look forward January 25, 2012

hi! thank you for being here ~ have i told you lately that i dig you? i do!

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ohhhh gosh ~ i’ve no clever ideas today.

i have a big mustache order to finish up & a new dog to walk

so i’ll just say have a great day & leave you with this…

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off you go Lucky glitter pig! i am happy to  sell one

{finally! -as miss m commented}

but as always ~ am a little sad when they go…

but there’s still one in gold {hint, hint}.

i’ve had some requests for customizable glitter pigs

so now that one has sold – i may visit that idea!

looking forward…

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{via positive vibes}

pull your own strings January 24, 2012

{by oliveloaf design}

lucky lucky January 23, 2012

gorgeous pops of green spotted during a forest wandering yesterday.

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miss m found not one but two four-leaf clovers…

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charming little puffs of moss dot the forest floor…

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perfect water droplets on clover after a rainfall…

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“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.”

~Pedro Calderon de la Barca

are we normal? January 19, 2012

♥ this.

{by marian heath greeting cards}

it makes me think of my grandma janet.

she had a pet chihuahua & always said “life’s too short for normal.”

button whisperer January 18, 2012

just look at these amazing hanging button sculptures by artist augusto esquivel…

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he says: “i am obsessed with…the idea of chaos in perfect order. 

like an atom in a  molecule, each button serves and shapes the whole.

i hold the button to my ear and it whispers to me, i want to be…”

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sadie lou January 18, 2012

here’s a new project i’m working on!

mr. d & i adopted miss sadie lou from a local shelter.

she’s a one & half year old boston terrier/beagle mix {i’ve seen “boggle” & “boglen terrier”}

she’s a great dog & sweet as can be… isn’t she cute?

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it’s all very exciting as i haven’t been a dog owner since i’ve been an adult.

and i’ve been an adult {well…age-wise anyway} for quite a while.

i just never had the time, space {or landlord approval} whilst dwelling in cityscapes.

now that i’m a mostly-country mouse with the space &  time to love up a dog

miss sadie found us when the moment was right.

her obsession with all things OUTSIDE

helps get my heiny out & away from the art studio & the computer

so it’s a win WIN!

 

what will you do… January 16, 2012

{typographic woodburn plaque by becky murphy @ chipper things}

folly relief January 14, 2012

{found via the bedlam of beefy}

oh i ♥ this amazing installation by artist beth katleman.

it’s a 3-D porcelain sculptural wallpaper called “Folly”

made of cast porcelain, wire, steel rods and heat-shrink tubing.

so clever & whimsical.

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“forty-eight tableaus hover nearly a foot off of a painted turquoise wall,

surrounded by flowers, birds and butterflies.”

i love the paris landmarks throughout the the vignettes…

see the full effect on this video of the installation…

sold snowmen January 12, 2012

i’m always a little sad to send away my little handmade doo-dads.

i put a lot of love & magic into each piece ~ so i get attached to them all!

but yesterday, a customer swooped in and nabbed

the rest of the papier mache snowmen {yay}

so they’re off to a new home…

diy::wine cork stamp January 10, 2012

i had to {finally} do some thank-you notes for the christmas/birthday booty

& thought i’d try doing a homemade stamp out of a wine cork.

making stamps out of wine corks is super-duper easy!

and it’s a whole lot cheaper &  more craftacular

than buying those A$$pensive stampers at craft stores.

i love banners – so i thought i’d do a simple banner design…

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all you need:

a design idea, corks, a marker, exacto, some stamper ink {or paint} and notecards…

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draw your design and carefully cut with exacto…

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test your stamps a few times to see if you like & to try out the ink saturation…

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stamp your notecard…

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add a message if you’d like & viola!

see!? so simple & quick to make your own handmade cards

and your recipient will feel extra special just because you’re so crafty {& thrifty}!

have fun!