Craftstravaganza!

I can't believe it's time! We have so much to do before the big day! Pack, label, signs, sewing,and the list goes on...

Come visit us, along with more 70 other talented artists at the 6th annual Craftstravaganza 

at the State Fairgrounds - Fine Arts Building - Saturday April 30.

Hope to see you there!

The Farm

Last weekend when we were "up North" we visited my dad. He has a big heart for animals and has opened his home to many creatures that needed a home. Horses (big and small), doggies, kitties, geese, goats, chickens, cows, donkeys, did I miss anyone? It's become a "retirement home" for the furry and feathered friends.

I appreciate the opportunities and conveniences we have by living in the city, but there is definitely a part of me that would love to have a little farm with lots of furry friends.

Spring Flowers for Easter

Last weekend we traveled "up North" to visit Country Mouse. We also helped move my grandma from her lake home into an apartment. She has so many memories packed into boxes and of course several of those boxes came home with me. More treasures for me. I could tell she was a bit sad, this will be a change for her. It was just too difficult for her to keep up with the work of having a house and yard, yet she really enjoyed being on the lake.

Country Mouse made a tasty egg dish for all of us Sunday morning before we headed back to the city and set the table all nice and pretty. It was a wonderful weekend. Friends. Family. Sunshine (part of the time...we're trying to forget about the snow on Friday night).

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day, friends! We hope you celebrate earth day today and are nice to the earth not only today, but every day. In honor of this special day Country Mouse and I have included a little collection of earth inspired and repurposed finds for you:

clockwise: Things I'm Thankful For,  Northshore Waves - metalwork earrings, Chalkboard Horse, Screen Printed Reusable Organic Cotton Produce Bags, Vintage Replogle World Nation Globe

And a few more earth day links for you:

- Winners of the Art of ReUSE contest

- Ideas for some Earth friendly activities

- Tips to lower your waste at home
- Click here for more ideas and to pledge an act of green 

Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Easter!

Bird Watchers

Yep, that's us. My husband and I set up two bird feeders the other weekend and we can't stop watching the birds. I'll be making dinner and he'll say, whoa - what's that? And I have to stop what I'm doing, walk over and then we try to identify the bird. We both have a degree in Wildlife Biology and had to take Ornithology, which was one of my most favorite courses - lots of walking outside looking and listening for birds.

We cleaned out our storage area under the stairs this past weekend and one of the boxes contained my binders from college. I ended up recycling a lot of papers (I'm never going to need to go back to Finite Math or Short Calculus, at least I hope not!) but I kept my bird notes out and am going to refresh my memory. It's become a competition in our house, who can identify the bird first and I don't like to lose.

Above is a picture of us on my husband's birthday a few weeks ago. See the bird feeder in the background? I thought it went with this post and one of my goals this year is to take more pictures of my friends and family. I have no problem taking tons of photos of the furry ones or the sewing room but I totally neglect taking photos of people. Don't worry, I'm not going to post a bunch of photos of my husband and I here, but I just wanted to document his 31st birthday with the one picture of us I took that day. He's not into posing for pictures, but that's one of the things I have to get better at - just pulling out the camera and snapping one whether he wants his picture taken or not, someday he'll thank me right?

And isn't this one of the most stylish bird feeders? It's by Studio Liscious in case you are looking to feed your birdies this Spring :)