Congratulations Michigan Grads!
It's graduation weekend at the University of Michigan. On a personal note, our daughter Laura is getting her MSW on Saturday and we couldn't be prouder! Here's a big congratulatory shout-out to Laura and to all those who are moving on - best wishes from all of us at FOUND.
It's been a popular week for cards and inspiration prints, with our manifesto cards from Holstee among the most popular.
An abridged version - This is your Life. Do what you love and do it often. If you don't like something change it. If you don't have enough time, stop watching TV. Start doing things you love. Stop over analyzing. Life is simple. Travel often. Life is about the people you meet and the things you create with them. Life is short. Live your dream and share your passion. A great message for grads and for the rest of us, too.
Over at the Hostee.com website, people are sharing their stories and folks are getting involved in all kinds of ways to make the world a better place. An article in the Refreshed section even includes a snippet about Urban Ashes.
It's a week for looking back and looking ahead. Embrace the transition.
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Over at the Hostee.com website, people are sharing their stories and folks are getting involved in all kinds of ways to make the world a better place. An article in the Refreshed section even includes a snippet about Urban Ashes.
It's a week for looking back and looking ahead. Embrace the transition.
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Lots of little things have been added to the shop this month. Right now at FOUND, you can find about a dozen old compacts with mirrors tucked into one of the drawers. Little purses. Little jewelry findings and charms. And other little doodads for crafting. Some tiny baskets to hold tiny little things:
More game pieces for crafting, buttons, scrabble letters, tiny little doll parts, and watch parts, and magnets.
We even found small metal hooks shaped like little hands to hang your jewelry from - I forgot to take a photo of those, so I'll show you the new spool style wall hooks we got from the same Dallas-based company instead:
Back to small things - I found a couple little wooden houses, that perhaps some urban fairies would like to inhabit.
When you stop by, be sure to look for the little urban fairy door in our hallway. At night the fairies come and create wonderful things in their special urban fairy workshop....
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Color your Easter eggs with all natural dye this year. We have the kit to make it easy and fun! Non-toxic, child-safe botanicals combine to make pastel or brilliant colors. We're excited to now offer watercolor paint sets from this eco-friendly company, too.
Hop on over to FOUND in Ann Arbor's Kerrytown - find decorative bunnies and fun little things for your Easter baskets!
The package claims these Royalty vintage hair nets are "fit for a queen!". At FOUND, the latest editions to our charm and pendant collection are what we think a queen or your mother might want more. But, whether you have a use for a real hand-made human hair net or not, the packaging is classic vintage beauty shop kitsch. And so they are displayed right along-side some of our new jewelry collection.
From left to right are a few of the new pendants: an hourglass, Eiffel Tower, lucky shamrock, mini birdcage and teeny tiny magnifying glass (which really magnifies!). These pendants are only $14 each. They come with a well designed easy release clasp toggle. The miniature hourglass and magnifying glass might be just be perfect for our fairy-sized friends as well....
Other pieces from the same company include letters to form initials or special words. We spelled out LOVE on a charm bracelet.
We still have Nunn Design Patera findings to make your own customized charms and pendants. And found little word charms to add to your jewelry. The necklaces below are complete and ready to wear, but we also got the component tiny word charms for those of you who prefer to assemble your own.
As always, FOUND is open 7 days a week, in the historic Kerrytown Market & Shops. 407 N. 5th Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
P.S. broken watch parts are back in stock if you like to craft with them.
Hammond Candy Company in Denver has been making candy canes the old fashioned way for generations. My personal favorites are the chocolate-filled peppermint canes. This year we have pomagranate as well.
Tuck a candy cane into a little stocking or felt ice skate for a cute little gift!
Peppermint soy candles with lip balm - made in Michigan.
The candy cane red and white stipe motif is repeated on many Christmas decorations.
Little red & white striped cones to tuck something into. And striped gift bags to hold some mulling spices.
Enjoy the candy cane season while it lasts!
By now most you know that the front window at FOUND has been taken over by 
In addition to what's inside the fairy door, there seems to be plenty of fairy dust in the windowsill. hmmm....
This Friday, Dec. 21, we'll be open til 9 p.m. for your shopping convenience. We'll have cookies and a few (Fairy) Door Prizes. Perhaps some fairies will be at their workshop that night. You never know....
Snowball garland and 3-D snowflakes fill the back window.
Another group of snowflakes is wrapped fibers and go well with soft neutrals and brushed metal.
Deets (the Ann Arbor artist who makes our vacuum tube robots) made "Snowbots" with handmade scarves this year.
These ornaments remind me of old snowglobes.
I don't remember when the last time I held an old snowglobe. The tiny scenes in them were pretty magical - I think I'll try to find some for next year at the shop. In the meantime, the memory of the softly falling snow in an antique globe can fill my head as I drift off to sleep.