Sunday eve...

It is a known fact that I LOVE my mail man. He is always bringing me stuff! And this past week I received some serious GOOD stuff.

Gina aka Lillys of Londonish and I did a little handmade item swap. I sent her a charm I made - which will be the prototype of the charms I'm making for Art and Soul -- and she sent me a domino pendant that she made. Here it is...

Dear Gina not only sent me a pendant, but she also included the chain and some other dominos, one ready to wear! These are SO lovely Gina! Thank you SO much!!

Another fun treat -- Felicia aka Fluffy Flowers and I swapped Moo cards! Oh how I love these sweet little things and oh how I love Felicia's little fuzzy creatures! You just can't help but feel happy when you look at them! Check out her Etsy site to see her creations!

And isn't the handmade card Felicia sent just TOO sweet? They're tender little fluffy flowers. SO clever! In addition to her own Etsy site, Felicia also coordinates the Etsy "Georgia Street Team," which showcases handmade goodies from artists who are in Georgia. I saw there's a street team for residents in most states, including Oregon. This is SO cool...I didn't even know such a thing existed!! I most def will be checking this out!

Oh and one more burst of fun, I received my order from Amy aka InspireCo.

Yum!!! Tickets are gaining momentum as another one of my many obsessions following vintage labels, cigar boxes, skeleton keys ..... oh this list is just starting to get embarrasing! :-)

Aside from all the above-mentioned wonderfulness, today was too shabby. Glen and I pretty much just had a nice cozy day. We did go to do a few errands and man oh man, it was like the classic Oregon day...drizzly, overcast, slight chill in the air but not really cold. The world smelled like wet pavement. Fall. Change. I love this time of year SO much. I think one of the reasons is because when we moved to Oregon from California, it was this time of year. Our first day as residents of Oregon was October 1, 1993. For the first three months when we lived here, I didn't work. I just got to take some time to wrap my brain around being in Oregon and I got to be a full-time Mom. I walked Miranda to school (she was in 1st grade at the time), I went on field trips with her class, and I even joined her for lunch in the cafeteria, waiting in line and buying a tray lunch of my very own. I'd borrow Glen's Mom's car to go pick her up after school and we'd go do something like go to the library or go to a shop called Teddy Bear's Picnic (it's since closed - sad) or go to Sevey-Elevey (7-11) for a slurpee. Sigh. But things change. Life goes on. I sure miss those special "mommy/girlie" adventures but I sure do love seeing the young woman Miranda has become. Yep, you just can't stop change.

Comments

[Lilli]

Those are lovely memories. It's so cool that something so subtle as weather can take you right back :)

[Bejeweled]

So much goodness here! Love the charm and domino pendants - so cool! And those moo cards with the cute creatures are just adorable!

I'm so glad the rain is drizzling here again - was a bit tired of hot, hot, hot! And of performing dramatic rescues on the sun-baked lawn reviving it back from a near death state :)

My boys are little right now and I'm loving all the walks to school, special lunches we make together and little art projects we do. I know they'll grow up one day, but I hope they don't grow up too fast :)

[Gina Smith]

Michelle- you are so kind- this is the first time I actually got to see your comments about me and my stuff-thanks! More importantly, thanks for the charm-just got it today-Monday-and I just got home at 8 p.m.-first or second thing I do is always look at the mail!! So cute. I hope to blog about it tomorrow. I can't decide where I am going to put it- these could be key chains too. I just got a very 3D 'G' ATC with a hanging wire, and I may attach it to that and keep the 'G' thing going. I thought you did a good job wrapping the wire loop on the bead- I am not very good at that. Thank you so much and fun swap! Let's swap ephemera sometime!

[tricia]

It's lovely that you took the time to slow down during those girly days, so that you have these fond memories. i am working on slowing down...thanks for the reminder: )

[Miranda]

those were the days....but we still do that anyway. just without the school part. goodwill and noodles?

[Natalea]

Ha! I love that you have an "embarrassing" list of the millions of things you like to collect! I'm with you on that one! I don't think there's enough time in the day to list all the things I obsess over and want to hunt out and flea markets etc! It's good to know we're not alone! xo natalea

[Malou]

What nice goodies your mailman brings! Thank you for sharing your memories w/us, it is great to know your story.

[andrea]

yummy post, all cozy and filled with goodness, i love that!

[Amy]

Ohhhhhh....my aunt owned Teddy Bear's Picnic...I forgot about that place!!!!!