty much want to keep each of these earrings below..

and some of my favorite necklaces so far.  this line has really just blossomed from within.  i feel so at home with it.

Tomorrow I will be featured on one of my favorite blogs, and I cant wait to share!  Today was mostly just work, although I did squeeze in about half an hour of hooping/dancing to my asian roots music cd.  The best workout b/c it is so fun!  Ive actually sort of given up my real workout all together, its been over 3 months since Ive even touched my workout dvd.  eeek.  Its an ebb and flow kind of thing with me.  

James and I are being wild tonite and staying up past midnight since he doesnt work tomorrow.  He even made lattes at 9 pm.  

PEACE,
Laura