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  It is Wedding Season!♥ I have been married myself 10 wonderful years & had a blast planning my own wedding celebration. We even renewed our wedding vows in a ceremony in Arizona this past year, so I had another great time planning & scheming for that celebration. I love thinking about Weddings so much I should probably be a Wedding planner!
 There are some very cool & unusual themes for Wedding s out there these days. I have filled Etsy orders for the following Weddings: Goth, Old Horror Movies, Parisian, Dr. Who, Steampunk, Organic and my favorite...Book theme. 

 A book nerd & Wedding nerd...that describes me perfectly! Here a few peeks at 
some Book themed Weddings. Enjoy & Happy June!!

        
                 Skeletons both intrigue me & creep me out at the same time. Must be why I love them so! Here is a new image I came up with for my Etsy Shop. I am forever hearing about "Branding" & am trying to find mine. Thank goodness for The Graphics Fairy! That is where I get the majority of my Victorian images that I use in my art. No shortage of creepy, cool, old skeleton over there!

www.thewhoporium.etsy.com

   For a long time nerd lover such as myself, I have been familiar with Dr. Who for many years now. I do confess, that my first times watching it, were only because a cute geeky boy in my 8th grade English class liked the show. I did not like it. I thought the special effects were cheesy (they were) & Science Fiction/Fantasy did not interest me at that point (they do now.)
  A few years ago I started watching Dr. Who again & this is not the cheesy show I remembered. The special effects are amazing, the story lines catch me & now that I am a true SciFi/Fantasy geek myself....I just adore this show. 
 I started an Etsy Shop just for my love of the Dr. & all things handmade TARDIS related.
 For all my fellow Whovians out there, keep calm....& don't blink!

www.thewhoporium.etsy.com

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  I am glad I thought to throw the sidewalk chalk in the car last week when the weather was starting to get nicer. You just never know when the muse to get down on your knees & draw on the ground is going to strike. 
  I got hit with that very hankering this evening & my sister's front walkway was my canvas. There is something so satisfying about chalk for me. It is an instant connection to my childhood & happy Summer type memories.
  I'll re-up on the chalk now because I really wore mine down & you just never know when you will need to make art.

 We recently took a drive down the coast of Puget Sound & checked out the tulip fields in bloom in Skagit County. In this first shot you can see the Olympic Mountain range. Behind us, we had a glorious view of the N. Cascade Range. This outing is a Family favorite of ours & we try & go each year. 
 Hope you enjoy these pics!

Making your way through the muddy fields is part of the whole Tulip Viewing experience!

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 I am always on the lookout for new ways to work with paper & Mod Podge, so when I saw some wrapped pencils in a fancy gift shop recently, I knew I had found my next project. 
 I had pencils, sealant & of course I have paper...I was ready for this! Some I covered in vintage Comic book pages & other with some pages from a old, damaged Reader's Digest. They took sharpening in the electric sharpener just fine & I love writing with them. Now, to try different pencils & paper combos.  
 Happy Crafting!

www.thepapersnail.etsy.com

www.thepapersnail.etsy.com

  I have always loved & been fascinated by birds. Their calls, feathers, nests never fail to catch my attention &  my imagination. 
 I like to bring natural elements into my home and am always partial to the rustic & shabby. I have been in paradise checking out The Lucketts online Vintage Hip store. A feast for the senses! My current favorite is this metal hook rack. Gorgeousness (& I know just where I would put it!)
http://shoplucketts.myshopify.com/products/metal-wall-hook-with-birds