IT FEELS LIKE SEPTEMBER; Upcycled on Etsy

Fall is suddenly approaching, the days are growing shorter and the lazy summer nights are becoming cooler.  Even in the desert you can notice a change; crows have found their voice and are chatting away about their upcoming winter adventure as the hum of crickets and Cicadas are dying down.  Kids are back in school and settling into their routines, summer vacation has already become a memory for most and parents rushing from work to school to practices and games has become the family's beaten path. 

I have always enjoyed September, while in the Midwest I was an avid gardener and loved this time of year.  The garden would be winding down but the bright Sunflowers, Mums, and Marigolds would fill out into their splendor and as I drove up my driveway they would always great me with their cheery burst of color.  I lived by an apple orchard for much of my life and so September has always been associated with the beginning of the apple harvesting season. 

How beautiful and simple is a ripe red apple hanging from the tree.  Bushel baskets lining the little shop wall with every flavor and color of apple possible with cute patterned signs announcing their names; Macintosh, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, and so many more.  Although we visited the orchard regularly we would always have to sample the different apples as if this was are first time stopping in. 

These are some lovely items that are handmade and upcycled that I found on ETSY that really remind me of those lovely Septembers of years gone by.  And here's to many more lovely Septembers of the future!

APPLE COLLAGE recycled book page art print - an upcycled antique dictionary page with a retooled antique flower illustration - wall art from
AnamnesisPrints
https://www.etsy.com/listing/100914090/apple-collage-recycled-book-page-art

Kitsch vintage glass marble RED APPLE fruit earrings - opaque marbles upcycled into striking dangle drop rockabilly style earrings from
DollyDecades
https://www.etsy.com/listing/155994011/kitsch-vintage-glass-marble-red-apple

Vintage Ceramic Apple Pendant Necklace / Jewelry Necklaces Statement / Upcycled Jewelry Jewellery / Handmade Ceramic Pendant / Clay Apple
 from GarageCoutureClothes
https://www.etsy.com/listing/159511413/vintage-ceramic-apple-pendant-necklace

Wine glass charms Peach Apple Apricot Raspberries Fruit cooking handmade upcycled postage stamps OOAK From
WiseLines
https://www.etsy.com/listing/130378713/wine-glass-charms-peach-apple-apricot

Upcycled Book Apple 7", MADE TO ORDER, great Teacher's Gift for Back to School from
whimsysworkshop
https://www.etsy.com/listing/86868595/upcycled-book-apple

Original Art. Title: Eye Crow. Totem. Painted Collage. Mixed Media. Denim. Upcycled Clothing. By Laima
from artweeds
https://www.etsy.com/listing/153776793/original-art-title-eye-crow-totem

 

Crow Silhouette - upcycled inner tube papercut black bird crow / raven art from
Gloomstopper
https://www.etsy.com/listing/120846908/crow-silhouette-upcycled-inner-tube

Upcycled Vintage Sheet Music Page - Crow Print - 8-1/2 x 11-3/4 from
UnseenCurios
https://www.etsy.com/listing/81911439/upcycled-vintage-sheet-music-page-crow

 

Salvaged Chandelier Crystal Crow Raven Blackbird Necklace from
capablefather
https://www.etsy.com/listing/155341740/salvaged-chandelier-crystal-crow-raven

 

Crow and SunFlower Pillow from
FolkArtTextiles
https://www.etsy.com/listing/109546532/crow-and-sunflower-pillow-2012-1

 

Van Gogh Sunflowers Scrabble tile pendant charm handmade by IMCreations (OL150) from
IMCreations
https://www.etsy.com/listing/78501709/van-gogh-sunflowers-scrabble-tile

 

Upcycled Yellow and Black Vintage License Plate Sunflower  from
LicenseToCraft
https://www.etsy.com/listing/129545202/upcycled-yellow-and-black-vintage

Aromatherapy Thursday ~ Scent Memories ~ Apple

I think the reason I love Aromatherapy and creating natural products is due to beautiful scent memories.  It is September 1st and my thoughts wonder back trough scent memories of summer's end...new erasers, new shoes, pencil shavings..  Needless to say these are not exactly a potpourri fragrance, but the wonderful fragrance of a hot apple pie cooling in the kitchen is. 

This wonderful fragrance oil was found at ETSY shop Adamsboro Sundries at http://www.etsy.com/people/AdamsboroSundries?ref=ls_profile

Most of my life I have lived in the same area of the Midwest next door to an apple orchard called Shefelbines.  Every weekend we would go to their wonderful little home based store and pick out the fruits for the week.  They had little samples of their many many different apples along with a variety of beautiful pumpkins, gourds, and squash.  Even if I grew our own pumpkins the festivity of their shop was so enticing that I would have to fight the urge to purchase another.  The scent of crisp fresh apples filled my lungs and would remind me that the crisp autumn months are just around the corner.  Now and forever the scent of apples and the month of September will be partners. 

I have since moved away and the trips to the homey apple orchard are a distant memory.  So the first week of September I switch out all of my summer candles, potpourri, and oils to an apple cinnamon.  A sweet melancholy comes over me.  I enjoy this phase in my life but I miss the days when they were little and all the joyous moments we had.  That chapter has closed but I love to reread those pages about our trips to the Shefelbine's Apple Orchard; the memory of the sweet scent of crisp apples still fills my senses.

This beautiful print was found at ETSY shop Vickie Wade Fine Art at
http://www.etsy.com/people/VickieWadeFineArt?ref=ls_profile