I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and beginning of the week. Happy hump day!
I had a great weekend. On Friday I did some chores but spent most of the evening knitting the leaf socks I have diligently been working on. I'm almost done!! I am working on the instep and have about 4 more inches to go. I hope to knock out the rest (or close to the rest) this weekend. I love long projects, but I will be happy to finish these! I will definitely post some pics of me wearing them. Friends and family have already asked me to make them a pair. Which may happen at a later date. I'm definitely sick of working on lace patterns for the moment!
On Saturday I surprised my beau with a couples massage as an early Valentine's Day gift. We left the house for 45 minutes, during which time the masseuses were setting up shop in my living room. After a leisurly drive through country roads he didn't recognize, we drove back to the house (much to his confusion). We both enjoyed the experience. In fact, I was so relaxed after the massage I didn't want to do anything else. We did go see Avatar 3D. I really liked it! I recommend seeing it in 3D before its out of theatres!
On Sunday I baked an apple galette. A galette is like an open faced pie. It was really good! I used both whole wheat and unbleached white flour in the dough. There's no shortening in the dough and not much sugar in the filling, so its a reasonable healthy dessert. I will post the recipe on here soon with some pictures!
Recently I re-evaluated the way I was running my etsy shop and altered both how I list items and my listing strategy. Since then I am noticing an upward trend in sales. I also decided to alter my pricing scheme, lowering the prices on most items, and slightly raising the prices on items that take me a long time to make, such as the flighty suede feather earrings. Those take me about an hour a pair to make and are very tedious, so I raised the price on those slightly. I did lower my prices on about 1/3 of my inventory for items (including the wire-wrapped earrings) that are easier for me to make. Also, some feathers are very hard to find and expensive, like the yellow, red, and green amazon parrot feathers. The prices went up on listings featuring those feathers. Definitely check out the shop for the changes I made!
I added another pair of new earrings today. These feature peacock body feathers and black rooster hackle, wrapped in black coated wire and finished with sterling silver ear hooks. Wire wrapping is a new obsession of mine (if you couldn't tell). I keep finding creative ways to wrap feathers with wire! 
Alright, that's all I'm going to post today. Have a great hump day! I'll be snowboarding with my beau this weekend for his birthday! I can now go on a blue run!! I'm so excited to go back. Everytime I got out I get better and better. I don't have any special Valentine's Day plans (to my knowledge).
Love!
xoxo
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