Cactus Garden.

During Thanksgiving in California we visited the

Arizona Cactus Garden on the campus of Stanford University.

It was first planted in 1880 and is an amazing 

collection to wonder through and enjoy.

All the textures were so wild and different from each other.

It was quite a treat.

New Necklaces.

I just dropped off some new pendants at the 

Crafty Wonderland Pop Up Shop.

Hop over there to do some fantastic

local and handmade gift buying!

Lewis Elementary Bazaar.

Come see me this Saturday at the

Lewis Elementary Bazaar.

I have brand new prints of my Collage Blocks

and new necklaces and rings as well!

Lewis Elementary School

4401 SE Evergreen St.  Portland, OR

The Observatory.

Drinking Vinegar at the Observatory = Delicious

Date with the gal you love = Best time ever.

Crafty Folks I Love: Bossy's Feltworks

Last month when we were on Orcas Island, 

I got to meet the great women of Bossy's Feltworks.

Those gals know how to felt!
 I loved to see all their creations in real life.

You can shop for all their cuteness here,
and read all about their life here.

I taught a great group to make needle felted birds in September.

It was so fun to watch their little personalities form out of felt.

This month a the class helped grow a plump pumpkin patch.

And next month will be Gnomes!

You can join the fun on November 30th from 5-7:30pm at collage.  

Call 503.249.2190 to register.  I'd love to see you in class!

happy yellow.

My dad had a silly pair of glasses that he called his Happy Glasses.

They were just yellow lenses, maybe for fog?

All I know is that he would put them on while driving,

and sway back and forth like Ray Charles

tickling out a great piano tune.

We would laugh and laugh.

Sometimes I think fall is like those yellow tinted frames.

Everything explodes with yellow glee, 

and I can't help but thinking

"It's alright."

Poppy's Day.

Today is Dead Dad Day number 11.

But, I was so amazingly lucky to have a fantastic father,

that today I just like to remember what a

wonderful, funny, silly, kind, caring,

warm and creative man he was.

I wish everyone got to have a Dad as fantastic as mine.

He is missed and loved deeply by all who knew him,

especially me.

Love you Poppy.