Always on the Sunny Side
I’ve been busy setting up a new online boutique through SupaDupa and very pleased with the results. Eye Catchers look beautiful hanging in a sunny window, from the trellis in your garden and even from a chain around your neck. One of a kind, like you. Also make a great gift for that special person who brings joy and light into your life. My Eye Catchers – Family Jewels Hung Well can be found at http://myeyecatcher.com
I watched as this giant green caterpillar traveled across the garden in late September. While it was making its way across a dead branch lying in its path, I went inside for my camera. I found it again at the very top, with nowhere else to go and helped him get safely back on the ground to continue on his journey to become a giant Polyphemus Moth in the spring.
I found some fabulous photos of the metamorphosis of this caterpillar into a Polyphemus Moth here at whatsthatbug.com .
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. ”
A great quote by George Bernard Shaw
I am so grateful to SOSDogs.org for rescuing this little Yorkie. He lived behind a convenience store after being beaten and abandoned in the middle of winter last year. Severely matted and frightened, he survived on food left for him by people who cared but would not let anyone near him. After 2 months on his own, a woman and her two daughters, bless their hearts, spent 2 days in the freezing weather trying to coax him near enough to be able to catch him. SOSDogs (save our small dogs) paid for much needed medical attention and then he spent 6 months with a foster mom who taught him how to trust people and what life in a loving home looks like.
When I saw his little face on Pet Finders and read his story, I knew I wanted to adopt him. The process to qualify for a rescue such as this is rather extensive but we made it and Winston is now happily adjusting to life with our family.
Don’t you just love a happy ending?
Like jewelry for your home.
Eye Catchers are made with shells, sea glass, findings, vintage earring components and beads, chandelier prisms and all kinds of shiny, interesting dangling things that will surely catch one’s eye. Hang it in a sunny window, hang it on the Christmas tree or your car mirror. A great gift for that special person who brings joy and light into your life.
Give her the sun, moon and stars. This ornamental eye catcher looks great from any angle. The light shining through the shell paints such a lovely picture as does the sun reflecting through the center amber glass bead. 6 1/2 inches long from the silver metal corkscrewed hanger to the very bottom of the star.
See more of My Eye Catchers ~ Family Jewels Hung Well
I signed up to receive the ArtFire Collections Daily Email for a chance to win a $100 Gift Certificate to spend in any Pro studio on ArtFire. They sent me my unique “shopper code”. AAA-386 and I wrote it down on a post it note and stuck it by my computer. Everyday, a new fabulous Collection would arrive in my inbox with a new shopper code.
On Friday the 13th, my unique shopper code showed up on the Artfire Collections Daily Email. I won $100 to spend in any Pro studio on Artfire.
Shopping! It took me all day. I just loved this Azurite Link Bracelet in Sterling Silver and these Lapis and Sterling Silver Earrings with Pierced Design. The studio I chose to spend my $100 gift certificate is:
Designs by Iris, Handcrafted jewelry Fabricated with sterling silver and gemstones. ikstuartdesigns.artfire.com
Please take a moment to visit her studio. LOVE my bracelet! A pleasure doing business with you, Iris. Thank you!
My purple clematis is in bloom and has reached the top of the trellis just as the pink dogwood is shedding all it’s petals everywhere. I love spring.
We call it a Musical Instrument Acquisition Disorder and my husband has been managing his M.I.A.D very well, I have to admit. As soon as he gets the fever and finds another guitar or ukulele or banjo he wants to buy, it’s time to sell one. We have been selling (and buying) vintage musical instruments on ebay since 1998 with 100% positive feedback.
Stop by Roy’s Etsy Shop* for hand made cigar box ukuleles and other vintage stringed instruments available for purchase.