Etsy favs: into the wild

The closer that summer gets, the more I want to travel. Naturally my first idea is to go back to Italy. Unfortunately, considering how measly my bank account is at the moment, a trip abroad may not be in the near future for quite some time. But that doesn't mean I can't sneak off on a quick little road trip to somewhere nearby...

When my sister and I were little, our dad would take us on a 2+ week road trip at the beginning of every summer in his modified bus. My sister and I saw Yosemite, Yellowstone, Death Valley, the Grand Canyon...pretty much every National Park in the West and Central USA. So come summer, when my wanderlust blues are at their peak, I may sneak a drive in to one of these places. 

I haven't made one of these in a while so in honor of these wanderlust blues, here's a little Etsy Treasury list of all the things that remind of the summer US road trips. 

'into the wild' by NotionalNotions

reminders of summer national park adventures

MeghannRader $85	infusion $198	GetElevated $300	EveryBearJewel $43	cravejewelryde... $28
spencerstudios... $400	inkkit $12	michelemaule $18	CustomLeatherG... $150	elSage $36
JustWanderlust... $136	MaeLo $32	OfTheFountain $13.45	kariherer $30	blackbirdtees $42
cooljane $48

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lusting for wandering

Oh the wanderlust is growing stronger every day! Day dreaming is at an all time high! Productivity is at risk! And so, I'm thinking forward to stay motivated. Past when I will (hopefully) successfully have completed my 24 before 25 list in just over 4 months. WOW! That means I'll be 25 soon...eek! (does that mean I have to settle down and start acting my age? please say it ain't so!)

Once the completion of the list happens, aside from the obvious rewards of having checked off all those babies I might like to treat myself to a special item or two. The ladies over at A Beautiful Mess had the idea of rewarding themselves with an Etsy love with the completion of their goals. Genius! I have far too many Etsy lusts but I made a little treasury list to keep track of my favorite ones, that also stick with my wanderlustful wanderings at the moment. 

One of my daydream wanders at the moment have been a road trip to Alaska! I miss road trips so much and I've never ventured that far North. I think it would be fun to make a giant trip north, Yosemite along the way, cruise Alaska, then return south and head east to visit Yellowstone. I love those parks but it has been far too long since I've seen them. This gal's adventure in a Winebago is fueling my road trip jonesing pretty bad too!  But Alaska is high on the list of destinations after this next Italy jaunt is complete! Followed by Morocco. And Ireland. And the Canary Islands. Costa Rica. Peru. New Zealand. Croatia. Greece. Turkey.... oh hell, the list just goes on and on...

'lusting for wandering' by NotionalNotions

the perfect wanderlusting ammo. (and potential splurge rewards for a successful 24 before 25 list)

The Travelers Pack MercyLeatherWo... $375.00	Shaman Stick / Alaska Series... artistinthearc... $45.00	You Are on an Adventure LifeRefocused $30.00	Upcycled Leather Journal - Y... frontporchandm... $28.00
sura. a custom not all who ... fringenfeather $45.00	Handwoven Turkish Towel, Pes... TheAnatolian $28.00	Custom Necklace. Any State o... NINOTCHKAgoods $49.00	vintage suede boots - size 9 Thrush $50.00
Safari Camera Bag - Burgund... CopperRiverBag... $156.95	Venice I 2012 Original dra... AbstractCartog... $60.00	vintage c. 1950s STELLAR met... MouseTrapVinta... $42.00	Antler Necklace with brown s... BlackStar $18.00
The National. An Altered Pos... catwalk $20.00	Road Trip Necklace // Large ... FableAndLore $24.00	Watercolour of France Print ... KittyAprilHand... $10.00	Tuscany Photograph, Italy Ph... EyePoetryPhoto... $30.00

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Lumen!

I want Lumen done and in print. I want to be able to hold her in my hands as a finished product instead of a handful of watercolors. I want her in my Etsy shop and on bookshelves.

I want all of this...by June! Eek!

I've been procrastinating working on her...well, I've really just been focused elsewhere with Livi & Grace and pearl snaps lately, but either way, she has been neglected lately and that needs to be fixed!

The text is complete. I've started formatting the book already. I just have about 5 or 6 more illustrations to do for the book to be ready to be printed! Time to get sketching!


With books and illustrating back on the front burner of my brain, I made a little Etsy treasury of all my favorite paper/book related items.

'books&paper&words&more' by NotionalNotions

books//journals//text//cards//words in many different shapes//forms & with infinite possibilities

paperstreak $12.00	sweetstellas $26.99	pilosale $6.00	BoPressMiniatu... $95.00
storiarts $39.99	knotandbow $4.25	TheOrangeWindm... $9.95	ARMINHO $35.00
cornflowerblue... $17.00	Gx2homegrown $4.50	PrettyTape $10.00	constellationc... $10.00
studioissima $425.00	Ciaffi $8.00	ShopKatharineW... $5.00	NatalieAsIs $42.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio