

Milk and Cookies
with Linda and Kristen
Milk and Cookies is a savory web venue for cool products, useful tips, and idea-sharing, prepared especially for busy moms like you. From the must-haves to avoid-at-all-costs, we're dishing out tools for a delicious life balance.
Visit Linda's fitness site at Bodies in Motivation and check out Kristen's blog at Swistle.blogspot.com
Love Etsy. Love fall. (Don’t despair if the individual item I’ve linked to has sold out: the sellers often have more of the same item listed in their shops.)

Draft snake in “Lush” by Oh the Cuteness! on Etsy. Draft snakes help keep the chill out, but can we call them something less slithery-sounding? Swiss cake rolls are long and thin, too.

“Tree–November” print by KaraRee on Etsy. This is the fun and pretty of orange polkadots, in nature photograph form.

Mid-Century Modern Cloth Napkins by juniper*berries on Etsy. New pretty cloth napkins? Okay!

Fall Colors by Cupcake Cutiees on Etsy. These make me want to start making jewelry or fridge magnets or scrapbooks or ANYTHING THAT COULD USE THESE CUTE LITTLE PICTURES.

Leafy felt wallet in mustard and teal by your wishcake on Etsy. Warm and cozy and pretty AND practical. Score.

Fat quarter Joel Dewberry collection by Small Grapes on Etsy. This seizes me with the urge to learn ONCE AGAIN how to sew buy tons and tons of different fabrics and keep them on shelves where I could easily take them out and pet them. This grouping has all I could ask for from fall fabrics: turquoise and orange and brown and cream colors, and leaves and birds, and also deer heads.

“October in polka-dot wellies” print by sarahjanestudios on Etsy. There’s one for every month.

Lily of the Valley earrings by LuzDesigns on Etsy. Prrrrrrrrettiesssssssss.

Pumpkin-patterned reusable menstrual pad from effiethepixie on Etsy. You heard me.




The tree picture is gorgeous! I want. Also I agree that draft snakes should be named something different and like the Swiss Rolls suggestion. Laughed at your fabric comment. I never actually by fabrics, except for a purpose, which involves my MIL sewing, not me, but I do love them. I look at all the projects fabric stores have displayed and wish that I had the talent (and inclination and time) to do that. Then again, I feel the same way about scrap booking.
Cookie | September 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Love Etsy, love Fall. OMG, Swistle, those earrings are so Swistle.
The draft snake is also good for keeping sounds out of the room where baby is sleeping.
Vegas710 | September 23rd, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Oh! I’m sure you’ve thought of how many of these would look lovely in the newly painted bathroom…
Kelsey | September 24th, 2009 at 1:12 am
I could so fall into the etsy sinkhole right now…..
I have bought several “fat quarters” with just such an intent. “I will actually sew something.” Or just stare at them on my desk for years.
Still can’t quite get wit ya on the last one. Cute as it may be.
Jenna | September 25th, 2009 at 10:54 pm