tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70024917653018838932024-03-13T21:46:14.244-07:00Bleu Bird Nestsweet. vintage. style.littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-18017532394363508822011-04-22T08:23:00.000-07:002011-04-22T08:23:17.453-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Romans 5:6-8 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-48622941681313300122011-02-17T19:41:00.000-08:002011-02-17T19:41:50.553-08:00birds and butterflies<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Today was cold here ... lots of wind and rain all day. The little girls and I stayed inside and I decided to rebel against the weather by creating some spring goodness. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Lots of birds and butterflies. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My craft room re-organization is finally complete and it was nice to sit in there and create - and to be able to find things!!</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">{butterfly tags}</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">{journal #23}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">one of my goals for 2011</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">is to have a </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">clean desk.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and after some filing</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and clean up</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and general organization...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">taa daa!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">now to keep it up...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">my plan is to do a little cleaning up every night</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and put my paperwork where it belongs.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">since moving to the new house,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> i've put the computer desk</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">in the family room/t.v. room</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">so my honey and I can still be together</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">while i'm trying to get things done</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">in the evening.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">next, the craft room</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">needs a complete</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">organizational re-do!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-36723037287342626612011-02-08T10:44:00.000-08:002011-02-08T10:44:35.034-08:00basket love<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">i love baskets and i use them all over my house </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">for organizing things.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">i've been looking for some really nice</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">LIDDED </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">baskets</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and came upon these recently...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">i love these because they have LIDS and will hold lots of things</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">in the bathroom, craftroom, office...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">really anywhere you need a little</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">{stylish}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">organizational help!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">i ordered these from McMaster & Storm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">{a petite department store}.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">if you haven't been there yet,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">do visit them <a href="http://www.mcmasterandstorm.com/">online</a></span><span style="font-family: Courier New;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">or their <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/swanandshears?ref=pr_shop_more">etsy site</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Some of my other favorite things</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">from their shop...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">isn't it fun to discover</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">new places</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">for a little </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">retail therapy?!</span></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-31572280095168253622011-02-02T22:10:00.000-08:002011-02-02T22:13:33.989-08:00the pretend boutique<div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">i've been avoiding this post.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">because it's a little embarrassing.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">but then i decided</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">it has a good</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">moral to it.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">a little while before Christmas,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">a couple of my girlfriends and I were</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">having one of our "</span><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">girl nights" and we</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">came up with the idea to have</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">a Christmas boutique.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">robin is a super talented photographer, but</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">she is so humble and not sure about</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">marketing or selling her</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">framed photos.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">{we're still trying to get her on etsy}.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">christine is just the nicest</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">person you'd ever meet,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and, by her own admission,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">not super "crafty",</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">but she's always up for a fun gathering.