Seriously, I have a problem. I have never once visited Etsy and not bought something before forcing myself to close the browser window. These days, I can’t walk away without buying at least three or four things. I keep myself to a strict(ish) budget per visit, but with the dollar-to-pound exchange rate making things especially affordable lately, it’s hard to be restrained when it comes to Etsy.
Here are today’s finds (actual purchases I made are marked with asterisks) – which, by the way, you can always keep track of via the TM feed on the right sidebar of this blog (to which you can also subscribe with your RSS reader):
- Robin in pink cherry blossoms magnet*
Puppy loves you magnet*
Japanese squirrel condom package magnet*
1951 ephemera dragonfly and pink flowers pocket mirror
Punky pink deer towel
Little boy with a bird bracelet (pictured above)
Little girl with flowers bracelet
Cherry cardinal vintage charm necklace (this appeals to my Ohioan side, the cardinal being our state bird)
Water garden floral cha cha charm bracelet (this is too bulky for my wrist, I think, but I love the beads and the colours)
Vintage Lucite rainbow heart cell phone/mp3 player/handbag charm (for the ’80s kid in me)
I'm Jackie, 29, an American in London: Lover of pretty things, cute things, and good bargains. Here, I catalogue my finds, all the art I covet, and the one trillion crafts I wish I could make.





[...] Here’s how you know you’re an Etsy addict: When you’re subjecting your fiancĂ© to a review of the day’s ‘ones that got away’ on Etsy (red flag number one), you get insanely jealous of whoever snapped up those Lucky Star Origami Earrings, and are then astonished to see on your Etsy history that you are the one who snapped them up (red flag number two). [...]