Thursday, April 25, 2013

Pages

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Just back from a lovely trip to Southern California with my family.  My journal came along with me, of course, pre-prepared pages just perfect for quiet time doodling and thoughts…

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The beautiful faces I’ve chosen to grace my pages bring ideas and favorite thoughts to my mind that have been a bit buried lately in my busy days--

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--but they seem to pop up easily when I have pen in hand, ready to write…

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What a blessing this journaling has been to me already—can’t wait to see where it leads me in the days to come…

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…but wherever it does, I’m going to be enjoying it with each and every page………………………….

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See you soon with something new.

Julie

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Spring Fairy

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My girls came running in after their spring day walk—a precious find held gently in my youngest’s hands…

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…almost immediately, I knew what it would shortly become.  We all did.

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Knowing my love for my sweet frozen charlottes, my middle daughter suggested something like this…

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…and the “birth” of a spring fairy came to be.

Old lace for the inner lining, a nest of old, wired pearls, rustic twine, lace & crystal rhinestones were all our little fairy needed as she emerged from the beautiful, delicate, perfectly blue robin’s egg…

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Spring is a beautiful thing.

Julie