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and she is the most supportive friend.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">she decided she would help us.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">she'd be the official greeter and</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">server of apple cider to the</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">crowds of customers</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">flocking to </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">our </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">boutique.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">we didn't have much time to pull this off.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">we decided to have it at my house</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and robin and i both</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">worked frantically to get</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">our items made and ready for display</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and sale.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">{christine spent the whole week before</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">at a science camp in the rain with</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">5th graders. brave girl.}</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and we were ready.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">the displays looked great.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">i had my calculator, notepad, and</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">little stamped brown bags ready.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">robin was all set to</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">go with her inventory book near by.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">she also brought her sister-in-law,</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">who came with really cute</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">"quiet books" that she</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">hand makes for little ones.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">of course we had to have food</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">for <em>us</em>.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and drinks.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">we had cheese and deli meats,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">crackers, nuts,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">fresh fruit,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">yummy sweets,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">tea, coffee, bubbly water.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">wine.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">baileys.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">rum.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">our advertising was comprised of</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">face book shout-outs,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">word of mouth,</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">a nice sign at the top of my street,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and a craig's list ad.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">oh, and a cute "boutique" banner strung</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">across the front porch.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">so there we were,</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">all ready to go.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and no one showed up.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">no. one.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">i'm pretty sure no one</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">was even home in my neighborhood</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">that day.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">we were all feeling pretty discouraged</span><br />
<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">at that point.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">christine was drinking baileys with her coffee</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and nursing a cold {remember the rainy science camp?}</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">robin and i decided to spike the apple cider</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">with the rum.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and soon we just started to laugh at ourselves.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">not because of the liquor.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">just because there we were with all of</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">our high hopes</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and dreams of this super successful boutique.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">at one point robin decided that</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">we needed more advertising out front.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">so the four of us lugged this life size</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">carved santa from my front porch to the sidewalk</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and propped another sign on him.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">the whole thing just got us to laughing,</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">the kind of laughing where you feel</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">like you might pee your pants.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">i commented that my neighbor </span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">across the </span><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">street</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">{mind you i've only lived here a couple months</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and don't know anyone that well yet}</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">was probably watching us from her</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">upstairs window,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">making comments like,</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">"look at those silly girls, they</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">are <span style="font-size: large;"><em>pretending</em></span> to have a store today..."