It's FLICKR Friday!

I am so sorry for my absence of late.... my internet has been down for a while :(



1. Antique Bronze Floral Hair Pin Set, 2. Free Birds in Love Necklace White, 3. Pretty Vintage Baubles, 4. Butterfly Inspiration Kit , 5. watermelonhalf, 6. Christmas doves, 7. Mint Choclate Chip Ice Cream Mirror, 8. whitedonutbookmark2, 9. Mr. Moustache - Hand-Embroidered Christmas Ornament/Wall Decor

Winter Whispers

There is nothing quite like a peaceful morning stroll on a crisp winter morning

with the sound of snow under your feet,

white angelic glitter of fresh powder snow dancing with the wind,

and birds and squirrels scurrying from one tree to the next.

Andrea of Argentina creates such wonderfully enchanting pieces of art

from her watercolor to her collage work

you can't help but find your self lost in her imagination,

and as we are yet to see snow in Portland

I am left to dream of the wonders of winter

Check out Andrea's work by visiting her shop

Munieca

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It's FLICKR Friday!

1. post earrings set, 2. HOT COUTURE (GIVENCHY TYPE) Goats Milk and Olive Oil Soap , 3. Gluten Free Orange Cream Cupcake mini, 4. tonights cupcakes, 5. Calbert, 6. Squirrel salt and pepper shaker, 7. Happy New Year Disco Ball, 8. ♥ Brown Cotton Fuzzy ♥ Teddy Bear ♥, 9. Little Feather Cameo Ring - Needles and Pens

Created with fd's Flickr Toys

Made for Walking

With our first snowfall here in PEI this week, it's officially boot season. I don't wear anything else outside until April, so having a small collection of unique, vintage boots is essential.

Tutorial Tuesday!

Ok, it's still Monday... but it's almost Tuesday ;) I put together a tutorial for my popular gingerbread man ornaments.. they are quite easy and especially cute! Yay handmade for the holidays! Let me know if you try it :)

Step One

First, trace an oval shape onto a piece of corrugated cardboard. I used the shape tool in a graphics program to make one and printed it out to use as a template.

Step Two

Glue your chosen paper to one side, and cut around the cardboard leaving .5" or so to fold over the edges.

Step Three

Draw a little gingerbread man on beige felt, and cut him out.

Step Four

Using white thread, sew a simple stitch all the way around your gingerbread man.

Step Five

Using a hot glue gun, glue around the egdes of your cardboard and fold your paper over.

Step Six

Glue all the way around until you are done. Try to make sure that as you are folding you aren't getting pokey bumps - try to keep the most oval shape you can.

Step Seven

Place a thin glue line on the back of your felt gingerbread man.

Step Eight

Place your gingerbread man in the center of your ornament, then glue down his legs and head. (my glue gun has a lot of ickies on it)

Step Nine

Glue a piece of ribbon to hang your ornament to the back.

Step Ten

Cut another oval, a bit smaller than your original, from another piece of paper. Glue it down to the back using the hot glue.

Step Eleven

Glue white baby ric rac around the edge of your oval.

Step Twelve

Paint Teal buttons using acrylic paint.

Step Thirteen

Add pink acrylic paint cheeks, and a face using a brown marker. Use glitter glue over the paint on the buttons and the cheeks.

And you're done!


xoxo

Enough

I had the great honor of meeting Artist Cate Anevski

at last years Holiday Crafty wonderland Extravaganza in Portland, OR

(which btw is this coming Sunday at the Oregon Convention Center-

You will find myself, Cate and 198 other amazingly talented artisans

from the North West at this years event.

If you call Portland home I would HIGHLY recommend making a day of it!)

Anywho~ Cate and I have become quite good friends and I am a BIG fan of her artwork.

Each piece has a unique spirit all it's own.

My first impression of this watercolor and ink piece entitled Enough

was that the poor thing had a terribly cold or flu

but it's true meaning is far more personal

as Cate shared that she did this piece right after her beloved kitty cat passed away

and in midst of moving to Portland from St Louis.

She described in detail how overwhelming it was to trust

that they were making the right decision.

This piece represents for Cate a major turning point in her life

and while it wasn't easy

Cate and her boyfriend are so happy they followed their hearts.

~

While we might not be facing such drastic unknowns

the holiday season can be truly overwhelming

remind yourself that you can only give so much of yourself

and find a moment or two to just relax and enjoy some eggnog.

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Let's play a game of hide the bump..

Hubby and I had some lovely news over the weekend... we are expecting our second child at the end of the summer! :) It seems like babies come in waves, since two people close to me are also pregnant right now - one being Amber Renee!

So in honour of that... here are some cute maternity (and maternity inspired) styles to hide (or accent) a baby bump!













xoxo