Sweet Jessie's Dreamcatchers

I interrupt my hiatus to tell you that Sweet Jessie has listed several of her magical Sweet Dream Dreamcatchers! I asked her awhile back to pretty, please tell me when she made more and she has!  Check them out in her etsy shop and read her descriptions for more behind the legend of dreamcatchers! 

Sweet Jessie's Sweet Dream Dreamcatchers

Sweet Dreams Dreamcatcher 04

Sweet Dreams Dreamcatcher 05

Taking a Vacation...

from the blog!

I guess you realized that by now!

 Image from 1921 American Builder Magazine

Thanks for visiting! Hopefully, I'll be back later this summer...pending a house sale and a house purchase-neither of which is currently on the table! So many decisions to make, details to consider, budgets to wrangle. Waiting and working on finding our own "practical and artistic" (see picture) dream home to reveal itself! xox

Finding a home sweet home...

Well...now that our home is clean and polished and on the market, our attention turns to finding a home in Indianapolis. We'll fly there this Wednesday for a ten day home search marathon.  My dream (and luckily, he's obliging...xo) is to find a mid-century modern gem like the ones I find at my new favorite haunt, AtomicIndy- a blog dedicated to all things Mid-Century Midwest Modern. I have my heart set on a finding a one-story ranch (a basement would be great!), tall windows, an airy open floor plan, and  a killer limestone fireplace. Granite counter tops need not apply! If anyone has ANY information about ANY interesting properties in the NE Indianapolis area- Please do let me know!  xo

Photos via Atomic Indy and their fabulous Atomic Crash Parties

...the info is here!

hello, again!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Safe travels to my hubby especially!

I miss you too, dear family!

I'm off to visit my honey bunnies in Savannah!

xoxo

So long, dear South!

Hello, Friends! I apologize for the neglect around here but my father-in-law has driven all the way from Indianapolis to South Carolina help us prepare our home to put on the market a.s.a.p! We've happily and finally been  given our relocation notice for Indianapolis and we have 90 days to get it all done! So, I'm busy spreading mulch, washing windows, sorting and packing...but hopefully I'll be around again soon! Happy Weekend! xo

Indiana or Bust!

Photo of Indiana Countryside by Meeralee on Flickr.

Mary Engel Mixed Media Sculpture

I thought I had a lot of tchochke's to manage in my studio...but it just doesn't compare to artist, Mary Engel's treasure trove-and look how tidy!! I'm especially fond of Mary's hand built mixed media  sculptures that mix ceramics and found ceramic figures and findings. Sometimes it seems the simplest  and most literally expressed ideas are the ones that work like magic...e.g. watch dog, bird dog.  And wasn't it Shakespeare who wrote, brevity is the soul of wit...  I suppose he would know! xo

 

Bird Dog 

Ceramic and found objects 12 x 25 x 10 in.

 

Joan

Mixed Media 19 x 17 x 20 in.

Kitty

Mixed Media 17 x 24 x 18 in.

 

Laying Bird Dog

Mixed Media 24 x 11 x 9 in.

Tillie

Mixed Media 32 x 43 x 12 in.

Falcon

Mixed Media 22 x 34 x 18 in.

Mary Engel's Studio corner and muse

Mary with her muses, Mingo and Bonnie.
 

 Detail of Mary's Treasures.

Visit Mary Engel's Web Site for more!

McMaster & Storm Spring Sale!

Don't forget to check out McMaster & Storm's Spring Cleaning Sale!!

I'm particularly excited to see what's inside the this & that bag o' sundries they are offering-a $30. value for $7!!  Help us make room for lots of exciting changes to their site that {yay!} I'll be working with them to make in the next few weeks! Stay tuned! xo

The Surprise "This & That" Sundries Bag!

Tender Letters

Do you ever feel a hankerin' to "favorite" someone's entire album on Flickr? I believe I did just that this morning to an unsuspecting artist, Lauren Treece-known as Tender Letters on Flickr. Here's a sampling of her photography-a mix of art and life-and really the two bear no distinction. I hope you enjoy the escape to her world as much as I do....xo 

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