</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">that just made us all laugh even more.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">later on, inside, we had a little meeting</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">about what had gone wrong.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and robin took notes.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">we decided that our wares are</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">fabulous,</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">we just lacked customers.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">which is kind of important when you're having a boutique.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">not to be discouraged,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">we decided that we will not give up.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">next time we just need to start a little</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">earlier on the advertising.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and robin suggested we do it at her</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">house because she lives in a busier neighborhood.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">the idea that we came up with is to</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">do a spring or summer boutique</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and try to invite more local</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">vendors.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and really advertise better.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">i suggested that we needed a name for our event.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">robin's sister-in-law said,</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">"well, why don't you just call it the </span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: large;">pretend boutique?</span>"</span></span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">which made us all laugh again.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">but we decided that we really do</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">like that name.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">the point is that</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">it all worked out</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">because we ended up having such</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">a good time together</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">visiting and laughing and just</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">being silly girls.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">and we encouraged each other.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">which is what friendship is really all about.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">sometime</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">this summer or spring,</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">we <em>will</em> be having</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">the pretend boutique</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">in robin's backyard.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">the first of many, i hope.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">p.s. you're invited; please come!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">p.p.s. robin's site isn't up yet,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Courier New;">but you can email her at</span></div><div align="center"><a href="mailto:pro5robin@sbcglobal.net"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">pro5robin@sbcglobal.net</span></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-30827833380986782622011-02-01T23:06:00.000-08:002011-02-01T23:09:38.199-08:00little dog girls<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Meet the little girls who keep me company every day and bring so much joy to my life.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Such a sweet, loving, loyal, sensitive doggie girl. Her ears never came up like a typical chihuahua, except for a 12 hour period after she got into some hot tamale candy once. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>Sweet things to know about her:</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>1. She loves to help with the laundry.</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>2. She wears a lovely pair of white gloves on her front paws.</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>3. She snores.</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>4. She loves baths.</em></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>Sweet things to know about her:</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>1. She loves corn tortillas and really anything sweet.</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>2. She never eats before noon. </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>3. She takes a long nap every morning after she gets up.</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>4. She sneaks up and gives really quick kisses.</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New;">5. Current weight: 4 pounds.</span></em></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-87409393680062016332011-01-25T11:43:00.000-08:002011-01-25T11:43:36.901-08:00ooo, la, la<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCghTIpVKd35Dg4_z318uiCjubslyWLrzeXORO51VD33wd8AIsDsuqZghs4ncnSh5bLP6kqFf98zOQQqvjTxagiNWn4wteIokEkeBINPBrdylzTVoazieBpbbuGKmExhMxYxhPvRib_pj/s1600/franklin+tenn+shop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCghTIpVKd35Dg4_z318uiCjubslyWLrzeXORO51VD33wd8AIsDsuqZghs4ncnSh5bLP6kqFf98zOQQqvjTxagiNWn4wteIokEkeBINPBrdylzTVoazieBpbbuGKmExhMxYxhPvRib_pj/s400/franklin+tenn+shop.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">now, doesn't this just look like the cutest little shop?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">a friend of a friend posted this photo on facebook</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and it caught my eye.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">it is somewhere in franklin, tennesee</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to visit there!!