"Old" Friends

Among the more than 200 caring members of
TEAMEPE, there are several vintage sellers including me. Although we do not claim the artistic talents and creative juices of our handmade sellers, we do cultivate the knowledge required to search out, identify, age, and price the treasures we sell.

(Thanx KarmicBook for the use of your "OLD FRIENDS" print!)

Here are a few interesting listings from some of my favorites:

opendoorstudio





ProsperosBookshelf



goldnuggets




5gardenias

terabg

tmariepenrose

Antiqueish

The Other Bella

Bella came to live with us several months ago, soon after we had lost our black German shepherd, Heidi, to diabetes and blindness. We had come to love the breed, and so would settle for nothing less. It took some extensive dog shopping, but we finally found a white German shepherd that we felt would fill the gap. Since Bella weighed in at almost 60lbs. and could put her front paws on my shoulders in jubilation, I never quite accepted the fact she was just a puppy. It didn't take long, though, for that to become apparent. All she wanted to do was play!! With me, with my husband, with the cats, and with anyone who happened to stop by. The first time she saw snow, she raced around the yard snapping at the flakes and sliding down the hills. Anything left lying around the yard was fair game to Bella; a bucket, a rag, a newspaper. She soon began gathering her "toys" into a pile on the hill behind the house. EVERYTHING was a game to her...and still is.

Now that she will be a year old next month, she has become an integral part of our family. She is often too rambunctious, always unruly, sometimes troublesome, but through it all, full of unconditional love. I've had one dog or another through most of my life and suspect I like it that way...

Hickory Haven

Way back in 1998 when I bought my first computer, long before the days of blogs, my son taught me html and how to make a webpage. I titled it Hickory Haven since I live in a rural community called Hickory Valley. I started out with a bio and moved on to my flowers, my pond (which he and I built), and eventually, my travels, including our unforgettable Australia trip in 2000. It now has 25-30 pages, lots of photos, and a couple of slideshow/photo albums. My only regret is that the earliest pages include photos taken before I owned a digital camera. Recently I added a page telling about my Etsy shop, and last night I included a blurb about my team, Etsy Project Embrace or TEAMEPE.

Now that I'm a blogger and have discovered the ease of an html editor which does most of the work for you, I wonder at all the effort it took to complete these pages. Looking back, though, I feel an immense sense of accomplishment, far greater than that I feel when google helps me add a new post to my blog.

Just Jewelry

Among the almost 200 members of TEAMEPE are lots of wonderful jewelry artisans who donate a portion of their sales to ACS. Donations to date are just under $7,000! Here are some samples from just a few of them:




GlitzGlitter






Nyblaque





visionquest





envejewelry






WildWomanJewelry

kathiroussel




KneeDeepOriginals




3squares

Click on their shop name to see more of their creations!!