May has brought some really nice compliments from my fellow Etsians. My brooches have been featured in a few different Etsy treasuries and also a cute blog article about Cheesesteaks and Etsy crafters from Philly. Today, my golden tan and black feather brooch was featured in a beautiful “Salted Caramel” treasury by cooljane.

saltedCaramel Hearts from Etsians

By the way, CoolJane makes really cool greeting cards with reused leather cutouts. They could be framed as artwork! She made these nice father’s day truck cards.

leather truck cards

4583825983 b5d5e82488 m First Pics from Garden 2010

Gardenia Bloom

Originally uploaded by annrockio

I’m pretty pleased with our container garden so far. It includes peppers and tomatoes, a few herbs, a gardenia (pictured here) and a couple ranunculus. The gardenia has its first open bloom this week. Ranunculus are one of my favorite flowers. I couldn’t get a good photo of them today but they are great.

See the rest of the photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/annsphotos/sets/72157623881107977/