</span></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-43740183839494685432011-01-24T20:34:00.000-08:002011-01-24T20:34:16.198-08:00love {is in the air}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1sSN3udyO9PRIJFHJfBHY9S0AK214_i5ZByrydonRoOKCwOIRaE67QMtXHQ_A0-_KKeUPDZeZZ5vqN2F6AQpupkNl9F37ZjVw_RvoE1toVgTB0iLxdMf9m9CMd_tVBHi6y17D-NMyLzL/s1600/valentine+pouches+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1sSN3udyO9PRIJFHJfBHY9S0AK214_i5ZByrydonRoOKCwOIRaE67QMtXHQ_A0-_KKeUPDZeZZ5vqN2F6AQpupkNl9F37ZjVw_RvoE1toVgTB0iLxdMf9m9CMd_tVBHi6y17D-NMyLzL/s320/valentine+pouches+004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><img border="0" height="223" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHTNmnYL9vifxKvXSeJUSvsswxbD7DJTcBySuCToO287gUP0510Dcs_FBm5CgbcKfxjwFmJfrD7o3TMdS2a5dwsKq1Bh1ywygxrAyoe87D-tVUrFD3jmF7ctRXJUJFtUW8IuY5obHZmwX/s320/valen+banner+sampler+014.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"> </span><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><strong>friendship</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWx3ZTDDGRZTNLf7wqK4-GWai3kq2prQmN32UQnYHToXhbhBMEdfgmqJ-zaqm5X-SfdVGE06jnllT1G70povgZxMbFkb1rwybNnKLesYrXL9KE6OkHY95rsnuv9oq57LFOkMJfBoeLR3Jz/s1600/valentine+journal+kit+and+stickies+019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWx3ZTDDGRZTNLf7wqK4-GWai3kq2prQmN32UQnYHToXhbhBMEdfgmqJ-zaqm5X-SfdVGE06jnllT1G70povgZxMbFkb1rwybNnKLesYrXL9KE6OkHY95rsnuv9oq57LFOkMJfBoeLR3Jz/s320/valentine+journal+kit+and+stickies+019.JPG" width="296" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #ea9999; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUXRnbizoDY75_ArmnytUBnds0T76SJO_zOiQPVqHcaCjnNTaUi3HaheqQf6s6R3OvHSN3dyU_VyRN60RMutvelNMN0ID57HKVqwiy5WYFKSUVZl_fwLXa8JbRSWXrs8Fs_VoouL88ioN/s320/valentine+journal+kit+and+stickies+022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><strong>dreams</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX9TVi3e8AoyKQ6FuQVUOtXlBGnPqaYqXKL18Zsw1lbVSbLHzAj4vbGGj7VxAgbByMuzJnz57oKppEuIsOkAlGLkkk6Nyz2gm7YWdrqXtORBK4ssKS4G-yWh5oqnGnrEOgyUZqIcDixjjR/s1600/valentine+journal+kit+and+stickies+036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX9TVi3e8AoyKQ6FuQVUOtXlBGnPqaYqXKL18Zsw1lbVSbLHzAj4vbGGj7VxAgbByMuzJnz57oKppEuIsOkAlGLkkk6Nyz2gm7YWdrqXtORBK4ssKS4G-yWh5oqnGnrEOgyUZqIcDixjjR/s320/valentine+journal+kit+and+stickies+036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">all of this valentine goodness</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">is available</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">at</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bleubirdnest.etsy.com/">bleu bird nest</a>.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">xo</span></strong></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-44371746525341351852011-01-24T20:22:00.000-08:002011-01-25T11:35:43.596-08:00spoiled & loved<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Every night I light a candle in our bedroom to serve as a "night light". I love to wake up in the night and see light flickering around the room. This morning I was up early to start on some chores and I forgot to blow out the candle when I got up. A little bit later I went back into my room to get dressed for the day and my "original" dog {I call her that because she was the first}, shelby, had climbed back into bed after a quick trip outside. There she was, relaxing in my spot, next to the candle...just cooling out, enjoying the aromatherapy, and cleaning her little paws</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">{which,by the way, weren't any too dirty as</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">I had just given her a sudsy bath</span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> She spent some time sunbathing </span><span style="font-family: Courier New;">this afternoon.</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">So cute. <span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And spoiled and loved.</span> Just the way it should be!</span></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-3721247738503239502011-01-19T10:33:00.000-08:002011-01-19T10:33:54.521-08:00circle of friends<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">One of the lessons of life for me is the importance, the necessity really, of friendship in my own little world. Life and work and expectations can beat you up; it is so comforting to find myself in the familiar rhythm of conversation and fellowship with those who know me well, with those who love me just as I am. When I get caught up in day to day living and breathing {and sometimes <em>holding</em> my breath}, I have a tendency to pull away and isolate. That seams to be my survival mode, I don't know why. And just then I am blessed when the lesson of <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">friendship comes around again</span>, reminding me to breath in & out and take in the beautiful fragrance of true friendship.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Just the other day I met four friends for lunch. We all know each other from our teaching careers; at one time we all taught at the same school. Through the years we have been there for each other through career changes, lay-offs, financial troubles, divorces, re-marriage, moves, our kids' adventures {such as getting married and starting or finishing college, or just growing up in general}, and changes good and bad, planned or unexpected.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">And as we sat there enjoying fabulous food, laughter, memories, and wonderful conversation, I was reminded once again of the amazing bond we share.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Friendship comes around again.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Such fun.</span></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-84089744541184689432010-12-08T16:16:00.000-08:002010-12-08T16:16:55.472-08:00that's what I like about you...