on soup and snow and bovine sounds ~

first and foremost, a huge thank you to organizer extraordinaire lori anderson for hosting the bead soup party... a really wonderful activity - and i was so happy to be introduced to so many incredibly talented people... thanks to all of you who stopped by and left a comment... there was a very long list of participants, so i appreciate the time you took ~ (don't forget to post your pics to the flickr group so we can look at them all together)

'imagination is everything. 

it is the preview 

of life's coming attractions'

~ albert einstein

a few pictures of the nor'easter that blew up the east coast - this is tuesday afternoon with  remnants of saturday's snowfall... 

the first flakes began to fall on tuesday night for us - the narnian lamppost came to mind...

yesterday, you couldn't even see the river... 

'sunshine cannot bleach the snow,

nor time unmake what poets know.'

~ ralph waldo emerson

i just got myself some real business cards... for environmental reasons, i was trying to do something homemade... but it wasn't cutting it... these moo cards were a happy compromise... and i looooooooove them!

how can you not love a company that puts this in their packaging! 

off to try new things - yay!

simple - cont'd

'don't pin much hope on the mail,

and when the phone rings don't expect anyone wonderful to be calling.'

~ andy rooney

oh, andy - you obviously never met anyone through etsy!!


i practically skip to the mail - that should have been on my simple things list... dear mellisa from chinook jewelry sent me a business card holder, a ponytail holder, and some gorgeous lotus tiles... you had to see these... she has more - and if i don't snag them all, you may be able to get yourselves some!!

and i also found a lovely woman named lashell on etsy at who hand dyes sari silk in gorgeous colors... do you know how hard it was not to buy more?! almost painful... her mother taught her how to do it... 

'inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.'

~ pablo picasso

here's to getting some time to work this weekend in a way you love ...