Sun, where have you gone?

It's raining again... I went around the house in search of the sun and this is what I came up with. Meanwhile, I am keeping busy, making things for my shop. I'm getting all kinds of inspiration lately, but there are not enough hours in the day to complete it all. Of course, it doesn't help that I am usually asleep on the couch around 10pm (well, ok, maybe 9:30 if there's nothing good on t.v.)

I do believe in fairies...

This magical door mysteriously appeared at the base of one of our trees this morning. There is a little path made of twigs leading up to it and the ground sparkles with silver fairy dust.

A favorite tree. The kids call it a "fairy tree" because of all the interesting nooks, where fairies might reside.

A doll that I am working on.

I don't know about you, but fairies have always been a fascination for myself and my children. When my kids were tiny we would make a fairy garden every year. In a wood box, we would plant flowers and set up an elaborate "fairy village" using all sorts of natural items. Sometimes the fairies would even leave little gifts. We own quite a few fairy books and even though the kids are getting older, I still see them laying about the house from time to time. I myself, like to make fairy dolls, houses and fairy inspired treasures.

In our house we have always believed in all things magical. I think it has encouraged my kids to use their imaginations and to maintain a sense of goodness in this sometimes harsh world. My wish for them is that they never lose this magic and that they will share this with their children someday.

Have a wonderful day!

Lobster Fest

Today we started a new family tradition. Lobster fest! Mark is a member of the local Kiwanis Club and they had their annual lobster sale. Mark and the boys worked all morning passing out lobsters. We bought four lobsters, not knowing if the kids would eat them and they did! We all decided that this would make a great yearly tradition, although we might need more than four next year with these hungry, growing kids.

Rain, rain, rain

Gone is the good weather from the weekend. It's been raining all day. The perfect kind of day to catch up on laundry and play with paint.

Green Time

Hunting for treasures.

Dexter

Mark and I on the "Love" bench.

Pretty waterfalls.

Teenager

Out enjoying a beautiful November day in Virginia. I have lived here four years now and I still get excited about the good weather, even though it's good almost every day. It was so beautiful yesterday, we decided to take a trek at one of our favorite spots. Our teenager would have rather stayed home.

Glitter Joy

I was at A.C. Moore yesterday, just to get a couple of shipping boxes. Well, you know how that goes - never in too much of a hurry to look around for a few minutes. I saw this glitter. Tiny pots of glitter in every color - so cute, so sparkly - I just had to have it (I know my husband hates to hear that). I have no idea what I'll do with it, but I'm sure I will think of something.

A journal page in progress. It says, "Don't forget to make a wish." Needs something else ... Hey, maybe some glitter.

Just a tiny bit of the loot from Saturday night. It took a lot of restraint for me to take this picture (you'll understand if you read my earlier post about Halloween).

The kids were off from school Monday and Tuesday. We spent all day Tuesday "antiqueing". My only treasure was some old seam binding, but as they say in that credit card commercial the time with my kids was "priceless". They are at such different stages in their lives, that it is really hard to find an activity that they all want to do. We had so much fun and ended up finding some great shops, because of course, Mom got lost.

Now that they are back in school, it's time for me to get some work done. The other pictures are some snippets of Christmas stuff I am working on for my etsy shop. Oh yeah, I made my first sale on etsy the other day. I was sooooooo excited I actually jumped up and down. Really.