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Here is what I love about etsy: you meet the nicest people. I've said it before, I love etsy because of the wonderful artists who offer such amazing products and the fact that these products are unique and are not mass produced. But I also love it because it is such a friendly place. I have been selling lots of my Country Christmas NOeL Banners this season </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and someone from Kansas saw them and contacted me to see if she could get one custom-made -- in orange ink and with the saying "We Still Do". Now I didn't want to pry and ask what it was for, but in my mind I'm imagining an anniversary...anywho, I had a fun time making it for her and chatting back & forth about the details so I could make it just the way she wanted. I visited her blog and found out she is an amazing photographer too...the kind that takes those types of family portraits that make it look like each family featured is amazing and beautiful and fun as they</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">are standing out in a wheatfield in front of a rustic barn</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">or something.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">these <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/63803540/winter-bird-nests-set-of-3">nests</a> I've created are how I imagine those sweet birds would decorate their nests as they scurry around during this wintery, festive month.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">joyeux noel to all!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">xo</span></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-55687490898799202452010-12-05T19:36:00.000-08:002010-12-05T19:36:13.220-08:00Christmas Goodies<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This past week I've been busy working on lots of Christmas goodies for <a href="http://www.bleubirdnest.etsy.com/">Bleu Bird Nest</a>.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">There are some new banners:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSbTazZzsMoV4_NXWFvDkxy0j5adWue6Tb6Syesj3JYVftqGpV2VR0L9vHC1YHNH3nk5qf6PYJAGrjwtzIPcNmVproRSLlfVybsEct2uzmPaouCjA1pNU_Yh2CSdyUsYJzTIDOrlijA3iQ/s1600/joy+banners+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSbTazZzsMoV4_NXWFvDkxy0j5adWue6Tb6Syesj3JYVftqGpV2VR0L9vHC1YHNH3nk5qf6PYJAGrjwtzIPcNmVproRSLlfVybsEct2uzmPaouCjA1pNU_Yh2CSdyUsYJzTIDOrlijA3iQ/s320/joy+banners+005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> one that reminds me of Sugar Plum Fairy goodness with all these beautiful colors...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've also added new bird tags...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrCcwPQJ2TNIuBx9JLQDA0ymAEbRMIJyaVxwq2Px6HqsZ-NelW2CYFH0_cNJvN-i3jMWXKPolsdpp9ZEeFe96AQEEwtUisAcD5SOtHWD35wE2dpYXy77J_GFrt_597F-p23nfrio-Iht-/s1600/new+christmas+tags+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrCcwPQJ2TNIuBx9JLQDA0ymAEbRMIJyaVxwq2Px6HqsZ-NelW2CYFH0_cNJvN-i3jMWXKPolsdpp9ZEeFe96AQEEwtUisAcD5SOtHWD35wE2dpYXy77J_GFrt_597F-p23nfrio-Iht-/s320/new+christmas+tags+011.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">this one is from an old vintage Christmas postcard I have...</span></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPOBS9aqPGTFdGkL0G2v0EKWSbGfvB2FHM8aRWtXLQmR_lbZWbA6g-vcRTfBcBI4MmlzSt4qkzzOhR4iUtB2_oBIx_6900Y5pXgniSn6l0sfElvDPk3dRr0b4iuReZlIWbofvfMGynzNE/s1600/new+christmas+tags+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPOBS9aqPGTFdGkL0G2v0EKWSbGfvB2FHM8aRWtXLQmR_lbZWbA6g-vcRTfBcBI4MmlzSt4qkzzOhR4iUtB2_oBIx_6900Y5pXgniSn6l0sfElvDPk3dRr0b4iuReZlIWbofvfMGynzNE/s320/new+christmas+tags+014.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and this one from an old French postcard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzGa8xeieZ2qj4GrF-B3Cd_sSTdUNNVw0NNBEBRz91HI9lIxxIGeFb2eL9Unssq_Ih4A_IojSWKinxhaSNq4lOHiLDD-UNqSUhwhEv1fUepC8GXqdO3a1sfkzAq5j2Tm6eq0z1cjXdWbl/s1600/omg+025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="190" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzGa8xeieZ2qj4GrF-B3Cd_sSTdUNNVw0NNBEBRz91HI9lIxxIGeFb2eL9Unssq_Ih4A_IojSWKinxhaSNq4lOHiLDD-UNqSUhwhEv1fUepC8GXqdO3a1sfkzAq5j2Tm6eq0z1cjXdWbl/s320/omg+025.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And I made some lovely little birdie gift card pouches made from felt and vintage trims...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I had so much fun sewing these. The trims are all vintage and look so nice with the cream colored felt. I've had these trims for about a year and this seemed like the perfect project for them. Most of the trim is from Angela Harris, of <a href="http://www.yourangil.blogspot.com/">Your Angil</a>, who makes the most gorgeous trim tags.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Also added were some tags that feature darling little French girls getting ready for Christmas...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeciZ7KokmcLat8_hZHYKCYN0RbTydtej6sGozdGd8wOQPqYRdQBeNca1H-hMcztj6XF2lwnp7T5vijSAYZ-xmI03zHpuhcB3z_5y1TAGBuGsPmwRNq_ErIk2M8Rq2GBLvYWuhd_-SEV1e/s1600/new+christmas+tags+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeciZ7KokmcLat8_hZHYKCYN0RbTydtej6sGozdGd8wOQPqYRdQBeNca1H-hMcztj6XF2lwnp7T5vijSAYZ-xmI03zHpuhcB3z_5y1TAGBuGsPmwRNq_ErIk2M8Rq2GBLvYWuhd_-SEV1e/s320/new+christmas+tags+002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBeu9yNt0F_m1-kOxKCwW3WCjwEm1MXUhIXutG2XZy0AAx5txphwI6Par6OxbyZdf3IYqkZ74IK5PlAcim8h5ctWdqG2uN3M40OKKywFHY-Vzt01TXLbREpB_H_W-yyN-rFNqMc7xe86f/s1600/new+christmas+tags+025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBeu9yNt0F_m1-kOxKCwW3WCjwEm1MXUhIXutG2XZy0AAx5txphwI6Par6OxbyZdf3IYqkZ74IK5PlAcim8h5ctWdqG2uN3M40OKKywFHY-Vzt01TXLbREpB_H_W-yyN-rFNqMc7xe86f/s320/new+christmas+tags+025.JPG" width="302" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">These tag packs include hand-dyed crinkly seam binding ribbon and a vintage ledger sheet tucked inside. I love these</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">softer shades for Christmas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">What I'm loving right now about creating</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">is that I've had the luxury of some long quiet </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">afternoons in our new cottage, with my little dogs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">by my side. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We are getting a new heater installed {tomorrow} </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and haven't had any heat all fall</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">{except a space heater & roaring fires};</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I've been bundled up in cozy sweaters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">sipping lots of warm tea and creamy coffee</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">while the dogs lay by the little space heater</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">or spend an extra hour or two in bed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">And I love that Etsy is full</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">of so many wonderful artists and shoppers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">with an appreciation for hand made</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">goodness rather than the mass-produced</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">objects that seem to fill the stores </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">these days.