my order from moo arrived today:)
the possibilitea of making ones own happy images into postcards is really so uplifting.

pictured is my cupie baby from childhood and a well loved resident of my disheveled dolly sanctuary.

kat of secrets of a butterfly led me there to moo when she gifted me a set of beautiful cards and stickers of her floral imagery for christmas.

thank you, for your lovely guidance and inspirations.

i can't wait to put those cute doll faces in the post for

some old fashioned correspondence.

oh the layers of the yule log. perhaps a little too advanced baking for me but fun and funny in the end. the mushrooms were the funnest part. i love all things "woodland".

happiest holiday wishes!

xo

my daughter and i have been crocheting edges too.

18 days and 10 washcloth edges later my mom in law has flown on to other family. she left so much behind in her wake. crochet instruction, tamale instruction and a pace of slow and steady wins the race. i realize how much i hurry through it all when i see her movement.

...and my crochet thread collection has more than doubled in size. a textile and craft thrift store in sebastopol ca, afforded us new variety in very vintage colors.

feeling very much like i have been on a needle arts retreat for the past 2 weeks but it is on to the holidays and all the many layers of preparation.

my husband's mom lydia is visiting us for a few weeks from northern new mexico where she lives on a ranch that she owns with her 9 brothers and sisters. they share laundry facilities and that is often responsible for mix-ups in laundry ownership.

pictured is the graceful way in which she marks her territory:)

loving the creative view as she works hooking herself into home:)

i love tiny details!

winter has been released!

releasing lots of my tiny ceramics pieces out into the world this week in various shapes and forms.
a ring for an october birthday. so fun to try to get the little pom pom in the cup while wearing:)

larger pieces pictured are tea set for friend and collector of jess brown dolls. handles over sized so the dollys can slip their hand through and hold onto the cups:) dream catcher cup and saucer studies .