My friend Andee from Germany made this wonderful necklace with one of my flower beads - I think this is my favorite use of these funky flowe...

Have been experimenting. Did this just quick... fabric cut outs, gelled on, buttons too. This could work, plus the kids could really partici...

Some pink in the yard in February... a nice find among the green and brown that is everywhere else.

Luke's school auction. I volunteered to be the auction person for his class... I had a brilliant idea earlier, a big painting with their...

I stayed up past 2:30 am last night reading "The Goose Girl". Then Luke crawled into bed with us at 5:45. Tyger jumped up at 6:00 ...

I love impression jasper - it's *my* colors, Northwest blue mixed with beachy sand... mmmmn. Tomorrow sadly is not a ski day after all, ...

Hot. That was what my kiln was today... somehow the F/C button got pushed and it was showing about 700 degrees and wouldn't get hotter t...

kesia. she loves the snow. it makes her want to act like a puppy again.

We woke up to snow and ice today. It was beautiful. Perfect snowman snow too.

Shauna from the Etsy store Smiles and Sunshine recently started featuring some of her favorite Etsy sellers on her blog and she was nice en...

I'm REALLY looking forward to spring light. Even on a "nice" day, the light here is still so "winter".

Skiing: yesterday was GREAT. Yeah, it was cold, 8 degrees, but the sun was out in full force and the snow was sparkley. And crunchy. That gr...

I think I'm about done with trees for a little bit... but who knows. This one is neat because there is no green or blue glass in it at a...

Look! Pam Robinson from Cool Jewelry Designs made a wonderful bracelet out of my coffee cup heart bead. I love the colors she paired it up ...

My good girl, sitting still for me when there are "birds, just over there mom," that need to be chased.

A new bead, another grounding tree - this time in earthy neutrals. Just listed on eBay . Thanks for looking!

Just a shell I found on our beach one day at low tide.

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