Pay It Forward Friday

I want to start a new feature and let’s hope I continue this every week. I am going to do a Pay It Forward Friday where I will mention blogs, etsy shops, anything I like. I may know the people, I may not.

The In Between Is Mine

I started following a blog a few months ago, and I have grown to really like the blogger. San, of the in between is mine writes honest, genuine, and introspective posts which I look forward to reading. Often, when I am reading her blog I think to myself “That is me!”. She is taking a part of NABloPoMo* so when you follow her, you are guaranteed to be entertained every day this month with her posts. She moved here from Germany after she fell in love with her now husband during a semester abroad – the whole story is on her blog. Please, check out her site and you will see what a lovely person she is.

Graphic Spaces

Are you looking for fun woodland themed decor for a child’s room? Then Graphic Spaces Wood is the etsy shop for you! I found this shop when I was making treasuries of undiscovered time. After the first time I included them in a treasury, they sent me a wonderful and nice message. Despite the fact that they live in different states, they are truly a family business: Christy does the design work, her Dad, Curt Austin does the woodworking, her mom, Cindy, does the assembly and runs the shop, and her brother, Shawn, is an engineer who maintains their equipment! This wonderful shop has since been discovered** and I cannot use them in treasuries of undiscovered shops anymore but they remain a favourite of mine. They sell the most adorable woodland themed bookends, shelf stands, and even a tree that you can use to display these beautiful items on. I honestly love each of the little animals and flowers so much, I would be hard pressed to find a favourite!

The Merriweather Council

Finally, for this week, I want to talk about Danielle of The Merriweather Council. I met her through etsy because we are both a part of Team Discovery. She makes great items for her shop, beautiful treasuries that occasionally make it to the front page, and she is super helpful and nice. In fact, she made the treasury that was on the front page late afternoon/early evening last Friday which lead to my first sale. If you google her, you will come up with a lot of hits – she has even had an item featured in an Apartment Therapy article! An interesting fact about her: she majored in Fibers at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design which makes me pretty jealous. I didn’t know that anything like that even existed when I went to university!

I hope you enjoyed the first edition of Pay It Forward Friday!

*bloggers taking part in NaBloPoMo are writing a new blog post every day for the month of November.

**discovered means a shop has more than 20 sales.