Happy Valentine's Day

Bi-Rite I love you!

After a day at the office and a few hours of Etta + Billie work, I managed to fit it a great dinner with my Mister to celebrate V-Day....and dessert. Hope you had a sweet Valentine's Day with your lover, family and friends!

Friday Finds - V-Day Edition

My limited edition Heart Soap

I am not a huge Valentine's Day nut - in fact I have been anti-V-day for many years (yes, I might still be bitter about the fact that the only V-Day carnations I got in high school came from friends) but I am starting to change my tune....slightly. Cute V-Day related items kinda help. Here are some of my picks for V-Day (I hope my Mister is reading this).

Valentine's Day Butterfly from Bug Under Glass

This Little Light Locket from Cosmic Girl

eco friendly felted bowl from The Fuzzy Monkey

Custom Heart Sampler from Miniature Rhino

Etta + Billie Biz News

Some news I wanted to share for those who dont follow me on Twitter or Facebook - if you dont follow me you definitely should :O)

Paxton Gate
I got my very first wholesale account a few weeks ago. One of the most amazing parts about this is that Paxton Gate is one of the stores that I really wanted my products to be in when I first started making my business a reality. It's completely amazing that it has actually happened. I want to be the first one to announce that you can officially purchase Etta + Billie products at Paxton Gate in San Francisco as of today. Go check it out if you are in the city!

824 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

Blog Love
In other news, my special Valentine's Day heart soaps have been featured in a few V-Day gift guides. Please check them both out!

Organic Living 101's - Organic Valentine’s Day Bath and Beauty Gifts Under $10 on Etsy

7x7's Glamwatch - Our Pick of the Litter: Etsy Local V-Day Gifts

V Day Every Day Project

This post is a bit belated for a few reasons - 1. I have been really lazy about posting 2. Cause I really don't think that this project is solely for V Day. WARNING - V DAY mini rant - I think we should all try to show our appreciation and love for our significant other everyday not just on V Day. I am a bit cynical when it comes to V Day for a few reasons but the main one is that I really dislike the fact that people feel "forced" to show love - especially via spending money which is kinda beat. OK moving on...

In past years Mister and I have made each other cards (Mister once made me the cutest pop up card ever - I still have it somewhere) and made special date plans for nights other than V Day. This year I was inspired by this post on Design*Sponge and decided I would make Mister a present.

I spent V Day morning running around getting groceries for our dinner and scouring our house for nick nacks - I even went through the top drawer of Mister's dresser (which is extremely scary but I thought would contain lots of goodies - I couldn't find anything and I got scared by all the crap in there so I stopped my search early). I then decided to buy a couple of odds and ends at the local craft store plus I needed to buy a glue gun and paper.

1. Get bits and bobs together and place them in the desired design. Take a picture!


2. Spray bits and bobs with chosen paint (I used flat white spray paint - I got a bit over zealous though and almost got paint all over the kitchen floor - woops).


3. After waiting what felt like ages for the stuff to dry (it was only an hour but I was behind schedule) - I arranged items on paper (I used heavy duty card stock) using the photo from earlier.

4. One by one glue each item to paper. Watch out for the stringing hot glue - I didn't notice it on my piece until it framed it! According to the D*S site you can use a hair dryer to get them off - I STILL need to try that out.


5. I wrote a little note on the back for Mister and framed that beezy.

TA DA!!!!

I think it looks great (besides the glue strings which luckily you can see in this photo) and Mister really appreciated it.