"And the 2nd SPA goes to..."

This was a toughie. Ultimately, because of the Halloweeny + Autumny feel of the necklace, I choose two Smarty Pants Award ("SPA") winners -- thepaperbluebird and wendiwinn. CONGRATS! on winning this very prestigious award!

thepaperbluebird said:

I looked at your necklace and all I could think was
"Jungle Fire, Jungle Fire, JUNGLE FIRE!!!"

I swear I could hear drums beating in my head
(or maybe I just need a psychiatrist?)

and one of wendiwinn's entries just made me laugh:

i totally want that oriental banana smarty pants award.
what about candy corn?

prettyfun came up with lots of good names, including one that I'm already using for another necklace!

I will list the necklace on Etsy as Candy Corn until Halloween. If it hasn't sold by then {sniff}, I'll rename it Jungle Fire, Jungle Fire, JUNGLE FIRE!!!. Thanks for playing! Let's do this again soon!

HTMilLiterate

My HTML brain cells (perhaps that should be cell, singular) have gotten quite a workout this week! As if creating an Etsy store, website and Flickr account weren't enough, I've been making upgrades to this pretty little thing! To make room for my newly-acquired love of widgets, I've added a 3rd column*! By doing so, I am now able to wedge the meat of my blog between two slices of widgets-filled bread.

You might've also noticed I'm running Feedjit (on the bottom right-hand side) and Clustrmaps (at the bottom). I can't decide which one to keep. Any thoughts? Hmm... maybe it's time for a poll?!!

* Many thanks to the kind people in the Etsy forums for sharing their experiences and phydeaux3 for the tutorial!

instead of de-cluttering...

ammonite pendant

operation de-clutter digression

The fruits of my labor... Thoughts?

flickr.com/photos/orientalbanana