Earth And Sun Folk

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:36:00 +0000

oh no...i went and abandoned my blog! it wasn't intentional....i've just gotten lazy with it since my machine has been down. with the wedding rapidly approaching....3 weeks!! i don't have the time or money to try and fix her. hopefully after the wedding will get her running again. i miss stitching my creations :(

hope my friends out there are doin well! i'll be back posting more often now...just maybe not so much about my creations for a while. hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

drop me a line and let me know what you've been up to folks!

~peace~

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving surrounded by all your loved ones!

~peace~

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:57:00 +0000

Want a great (and yummy smelling) way to warm up your hands? Check out my organic flax seed pods available in my shop! These are wonderful to use at home,in the office, or for your little one at the bus stop! Buyer has the choice of lavender or peppermint essential oils to be added to their pods. Both of which have a calming and relaxing effect. Mention this blog post and receive $2 off the set!

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:32:00 +0000

what an amazing full moon tonight. here's my attempt at capturing it's beauty....

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:10:00 +0000

i just love my organic cotton face scrubbies that i got from littlesapphire. wow....can you say soft?? they're the perfect size too. i've yet to machine wash them....I just wash them by hand and that is easy enough. i think i'll have to get some more for gifts! speaking of...i can't believe i have started my christmas shopping already! i never start this early, although i always mean to. besides the little ones i only have 1 person left to shop for. yay for me being on the ball!

hope you're all having a great monday!

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:02:00 +0000

Today is an incredibly important day in the United States. Please do your part and GET OUT AND VOTE!!! Then sit back, relax and have a beer. It is going to be and interesting night and stressful....very stressful. I'll miss having Tim Russert explaining things on the dry erase board. Off to get some things done. Go vote damn it.

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:40:00 +0000

well...halloween has come and gone. hard to believe it's novemeber already! we had a super fun day and weekend. thought i'd share some pictures with you all :)

our oldest decide to be the little devil....she's a cute one though,eh? our wee ones were, as you can see, thing 1 and thing 2. they got an obscene amount of candy....which dad is lovin. the weather couldn't have been better. we were still home by 8:30 though, which i think is the earliest we've ever been done. the kids were beat though and i managed to hurt my back carrying around our youngest. hmmmm.....i may be getting old, or out of shape....maybe both. it was still a sweet night. hope everyone had a safe halloween!

Team EcoEtsy's Auction For A Cause

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:22:00 +0000

The EcoEtsy team has come together to donate a basket of Eco-minded goodies to be auctioned off for the benefit of the Nature Conservancy. This auction is entirely a non-profit event, created by the members of EcoEtsy (www.ecoetsy.com) in order to promote handmade, eco-friendly goods and to support a worthy organization.

This really is a great cause and the products you're bidding on are amazing!!
The auction ends October 30th so hurry and get your bid on! You can find all the details and check out THE GOODS by visiting http://ecoetsy.com/auction-oct2008.html#details or clicking on any of the links in this post.

Hope everyone has a fantastic Friday!

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:30:00 +0000

wow....so i'm finally back to my blog. the last week and a half have just been busy,busy and i never found time to update! to make up for it this post it packed full of pics from our colorado trip last weekend :) we had an amazing time,despite the weather at times.

this is a picture of the pinkerton hot springs right outside of durango. there used to be a bath house where folks could soak in the pools here back in the 20's.

we stoped and warmed our hands up in the nice warm water. felt great on such a chilly day!

the leaves were all changing and were so beautiful! i do miss the different shades or reds and oranges that the trees have back east in pennsylvania....but pennsylvania doesn't have mountains like these either.

this was on camp bird road in ouray. there were tons of super high waterfalls coming off this sheer mountainside. it had just stopped raining and there was an awesome fine mist in the air.

these views can be seen from the cabin we're renting for our wedding in july. i'm so excited that we found the perfect place. it really doesn't get better than this. i'll post pictures of the cabin another day.....this post is picture heavy enough!

another gorgeous view of the misty mountains. actually this is red mountain...but you know what i mean :)

above is a view of cascade falls from the back deck of the cabin. this is what we'll see when we're getting married! it rushes a lot faster in the summer though, of course. it meets up with a river at the bottom of the canyon to the left of the cabin.

red mountain pass is an amazing drive and if you're ever in colorado i highly recommend you take it! in some parts there are literally only a foot or less between you and thousands of feet down....it's insane. i can't imagine being the first people to venture through this part of the country. talk about tough! there are tons of ghost towns up here. we didn't get to visit them this time but we'll be checking them out next summer. most you have to four wheel to get to. there are some that are nothing more than piles of wood now but there are plenty of buildings, houses and mills still standing. it's really hard to believe they've been able to withstand the harsh winters after being abandoned for so long. somehow, the remain.

