A few months ago, either before or during a recording of Before the Dawn, Shannon and I were talking about crafting and we chatted for a few minutes about knitting. I mentioned how once, a few years ago, a local knitter and our fearless Browncoat leader had taught me enough knitting that I managed to make myself a Jayne's hat. Project complete, I quickly forgot everything I'd learned and never went back to knitting. In our discussion, I mentioned that I'd seen a pattern for Rosalie's scarf, one that she wears the first time we see her in Twilight. I'd even gone as far as to speak to Serena about another knitting lesson to make myself the scarf but that never materialized further than an idea (and a quick chat with Serena at one of Browncoat hosted events).

Months passed, I forgot about the scarf and then yesterday, I got a package in the mail from Shannon. Excited, I ripped it open to find this inside:

Needless to say, I don't simply like it. I love it. For a moment, I pined for cold weather so that I could wear it but alas, though it's raining today, the weather in Vancouver has taken a turn for the mild and it's much to warm for a scarf but I did put it on for a few joyous minutes.


I was trying very hard not to grin like an idiot when I snapped that picture. It didn't really work out but you can see my excitement at the gift. It's was like Christmas in April! I'm sure hubby thought I was crazy, prancing around the house wearing a scarf. I don't care what the weather is like in June, I'm wearing this to the premiere of "Eclipse"!

Needless to say, thank you Shannon!

You may recall a few weeks ago I eluded to the fact that I'd done a little shopping on the newly discovered Etsy. The goodies finally arrived last week and I tell you, they couldn't have come soon enough!

I had originally purchased a Cullen Crest bracelet on eBay but somehow, the glass bead that covered the crest came separated (and lost) taking the crest with it and leaving the bracelet unwearable. I had been sporting this for a few months and had received a few knowledgeable compliments on it (it was definitely an "insider" thing since one would have to recognize the crest to know it was "Twilight" related) and was very sad to see it go. I'd been searching eBay for a replacement but when I was introduced to Etsy, I started searching there for a replacement. I waded through pages of merchandise and search for days until I found it. The perfect replacement item.

Created by the good folks at Creative Rampage, this looked gorgeous in the picutre but nothing like it does in real life. It has a nice weight to it, fits comfortably and is gorgeously shinny. Add in the fact that it's a completely different design and this is not going to suffer the same fate as its predecessor.

As a little bonus, the package also included a very pretty Cullen Crest bottle cap key chain. An unexpected but much appreciated surprise!


Overall I'm very impressed with my first Etsy purchase and will likely be using the service again in the future. There is a lot of material to sift through but their search system is very accurate and the site easy to navigate. If you're looking specifically for Twilight merchandise, there's a fair bit of that as well. I recommend checking out Creative Rampage's Twilight Jewelry Store which features the items above along with a whole load of other great items (I'm eyeing the bookmarks...).