Wandering around a favorite garden nursery, happy happy joy joy

I think I will let these pictures speak for themselves,

driving past tulip and daffodil fields to get here was a icing on the cake!

Garden Show Happiness

Ah, fun at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show with my sisternlaw Kristi! I am soooo glad she invited me to go again, cool stuff and lots of laughs.

I just love the fragrances from all the blooming going on!

 

Just a random sampling of goodies here.

Finally visited a quilt show

Quilters Anonymous held their quilt show at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds this weekend, a wonderful variety of handmade loveliness!   It was great to spend time with my friends outside of work, even if one was volunteering the event, we borrowed her quite a few times, I also got to meet her long time friend, guess what, another quilter!

I am gathering ideas for a few projects I have started in my head and this was the  perfect place to see techniques done up close. Even ideas I could never had thought up, ever.

Friday sunny drive

Last Friday I headed out to my mom's to pick up something, it wasn't there, but the drive was great, autumn colors on a sunny day, with a couple missed turns, it felt like I was out for a country drive. I took advantage of my proximity to Country Village and picked up a couple of goodies.  Yakima Fruit Stand, I just happily happened to pull in there on the way home and got some pumpkins and yummies there too. Gotta love Spontaeniety!

Urban Craft Uprising in Seattle July 13 and 14, 2013

Urban Craft Uprising :: Home  Happening in Seattle this weekend.  Well done to everyone that it made it such a fun place to hang out. A wonderful meld of people and their art.

Here are some of my favorites today, and ways to reach them too.

Fernworks, www.fernworks.org, okay these handpainted layered necklaces, tiny worlds unto themselves.

texture, www.textureclothing.com, outta Bellingham, lovely thick comfy knits, the skirt that hit just below the knee I  really admired along with the wristers, which I would love to have some to wear at recess.
 Really hoping to win her raffle :)

Son of a Sailor Jewelry, www.sonofasailorjewlery.com, all the way from Austin TX, modern flair of colors shape and design, how do you choose? Definately a favorite shop.

Rebe, www.specksandkeepings.com,  has clothing that defies explanation, sedate colors and patterns with great shapes and accoutrements, I can't begin to do them justice.

Le Petit Elefant by Genevieve Santos, www.genevievesantos.com an illustrator with watercolors that make you smile and imagine. She has done up in several different products, from prints to pins.

Hasenpfeffer Incorporated,  from Camano Island, has an Etsy shop, which has lovely handmade dolls with outfits for them that are just too cute and hugable.

Such Sweet Tierney, a local Seattle greenwood girl has, londontierney, a  shop on Etsy, check it out, love her screen printed bags and towels and other goodies.

Estrella Soap, estrellasoap.com, is Seattle based also, and what a varied selection of vegan based soaps. A great booth, complete with coffee beans to clear the senses, I really liked the Orange-Spice, mmmmm

Tuesday Scarves, located in the International District of Seattle, has an Etsy shop also, tuesdayshop. Rian has infinity scarves that are wide enough to wear as a shrug even.  She got in her new line of fabric made from her own photography of local area pictures she took too, and best of all, was able get her new scarves done in time for the show.  Great texture and color combinations are paired up it makes it too hard to choose just one.

Nell and Mary, www.nellandmary.com, these handmade products outta Portland OR,  just made me happy.  The bags, napkins, tea towels, oh my. The Roof Line Tote was my favorite.  Keep on printing and I will dream to take just one of everything please.

The Sprinkle Factory has an Etsy shop luckily and they have the cutest mini dessert necklaces, pins and earrings and the like. Just pick your favorite treat, no calories.

Fininshing off with Half Pint Homemade Ice Cream, a Seattle favorite, I tasted the Earl Gray Chocolate that my girlfriend Cathie got, mmmm but I ate a whole Chocolate Brownie bowl, Yes! The brownies used for the ingredients came from d:floured a bakery also from Seattle and were gluten free to boot. Keep and eye out at the local farmers markets for both these guys.

Urban Craft Uprising, I will be back again!

Girl week!

A week off from "schkwork" and am got to hang with girls!  Not just my 2 daughters, but my mom, gramma and cousin, and my mother-n-law, an auntie and a dear childhood girlfriend!  Fun little outtings and taking time to care for myself with a trip to my chiropractor, ahhh.  Getting 'back' to myself.

Got the pair of ceramic snails at West Elm!

La Panier's Macarons

We got to eat macarons from Kristi Drake's bakery last weekend as my brother Eric and T-Jay (the light of his life I must add), hung out on a very foggy day downtown and they brought a box of them to the party, perfection! Oh my, melt in your mouth yummy!  Get yourself down to the Le Panier Very French Bakery at the Pike Place Market, try to stop at just macarons! Dare ya!

http://www.lepanier.com/our-products/patisseries

The real deal.