I'm back

It went by so quickly, that it doesn't even seem like I left. Virginia was beautiful, and the baby was so sweet. I miss her already. We were able to do a little bit of sight seeing, while out there. We toured Jamestown, and visited Yorktown (my favorite), Williamsburg, and Fort Monroe. I learned so much. There was a lot more that we could have seen, maybe next time.

Checking out the Constant Susan at Jamestown Settlement

Family arrives tomorrow for a nice long weekend, so I have to get back to the cooking.......Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

I'm Leaving on a jet plane...............

Yesterday was the Holiday Sale at Trillium Artisan's. The store looked great, so festive. Everyone brought in a lot of new stuff, including me.

Here is a close up of one of my new garden (ornaments, objects, sculptures)- I don't even know what to call them- that I brought into the store.
We started a babysitting swap with our neighbors, so last night Matt and I went out without kids. It was great. We did most of our Christmas shopping. It seems early, but with his traveling and my shows it will be here before we know it. Tomorrow morning I am going to Virginia to see my friend and her kiddos for a week. This is the longest I have been away by myself in more than 8 years. I'm even looking forward to the plane ride and bringing lots of magazines and this quilt that still needs a few finishing touches. I'm sure I'll have lots of pictures to share when I get back. Until then, have a great week everyone.

Trillium Artisan's Picks for Best gifts for a Gardener

Trillium Artisan's Picks for Best gifts for a Gardener
Originally uploaded by Ta-Dah

On Thursday mornings I help work on the Trillium Artisan's Etsy shop. This morning I did my first poster sketch- picks for best holiday gift for a gardener. Every time I do something new, it seems like it takes me forever, but I am learning as I go. This was fun and I learned how to do a bunch of new things. To see it larger click here.
If you like what you see and want to see a list of the item numbers, contact me.

Pink and a Halloween Picture

Just popping out of the basement to say a quick "hello". I am getting ready to bring a few new things to the Trillium show on Saturday, and am feverishly preparing for a couple of other holiday shows. I can't believe how fast they are coming up. More details soon..........
Besides getting ready for the shows, I have been doing some serious girly crafting. A facelift of a favorite old toy for a sweet little cousin, and a quilt on which I got to use lots of PINK. I am leaving Monday for a week to visit one of our best friends. I was supposed to be arriving before her baby was born, but her daughter decided to come early. Welcome Grace, I can't wait to meet you. Well, I better get back down there. I'll post again with pictures, once the camera is charged, until then here is one from last week.

Pumpkin Seeds

We went to the gorge this weekend and chased the sun down this beautiful trail.

We successfully wore the boys out, and almost lost the dog. Whenever he gets out in the woods, he forgets that he is 11 and does things like try to climb over huge rocks and chase sticks over rapids.
Thankfully he is fine and back to his old self. Here he is thinking about getting into the seeds that we can't stop eating around here.

I learned a ton from the photography workshop last week, and if I can get it together while the sun is still out, I am hoping to add dragonflies to the Etsy shop. We'll see...............

Friday Again

We have been having amazing weather. Like the kind of perfect fall weather that reminds me why we love Oregon so much. It makes it hard to be inside when it's like this, so we are planning a little trip to the gorge for some hiking before the rain comes back. Before we go, I wanted to show a couple of pictures.

Here is Mitchel copying my excitement when I realized that one of my spoon mirrors was on the Etsy front page along with the other PDXers who are selling in NYC tonight. And here is Mason putting the finishing touches on his robot costume.

One more of Mason and the other robot at the school party tonight. They shared the costume contest prize.

Next

It's official--there are no babies or toddlers living in my house. Saturday when I was making the requested lime cupcakes, it hit me. I'll miss that stage, I already do, but I'm looking forward to lots of new big kid adventures.


I filled the shop with a few new spoon mirrors and garden spheres. Tomorrow night I am going to a photography workshop about product shots. I 'm very excited, and will hopefully have lots of new pictures to add to the shop soon. In the meantime, don't forget about the sale going on at PDX Etsy!