smiling places

 head dresses of lace and ribbons

 candlesticks of tree droppings

dearest lichen forms

this is where i have been for the last ten days or so.  lots of things smiling at me and waiting in the wings to add to my etsy shop.  

returning to my favorite things...flower forms, lace, ribbons, silk, wool...textiles that smile at me in my world:)
hoping to have them soon in my etsy shop to meet with and soften the nutty world that is there now.

places

 collected droppings from the central coast.

 collected chairs in miniature from ebay.

 collected linen thread from lithuania.  (here)

collected caps soon to be in my etsy shop in these tiny container forms.

collected tiny silk embroidery ribbons, old silk organza and old lace celebrated here in these pouches.

tonight...more olympics and a cauliflower cheddar soup we love from the jamie oliver food revolution cookbook.

i love life slowly in so many places and maybe that is why it takes me so long to get here to share.

i have gathered a few new ingredients from time away and i am so excited to put them all in play in my work but first a visit to all the places that returning from a holiday requires:)

the views from my week. think happy, be happy book reminder:), tiny floral opportuniteas and the new collection of nut boxes that will be in our shop beginning late next week.  i am so excited to let my creativity loose in these tiny ways. such beautiful opportunity in tree droppings from far and wide.

today's quote from a little book we are using as our page a day calendar for 2014. the little book, called think happy be happy has such nice reminders for our daily paths:)

i have been to all these tiny spaces and more these past few weeks and i am so happy to be listing again in my etsy shop.

28 new items will be arriving as the week continues.

and in the inspirational places surrounding the tiny spaces there has been: 

movie:"gone with the wind" costumes, characters and drama fabulous

book: house of mirth by edith wharton because i love historic fiction.

activity: worm collecting (500 or so) because of my new worm bin. which we have dubbed "hotel sri lanka" in honor of the sri lankan coconut coir(used as luxurious earthen bedding within). gosh worms are fast and expensive if you buy them.  so we decided to collect one by one from the compost out back.