simple pleasures

'i have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. these three are your greatest treasures.' - lao tzu

i love when bloggers share how their purchases/treasures come to them wrapped in their finest... to me, it demonstrates how artists live artistically... how beauty permeates so much that they do... so i wanted to share one with you as well... when you purchase from mika at pinocean, you get simplicity - just look at that stamp! when asked where it came from, she stated - 'i made it from a jenga block.' how? i wondered... 'with a very sharp knife.' and she uses red shu-niku (ink in japanese)...

and then you open the box and find her beads set against a beautiful green card... these beads happened to be a custom order... it is so hard to open everything slowly when you have been waiting for the mail anxiously... i have many times been seen opening my etsy packages while standing on the lawn! maybe that's why i am a jewelry designer and not bead maker - i get temporary presents all of the time from talented people that i marvel at and which bring me joy even when they leave my hands!