etsy envy ~ treasury

the magical life of the fox & the peacock

antique elixir bottles

bought off Etsy.

Giveaway UNO! Seahorse Necklace

Yea! Our first blog giveaway...ever! Inspired by all my friends on Etsy I am giving away this one-of-a-kind real seahorse necklace. It features a lavender Swarovksi crystal, blue quartz, a golden spider and a hand-crafted resin pendant, made by me of course!

Ways to Enter

1. Go to our website or etsy shop and let us know your favorite piece. (or both!)

2. Follow us on Twitter and then tweet this contest

3. Become a Follower of our Blog

4. Become a fan of our fan page on Facebook

Bonus Entry: Tell us a story about your favorite Kitty Cat (fictional or true!)

You can enter once OR ALL of the ways above...just make sure to leave a new comment for every entry otherwise they will not be counted as separate entries. You must come back and leave a comment as to how you have entered the contest. ie if you fan us or follow us please let us know via a comment. *Contest ends Friday 7/17 winner will be announced on the Monday after. Winner chosen by random number generator.

{GOOD LUCK!}

Bone Specimens

Total Etsy impulse by from the other day. Aren't they just the cutest things you have ever seen!? They are even more itsy bitsy than I had imagined! The little jaw bone blows my mind. I put the tiny vertebrae next to my large horse vertebrae to show just how tiny they are. So many fun things to be made with these babies!


I thought the packaging was pretty exquisite too! They came in a little box wrapped in white tulle. You can get your own itsy bitsy bones here.

Tiny Shoe for Tiny Plants

The adorable tiny brass genie shoe ashtrays from last week's estate sale are now upcycled desktop air plant gardens looking for homes....

The Little Bugger Made it on Apartment Therapy

Apartment Therapy just featured my upcycled frog Tillandsias garden as an example for air plants displays!!! It's for sale in my etsy shop PEACOCKTACO

Unique LA

I had so much fun at Unique LA! My favorite part is when people come up to my booth excited to share with me something they think I may like. I now have a new book to read, a place to visit and a store to go to!

New Air Plant Gardens

Now you can proudly display a picture with your garden. (Yup, that's little me with my grampie in the first picture) Put a picture inside of you could write a personal note to the receiver! Available at on my Etsy Site or Unique LA in downtown Los Angeles- This weekend.

Risd Nature Lab on ETSY

I seriously love the RISD nature lab!!! Best place ever for EVERYTHING creepy, crawly and taxidermy. The nature lab had such a huge impact on me (as you can probably tell from my jewelry). Inside the nature lab is where I met dried fish and the love affair began! As part of an assignment freshman year I sketched little dried angel fish from the Nature Lab and was forever mesmerized by their beauty. I also had taken to experimenting with resin freshman year. I tried putting my goldfish that died in resin, only it was frozen and boiled (and the dorms had to be cleared out from the toxic fumes..oops!) I had so much to learn!

Anyways, Check out this great video ETSY did on the Rhode Island School of Design nature lab.

Virtual Sample Sale on Etsy

Pick your own necklace sample sale!
Pick your own handcrafted resin pendant and semi-precious stone to create your own custom RobinCharlotte necklace at a sample sale price!
*Seahorse pendants
*bee pendants
*starfish pendants & more!

++++PLUS free gift wrapping!

Etsy Front Page

RobinCharlotte Seahorse Necklace on the front page of Etsy.

Etsy Front Page!

Air plant in frame Made it to the front page of etsy!
(look first row middle column!)

Experimentation: Arrival of the Air plants!

Meet my newest obsession, tillandsia or more commonly known as, air plants! Air plants and Venus Fly Traps are two of the coolest plants around. I have come to accept from years of attempts I cannot keep a Venus Fly Trap alive. So I was excited when I read, "Air plants are truly are a perfect gift for plant lovers and for people who can't grow anything." That's me! So, I went and ordered a large box of air plants. And have been experimenting with ways to display these curious little plants.

air plant in an enameled black abalone shell I am planning on hanging it up & 4 air plants in a odd little glass sculpture I got at an estate sale.