Etsy Front Page

Seriously, did an EmeraldCut item really end up on Etsy's front page via a Treasury?  It did, interestingly enough, it did.  Unfortunately, I missed it, but I found the line-up on craft cult.  I've never had so many shop views as that day, except for a few times last year when Etsy was overrun by bots (a type of computer spam that I refer to as "faux people") that would favorite shop items and view shop listings hundreds of times per day--or so was my bot experience.  The front-page Treasury inclusion was less extreme, but still shocking in terms of volume.

I can't help it, although I'm trying to stay on the bright side of things here--
Call me a little fickle about this whole front page business, but publicity is publicity, even if it does not generate sales, right?  Still, I'm beyond grateful...

On Blogging

I know that my blog posts tend to have that lost-in-thought quality, sometimes--a not quite tangible perspective that is heightened by an unbridled, free-wheeling introversion.  One that takes you by the hand and wanders, with you, across vast stretches of solitary land.  Upturning pebbles and rocks, to see the imprint left beneath them; catching angles of light just so.

For me, blogging is not solely a creative outlet that documents the process--it is a journey, a secret talisman of sorts.  A trek over otherwise difficult terrain and salubrious territory, this conscious act is an exercise that is in equal parts moderation and exertion.  It pushes me to face and examine commonly held certainties, as well as the uncertainties, since one cannot exist without the other.

Writing, an extension of which is blogging, 
is both part and parcel; it is sanity.  

Week in Photos

The past week captured in photos:

More vintage quote gift boxes are in the works--

as evidenced by this page. 

Received the above custom ordered, autumn-leaf bookmark
from the wonderful Rumpelfeltskin...

...it's a beautiful, vibrantly warm shade of orange-red and fits so perfectly in my favorite books.
(Check out her shop if you haven't already done so--you won't be disappointed!)

More quiet time with a pair of scissors and a book.

Hiked with the husband, overcame mountainous heights,
became slightly fascinated with the spooky, old Mohawk Hotel shown above.

Searched deliriously for autumn...
found a taste of it.

Gorgeous, ain't it?