This is a lovely coming-of-age story for Catholic young adults, TONS of interesting moral fodder in here plus interwoven inspiration from the saints - excellent! Look for all the details next Wednesday.
This Wednesday I have shopping on my mind, of the online variety, because is there any better way to shop when you're an introvert? I think not, dear reader. Since I am a person of the crafty persuasion (although if you ever saw me wielding glue in any form along with felt and uncooked macaroni or some other such three dimensional object you would doubt the veracity of that statement) I have quite a fascination with Etsy. I absolutely love handmade items, whether they are made by me or someone else. Every year I like to carefully choose some handmade gifts for my kids in crafts that I
I've been doing lots of browsing and favoriting of new shops and items, and so thought it would be fun to share my ideas with all of you. I'm certain I'll do another one of these posts prior to the holidays, since this is certainly not an exhaustive list of Etsy shops that I find intriguing. But below are a handful that I've either purchased from recently or am plotting a purchase from soon. Perhaps it'll give you some ideas, and you can leave me your own ideas in the comments!
I've written about saint dolls before, because I sort of love them. Henry has a small collection of wooden ones that he displays, and Anne also has a few. I think this is a lovely way of helping children to keep their favorite saints in mind to intercede for them when something is bothering them. The store that I have previously purchased these from is no longer open, so I was looking around for alternatives. Thus began my obsession with St. Luke's Brush:
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St. Kateri Tekakwitha |
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St. Dominic Savio |
This store also carries hand painted rosary cases:
...and I fixated on this First Communion one right away for Henry. I haven't ordered yet, and hand painted items can certainly add up in price because of the sheer amount of work and talent that goes into them, but I plan to carefully select a few saints to purchase in the fall, and will report back in. :)
I also found a few store selling soft saint dolls, and I'm interested in these for Anne. My friend Sarah on Twitter brought Saintly Silver to my attention:
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Lovely St. Therese of Lisieux |
I also found Sanctus Stitches and while a bit more expensive, check out the detail:
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We can tell she is one of my favorites: once again, St. Kateri :) |
For rosaries, I have recently purchased from the lovely Rosaries by Allison:
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Our Lady Star of the Sea |
Finally, a secular addition that is absolutely adorable. Anne loves the apron that I wear when I bake, so this immediately spurred me into looking for a child's apron for her, because seriously? PRECIOUS! I ended up ordering her one from Designs by Dragon Lily:
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So, now it's your turn. Do you have a favorite Etsy shop? Do detail in the comments. :)
Thanks for the links--I visited Rosaries by Allison and loved that site! I'll have to keep it in mind for future gift-giving.
ReplyDeleteAnd also, thanks for a hint about your upcoming review--you made my day. :)
;) So glad!
DeleteI could get into a lot of trouble on Etsy for sure. The saint softies are so cute--and I totally would get the nativity if they expanded into softie animals--I mean, a softie donkey and sheep and camels? YES.
ReplyDeleteSo much to look at! I like the library-themed designs from The Bird and the Beard (I might need library due date card wedding invitations someday!), and I just got a reusable coffee cup sleeve from Crafty Staci (gonna test drive it when I'm a Saturday Librarian this week). I might have to go back to Crafty Staci to get camera accessories for my shutterbug teen nephew. I got American Girl outfits for my niece's doll for Christmas (including a Hello Kitty Christmas dress!) from Designs by Althea. They were so cute.
Also my environmentally conscious friend LibraryElfDesigns does these awesome denim grocery/tote bags from recycled blue jeans.
Oh my goodness! LIBRARY DUE DATE CARDS?! I need to check this out. :)
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