Did you say bubblewrap?

To know me is to know my obsession with free or recycled packaging materials for my little business. Little did I know, that my friends take this quirk very seriously! They stop by now and then with random boxes or bags of bubble wrap. I might find them tucked under my patio table or presented as a gift once in awhile. I have to say, I remember where I got each scrap and think of my wonderfully strange friends and smile.

Well, today I noticed a familiar mini-van pulling into the driveway with a waving driver and I ran down to see what was up. She threw open the sliding door and I felt like Charlie seeing the Chocolate Factory for the first time! Bubble wrap was bursting out of the door and bags and bags of Styrofoam peanuts were stuffed in every nook and cranny!


When she told me she rode three hours with three kids that way to transport this stuff from her dad's house...I knew I'd found a kindred spirit! Thank you to my crazy friend for thinking of me and going to so much trouble. Friends are what it's all about, isn't it? I love my girls!

Oh, bubble wrap! Why have you failed me?!

Okay, one of my frames arrived broken today! I can't believe my bubble wrap failed. I'm going to have to re-evaluate my packing methods. Maybe I'm using the wrong bubble wrap. Maybe larger bubbles are in order. Maybe more layers. Hmmmm....so many bubble wrap questions...

Bubble Wrap Bouquet!

My sweet hubby came home with the best gift any crafting girl could ask for...A bubble wrap bouquet! He presented it in a huge cardboard box stuffed to the gills and I couldn't have been happier than if he'd brought a dozen roses! What, exactly, does that say about me? It could mean that ELA is in my future - Etsy Lovers Annonymous of course!

Anyway, my shop is growing by the day and I'm still loving it and still working my little Etsy tail off. I can't wait to tell you tomorrow about my secret double life. My one hobby that doesn't involve Etsy! Hmmmm.... any guesses?