Art Opera ~

Have you heard the news ~ Art Opera registration is now open!

This fabulous East Coast event is the magical dream brought to life by the amazingly talented Lisa Kettell

Calling all costume designers...

My class ~ Belle of the Opera is a mixed media art doll project
We'll use paint, embroidery stitches, and vintage millinery supplies to create a freestanding doll. With embroidered samplers making a huge comeback, I thought it would be fun to incorporate some simple hand stitching, but fear not if you have never embroidered before. Whether your style is simple elegance or over-the-top, the emphasis will definitely be on having fun and being creative! The end of class we'll have a little fashion show, line the dolls up, and send them down the cat walk


I drew on my career in Fashion Design when I created this project; custom bridal, children's clothing, and fabric & embroidery design. My love of paper and vintage style arts & crafts has been a lifelong passion which I've switched my focus to in recent years, but fabric seems to be creeping back in more and more

Hope you'll join us for the artful festivities!

xo Heidi

On a Whim ~ Snug Harbor Farm

Over the weekend hubby and I decided to get out of town for a bit and travel up the Maine coast. We stopped at some of our favorite spots and discovered some new ones too; Stonewall Kitchen , Mother's Beach, Wells Auto Museum, The Maine Diner (had to do it ~ we were tourists after all,) Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge, Harbor Candy Shop, and lots of antique stores ~ my favorites are in Wells!

What we didn't expect to find was this treasure, Snug Harbor Farm

Look at this sweet little greeter ~ a mini horse, the baby of the group. He stood only about 30" high ~ so adorable

The greenhouses were filled with the most beautiful topiary

all arranged beautifully and carefully manicured

A rusty gate leads to the house. (Not pictured are wonderful "bracket" topiary which are meant to look like they are holding up the shed.)

At every turn it was special, and the love and care they give their plants shows

The duck house

We fell in love with this frog fountain ~ it would look perfect at the end of our pool

A pile of pots, all hand thrown and stamped Snug Harbor Farm

I hope your travels find you down an unexpected road, you may just discover a hidden jewel!

xo Heidi

P.S. Please seek out and support your local farms!

Tiara for the Queen ~

My friend Cristina hosted a swap for Marie Antoinette Mail Art group called, Le Diademe de la Reine (Tiara for the Queen.) Lucky me, I was to create her crown; and the one thing I knew for sure was she loves blue...

Since it is Summer, she would need it to be lightweight for playing tennis, shuffling kids to all their activities, and hosting impromptu backyard water play

Ah, but there's still the everyday list to tackle; laundry, feeding the troops, and household drudgery (since the staff seems to be on holiday,) so it would need to be petite, yet still capture the eye of all who pass by

My hope is when she wears her tiara, it puts a sparkle in her eye, a spring in her step, and a smile on everyone's face

I know you'll wear it well, enjoy ~
xo Heidi