Allysin.etsy.com

Finally, my fun and funky kawaii shop, Allysin.etsy.com, is up and running again. I have recently listed some beaded "candy" cuffs that are dedicated to my love of the rave. I plan on uploading some stud earrings in the upcoming week. I only have 8 items listed so far but I plan on having a nice quantity of different items available in the next month or so.

Etsy Buy Handmade Allysin

80 Percent of U.S. Populace Now Selling Handmade Jewelry

WASHINGTON, DC—According to a Department Of Labor report released Monday, four out of five Americans derive at least a portion of their income from the sale of handmade jewelry. "In the past 10 years, the number of Americans selling or attempting to sell jewelry of their own creation has risen tenfold," Labor Department spokesman Gary Hardwick told reporters...-The Onion(http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31542)

-Ha ha. Even though this article is satirical, it sure seems like everyone is making and selling handmade jewelry these days. It's such an intense and competitive market.

Etsy Buy Handmade Jewelicide

Penny Haterz

Why is it that every time I bend down to pick up a penny I get crap from my roommates? They say I look tacky picking up stuff off of the ground or whatever. For me pennies add up-they are still considered to be currency, i.e. pennies=money and money=good.

I'm not destitute, I live a very comfortable suburban life, however, I am still going to pick up every frellin' penny I see. Needless to say, the people who give me crap about this do not even have a dollar to their name much less a friggin' penny. Leave me be penny haters!

Here's an example of a successful penny picker-upper, the dude has $13,084.59 in pennies: Penny Jackpot Dude

oh ya, According to Coinstar, there's more than $10.5 billion in loose change sitting idle in American homes.

DUNKAROOS...

...Whatever happened to these yummy snacks? I have been searching the aisles of my local grocery store trying to find them. I assume that they've been discontinued but I want them back...NOW! I'm Hungry!

If anyone knows where I can find some please let me know. I will greatly appreciate it!

A Pleasant Surprise

Look what I found...

Recently, my mom purchased some flowers from Home Depot and put them up in the front yard. Shortly after two robins decided to create their new home and start a family in the basket of flowers. Every time my mom takes the plant down to water it they go insane.







If you look closely you can see the mother or father's head poking out



The eggs have recently hatched but I haven't taken a picture of the babies yet.

Finally-New Etsy Items

I haven't listed anything new on Etsy in over a month. So I decided to start crafting and create some new items (only 3, but at least its something) . It's about time.


Teardrop Earrings on Etsy

These earrings consist of Peridot and Carnelian along with glass teardrop

Tourmaline and Garnet Bracelet on Etsy

watermelon tourmaline along with faceted garnet and gold vermeil

Teardrop Necklace on Etsy

These necklace consist of Peridot and Carnelian along with glass teardrop

Atlanta the Strange

When people typically think of Atlanta they tend to think of a big urban city, but after aimlessly driving around with my boyfriend I've discovered some of Atlanta's hidden oddities.

Most of these pictures are of Old Atlanta Prison Farm and some unknown place.

The Atlanta Prison Farm is 290 acres. It was deserted and had been used as a police training ground, a burial ground for the zoo, and a landfill, among other things.
The 700 bed prison farm is located within Northeast Atlanta. The inmates at this facility served sentences for ordinance and traffic offenses and were routinely assigned to farming, livestock, cannery and dairy operation details. -http://www.atlantaga.gov/government/corrections/doc_history.aspx

Here are a few from old Atlanta Prison Farm (click for bigger pic):

I have no clue what the last two pics are of. I know it is somewhere in the Lakewood area of Georgia.