on our way up the weather was bad. a few times we hit spots where tall pines were laying over the road and folks were busy chopping away to clear it as a police officer was trying to direct traffic. there's not much he could do though. there's nowhere to turn around really all you can do is sit and wait!

this is the only picture that really captured just how bad the weather got. this is at about 1 in the afternoon. as we got higher the rain turned to snow. there was nothing stopping us from our well deserved weekend away though.....and we kept on truckin.

the roads were a bit slick in a few spots but besides the trees down it really wasn't too bad. the worst part was getting stuck behind some tractor trailers a few times....and we finally managed to get around those.

before we knew it, the skies started to clear up. we drove through some funky fast moving clouds at some points. i took some videos....i'll try to post them some other day. they were crazy i've never seen clouds so low (although we were pretty high up) and moving so fast!

we finally made it though, without any problems. here we are at the cabin. the town of ouray sits at something like 7,300 feet. to get to the cabin you take a little dirt road up 1,700 feet in a little over 3 miles. words can't really describe it up there.

hope you enjoyed the pictures! i'll be getting back to business now with the blog. nice to take a break every now and then though.

~happiness~

i wish i were a headlight on a northbound train...

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:38:00 +0000

time to break out the arm warmers,leg warmers and hats....colorado here we come!

we're heading up into the mountains. i'm super excited to be getting away for the weekend! from what i've been reading...we're in for cold rain and snow. i don't care though nothing is going to stop us from heading up! i'm determined and this time tomorrow i'll be sitting in my private hot tub filled with hot springs water.ahhh the minerals!

i hope you all have a beautiful weekend. i'll post pictures of our trip on monday!

almost forgot to mention....i'm offering free shipping within the US on everything in my shop. good until monday...so stop on by :)

~happiness~

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:47:00 +0000

wooohooo! guess what i woke up to this morning? front page...oh yeah! super big thanks to EcoKate for featuring my newest wrist wrap in this excellent treasury! happy happy joy :)

i feel very inspired today. i'm not sure what i will create but i'm anxious to get started. hope everyone has a most beautiful day!

baby it's cold outside

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:47:00 +0000

i woke up this morning to the smell of my neighbor's wood burning stove and thinking for a second that we were somewhere in the mountains camping. then i realized....nope,just forgot to turn up the heat last night! i can't believe how cold it is out in the mornings already! the temperature says 39 degrees fahrenheit. brrr....

just in time for the cold weather, i've added a second hemp scarf to my shop. this one is super long but just as snugly warm! would be great for a guy or a girl. such a sweet scarf :) free shipping in the usa (for either scarf) to anyone who mentions this post!

speaking of cold....my guy and i are getting a much needed break this weekend and heading up into the mountains to check out our cabin we'll be renting for the week of the wedding. we're staying at a lodge with private hot springs....i can't wait! man, i can't begin to tell you how excited i am to be getting a break...plus we'll be getting a bunch of things for the wedding taken care of and anything wedding related is fun too :)

off to read some other blogs then to create!

have a grateful day!

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:19:00 +0000

i got this super soft organic hemp cloth diapering kit from scire4 on etsy last week. i'm loving it! it came with 1 prefold organic hemp diaper died with organic blueberries from maine, 7 organic hemp washcloths and 3 organic hemp cloth diaper inserts. so soft and beautiful! be sure to check out her shop if you or someone you knows uses cloth diapers on their wee ones. her work is top notch and her prices are excellent!

monday morning already....i've got a lot of things to finish up and add to the shop today so no time to ramble. hope you all have a beautiful day!

2 times in one day!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:56:00 +0000

i cannot believe what a day it's been for me on etsy :) :) :) believe it or not i managed to get onto the front page 2times today!! this time was thanks to the lovely miss rikrak and her sweet blue pics from team ecoetsy. yay! this has really been an excellent etsy day! i also had 2 sales...yippeeee! now if anything can motivate me (which i need sometimes) it's being on the front page and making sales.....so with that said,i'm gonna go get back to work!

~hugs~

front page

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:46:00 +0000

yay! i woke up this morning to find out a treasury i was featured in had made the front page of etsy!

thanks so much to teamzvonik for the feature! it seems like forever since i made the front page...it was definitely the little etsy pick me up i needed :)

sales seem to be really picking up as of late....i'm trying hard to get my shop stocked for christmas. i've got a lot of new goods coming daily so stop by and check them out...i'd love to hear what everyone thinks!

time to go pack up some orders and head out to the post office. have a beautiful day folks!

october!!!

