FruitFlyPie Favorites

Here is a little note from my Etsy seller of the week, Fruitflypie. And check out the picture of the pig planter. It is adorable! Could you imagine one of these planters with your favorite house plants hanging out in it? Fabulous! Well, on to the note:

Hi Rachelle, Yay! Thanks so much for featuring my shop in your blog. I'm so happy you love your new owl and he is your favorite. My favorite item in the shop is the 1960's pig planter, with its pointy legs and round pot belly, I think it is the cutest. If I wasn't selling on Etsy, I would be designing websites and would be selling on Ebay, I was so happy to close my Ebay store. Yay for Etsy and all the wonderful people in the Etsy community. Thanks so much! Wendy

Etsy shop of the week: Fruitflypie

With the perfect combination of a mod style and a homey-vintage feel, this item is definitely a strong contender for the favorite Etsy item I've ever ordered! (Plus, I just like birds too!)

From the FANTASTIC shop Fruitflypie:

Ceramic Owl Figurine Vintage Design White

Ceramic Owl figurine, makes the perfect Desk Decoration

Description:

"Hand made Ceramic Owl. Beautiful solid white color. 5" Tall, 3" wide from the side, and 4 1/2" wide across the front.

I slip cast it using a vintage 70's mold. Then fired it in the kiln to cone 04. I then glazed it and fired again to make the glaze turn to glass.

I have several other ceramic pieces available, some hand molded from raw clay and some poured from vintage molds."
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If I had infinite sources of money (or maybe just an extra $24) I would visit Fruitflypie and get something cool for my Sister-in-law's new cubicle at her new job. Awesome! And congrats to Melissa for having a cool new job working for NuSkin!
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More later on Fruitflypie on Etsy!

That New Car Smell

One of my friends has a black Infiniti. I am not going to lie. I have been envious over that car. Though I am not exactly a "car person," it fulfills all of my "basic requirements" for a car; it is extremely nice to drive and has a great sound system, and I love loud music in the car!

Somehow, in my mind, the car became intertwined with my friend's identity; intelligent, confident, and perhaps a bit arrogant, if it must be admitted.

And then my friend got sick. He had a breakdown, of sorts. For several days, things looked pretty hard, as far as future prognosis was concerned. He spent several days in the hospital.

One of the things he insisted on was that we drove the Infiniti to the hospital the first day we visited him.

I remember sitting in the car, inhaling that "New Car Smell" air freshener tree scent and wondering if my old friend would ever be back, would ever drive with the same confidence again...I cried with his mother and sister and we all missed him.

I forgot how illness works. Unless you fall or have some sudden accident, illnesses and hospital visits are usually slow in coming. For example, most people have a gradual build-up of plaque in their heart before a heart attack, or a gradual downward descent into a depressive illness before a visit for mental health.

But here is the catch; once you get out of the hospital you are not all better. I have had numerous surgeries and hospital stays and should know this. But for some reason I thought it would be different this time. My friend would waltz out, smile, and resume the witty banter he was known for.

Only he didn't. He emerged resembling portions of his former self, but is/was different in so many ways. It is almost like getting to know a new person.

Today we rode together in the Infiniti. We listened to loud music and I sang. And I realized that getting to know "new people" can be a good thing.