Self Portraits & Sassy Gloves.

I had THE most fabulously relaxing holiday weekend EVERS. Totally lazy. Totally chillin'. Totally awesome. Dude.

And that sweet mellowness seems to be following me into the week. How simply lovely.

Today the girls found my old trumpet. We had some fun with it. I'm sure the neighbors were having fun too.

My 4 year old blew so hard on the trumpet that not only did her face turn red & her eyes got all watery, but out popped the cutest little snot bubble from her left nostril. Good times.

I finally got pics of the handmade goodies I gave this Christmas. Just the girlies of my family got them. I learned to make these gloves from THIS TUTE on Little Birdie Secrets blog, by way of One Pretty Thing. I changed mine up a little bit from what the instructions said. They came out really cool & I am now in LOVE with oilcloth. It is so fun to work with! I plan on making some more oilcloth-y things in the future.

I took snapshots of the pairs I made for my mom & grandmother. All the ladies LOVED them! Now I just need to make myself a pair.

My shipping station turned 'holiday gift wrapping central' is now back to a shipping station, ready for orders to start rolling in when the shop opens up again on January 2nd. It's stocked with all the handy mailing supplies & I don't know why I didn't set something like this up sooner. I can actually have everything out & LEAVE it out instead of hauling tape out of the closet, boxes from the basement, scissors from who-knows-where, tissue paper from my art studio, etc. & then put it all back again to only start over the next week. I've set a little crafty ambiance with some miniature Chinese lantern globes & my vintage light-up globe. I'll fill in the blank spots on the wall later with more of my favorite things & inspirational images. It all might not LOOK pretty, but it functions BEAUTIFULLY!Would you like to have a little peek of the Valentine owlie??? Tune in tomorrow!

YAY For Rad Visitors!!!!!!!

I just had the most lovely & wonderful visit with my Etsy BFF Beck of Little Daisy Chains. She & hubby Mik passed by this way on their way home to Portland from a Stone Temple Pilots concert in Spokane.
My girls announced the arrival of the pair as they drove up in their car: "MOM! Beck's here!!!!" They totally remember meeting her only a few short weeks ago at the train station. There were hugs all around & I was a giddy girl!
I made cupcakes this morning in honor of my sweet friend's arrival. I was hoping the house would be filled with the smell of warm chocolate goodies baking in the oven. But shortly after the oven was turned on I realized it only smelled of burnt pizza toppings that had fallen to the bottom of the oven a few nights ago. Oh well--What can a cupcake girl do? When Beck arrived I actually had her help me frost the cupcakes--we chose deep purple & apple green.After a yummy BBQ (& picking corn from our teeth), their departure loomed. We quickly headed out to the backyard for a spontaneous photo shoot. The hubbies captured us flying high like a couple of awesomely un-aerodynamic dorks. And then there were the inevitable self portraits....


This is my favorite! HAHAHA!

LOOK! It's Nik, Beck & Mik! What a super fun way to spend an afternoon!!!! I can't wait to goof around in Portland one of these days!