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Loving also so many kind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">comments from customers who</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">are so encouraging!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Hope you are enjoying these days</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">of preparing for the holidays</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">& that you find quiet time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">to savor the goodness of the season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">xo</span></div><br />
<div align="center"></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-75230237941295034232010-11-12T21:11:00.000-08:002010-11-12T21:11:37.692-08:00in stitches<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This week I got out my sewing machine because I've been thinking about sewing some holiday crafty projects with felt...before I could get motivated for those, I decided to do a little stitching with paper and I had forgotten how fun it is.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New;">I started with these holiday tags that I made from some vintage photo images. Just simple and sweet, with little holiday messages stitched to the images. I was inspired to stitch up the package topper as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New;">Today I had a package of tags to ship out, and instead of the usual paper topper, I decided to stitch that too. I love how this comes out because it doesn't have to be perfect. In fact the inperfections seem to add to the charm.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New;">Now I'm thinking about doing more stitching with paper and I have so many ideas swimming in my head!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New;">can't wait to get started!</span></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-62058955980082863732010-11-05T14:40:00.000-07:002010-11-05T14:40:08.019-07:00harvest goodness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">visit <a href="http://www.bleubirdnest.etsy.com/">Bleu Bird Nest</a> for more</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">harvest inspiration....</span></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-46080353672971462492010-10-25T15:40:00.000-07:002010-10-25T15:40:16.877-07:00ground gloves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0s6aGOUr8cwuVrECe_O3eoncl6H64eWsf6TZirwfLUnD9h6k2tqjnM_g15I__TaI1jz9C9Nf98PrRRsh9ZEiNU6wS1wZaPutXkihxUA14tgEUVAmnN9RLIcUFClEUUYNEdHHmZRgWdtr/s1600/dog+and+harvest+painting+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0s6aGOUr8cwuVrECe_O3eoncl6H64eWsf6TZirwfLUnD9h6k2tqjnM_g15I__TaI1jz9C9Nf98PrRRsh9ZEiNU6wS1wZaPutXkihxUA14tgEUVAmnN9RLIcUFClEUUYNEdHHmZRgWdtr/s400/dog+and+harvest+painting+021.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I baked a couple of pumpkin bread loaves</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">today for my sweetie.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">It is a beautiful fall day</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">here...sunny but cool;</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">a perfect day for baking.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">As I worked along, I started</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">to think about the holiday season</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">ahead and imagine how it will</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">be this year in our new {old} home.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I remembered sweet times of baking</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">in past years...my</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">husband and son always so appreciative</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">of every little thing I made.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">One of the sweetest memories that I hold so</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">dear was a time when my son</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">was about 5. He came up</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">to me in the kitchen where I was baking</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">up a holiday treat. The counters</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">were full of spilled flour and spice jars,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and he looked up and said,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Courier New;"><em>"Mama, what are those ground <span style="font-size: large;">G</span>LOVES??"</em></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">"Oh, sweetheart, those are ground <span style="font-size: large;">C</span>loves!",</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I said. "It's a spice that's all</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">ground up and it makes</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">things taste good".</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">We had a good laugh over that.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">And from then on,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I've always referred to</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Ground Cloves</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">as </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Ground Gloves.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<a href="http://littlepinkstudio.typepad.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Cerri</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> has posted this shadow box tutorial on the </span><span id="goog_1944129276"></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.joli-paquet.blogspot.com/">Joli Paquet</a></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> <span id="goog_1944129277"></span>site. It would make a wonderfully spooky addition to your halloween decorations! What a fun idea.