hoppy spring!

here's a little green for you! these are big girl's froggy boots. i'm sure the other girls on campus are just green with envy over these! just one of the many reasons why i love this girl!

you know what else today is...the final countdown to my local flea markets opening ~ 16 more days, i can't wait!

i feel i need to put some gratitude out there for this wonderful creative community of women, so glad to know that so many of you have my back, care about what i am creating here, and were there to point out a problem yesterday ~ (((big hug))) and thanks!

i'm putting this out there, so i can be done with it, and move on. it has been discussed many times before in other's blogs about people taking others ideas for their own, i understand that we are all inspired by each other, but to take a product that someone else has spent countless hours of time and energy developing, strictly for the sake of profit, free from creativity, is just not cool.

last night in my studio i was feeling sad about this situation, so i pulled a card from my inspiration cards ~

"as i share my thoughts with friends,
i realize i am not alone and
garner strength in that realization."

my purpose for creating this blog was to connect with other creative, and like minded women. i hope i inspire others, as so many of you inspire me to be a better, creative me! thanks for being there for me!

now i'm off to jump in puddles ~

a quick project ~

i know you were expecting green, after all it is my favorite color and it's st. patty's day ~ so wishing you all the luck o' the irish today!

first, i have to say a huge thank you to everyone for your orders of my crepe ruffled garlands, and other goodies from my shop!

thanks a bunch!

i didn't expect such a great response! i'm so glad that you're enjoying them, and i'd love to see the wonderful creations you make ~ please send me pictures. there's lot's more in the works, so keep checking back. i'm planning a big shop update the beginning of april.

playing around when i should be cleaning and getting ready for easter (so unlike me, ha ha) i made a ruffled wreath to hang above the buffet in my dining room (we'll be keeping the wide angle out of there for now.) with the big girl graduating high school in may, somehow the table got piled with 22+ years of photos ~ oh help me! i'm making her a book so that she will have it always, wherever she goes, awww, i know. it's probably a good thing i had to load everything back into boxes because everyone was getting into the act, at least it's organized now. it's definitely bittersweet to see our life laid out like that, how quickly time goes by...i'd do it all again in a heartbeat!

enjoy ~

march is...national crafts month ~

this photo was the cover of an art school brochure, and even though i don't use clay often, i loved the image. who doesn't love the feeling of being covered in your favorite medium, experimenting, and working to create your "vision." art is messy, crafts maybe not this much, but the feeling of being imersed in the creative process is the same ~ true bliss! i tend to accumulate piles around me when i work, i'm constantly in a process of creativity, or cleaning and organizing.

to celebrate national crafts month i have created an on-line photo gallery for crafts on flickr. if you are a crafter and would like to share your work, please join here.

to show your support of crafts and crafters you can copy and post the above photo to your blog.

can't wait to see what you've created!

photo credit given to the maine school of arts & crafts, brochure cover