Wootable Awards

I was checking out Woot and saw a blog post for their Wootable Awards from the Annual CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) Convention in Vegas. This one was my favorite....I hope it lands on "More Cowbell"!!

Hit the link above to see other "Wootable Awards"

The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks-Blog of the day

This is a running joke with some friends of ours...the excessive use of quotation marks. I know I'm guilty as charged, but I just had to spread the word of this blog.

For example....what do they mean by "water"?? I'm a little afraid to ask.



But this is another of my favorites, especially since I loves me some LOL cats. I can has?

So, for more of these, visit http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/

Sterling Silver Stamped Jewelry

So, I've been doing these necklaces and bracelets for a while. I LOVE them. My whole business view is being able to make whatever someone wants--customized to their desired color, lengths, etc. This fits that realm perfectly. I wear my necklace everyday...I don't take it off. I am so proud of it and I love to create jewelry that other mothers can wear to show off their pride.

For more styles, you can visit http://www.sparklystrandz.com or http://sparklystrandz.etsy.com

Bottle Cap Mania!

Bottle Caps seem to be sweeping the nation. At the urge of my nieces, I've started making them and am having a ball doing so. Instead of adding them to ball chains and only being able to wear one style, I've decided to go the interchangeable route and put them on super strong magnets so that you can just pop one off and add another any time you want. My nieces store their extra caps on the fridge, which are great decoration, and that way they always know where they are.

Chokers are soft and stretchy and just slip on over your head. They'll fit anywhere from a 2 year old to an adult (but please supervise small kiddos while wearing).

For all my current styles and colors, visit my home page or my Etsy shop. Selections are always changing, so check back often.

ETC Has Secrets!

Today is the fifth Monday of the month, which means Etsy Texas Crafters is having our "ETC Has Secrets" promotion.

Look through the list of participating shops to find Armadillo Tex (cute little critter seen above)hidden in up to two items in each shop for your chance to get a free item with purchase!!! Each shop can have up to two secrets, and will let you know what the "freebie" is.

Here's search results if you want to go check it out!
http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=tag_title&search_query=teametsytx+etcsecrets

Or you can search for ETCsecrets

Be sure to check back each Monday for a different promotion from Etsy Texas Crafters

Super Sassy Socks

Aqua/Turquoise

Multi Colored

Light Pink

Lime Green

Now available in my Etsy shop, as well as on my Website. AVailable in Light Pink, Hot pink, Purple, Lime Green, Aqua, and orange.

Sizes available:
0-6 month
6-18 month
18-36 month
3-5 years

$5/pr, or $12/3 pr

Occupational Therapy Splints

Image from http://www.benefitsnowshop.co.uk

One cool thing Occupational Therapists get to do is make all kinds of splints for various injuries to the shoulder, elbow, hand, and fingers. They can be quite tedious to form, especially when you're starting from scratch, but the perfectionist-artistic part of me loves it. The first splint pictured is what we would make for a patient that has had some sort of radial nerve injury that results in not being able to lift the wrist and fingers.

Image from http://emedicine.com

The second splint pictured here is probably one of the most common that we have to make. I especially get a lot of these working with older adults that may have had some sort of stroke, brain injury, or spinal cord injury that results in contractures of the fingers or wrists. Luckily for me with an increasingly larger caseload per day, some companies make pre-fabricated splints like this one and we just have to add the straps and heat them up for small adjustments to avoid pressure areas.

One very basic splint an OT can also provide is for the relief of tennis elbow. This basic splint pictured below provides pressure at the attachment of the muscle to divert the force to another area to allow the painful area time to heal while not having to work so hard.

Image from http://benefitsnowshop.co.uk

More to come on the field of OT, so check back to learn about this profession, and feel free to ask anything.