Some new eBay findings

Ebay and Etsy are big big friends of mine. We get along really good and communicate often. I buy craft supplies, accessories and clothes from both of them. From eBay, mainly used clothes, though.

I wanted to share some of my latest eBay findings with you. Ebay is so big, that it is difficult to find good stuff without knowing exactly what to look for.

A sugar skull type bag. It was really cheap. The quality is okey, altough the strap ending broke as soon as I tried it on. But what can you expect for only a few dollars? And it was easy to mend.

I have searched for a similar necklace for some time now. I had several listings in Etsy in my cart, all rather pricey, and I was trying decide between them and also bring myself to give so much money. Most of them were laser cut acrylic necklaces. But then, while looking for something else, I found this! It is perfect and the cost was only a few dollars again. I have worn it a few times and the color has not faded yet, but I suspect that it may. 

I have many skull print items made by the great China, but not this cardigan yet. It cost about 7 dollars and is one size, as usual.

Whoever said money can't buy happiness, simply went to the wrong shop.

Uh, I finally found some missing pictures from summer. This pack of things is special in two ways - I found a great pair of boots and I also went to a real mall with new things! Haa. Altough I did not buy clothes, it's still worth something.
From the usual once-a-month-second-hand-shopping I got a black longsleeve with a cute white lace collar and sleeve puffs, a shortsleeved leather jacket, an adorable black lace blouse with a bow on the collar ( I love it to bits!), a black dress I already sold cause it was a wee bit small from the chest and as a funny addition for me, a pair of pink pajama pants with skulls. Funny, because I do not wear pants at all. But they already proved to be useful when it went suddenly cold and the heating system couldn't keep up.

So, my new boots! I still cannot believe that I am so lucky to have found them. They are real leather, so-so good looking, so comfortable, well-kept and had a very reasonable price. I bought them in the summer and could not wait for the weather to go colder so I could start wearing them. It does not show on the picture but they are actually really high, so not everyday boots for me as I am rather tall.

And finally, a few small things I got from "regular" shopping. Some hair clippings and a pair of pantyhose from Seppälä. Actually, I recently went to mall-shopping once again, got some nice jewelry, I have to make pictures of them too.

A new home for all my shoes

I have had a dream. For a long time now. To have a huge shelf for all of my shoes. But everything else came between me and my dream. Until one day I decided - no more! I need my shelf NOW. All of our shoes were cramped up in a small shelf and spread all trough the house in different boxes.
I contacted the guy who had already made my wonderful handicrafting station (a desk, alright, just a really pretty desk) and asked him to make me pieces for a huge shelf. So he did. After that it all took some more time, I painted it over and over and yesterday, after months of waiting and work, it was finally finished!

We put it up and although I had a very busy night, I still decided before going to bed that I HAVE to fill it with shoes. Who cares about sleep when you have shoes, right?

Who has a lot of shoes? Me? Oh, no, dear, the last shelf was just too small.

I also had a good chance to count my shoes. Counting the ones what are not on this picture, like about 6 pairs from work and some still in the boxes, I have about 60 pairs of footwear. Ohboy.

But I still made room for everybody else's shoes. For example my husband has a total of 3 pairs of shoes on the shelf...

Anyway, here's my new deary. Love it to bits!