This little feisty squirrel is King of his own fairytale land.
The original drawing I have done with pencil, pen and ink on an old book page that has some nice aging to it. I have been busy working on some fairy tale animals lately, in between a bit of gardening. Inspired by an old Robin Hood children's book I picked up at a rummage sale last week I worked at a few drawings.




I made a few Victorian inspired Ribbon Brooches with pretty Cameo Pendants of fairytale animal figures on them. I have sealed the print under resin and soldered the 1 inch by 1 inch charm with silver solder. Hung from chocolate brown sateen ribbon bow with a pin back. Looks so cute pinned to a neckline of a shirt or on a jacket. The size of this piece is 2 1/2 inches by 3 inches.
The new print and brooch are now listed in my shop.

I just found out my nieces Cassandra and Sarah opened a really

sweet etsy shop called The Last Hurrah.

I love their clothes, they always dress so fashionable with

the vintage pieces that they find! I love the look of vintage

clothes, the colors, different textiles and designs, that make

the clothes so much more interesting than store bought items.

Stop by their shop and take a peek at what vintage clothes

they are offering.

Pink Balloons and Party Hats

Well just recovering from a fun filled weekend, my daughter celebrated her 6th birthday and this was the first real just kids party that we had done for her, so she was excited to invite some kindergarten friends, we settled on 8 but she would have had the whole class come if she could!
I have had a bit of experience with looking after little ones when I volunteered with her preschool classes so I know what I was in store for! But my Hubby did not!
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He was white in the face and exhausted by then end of the afternoon, ha ha. We filled the house with pink and white balloons, and lots of white fairy lights, cookies and pink lemonade on the menu, I baked my first real birthday cake, my daughter had to have double chocolate, lots of colored sprinkles on top and I made the cake topper using one of my paper doll designs but with Angelina Ballerina wearing a glittery skirt. They had a good time we rented a bouncer castle tent for the back yard so they spent most of the time in there, sugar and bouncing, that's what 6 year olds are good at!

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Chloe graduated from being what I call a baby girl to a little girl, my how time flies. 6 is a nice age and I do like the time we spend together much more now than toddler-hood which is mostly work, but not all bad. I am sure if you are Mother you know what I mean. My daughter has now taken a bit of interest in decorating her room, so we may do a bit of painting to change the wall color soon, might do a soft pink or blush color or pale green. I always wanted to do a few art pieces for a little girls room so I did find some time to draw a Cat Princess wearing a fancy dress, I added some soft colors with pastels. We love cats around our house so that theme seems to appear in each room, in my bedroom I have my Cat Sisters Collage print framed beside my bed.
I plan to do a few more of these little drawings, I think I will do a Velveteen Rabbit a Fox or Dog in fancy clothes. I will add this little print of my Cat Princess to my etsy shop in case you may have a little girl to shop for or maybe you just like pretty pictures!

I have put together a charming little booklet which features 24 full color pages of decorating ideas from my home, little one of a kind pieces for sale, and peaceful simple reflections that I cherish are refer to everyday. The size of the book is 5 1/2 inches by 9 inches and comes bound with an Ivory ribbon. This is my first booklet titled Simple Things Small Joys Vol 1 and it is just that, decor ideas that are very simple yet primitive and have country charm, gift and home accents that I have created and display in my home. All of the photography is done by me and I am happy to share this little treasure book with you.

I am working on a Fall Simple Joys booklet now which will be offered by late August 2009. This little booklet is now available in my etsy shop today, plus I have added a really sweet Little One Baby Charm to the shop as well today, it looked so pretty tied to my pillow on my couch I had to take a picture to share with you.

Fresh Soap

There are so many things I just love about this picture. The soap looks so pretty in the packages I would never open them, they are like a delicious piece of cake looking good enough to eat. The glass garden dome on the cake stand makes a perfect table top display or in this case on an old chipped painted wood chair,makes it a fresh simple country display that would look wonderful in any part of your home. Just thought I would share some of my decorating ideas with you today, have a wonderful weekend.