Of cupcakes and plant stands and cherry lime soda..

My fingers are killing me.

The downside of being catus-obsessed, I suppose. I set up a new, incredibly pink plant stand tonight which involved moving some wayward cactuses from where they had taken a prolonged pit-stop on the dining room table (ruining a tablecover in the process, I might add. Some plants you just can't take anywhere) into my bedroom.

They seem happy with their brightly colored pots and miniature umbrellas.. not as happy as I am though. That plant stand was successfully garbage picked, and now after having been painted a candy-coated shade of bubblegum pink looks as good as new and worth far more than the $40 miniature one I priced at Urban Outfitters last week. Yooo-hoo! Hipsters! I think you may be getting ripped off... but maybe it's just me. Perhaps paying an inflated price for miniature decor is part of the allure of hipsterdom.

In case you haven't noticed, the blog has gotten a bit of a face lift. New color scheme, same basic premise. The shop has been re-stocked, I have new business cards on the way, and now I'm sitting back, enjoying a rainbow striped cupcake and a cherry limeaide... and picking the minute spines out of my finger tips. Oh summertime. Does it get any better than this?

Oh wait.. It can! Danielle from Danielleorama is giving away an adorable owl brooch that just makes me melt. All you have to do is pop over to her site and post a comment listing your favorite things about summer (the only hard part about that is narrowing down all the choices) and your email address. Then you're immediately entered to win! The contest goes through June 24th so you better head over there fast. Trust me, you don't want to miss it.




I'm tempted to throw in a gratuitous boyfriend picture right about now, but he may just kill me..... perhaps in the next post...

Excitable Embroidery - Free Giveaway!

Attention! The deadline for the giveaway has been extended until Monday, May 25!

To celebrate the launch of my new embroidery line entitled "Excitable Embroidery" I'm going to be doing a free give-away here on my blog! Here is the piece along with an adorable crocheted sperm:

As you may have noticed, it's not your Grandmother's embroidery.. ;) The piece is set in a 5 inch hoop and is finished in the back.

All of the pieces in this line are intended as novelty items and not to be offensive in any way, if you're interested (and it's as amusing to you as it is to me), just follow these 2 simple steps to enter the contest:

1) Sign up to become a follower of my blog.

2) Leave a comment on this post with your name and e-mail address.

[If you already follow my blog and want to enter, only do Step 2. :)]

Now.. on to the prizes!
First Prize: The above piece of embroidery plus ONE adorable crocheted sperm (also shown in the picture.)

First and Second Runners Up: Will be sent TWO sperm EACH.

That's a total of SIX prizes and THREE Winners!

How the Winners will be chosen:
On Monday, May 25 at midnight I will be using Random.org to figure out the winners. Everyone who comments will be assigned a number corresponding to the order their comment was left. For example, the first person to leave a comment on this post will be assigned the number 1 and so on and so forth. After the winners are announced, I will e-mail you so you can send me your address and I can send you your prize!

If there are any questions, let me know!
And, as always, remember to check out the shop at: http://www.etsy.com/tilliellie

Author's Note: To answer a question I seem to have neglected in the original rules, the giveaway IS open internationally. Hope that helps!