trees!

custom large daily agenda in slate and blue with a stitched tree in navy

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scrap paper book in blue and slate with a bright blue stitched tree on its front.
The tree is a little hard to see since the coloring is similar to the book cloth, but in person the tree shows and is lovely :)

grow

This is a painting to remind you to GROW.

Watercolor and ink on paper.

stormy skies edition

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tie dyed skies edition
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blue skies edition

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bright skies edition

Each ACEO is an original piece of art, not a print. Each piece is signed and dated on the back.

ACEO's are art card editions and originals. They are small pieces of art with a required size of 2.5" x 3.5" (standard trading card size). They are collected and traded all over the world and are a wonderful and affordable way to own original art.

In the shop shortly! :)

early morning

a mini journey

a little bit of Hawaii

a drive to the coast in photos

O Christmas Tree

My favorite part is the flyaway bird at the top.

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blue skies in Oregon and Mr Einstein on balance

Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance you must keep moving.
~ Albert Einstein
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Also,

real Christmas trees are the greatest.

Have an awesome

weekend all!

I love a rainy Tuesday

It has been a whirlwind few days.

Not really because of outside influences

but because I was just in that sort of a mood.

I have been cleaning and organizing

and making lots and lots of lists.

I have been getting ready to be gone for 10 days (which I know isn't that long really, but somehow it seems like a long time to be away). This means lots of laundry, packing, making lists of all power cords and chargers that I don’t want to be without, trips to the post office (one swap package is ready to go and will be on its way tomorrow), and making a number of productive phone calls that I have been putting off.

But amidst all this chaos I have

somehow found a bit of calm.

After months of feeling like I had

no apparent direction

I can now see the path

is beginning to clear.

and that is

a huge relief.

Also I was having a bit of etsy anxiety

(because sales lately have been lots lower then ever before)

even to the point that I was wondering if it was worth the trouble,

and then a lovely buyer left me this note when checking out:

I've loved the things I've bought from you before, so I'm back - this is going to be a journal that I keep for my son who is 1 years old today. I think he has a chance of understanding his roots if he reads about himself across the years :-)

It was just what I needed.

I love knowing what my books are being used for

and I really love knowing that their use

turns them into something really meaningful.

So here's to keepin' on,

trying again,

and reminders that come just when you need them.

for your next adventure

I am happy to report that I will be spending

the next few days at the Oregon coast.

There are not many other places

where I would rather be.

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Have a fabulous start

to your week!