Hills and Valleys

It has definitely been a week of ups and downs. As to not put much more negative energy toward the situation, I will just say that Thursday was a low point, while today has turned out to be a surprisingly great day!
We started by waking up and helping some friends move into their new house! It is very exciting because they are so deserving of their own space. It is a house in need of some TLC, but a great start for them. We got home from that and had a package waiting at our door, Save The Dates! Yaaaayyyy! They are so great and i will post one after they are sent, but our new found friends from Etsy really came through on their product.
I wanted to immediately do some stamping/mailing, but we crashed for a 3 hour nap soon after we opened the package. After we awoke, we decided to head out to a coffee shop for some internets and lattes. We opened to door to find yet another package! Our wedding cake topper! It came so quickly and it is the ideal size and has great details.
Again, I can't praise the site Etsy enough for having such great access to handmade/vintage items, without the vendor dealing with overhead and the buyer having to pay ridiculous prices.  I have been using the site for the wedding, but there are so many other things to find on the site. Here are a few of the items that I think are pretty cool.

A ring made out of watch parts.

You can find any kind of wall decal you could ever imagine.

I lurve little french bulldogs! This tote is only $10. Also, the glass bowl is a handmade piece that is so intricate and beautiful.

We actually have a set of bowls that match these cups. A local company used to carry them from the artist that makes them, but has stopped recently. Luckily, I can still buy them on Etsy!

You can even go so far as buying a car on this site. It's kind of like the artistic version of Ebay.

There is one vendor in particular called TimelessVixenVintage that has all of these amazing party dresses . They remind me of my gradma's old dresses that I used to play dress up in. Unfortunately, I outgrew them at the age of 10.

This one is super poofy, but still pretty cute. I think it would be nice to have one of these dresses as a rehearsal dinner dress, considering we got such a great deal on the wedding dress. Just saying...hint, hint!

Jonathan has suggested we register on Etsy, but I'm going to look into that and see if it's a possibility.

Anyone know of other sites similar that they would like to share?