Suryashakti Jewelry now at Sage and Daisy

Sage and Daisy is proud to announce that we now carry Suryashakti Jewelry by Melissa Cavallari. Her line includes exotic, ethnic pieces as well as covetable Italian glass rings, necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. Being the magpie I am, I had to choose a gorgeous shiny ring for myself. Don't worry, there is still a rainbow of amazing Italian glass rings available in our store! Come get yours soon, because at $20, they won't last long.

Have a wonderful Easter weekend, my sweet little daisies!

Rare Bird Finds Deal of the Day!

Sage and Daisy is taking part in Rare Birds Finds Deal of the Day! So if you have been eyeing soemthing pretty and shiny, or luxurious and bubbly from our Etsy store, today is the day! Everything in the shop is 30% off! Just put "rare bird finds" in the notes to seller, and wait for a revised invoice from Paypal.

You know you've been wanting one of our Spring neckwarmers!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from Sage and Daisy!

It is a stormy day here in Kansas City. The kind where you want to stay in bed all day, curled up with a good book and a big mug of tea. I have devoted part of my day to just that. Except the good book will be replaced with crochet hooks and lots of yarn! David is at the store today, so stop by and say hi if you get the chance. He will have a pot of tea on for you!

Featured Etsy Seller of the Week: Jennifer Ladd

Even though I have not had a baby around for many years now, I still feel a strange attraction to baby booties. Tiny shoes! Jennifer Ladd creates some beautiful ones, along with bibs, burp cloths, and cute little barettes. The cherry booties above are my favorites.

Jennifer is a former French teacher turned stay-at-home mom. She says she has been sewing for as long as she can remember (In Jennifer's words: "my mom says I started when I was 3 - I think she's exaggerating!!"). She learned to sew by watching her grandmother. She lives just outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her husband and daughter.

But don't fret if you have no little ones around to buy Jennfer's beautiful handmade wares for. She also creates lovely handbags for us big girls. This is my favorite:

You can find Jennifer's beautiful goods at her Etsy store. Check her out soon!

Black Cats part 2

A few days ago I posted a picture of a couple of kittys I purchased from a local KC artist. She is now on Etsy! Check out her shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5348881.

I am rather partial to this one:

He's a charmer, isn't he?

Easter Bunnies!

Every year, Easter bunnies take over the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City. They are currently out in full force! I get to drive past these cuties every day on my way to the store. Evidently, the Easter bunnies in the Plaza tradition started in the 1930s and is still going strong.

They even have names! Pictured are Peter and Sue. There's also Lee, Bess, Amy, Nicholas, Ellyn, and Kate. How cute!

I miss Easter as a child. My grandmother always made an egg hunt for us. She would use those pastel plastic eggs, and put change in them. A few lucky grandchildren even found dollar bills in their eggs.

She continued this tradition with my daughter. Usually, we would have the egg hunt indoors. Missouri is still sometimes cold in late March and early April. Grandma would hide eggs in the plants, above door frames, and even in the dog bowl! She would count the eggs every year before she hid them, and there would always be at least one egg left unfound. Grandma was such a good egg hider that even she could not find all of them!

We still continue this tradition in our house, even though Grandma is no longer with us. Autumn still looks forward to Easter. She always gets a huge chocolate bunny, which she starts asking for as soon as the Easter candy hits the grocery store shelves. She likes to receive cute stuffed animals in her basket.

What are your Easter traditions?