Just a few photos from the shop for all my far-away customers, friends and family...love you all and wish you were here!
[books, eggs, and bunnies, oh my...]
[cash/wrap desk]
[come in, stay a while...]
[going green, nest style...custom goods ready for pick up]
Hoping everyone is having a happy and healthy Wednesday :)
peace & love
I think this blog [Girl.Inspired] is absolutely sweet and satisfying in a delicious sort of way so I thought I should share it with you.
There are so many things I love but these cupcakes and this ruffled cake are two of my all time favorites...how amazing are these photos? Really amazing, that's how!
{strawberry dream frosting} via Girl.Inspired
{ruffled cake} via Girl.Inspired
Strawberry pink perfection *swoon*, could it be any sweeter? I think not!
Hope you are enjoying something delicious this weekend.
peace & love
I love the light, or lack thereof, that comes along with a storm brewing in the background.
It turns everything deeper, darker and you see things differently than you would in the glare of a bright, sunny day.
I took the opportunity to grab a few photos of the front window displays the last time a storm blew through our little town and thought I would share them with you today.
What makes you see your world in a slightly different way?
ps. I am well aware that my photography makes a few of my very talented photo-expert friends cringe. *hugs* It'll be ok, I promise!
peace & love
I caved.
I really did.
And now I pretty much love the little tweets that I follow and maybe those that follow me will find something interesting, or something that makes them smile, or just keeps them in touch with the shop...
Is that someone going to be you? I hope so! If you would like to follow along with the little notes from the Nest you can find me on Twitter under Ftnliving.
peace & love
On-line shopping is on it's way to a computer near you!
Exciting isn't it? Well, it is for the Nest!
Stay tuned for the evolution as Feathering the Nest debuts online as ftnLiving, moves forward via this blog, FB [Feathering the Nest], and continues to spread the Etsy-love. [can be found under seller: urbanwhimsy]
More to come soonishly...stay tuned! Ideas and suggestions are welcome either by commenting here or through email: ftnliving@yahoo.com
peace, love and shopping!
~tabitha
ps. a very special thank you to the people who have supported this venture with their thoughts, love, skill and patience [mom and Sandra on that last part! =)] and an extra special thank you to M.D. who came out of the blue to make all my online shopping visions come true.
Sometimes you stumble across the right thing at the right time....
"When you get in a tight place and everything goes against you, until it seems as if you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn." -Harriet Beecher Stowe
Quote borrowed from an old high school friend, visit his site: Hear Lincoln Speak
via braindrippingsfromjonathan.blogspot.com
Low, soft lighting sets off the glow of beautiful stones, gems, and gleaming silver and gold in a sleek, graceful way...the owner, Jonathan Crawford, offers a treasure trove of lovely jewelry in addition to the custom pieces he creates such as the Spiral necklace shown here.
If you are in the Hahira area, be sure to stop in and meet the owner....remember: Christmas is coming up but shouldn't today be the day you gift yourself or someone you love with something beautiful?
{For those who can't make it the shop but wish to own one of these custom designs, buy via Etsy here: holisticart}
Watching the new Fedex guy trot up the steps to the front door and leave the third box outside on the porch I'm thinking about putting a sign up to tell all delivery people to Please use the side door while I frantically measure the space between the checkout counter and wall against the size of the boxes piling up.
Yea. Never going to happen.
Issue number one.
I try to explain in a courteous manner the very limited walking space at the front of the shop [ask me how many times I have nearly knocked myself out in that tiny walkway between counter and wall...never mind, don't ask...the answer would be embarrassing.] as I'm signing his electronic scanner with a stub of plastic that was clearly not designed as a writing instrument. And then I drag the boxes inside.
Issue number two.
"...I know! I'll turn him into a flea and put that flea in a box and I'll put that box in another box and mail it to myself!..."...Emperor's New Groove
So what I have today are two lamps.
Two lamps.
In five boxes.
Inside five other boxes.
Inside tombs of compacted styrofoam.
The kind of styrofoam that looks hard as a brick but one touch of the human hand and it dissipates into a zillion tiny....clinging...bits of fluff. The more you shake and twitch and try to rub the stuff off the more zealously it clings. It's like some freak of nature, only there's nothing natural about it.
In addition to the boxes in boxes and foam from Hades I also have what I can only guesstimate as 400 miles of packing tape.
After wrestling [literally] with the two largest box in box atrocities I have finally unearthed the actual lamp bases...
The shades are boxed duplicate-ly but without [pause for giving of thanks] styrofoam. The fifth box is full of nothing but the harps that attach to the lamps and holds the shades in place. Was a fifth box necessary? Now they are just toying with me....
As the flurry of styro-dust begins to settle and my finger has quit bleeding from a massive cardboard cut [ok, massive may be slightly overstated]...I smile.
Oh yes, these were worth it. Worth haggling with the sales rep at Market during the last hour of the last day there, convincing them that it was a good idea to lower their minimum and send me just two custom lamps and shades from their fabu collection.
And yes, even worth the struggle and subsequent mess to get them unpacked today.
I know exactly where they are going, carefully wiping the bases clean and settling the shades on the harps. Now oblivious to the disaster piled in the tiny entryway of the shop, re-arranging things to put them in their new homes....I think I may have been humming...
Maybe. Maybe that is why I totally miss the UPS truck pulling up to the front door and piling his four big boxes on the porch? :|
Oh well. The up side is that there are a few new things in the shop today and that's a good thing. It also reminds me of how often times getting to know someone in your life can be kind of like unpacking boxes in boxes in boxes in layers of touch-combustible foam and miles of packing tape....hard work, frustrating to break through and at times just a big mess...but in the end, well worth the effort.
xo ya'll
Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway this month! After deleting my own comments [note to self, don't comment on your own giveaway posts in the future!] we were left with 20 entries and thanks to the free Random number generator we have a WINNER! [insert applause and invisible confetti here]
The winner is....
Traci! :)
I have your email address so look for a notice today, please send back, via email, your address so that I can get your package mailed out to you! Congrats! I hope you enjoy your little box of goodies :)
Thanks again to everyone who participated!
xo ya'll
Tabitha
