In which I show off other people's stuff rather than mine

The title says it all. Today I am not going to rave on about my own shiny jewellery or squishy hearts but show you some other people's stuff. At the same time however I am tooting my little trumpet because I am showing off other people's stuff in an artistic way. Yes that's right. Etsy treasuries. I said last week I would show you them but Im afraid I got sidetracked by flying to Japan for a few days.
In the mean time this is last weeks:

'Baking for the Party' by EccentricAccessories

This started off thinking about how much baking I have been doing lately and wanting to do a baking themed treasury -but I kept finding party items! So now it is a prep for the party treasury!

Dollhouse Miniature 1/12 Sca... miniaturepatis... $28.90	Vintage Lot of Pink Plastic ... RichardandRuth... $15.00	24 Organic Vegan Chocolate ... TheFlourGarden $8.95
orange and aqua flower fabri... breadandbutton... $4.00	Ice Cream Bowl set - Turquoi... CenteredClayWo... $12.00	balloons on a bed mipsydesign $12.00
Six Vintage Silver Spoons TheOldRedHen $26.00	$	12 Tea in Wonderland Cupcake... EspieMay $9.00
repurposed patchwork remnant... xxxRedStitcHxx... $17.00	Cupcake - Pure & Natural Min... noellabeautywo... $3.99	SALE Cup Cake Trio-8"x1... diemdesign $20.00
Organic "Honey Rose&quo... treehouseherbs $4.95	Miniature Hourglass Necklace LoveYourBling $16.00	Recipe for a LOVE cake - 8 X... lucileskitchen $19.00

Treasury tool is sponsored by Lazzia.com A/B image testing.

I also made this one today after spending far too much time on OffbeatBride and thinking about weddings:

'Peaceful Forest Nuptials ' by EccentricAccessories

Thinking about pretty floaty outdoor weddings...

Enchanted Forest AngelsBridalBo... $599.00	Sugar Packet and Spoon Hold... CenteredClayWo... $18.00	Magnet Felt Heart Valentine&... ViviansKitchen $14.00
house sparrow, a feathered f... ORphotography $23.00	Custom Engagement Nest Ring ... jenniferyijewe... $4500.00	Aspen KimballPrints $35.00
Gold crochet earrings with c... AmberSister $8.00	Dollhouse Miniature 1/12th S... miniaturepatis... $15.90	doves and dogwood flowers - ... breadandbutton... $4.00
Blemish and Spot Concealer -... noellabeautywo... $2.99	Wishes cedokter $25.00	SOAP...Fall Leaves Wedding/S... enchantingsoap... $5.75
Bouquet Brooch northbrooklynd... $24.00	Autumn fairy headpiece - hea... MothAndBayLeaf $180.00	14k Gold Tree Bark Wedding R... BethCyrWedding... $1100.00

Treasury tool is sponsored by Lazzia.com A/B image testing.

So you can click and view and admire the artists if you like. Or tell me I'm awesome for finding them because today isnt about me at all. :) Happy Party Sunday.

In which I ride horses and eat mussels

Me and John have been working hard at training lately. We had a fairly epic morning. I made us a couple of horses and we were going to go for a ride to keep us fit but being a boy John insisted on some kind of cavalry combat. I pointed out that we never fight people by jousting but even superheroes love action films and he wanted to pretend to be a knight. He made a sw ord and shield out of ice (as below) and I made my usual paper ones solid.

We played around with that a lot and then went swimming and then sailing. I do have issues with the sea. I really love boats and anything to do with them, in fact one of the best days I ever had involved a boat. However I cannot let my paper get wet. It is a good job then that John can turn any bit of water into ice and so as well as also loving the sea he can ensure that my papers are kept safe inside a cocoon of ice whenever we train in water. My boat was a bit like this below attempt. Only mine becomes a real boat.

So that was this morning.

I have gone a little bit stir-crazy* lately with baking. The other day I made a late night cheesecake and then had too much mix left over so me and John sat and ate all the left overs up with a spoon whilst watching Big Bang Theory. Good times.

Tonight though I made a whole new meal that was like a taste explosion in your mouth. I made it up mostly so it doesn't have a name other than 'a chilli, creamy mussels pasta thing.'

It was a beautiful yellow colour and had a slightly spicy but creamy taste. I made a paste of lots of garlic, pepper, mushrooms, chilli powder and paprika and tomatoes. I added a tiny bit of salsa to all that as well and then some turmeric. All of that was fried in some good quality olive oil. Then when it was a reddish orange colour I added a big box of mussels. (I had some twirly pasta cooking with oil and salt in the water whilst all this was happening) I then added a load of cream and some pepper of the grinding kind and when the pasta was ready I threw all that in as well. Then served it with spinach leaves on the side for a crunchiness to balance the softness of the pasta. Oh yes! Win.

I know I said this wasn’t going to be a cooking blog a while back, but hey, I love cooking! Really I do. It's an art form and so much fun. I'm sorry I didn't take photos of the meal. I wanted to eat it far too much!

*That was a pun

Also I am thinking of doing a regular thing every Sunday (yes that's tomorrow) where I make a treasury and then feature some of the best items here. For those that don't know a treasury is a collection of pretty shiny things that you can make out of pretty shiny etsy items. You put them together in matching colours and theme. I love doing them! I think I'm pretty good at them actually even though I know it is rude to boast. But it's the internet! It's full of boasting, so don't judge me. Judge me tomorrow. :)

In which I list the things that make me happy

This week I am going to offer you a list of things that have made me very happy in the last week. I've actually had a rather bad week so I decided to ignore all that and think about the good parts.

-Making new jewellery:

I have had some wonderful deliveries in the past week of new jewellery making tools including some fantastically shiny wire. Sadly the 50 barrette slides I ordered were the right length but not the right width. However I think I can work with that. I can work with it enough that I made a whole bunch of button barrettes and brooches.

The above are for the craft fair I will be in in just over a week!

-Joining a team and being featured in treasuries:

I have joined a team for EtsyYouth and have also made a treasury to celebreate this featuring EtsyYouth.

Winter Travelling Treasury

I have also had my wonderful gold vintage button necklace featured in a couple of treasuries lately. This one is especially beautiful

Sweet Gifts Any Girl Would Love

-My shiny shoes:

I feel a sense of perfect happiness whenever I wear this combination of gold brogues, socks with bows and smooth grey tights. (However I am actually wearing double socks in this image as my tights are in the wash, but you'll have to ignore that)

-Dancing to Latin Music.

-Solving puzzles:

I have had another letter from this mysterterious enemy saying he knows me secret identity and will reveal all.

Previously these letters had not been delivered to my house (which is naturally kept secret) but left at locations I frequent, like the forest. However this one was through my letterbox. However there is only one fight I have had in which I briefly lost my mask in the tussle. I immediately hid and made a new one, but I know which villain that was with and I know that he enjoys the waiting game far more than the fight.

-Making real bunches of flowers out of origami ones, even if they only last for an hour:

The below bunch were made by LiliesbyLisa over at Etsy.

Have a good week!