three heads may be better than one

but three BUNNY heads puts me over the moon!

sometimes he leaves me lurve notes in bananagrams

the last of the summer markets

We live in a fairly small(ish) town surrounded by other small(ish) towns on the coast of California. While not coastal exactly, we are about two miles from the ocean as the Turkey Vulture flies so we can get to the beach fairly quick when the whim hits.

The niftiest part of all this is the close proximity we have to all sorts of little beach towns and what they have to offer. A few weeks ago we hit up Avila Beach for its final summer farmer's market.

The weather was gorgeous, parking was found and a wander we did go.We listened to live music, dined on tortas and horchata and snacked ourselves silly on kettle corn.

 When the crowd grew too crowded, we took a wander up the almost empty pier and enjoyed the sunset.

California, we do lurve you!

halloween packs of dilly

Are now in the shop! Here's what ya get:

34"-40" of machine stitched paper garland wrapped around a happy sheet of paper.

1 vintage key and 10 assorted buttons in orange, green and black tucked inside a glassine envie affixed with a halloween themed label.

1 gothic journaling card

1 beglittered spider

1 patch-worked shipping tag w fabric scraps and vintage lace

1 handmade flower made from upcycled sweaters & fabric scraps

1 itty bitty wooden clothespin to hold it all together

 Lookie how happy the garland looks over the October bed! I lurve it! 

where my chickens roost

mr. a-go-go is a right dandy fella who listens patiently to my raves about Pinterest and the like. He may not understand it all but he's amicable to helping me create a tiny casa that makes me smile. Though, personally, I think he just wants me to simmer down and put things away so there is not so much clutter anymore. One of the things that I think will help with my clutter is shelves and I am not immune to the love and fandom of a wonky shelf built from a pallet.

Lucky for me, someone tossed two ENORMOUS pallets onto our lawn (along with a mattress that came back more often than the cat). The mister took a look at them and found one to be less splintery than the other and got to hacking. Soon enough, I had a nifty pallet shelf for the bathroom.

 It is perfect for an assortment of happy-go-lucky ckucky-clucks and maybe a random skeleton or two. The leftover wood from this project that was still viable became a kitchen shelf. Pics of that one coming soon!

aprons a-go-go

One of the major discoveries I am finding as I unpack all the boxes in the new tiny casa is that well...I have a lot of...stuff. I am beginning to feel ever so s l i g h t l y smothered by it all even when it is pretty.

 After discovering a treasury of aprons, I culled through them and pulled out the assortment that I wear, have had the longest and really, really like the most. These are now rolled and packed into a suitcase that will soon become a footrest if mr. a-go-go gets to it. I need to learn how to be comfortable around power tools, then I could get to it.

The other assortment will be pressed and photographed and added to my shop...someday. Let's hope I can get it done this month so the apron lovers out there can pick them up for holiday gifts!

Time for oatmeal! Happy Friday folks!