the who, what, why, when, how? of the salvation army's collected works is one of my favorite things. and their 50% offedness on fridays is one of my other favorites : )

imagining the placement of a tiny world inside the coffee pot's viewing glass.

a garden or a winter wonderland?

teeny tiny adornment for the "o".

o how i "must" with those small things!

a tiny snip of vintage tulle gathered and hand sewn to the tags of the vintage lace crowns.

so many layers to discover in this collection.

photographing today for winter collection pieces that will journey to the ark at some point this month.

love lives in each and every corner of my work this season. not ready to let it go yet but some of it left today for

flora grubb gardens

http://floragrubb.com in sf.

inspiring trip for me, shifting my programed vision of what container gardening looks like.

plant ponder-rama today including the Banksia? whose leaves look like they had been cut with pinking shears. i felt instant kinship : ) cutting leaves with pinking shears?.....

i can totally relate!

pondering today what the heart sees vs. what the camera sees and what is really there to see anyways? Mystified as to how to train the camera to see like my heart as i try to capture images of the layers of details i love of my current collection.

vintage laces, silk embroidery floss, homemade starch, silk satin, teadye, hand stitching and ceramic buttons cast from things found in my great grandmother's button box.

it has been a pleasure. winter has finally come together.

can you spot the tiny bronze worm wiggling by? this tiny handmade attachment, celebrating fellowship with this companion upcycler, can be discovered on most of my needle felted mushroom adornments this winter season along with a heart shaped dot on the cap.

salaam, our little dolly llama (ie. stuffed with llama fur) turns one this month. once a traveling ball of yarn.... knitted on 3 continents, his parts and pieces journaling and amazing trip outside my everyday world. he sports new duds in vintage/upcycled textiles as he hangs out in the lilac awaiting new adventures.