Polished etsy purchase!

I have had my I on this sweet hoot owl since April at Polished's etsy store. I finally treated myself to it...


and a pair of beautiful black rose dangle earrings!


Everything in her shop is so pretty and detailed I just love her finds and the prices could not be more reasonable.( these earrings were only $8.50). Not to mention I ordered them on Sunday evening and got them on Tuesday! It was a very satisfying venture...thank you Tracy of of polished ! You must check out her shop her photos are way better than mine.

Fishin' with Daddy

happy fathers day, daddy.... I sure do miss you

Homage to a friend,or sort of a wordless Wednesday

In celebration of my fellow mama blogger getting a nod on baby center!
I decided to post a wordless(sort of) Wednesday like Mama sings the blues does.

panties

I made these panties form a pattern I took off some anthropologie undies.

They were a little small ,ok a lot to small so I gifted them to cali girlfriend and she looked fabulous in them!
I even figured out the cotton crotch conundrum
I am enlarging my pattern so get ready for new undies girls!!!!

Manly cards

"Young Buck" 3.75"x5.5''

I posted some new cards on etsy yesterday that I must say are a little more masculine than my usual look( can greeting cards be masculine?). Any who I heart them, and they arrived almost too late for father's day.
"Stallion" 7.5"x5.5"


I used a Tea stained( tea staining is a very manly activity,like holding up a train ) rives bfk printmaking paper to house my collaged images.

"Train rustlin' "3.75"x5.5''


"Roar" 7.5"x5.5"


Each image is composed from vintage sewn fabric and recycled papers. Card interior is recycled brown paper bag.

Pretty new Paints and Pretty new Flowers!!!

Well, we used up the finger paints so, it was time to buy more. My gal pal over at babybolt recommended getting tempera paint this time, duh! They were awesome ...I forgot about the smell of tempera it really sent me sailing back to some sort of early childhood euphoria( i have terrible memory skills.... through no extra curricular activities of my own)


Needless to say we had a blast and you can use them with brushes...

...both ends, and sticks, and on bellies...



oh my sweet little Matisse (he chose all the colors by himself)


Also here is the garden this week....



cukes... YUMYUM


and these crazy beautiful rutgers tomato flowers ( they look like tiny mums to me)




and my gerber is finally flowering again after a few weeks off( lazy little thing) yay Monday fun!!!!(speaking of lazy) now I must do some sewing!

Thank you blue mama

My fellow crafty southside mama made me this sweet necklace!



Daddy teased me when he took the photos calling it my friendship necklace....yeah it is a friendship necklace!


( I teased him a week or so ago for making orange papa a "mixed tape"(CD) so I guess I deserved it. Anyway... I heart my friend and my necklace and spell check for keeping me from spelling it "knecklace "