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:13:00 +0000

i cannot believe it's october already! the weather is still gorgeous during the day here but it's pretty chilly at night and in the mornings. i'll be adding 2 new hemp wraps to the shop
today...along with a few other goods....stop by and check them out! anyone who reads this and wants to purchase something, contact me through etsy before paying and i'll give you free shipping :) just mention this blog post!
time to make my rounds and read some blogs.....it's a busy busy day today, so no time to waste!

have a grateful one~

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:18:00 +0000

we had another busy weekend....one that didn't involve much sewing. it seems like i never get any time to create on the weekends! i think from now on i'll tell myself "no sewing on the weekends" and then i probably will. i hope to finish a few projects today that are half done but first i must clean up my house. my landlords are selling it and there's a realtor coming by today to look at it. let's just hope my kids cooperate and aren't in hurricane mode.

i'd better get started while they're still asleep..but first,coffee....lots of coffee.

~cheers~

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:27:00 +0000

here's my newest treasury on etsy! i'm super happy with it...so warm and fuzzy! if you get a minute click HERE and check it out. don't forget to leave a comment too :)

i cut out a lot of new projects last night and today. i'm going to try to get some sewing in tomorrow....but we've got a ton of things to do, so we'll see! hope everyone is having a great weekend!

free shipping!!

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:09:00 +0000

grab your eco~friendly shopping bag and head on into earthandsunfolk for free shipping this weekend! i'm offering free shipping within the US and $2 shipping to canada....wooot! i'll have this sale going on until midnight (est) sunday. hope to see you in the shop!

~happiness~

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:04:00 +0000

i got some much needed sleep last night, i actually went to be at 8:30! i did wake up for a bit around midnight but still...i haven't had that much sleep in a long time! i feel very refreshed this morning :)
i hope to get a bunch of sewing done today,if the kids will let me. i think i'll make another hemp wrap and a wallet. what are you going to create today?

time to start bundling up!

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:51:00 +0000

it's starting to get pretty darn chilly here at night and in the mornings....so i've been inspired to make some toastie goods as of late! the bought some new hemp herringbone fabric from marlena of infinitecosmoshemp and this is the first thing i made with some of it. it has a heavier weight to it and it's nice and flowy....just perfect for my new wraps! the green and salmon parts are a hemp/silk blend i hand dyed. i want to keep this sucker...but in the shop it goes! i think i'll make another today. i also added a new hand dyed hemp bag that's reversible.

i tried to sew a bunch last night but i kept messing everything up, so i walked away. sometimes i need to do that...i think i was too tired. i plan on getting at least 3 projects finished today. keep an eye on the shop for new goods!

~hugs~

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:53:00 +0000

here's my treasury i created on etsy last night. filled with lots of team ecoetsy goodness! please take a minute and click HERE to check it out...you'll make my day id you leave a comment there too :)

speaking of day...i've got much to do today so im going to keep this short. have a beautiful one folks!

back in business....

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:07:00 +0000

so last week was fun! my guy had a nice long week off from work and we visited with his brother from pennsylvania. they went up to ouray,colorado and did some off roading and brought back these sweet pics...so i thought i'd share!

i love this picture of an old mine they snagged.....and the lake is so pretty!
dan had never been out west before...so exploring colorado was a must! he got sick a few times going up the mountain,but it was from the drinking the night before and not altitude sickness. they were pretty high up there though! they spent a whole day checking out some excellent trails.

they had a killer little jeep too :)

here's another funky old mine...well, what's left of it anyways. pretty amazing that these are still standing considering how old they are and how harsh the weather is up there. it was in the high 80's here when they left and it was snowing on part of their trip over the pass.

i've got a lot more pics to share...but i think i'll save those for another day ;)

hope you liked!

i'll be back to blogging everyday now...i've got a lot of new creations in the works to share with you. be sure to check out my shop.

lots of new goodies will be added almost daily in the next few weeks.

~have a grateful day~

treasury time

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:42:00 +0000

greetings! i was able to grab a treasury today. please do check out the fabulous artists featured and leave a sweet comment....i'll give you a big hug if you do :)

for those who don't know what a treasury is...it's a way to feature fellow sellers on etsy and ...it rocks. click HERE to check it out! you can listen to an excellent song as you browse too :) just click on the highlighted "have a listen" in the upper right hand corner.

~all good things~

noreply@blogger.com (earth and sun folk) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:19:00 +0000

good day folks! sorry i've been slacking on blogging as of late....ken(my fiance)is on vacation and we've been hanging out with his brother dan, who is in town visiting. he's never been out west so it's been fun showing him around. they're heading up to colorado tomorrow and i'm sending my camera along...i'll post some pics later this week!

shop news....i've been slackin there as well :( i have posted a few new things though. pictured here is my new tree scrappie. isn't he cute?i stuffed him full of thread and fabric scraps :) i'll be making some more scrappies soon...they're too fun and a great way to use up all those little bits that are too small to sew with. let me know what you think!

time to go start dinner for the fam...have a grateful eve.