Friday Feature: fall polka dots

This week I'm featuring one of my favorite things ever, polka dots, with some fun fall themed items. Enjoy.

Happy Fall Polka Dot Sign with Pumpkin - cute painted polka dot signs - fall signs by yourethatgirldesigns

Pumpkin colored fall polka dot pillow slip cover by MyPillowShoppe

Infinity Scarf in Fall Polka Dot Print - Baby Scarf - Child Scarf - Floral Cowl - Toddler Circle Scarf by LittleLadyAccessory

Fall Polka Dot Cupcake Liners in Lime, Orange, and Brown (60 count - 20 each color) by  thebakersconfections

Set of 3 Wooden Pumpkins by bstreetboutique

orange and white polka dot headscarf / Halloween / tie up headband / adjustable / summer and fall fashion / knotted headband by SassyStitchesbyLori

Large Fall burlap tan and orange handmade wreath by Knitterifics

 Is anyone else a big fan of polka dots?

Friday feature: yellow dotted

I'm sure that many of you already know how much I love dotted items.  I thought it would be fun to mix it up this week and feature yellow dotted items.  Yellow is a great summer color and not one that I visit often.  Enjoy!

Summer Party Minibook Kit by waveney

Yellow dotty change purse with matryoshka motif by Angharad

Polka dot yellow cork bulletin Board by cdmdesign

Little Miss Sunshine: Ceramic Coasters by campbellandco

Lemon Drop Boutique Pinwheel Bow Interchangeable by CharliesHalo

Colorful polka dot teacup adjustable rings by rawrcakes

Yellow Buttons with white polka dots by TheWickedPotter

leafy feature: the dotted edition

After posting some polka dot note cards a couple weeks ago, I decided that I really had to include some more dots in one of my features.  On a whim, I searched for "leaves dots" on Etsy and found a TON of great items!  Some of my themes are hard to put together, but not this one.  I may have to do a second edition sometime.  For now, enjoy the first one!

Mini Cards n Envelopes - Set of 8 - Leaf Vines by MiniHaus

Baby Booties Leaves and Dots Mary Jane's for Baby Girl by TillyWhistle

The Butter Brickle Touch of Minky Blanket in Tropical Foliage with Lime Green Minky Dot by ButterBrickleBaby

Carnation Pink Polka-Dot Layered Satin Flower with Soft Pattern Leaves on Stretchy Elastic Silver Gray Headband...Baby Girl, Toddler, Childrens All sizes, Made to Match Matilda Jane by poppyrow

Fabric Leaf Wreath - St. Patrick's Day by janejoss

FREE SHIPPING / Nursing Covers by JOANNA DESIGN (POLKA DOT LEAVES PINK) by JoannaDesign

Mod olive green and chartreuse polka dot dress with leaves applique by allthenumbers

sneak peaks, EtsyBloggers treasury curated by me

Here's my newest bargello design in progress.  As you may remember, I beaded a green version of Carol's design for myself this winter.  I actually took this picture yesterday and meant to post it then but I forgot.  Better late than never, right?

It doesn't look so garishly bright in more natural lighting.  For some reason, that shade of red delicas really pops and seems to pull the other colors with it.  I based the colors off of this set of bowls, and it does match them pretty closely.  I'm going to embellish it with coordinating cube beads...eventually.

I took a picture of my leafy necklace custom order beads this morning before I started putting it together.

It's still in the very early stages of development.  I'm planning to work on it more after I post here tonight.  I'm only going to use the three lamp work beads that are in the middle.  I almost always use four for my leafy bracelets, but I think that three will create a nice focus without too much extra weight.  The four beads in the corner are in case I decide to make a new Indian Summer bracelet after I finish the necklace since I sold the original bracelet at the Arts Festival.  I'm going to have to get some more yellow leaf beads if I decide to do that.

I signed up to curate an EtsyBloggers treasury for this Friday.  I finished it today, so I'm going to go ahead and shared it.  I decided to theme it Dots.

You can view this treasury live by CLICKING HERE.  Please spread the word fellow EtsyBloggers. :)

polka dotted barrels

I just listed a new bracelet. I have not done a lot with polka dots in my jewelry thus far, but I am a big fan of them. I have had these lamp worked beads for a while because I felt I needed them haha. I didn't have much of a clue what I wanted to do with them when I bought them. I finally worked out a design that I really couldn't be more proud of, though. It's probably a good thing that this bracelet is too big for me or I might not have listed it at all! I'm having a hard time pinpointing what I love so much about this bracelet, but I will say that it combines my love of polka dots with my love of classic black and white. There's also something about the balance of colors and weight that works really well. If I think of something more than that, I will be sure to share it. Click on the pictures for the listing.



It's hard to believe that we're already more than halfway through October. There's still lots more to come this month with my EtsyBloggers' featured seller and blog carnival posts as well as more new listings and possibly another leaf feature.