Little moon shrine

"Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?"
J. M. Barrie

1.75" x 4" - Paperclay, moss, snail shell, stones, pinecone, ribbon, glitter

Available in the etsy shop

Abundance

Our wallets are empty and things have been pretty damned tight lately, still, we know we are blessed.

Our girls give us fresh eggs daily, and are kind enough to consider our leftovers treats.

Our pumpkin harvest wasn't all we thought it would be, but it's plenty for us.

Our sauce is made, our salsa preserved, our soup is cooked... and still there are MORE tomatos.

It looks as though we'll be buying potatoes sooner than we had hoped...

... but we never expected a sweet potato harvest at all!

Our garden so overflowed that we shared the harvest with our neighbours.

We even had one or two of visitors to the garden...

"When my bankroll is getting small,

I think of when i had none at all,
and i fall asleep counting my blessings"

Wise words Bing.

Wishy Salt Fortune Catcher Things

Do you remember those folded paper fortune thing-a-ma-bobs? I thought about making some to take to the craft fair we're going to in a couple of weeks. My husband said they are called "Cootie Catchers". Apparently they are also called "Salt Cellars".  I prefer "wishy fortune catcher things" though it doesn't quite roll off the tongue does it?

Anywho, here's what I came up with...

And because I like ya, here's the pdf to print your own.



The pile.

I've got loads going on at the mo' and there are project bits and pieces all over the house. While I'm waiting for paint dry on one, I move on to the next. While the glue sets on that, I start something else and make an even bigger mess.

There's so much stuff I want to do and make, but the 'in progress' pile is getting rather large.

Ah well, there are much worse things than having pretty blue pages messing up the place.

Spoon Wands

Just finished up a batch of spoon wands. Each one has it's own special little something and just a smidge of glitter... all except for the the green fairy spying wand because that would just be silly.

Red sky at night

We've been here for a year and a half now and I still never, ever, get tired of this sky outside my window.

Washrooms and Wandy Goodness

You'll notice a load of posts coming up with the Pixie Hill logo on them. Don't get confused, it's me. It's what we're branding our studio. Clear as mud? Fantastic! Here's a juicy little sneak peek...

We're a long way off but it's coming together. It should be a tad easier now that the Big D is back in school. It's been three months since I used the washroom with out hearing "Mum! Mum! Where are you? What are you doing?" That said, I've missed having that funny, scruffy kid around today.

I've had a few spoon wands on the back burner for ages. While waiting for paint to dry and glitter to settle last night I pulled out the old dusty things and started working on them again.

I don't think this one is quite finished but it's the furthest along of the bunch.

And the winner is...

So dearies, the winner of the Make-a-Mess Mish Mash Giveaway was comment number 12... Audrey! Congrats lady :) Your package will be sent out in a week or so when the kid has returned to school and I have regained my sanity.



I've come down with a bit of a cold (thanks to my germy husband) and so I've been a bit discombobulated the past few days, and confined myself to the computer updating computery things.

I really need to get my act together because it's going to be a busy few months. I'm showing some stuff at the Journey Through the Arts gallery/collective in Port Hope. We're also doing the Applefest Craft Show and the Lions Art Show and Sale in Brighton. Last but not least we're setting up the house for a Christmas open house the first weekend in December.

To top it off the father in-law is coming for a visit in a week. Eek! I shouldn't complain because he's lovely and we are all desperate for him to come, but this mess! I don't think I've been caught up on laundry in two months and my kitchen floor looks like it's never seen the wet end of a mop. Don't even get me started on the kidlet's room.

I know, I know... he's coming to see us, won't care about the mess.... the thing is, we've been moving rooms around and it truly does look like a bomb has hit. I wish we had rugs I could sweep things under.

Oy vey!

Town in a teacup

More makings for Brighton's Applefest Craft Show. They are the absolute opposite of Hell in a Handbag ;)

Houses, mushrooms and moss, oh my!

