Vacation Adventure

I have returned! I took a little time off from a few things to enjoy the outdoors. My first stop was visiting a friend in PA, where green pastures, farms, cornfields, and mountains are in abundance. This is where I stayed (not the abandoned farm of course, the house is nestled between some trees).

We drove around and I got to see the beautiful countryside cradled between sprawling mountains. I haven't been around so much land before! I'm used to huge bodies of water and skyscrapers.

We went to these caverns in PA. You have to take a boat to get inside the cavern. The fish you see here waddled in the water at the entrance. I found out that it gets so dark in the cave, animals and fish go blind! Some of the fish already are, poor fishes. The water takes this aqua/green tint because of limestone.

This cave is awesome! Apparently caverns are the best places to go during natural disasters.

Our tour guide demonstrated what the caverns looked like during different times of the day by using these lights. I almost felt like I was in a club =P.


We also visited a place called Fisherman's Paradise. I loved the pathways and rivers.

I tried capturing the bright red of the leaves, but my camera isn't the greatest, hehe. Autumn is coming, my favorite season.

When I returned from PA, I got to spend some time with my sister, who (and still is) visiting from Ohio. We went to the Chinese Garden in NY. This is a path surrounded by bamboo. I felt like I was in that movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

This is some of the cute koi fish swimming in the waters.

This is the Chinese House itself. Its like a huge mansion, filled with secret corridors, niches, bamboo, flowers, fruit, and bridges. A great place for a hide and seek game =cough=.

This bridge is actually really tiny compared to the rest of the area. You can just put one foot on the middle of the bridge and still have the other foot planted in front of the first step.

This is the view outside of the garden.

This is in a different garden near the Chinese house. Its my favorite part since I can sit on the low bridge and let my feet tap against the surface of the creek.

Lastly, I went to Atlantic City. It was a really nice area. I didn't get to take too many pictures. This is of the boardwalk. We went to this cool candy store. I didn't buy any candy, BUT I got these awesome Reese's headphones =). They had headphones in each candy made by Hershey. Pretty awesome. I also got to try peanut brittle ice cream, SO good.

-Piki

Vacation

These are some new bracelets I posted in the shop. I thought I would create some fun pieces before summer completely fades out. This one is called the Gumball Bracelet, created from embroidery floss, wooden beads, color cord, and seed beads.

This one is actually my favorite. This one is a simpler version of the Seaweed bracelet. I added handmade beads as the closure.

Here is the Witch's Brew Bracelet. I LOVE the bead on this one. You c an see a close up shot of the bead in the shop. All of the handmade beads I use come from Nomadcraftsetc. I love her bead work. You can click on each image for the listing.

Important Notice:
I will be going on vacation from Sept. 8th-20th. I've been having a hard time dealing with things. I just need to back away and have some time with myself without being in front of a computer all the time. The shop will remain open, so you can still shop. All orders placed on and after Sept. 8th will be shipped on Sept. 24th.
I'll be reducing the sale and supplies section to where everything is just $2. This sale will be over once I come back on Sept. 20th.

I'm planning on revamping the card section. Although, I'm not really sure if I should stick with that section at all =/. What do you think?
I'm thinking of taking the Jacket Doll Mini's out too. I'm not really sure =/. It's one thing to like them and think they are cute, its another when they aren't selling. The cards aren't selling either. Should I just cut my losses and condense my inventory?

-Piki