{colorful tealights}

If you cannot tell, I just love crafts and projects...and color...and color-coordinating...and elipses. And this week is no exception...


I decided to dip some tealights in colored wax as a simple, yet pretty display that still matches my apartment.


The result was quite striking.

{a bouquet of tassels}

I just love a new project. For a quick weekend project, I made a set of tassels. They turned out fabulously.


I think I might attach them to my Christmas presents this year instead of bows. Wouldn't it look lovely with silver wrapping paper?


Instructions can be found here

{we will remember}

On this anniversary, we will remember the sacrifice...

“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children. “
~ President George W. Bush

"We ask a lot of those who wear our uniform. We ask them to leave their loved ones to travel great distances, to risk injury, even to be prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice of their lives. They are dedicated. They are honorable. They represent the best of our country, and we are grateful."
~ President George W. Bush - 02 OCT 01

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
~ George Orwell

...and through a veil of tears, we are eternally grateful.

{who doesn't love a cupcake?}

My sister and I had a wonderful time this Labor Day weekend doing all sorts of crafts and projects. The cupcakes were the biggest hit with the family!

{a bit of wool. and acorns.}

Autumn has definitely arrived in the Pacific Northwest, and my craft inclinations have shifted from summer projects to fall projects.

Yesterday, I took a basket of wool roving, found in my closet...


several dozen acorns, found in the park...


and made these beautiful felted acorns, in all of my favorite colors...



instructions will be posted soon.

{autumn is here}

As soon as September 1st came, so did Autumn. It is still warm on occasion, but the nights are chilly, and the rain and grey skies are here. Still, there is incredible beauty in the changing of the seasons, and not all of the colours are the typically-thought-of reds, oranges, yellows and browns. Let me share what I saw yesterday on a walk around my favorite park...


beautiful greens...




incredible fuchsias...




deep purples...




blues...




and some very whimsical and fun textures.

{it is time to change to autumn}

I decided that since it is September, it is time to change from my Spring and Summer table display...


...to my Autumn display...


...Autumn is also much easier to dust, which is a very good thing.