We've signed up to do a craft fair next month. It's exciting but it's also a little daunting. I've been up late every night gluing my fingers together and straining my eyes. Here's one of the things I've been working on...

They are the teeniest things that you ever did see and are pretty precious. Much, much better in person (damned soul stealing photography!).

For the Keeper of Bees

Here's my second wee fairy cupboard. This one belongs to the Keeper of Bees and is filled with lovely golden yellow things. The total size is about 11" tall including the base. All items are fixed in place but the doors do swing open. :)

It's an absolutely GORGEOUS day out there today and I'm off to drink my tea in the sunshine.

A faerie gardener hutch

I've seen those wee hutches around and the wonderful things people do with them. I decided to try my hand at them too and bought up a bunch. Here's the first one complete, a teeny gardener's hutch filled with loads of fairy gardening goodies.

The whole thing measures just 8.5" tall. I used an upturned box as the base and then added a wee staircase I had leftover from one of the wee houses I made. The measuring tape is from an awesome sewing basket I bought at an auction two weeks ago that was filled with vintage goodies.

There's some pots filled with rose petals and lavender buds.

Inside there are bottles with dried mugwort, chamomile and rue, teeny tiny houses, a thimble, buttons, scrolls, books, a quill, the smallest spade you've ever seen :)

On top there's a nest carefully tucked away, and behind the cupboard there are snail shells and a lovely little shovel.

Swiping ideas = Summer Project

Have you heard of pintrest.com? It's one of those sites that quickly sucks you in. It's filled with lovely and wonderful things and provides endless inspiration. Yesterday I saw this ...

Source: goldenagegardens.blogspot.com via Nichola on Pinterest

I was smitten and immediately compelled to have a spiral in my own garden. So I pulled Big D away from the tv today and we weeded, collected rocks and created a fairy spiral in the front garden.

Not quite as grand as the inspiration but I think the faerie folk will enjoy skipping about it. If I play my cards right, maybe next year I can convince the husband to make a big and proper one so I can skip along too!

It's going to be a long night

Our garden is over flowing with veggie goodness right now. It's pretty damned spectacular out there. Just look as this huge basket of swiss chard I just picked.

Now I have to process it so that the fruits of our labour won't go to waste. For this giant basket of swiss chard I'll wash, trim, blanch, squeeze and freeze.

There's loads of other stuff back there too.

Too many eggplants to count.

Dozens of peppers.

Tomatoes that look like huge bunches of grapes.

The question is... can we keep up?

Make-a-Mess Mish Mash Giveaway

See all this old stuff?

I'm giving it away.

There's an old book, some vintage children's book illustrations, old domed clock glass, photographs, vintage bingo card, buttons, ribbon and more. I'll add more goodies to the mix as I go through my stash.

What do you have to do? Just leave a comment below and I'll randomly pick a winner on August 30th, 2011. Please make sure I can contact you via your comment! If I can not, another winner will be chosen at random.

If more than 30 people enter I'll giveaway a second package of goodies.

That's it. Easy peasy!

Good luck and may the force with you.

They grow up so fast, don't they.

Here's sweet little Padfoot who is growing so fast. He's such a lovely dog. He plays nicely (most of the time) and doesn't listen to a word I say unless I've got a treat in my hand. No worries, he's definitely a keeper and we all love him to bits. I think he loves us too because when we got back from camping he was so excited to see us he piddled a bit. Who knew getting peed upon would be a compliment.

I've been working hard on a few things but I'll wait to post them. I think you'll like them. I've enjoyed doing them so much I've spent far too much time making them. Sometimes I get so absorbed in the making that I forget things like bed time.

I'll be making things like mad over the next few months getting ready to do a couple of small local shows AND something special too. We're going to have an open house here the first weekend of December to show off our stuff and spread the holiday spirit. I'm looking forward to it already but I'm dreading all the prep work... there's a hell of a lot of it!

Will keep you posted and hopefully show off my new goodies in no time at all.