</span>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-26555785457873206232010-10-19T06:06:00.000-07:002010-10-19T06:06:31.475-07:00autumn tutorial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HZoKO1Zh-rqnd8MhVfXRlRfjTI-o7sF91zw8LaECZ_y2Y6I-HyW1rlbgLaC1AZK66qNzfXotvAEGkrUqMBJU7PwLIy8OM8PleWAita7N4Ysa8HuoZMfyG1-yQtlyB1pPVxUyBKMJLzPB/s1600/tutorial+2+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HZoKO1Zh-rqnd8MhVfXRlRfjTI-o7sF91zw8LaECZ_y2Y6I-HyW1rlbgLaC1AZK66qNzfXotvAEGkrUqMBJU7PwLIy8OM8PleWAita7N4Ysa8HuoZMfyG1-yQtlyB1pPVxUyBKMJLzPB/s400/tutorial+2+005.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Head over to the <a href="http://www.joli-paquet.blogspot.com/">Joli Paquet</a> site today for my tutorial on making this vintage style autumn photo board!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am also listing one autumn photo board KIT on my <a href="http://www.bleubirdnest.etsy.com/">etsy site</a>!</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Fun and creativity in beautiful autumn shades!</span></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-66427640896307233042010-10-18T17:14:00.000-07:002010-10-18T17:14:42.757-07:00sweet cousins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Over the weekend my niece came to visit from out of state. We had such a great time...shopping, manicures, eating out, watching TV, and lots of laughter and girl-talk! My other niece who lives nearby joined us also. The three of us have started this tradition of getting together for a girly weekend and it is so much fun and a great bonding time. On Friday night my husband took us all out to a local burger joint and my son joined us. Afterwards, he helped his cousins with their highschool homework. (I'm not sure how much work actually got done, but they had a great time visiting and playing with the dogs).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center"></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-87667930547244977902010-10-12T10:10:00.000-07:002010-10-12T10:10:47.205-07:00Kits Are Here!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Today is Kit Preview Day for the fall kits over at <a href="http://www.joli-paquet.blogspot.com/">Joli Paquet</a>!! They are super cute. I am honored to be among these talented ladies. Head over and check them out. Kits go on sale Thursday!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Head over to the <a href="http://www.joli-paquet.blogspot.com/">Joli Paquet</a> site for this darling tutorial from <a href="http://www.jeanneszewczyk.com/">Jeanne</a>!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Isn't it just the cutest?? I LOVE black cats for Halloween.</span></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-81039953658757271592010-10-06T11:34:00.000-07:002010-10-06T13:18:39.622-07:00getting in the spirit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BxCvlF82669bjAWgU82o0rASPcvmVh0xW_jMhDjjW4ceYWG2g82OiuUyabDw4zxJyG3N8F9847LnOPPxULFODeE4MzE6_cLLAnKU8TaAaA2qb2_4SJSdSGDvg5wTjdD5TfqrDzeoLIsS/s1600/halloween+trim+kits+10+043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BxCvlF82669bjAWgU82o0rASPcvmVh0xW_jMhDjjW4ceYWG2g82OiuUyabDw4zxJyG3N8F9847LnOPPxULFODeE4MzE6_cLLAnKU8TaAaA2qb2_4SJSdSGDvg5wTjdD5TfqrDzeoLIsS/s400/halloween+trim+kits+10+043.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am so glad that October is here. Fall is my favorite time of year. I love the change of weather, slightly cooler days, and an overall feeling of winding down. For me, the "winding down" is all about settling in this year to a new home, a new neighborhood, and a new season of thankfulness and appreciation. And reflection.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia;">Kits go on sale October 14...can't wait!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Seems my whole summer has been taken up with our move...packing, unpacking, organizing, rearranging, and settling in to our new home. And though I love the fact that we have relocated to our new little cottage and I am enjoying our new neighborhood, I have missed the "artsy" and creative aspect of my life. The days when I get to spend hours creating with paper, coffee-dying tags, and getting lost in ephemera and ribbon...</span></div><span style="color: #b45f06;"></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Well my new "studio" is filled with unpacked boxes still, but I've managed to carve out one little corner where I can finally begin to get organized for fall creations. Better late than never, right? I've got a whole new design brewing in my head for my new space. Mostly I am very excited to be part of the </span><a href="http://www.joli-paquet.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Joli Paquet</span></a><span style="color: #b45f06;"> blog this fall, where I will be a guest artist! The Joli Paquet FALL 2010 event kicks off on October 5th with all new free tutorials and includes Halloween and Fall themed kits for purchase starting October 14.</span></span></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-62350218488118934962010-08-12T20:00:00.000-07:002010-08-12T20:00:59.084-07:00sweet memories<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have been busy getting things packed up for our move to the new (old) house. This morning I was checking to be sure all the drawers were empty in my son's old desk because we are selling it. It's a bit banged up from all the use he's given it over the years, but still in pretty good shape. When I opened the top drawer, I found this little hand carved message...he must have put it there quite a few years ago. I never knew it was there until this morning. It made me catch my breath, so sweet, so sentimental. Since I knew the desk was going, I snapped a quick photo of it. What a sweet boy.</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>lots to be done...but I'm looking forward</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>to making lots of new, sweet memories there.</em></span></div>littlegreenappleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389176014683013677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002491765301883893.post-39003003750095542752010-07-23T22:38:00.000-07:002010-07-23T22:40:05.020-07:00anthropologie love<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After a delicious lunch at a sidewalk cafe in the sunshine, my friend and I strolled through Anthropologie today.</span><br />
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