a traveling necklace

This beauty, The Mexican Hat Dance, made its way to Birmingham to be worn by an artist. I love it when other artists like my work. What a compliment!

outdoor art

Oh, how I love the outdoors. The beauty of the Lords creation is intoxicating. I read something recently about what joy it is that we are given the ability to create in the shadow of His creation. What an honor. Everything we can imagine and dream up was first created by Him. 

I recently painted this for my parents for their backyard. I have done several outdoor paintings ( here and here.) It has a different feel than my others and I did this one en plein air. Oui, Oui!

You would think I would get a photo with the whole painting in it...

It was hung in front of a new fountain.

Welcome Purple Martin Outpost!

I am happy to report my necklaces are now sold in Purple Martin Outpost here in Tallahassee. It is such a darling store and will give you much inspiration for your home and yard. It is becoming a Saturday favorite for my family. Here are a few that are for featured at the Outpost.

And today was our last day of school. Happy summer, hooray!

birthday season

I am doing some ordering today for a couple of baby girls birthdays. We about to hit birthday season around here! These are a few items I have in my cart:

pink honeycomb from Shop Sweet Lulu

Garden Wall Fabric at Hawthorne Threads

Marqueterie Fabric by Hawthorne Threads


Now to find the time to sew the items I want to make!

hard to find time

It's hard to find time around these parts to do much of anything creative or with 2 hands. I was able to eek out a few moments to make a few headbands. Ugh, even the picture is blurry. And I love the random shoe in the background. 

I have a dream of having a blank canvas and free time. Or a sewing machine and scissors and free time. However, I think if I actually got the time I would take a nap or wash dishes. Boring. 

For now, we have a headband. 

And I have 2 baby girls to mother and that is enough for now. A "good" enough. 

Cute fabric I might add by Phillip Jacobs.

Tootles. 

A rose for today

We have had a busy couple of weeks and while I would like to create everyday, some days, its not possible. Although, I do "create" supper everynight ( ideally ), some tend to be more in the artistic side and less on the edible side. 

Such is life as a starving artist but emphasis on the starving because its a weird meal. 

The point though of this post was to show off my roses. I wish you could smell it. It is a sweet smelling rose, like a delightful perfume of fruity and sweet goodness but not heavy. It is satisfying. My husband and I are going back and forth about the type- I think it is a Louis Philippe. It certainly is fun to say and brings a little France to my yard.

I also found this blog, A Rose is a Rose, about roses and its quite interesting if you are a lover of roses. Fascinating! Her yard is sublime. She says this about my louis philippe rose( its a type of moss rose):

"Moss" refers to prickly growth on the canes and on the buds, sometimes soft, sometimes hard, and often  containing volatile oils that are released when the buds are touched, leaving a pleasant peppery fragrance on the fingertips.

Hope your day is full of sweetness, like my louis phillipe rose. 

thinking about doing a giveaway...

Hello. I have a few dolls up for sale on my etsy site. Seems funny to be telling you about buying something when I am about to give away something for free. But I adore these dolls. They are sweet, simple and fun to look at. They look great with other dolls, we have a whole village of them, and I love to hear my daughter making up stories about them.

 Aren't our imaginations amazing? And how blessed are we for the Creator to enable us to create. 

He is a clever one!

I haven't decided what yet to give away. I will post something this week so keep checking back. A doll? A necklace? A cat? Not really, but she does drive me crazy from time to time.

May God show you His cleverness in yourself today.