'twas the night before christmas

"...the children were nestled all snug in their beds,

while visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads..."

Merry Christmas.

love, me

a gift

Today was sort of hectic and emotional, but the sun going to bed was a gift.

And it's not even Christmas yet.

from there to here

It started with this...

I'm always looking for videos of First Aid Kit that I haven't seen.

They are officially my favorite Swedes.

Which led me here.

And I listened to this...

oh my.

More of that please.  So I went here...

And here...

And these lovely sisters' voices sang the day to the night without my even noticing.

Amazing.

painted rocks & digital snow

This past Saturday, there was a knock at my door.  The neighborhood kids were selling painted rocks.  Of course, I had to buy one.  They were only a dollar.  And, bonus, it was sticky.

They must have done well going door-to-door because on Sunday they were able to afford advertising...

p.s.

love, me

i'm still here

I'm still here and I will post something soon.  

In the meantime, here's some Lucy gorgeousness for your viewing pleasure.

love, me

blue wall & inspiration

Inspiration can come from anywhere and I was recently inspired by this photo by Paula Mills of Sweet William. Paula painted one wall blue in this room and I love the warm colors of the furniture and items in the room in contrast to the lightness of the blue wall.

photo by Paula Mills

My inspiration led me to create this feather...

'warm light feather'

Thanks for inspiring me Paula. 

no mistakes in art?

So, this week I've had a little lesson in practicing what I preach.  My 6 year old niece is quite a little artist, but she gets frustrated easily when her masterpiece isn't turning out exactly right.  So I tell her that there are no mistakes in art.  You can always figure out a way to salvage a so called 'mistake'.  Right?  

Yeah, right.  

I was working on a feather with a new color scheme and it was going great until I decided to put carmine red next to yellow orange and it was looking like ketchup and mustard...not what I was going for.  But I loved the top portion of the feather and didn't want to scrap the whole thing.  I ended up cutting away the part I didn't like and finished the feather with pencil.  Now I love it and it sort of represents a sketch turning into a finished piece.  I've aptly titled it "there are no mistakes in art".  I'm going to keep this one as a visual reminder to practice what I preach.

"there are no mistakes in art"

And here are a few feathers that I've just put in the shop.

"Alight"

"Flutter"

"Fresh"

feathers

After a long hiatus, I've finally put a couple of new feathers in the shop.

'Theodor Feather'

'Spring Feather'

send some love

Valentine's Day cards for anyone /everyone.  Find them here.