EtsyShopsOfTheWeek(ESW2)~4/29/09

If you'd like to have your shop considered for a future "EtsyShopsOfTheWeek" feature, please comment on this post as to what your favorite item is from the above shops...

There was ONE SALE from last week's ESW2 feature(Michiganhemp's necklace)...congrats!!

Until further notice I am suspending my EtsySellerOfTheWeek(ESW)feature...Thanks!

God bless...Dava

Old Plantation Home Photo Essay ~ Part I

I took these photos at the Puakea Golf Course...It is an old plantation home, now empty and sadly in disrepair, but nevertheless has a haunting charm all its own...

"BlowingInTheBreeze":


I couldn't believe it when I saw that a badly broken set of windows on the second floor actually still had drapes in them ~ Gave me the feeling that someone's mama would be calling them in for dinner any minute!

FrenchDoorsOutToVeranda1&2:




This scene made me think of days gone by ~ Days spent sitting on the veranda with a glass of fresh-squeezed lemonade...It also made me sad. Sad of what these once-proud French doors have become ~ broken glass and hanging by a hinge...
Yet, somehow, I think back again to lazy days on a new whitewashed veranda and a porch swing and those doors are back on their brass hinges; beveled panes of glass shining crystal clear in the summer sun...

TheWindow:


As we rounded the corner and looked up, this window reminded my husband and I of every one of "those windows" appearing in every horror movie house we've ever seen ~ You know the ones - At any minute a freakish face will appear and you will know BIG trouble is about to happen...

These photos are for sale in my etsy shop: www.treasuresfromhawaii.etsy.com
There are many more pictures to tell the story of this wonderful old plantation home...stay tuned for Part II of my essay! God bless...Dava

PHOTO HUNT ~ Protection

Here are my photos for this week's theme, "protection"...God bless and have a gr8 week!


Sign for protection to endangered Monk Seals:

This close-up portrait of my hunny's sunglasses - protecting his eyes...

This beautiful cowrie shell protects the animal inside:

EtsyShopsOfTheWeek(ESW2~4-22-09)

If you'd like to be featured here in the future for free exposure/traffic to and for your shop, visit the above shops, come back to THIS POST THREAD and leave a comment on which item/shop is your favorite and follow my blog for updates! I will be putting this out on twitter, as well as a link on my etsy shop... God bless...Dava

PhotoHunt: Purple

PhotoHunt

I love purple ~ it's my birthstone (as well as my niece, mom, mema's(grandma) and mom-in-law's) ~ so I had fun with this week's hunt! God bless...

EtsySellerOfTheWeekExtended (4/12)~ RobinMariaPedrero

To assist in promoting her shop due to a family emergency, I am extending Robin's reign as featured Etsy Seller of the Week~~please visit her shop for gorgeous paintings, postcards, photos and more!

If you'd like to be featured as an upcoming seller of the week, comment here, under THIS THREAD("EtsySellerOfTheWeekExtended(4/12)") as to which of Robin's shop items is your favorite and make sure you are a follower to my blog...very simple for gr8 free exposure to your Etsy shop!

God bless....Dava

EtsyShopsOfTheWeek(4/10/09 ~ ESW2)

If you'd like to be featured here in the future for free exposure/traffic to and for your shop, visit the above shops, come back to THIS POST THREAD and leave a comment on which item/shop is your favorite and follow my blog for updates! I will be putting this out on twitter, as well as a link on my etsy shop also... God bless...Dava

Handmadeology~TimAdam...Gr8 Combo!

If you are one of the many who sell their art, handmade goods, photos, etc., online through Etsy or Artfire, you must visit the above link for handmadeology.com!

Tim Adam passes on informative and must-see insider tips for your shops and blogs. Tim is a God-send to the "newbies" out there who are lost or just need some guidance as to where to start in this vast internet shop world...He graciously gives back on a consistent basis with his Top-10 Mondays and other features he runs here giving others a chance for free exposure for their shops...You won't be disappointed!

God bless...Dava :D

Treasury Feature & Wonderful Etsy Sellers!

I'm being featured in a lovely treasury by CCCOE -
"http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=50459"

Also - BubbaChenille is posting about my Etsy Seller/Shops of the Week features on her blog(Etsy sellers are the kindest people!)
http://bubbachenille.blogspot.com/2009/04/bubbachenille-featured-and-home-from.html

Have a gr8 week evy1 and I'll cya back here for posting of my new sellers of the week on Wednesday!

God bless...Dava

EtsySellerOfTheWeek (4/5)~ RobinMariaPedrero

This week's featured Etsy seller is RobinMariaPedrero~~please visit her shop for gorgeous paintings, postcards, photos and more!

If you'd like to be featured as an upcoming seller of the week, comment here, under THIS THREAD("EtsySellerOfTheWeek(4/5)") as to which of Robin's shop items is your favorite and make sure you are a follower to my blog...very simple for gr8 exposure to your Etsy shop!

God bless....Dava

Etsy Shops Of The Week(4/1/09 ~ ESW2)

This week's wonderful items and their "owners" are:



If you'd like to be featured here in the future for free exposure/traffic to and for your shop, visit the above shops, come back to THIS POST THREAD and leave a comment on which item/shop is your favorite and follow my blog for updates! I will be putting this out on twitter, as well as a link on my etsy shop also... God bless...Dava

God's Perfection & Beauty

Yesterday, while Josh and I were playing on the beach collecting treasures that the sea washes up on its vast shores, we came across one of those rare finds~~a perfectly formed, wonderfully colored cowrie(Mauritius Island Cowrie)shell! It gleamed in the sun, shiny and brilliant in its design and markings...It was breathtaking!

As I climbed over lava rock and walked across the slippery rock-strewn stones under my feet to get there, I prayed it would be empty...Empty of life that I could snatch it up and take it home to enjoy it there...

As I reached my "prize" and bent down to detect what I already knew in my heart to be, I realized how selfish I had been to pray for its emptiness...Such a beautiful creation was not made for one person, it was formed of love and talent and perfection for the creature living inside...The one clinging, with much life, to the side of a rock ~ gleaming in the sun as the tide washed over it again and again.

I knew then that I was just meant to enjoy it in its surroundings, its God-given home of the sea, and I smiled at the gift that God gave me~~even if I didn't get to take it to my own surroundings, my own home...And I smiled~~again...