Adios to my witch's little lair...

I am putting up the Halloween haven today and I thought I would share a few pictures o the witch's lair before it was carted off until next year. Hope ya'll had a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
Now time to gear up for Thanksgiving.

A little eye candy from the shop....

A little eye candy from the shop.
The family and I are in the Smokey Mountians. Loads of pictures to share from our trip when I return!

Back from BellaRustica

We are back from BellaRustica, and putting the shop back together. Only so we can mess it all up again for Country Living at the end of the month. Oh well, keeps me on my toes!

Feature Friday.....

I wanted to share with you this amazing artist!

Linda Pinda is a mixed-media/abstract artist who lives in the heart of southern New England. Linda's work often reflects her faith, love of children, and the wonder and whimsies of life. Her husband and business partner, Michael, is a musician. Together, they are raising six children in their humble home, which has come to be known as Glitter and Grunge Studio. Their children have all inherited musical and artistic talents, and every day becomes quite the melodic, beautiful mess.

The signature of Linda's work is the texture and grunginess, which represents for her all the gorgeous age and history of life and the world about her. But it is touched ever so gently with a hint of glitter representing light and love.

Linda's work can be found at

http://www.etsy.com/shop/GlitterNGrungeStudio

http://www.glitterandgrungestudio.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GlitterAndGrungeStudio Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/GlitterNGrunge Doesn't she and her work seems so very fascinating? Run Check her out! And tell her I sent ya!

bathroom reno update....

An update on the bathroom renovation....

Slowly but surely.

I see showers in my very near future again.

Worth the wait.....

I finally got my light fixtures in

that I had ordered in February,

but were on back order until June!

I think they were worth the wait.

Not to mention the wait

was so long that I forgot about them.

So when they arrived it was like

Christmas morning!

I'm pretty happy with them.

I think they give the cottage more

of a costal feel.

  Next project for the exterior of the house

is new window boxes.

They are just too small for the window,

and need to be replaced,

but over all it is looking more and more

like I want it to.

Things at this cottage may

take longer to acomplish than I prefer,

but I'm ok with that because

My little cottage makes me smile.

 

Blog swap.....

While taking the Creatively Made E-course

from Jeanne Oliver,

a few of us got together to do an art/gift swap....

 This package with all this detail

arrived the other day from Pamla Klenczar,

and I just had to share it with you!

 You can check out Pamla's

amazing work at her blog the world of Pamla Klenczar.

And if all of her purchases are shipped out

with this much thought and effort

you can imagine how much thought and effort

she puts into her art work!

 This is the back of the package.

I love how even the back of the package

had a lovely little detail.

 Check out this amazing

 pen and ink drawing that

she made!

 She is so incredibly talented!

It amazes me when someone can

create something so detailed and life like.

 I tried to capture her talent

in my photos, but believe me when

I say that these photos do not do this

piece of art justice.

Here is a list of all the gals that participated in the swap:

Amber Zaccagni

(her blog address will be coming soon)

Brenda Geiger

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Woolenwears/286450298041584

Carolyn Carelton

http://www.cjcarleton.com/

Cathy Purcell

http://www.catherinepurcelldesigns.com/

Christa Thomas

www.mypenandpaintbrush.com

Deborah King

http://lifewhileimwaiting.blogspot.com/

Jenna Alexander

http://prairiemountainlife.blogspot.com/

Joanne Freeman

http://www.sjjtst.blogspot.com.au/

Kate Gadd

http://KateGadd.blogspot.com/

Lis Dunn

www.papermellie.typepad.com

Lisa Lovestrand

http://aboutthetown.typepad.com/

Mikel Lyman

http://designsbymikel.blogspot.com/

Renee Ortiz

http://www.ReneeOrtizStudios.com/

Renee Sendelbach

http://embracinglifeloveart.blogspot.com/

Sheila Rumney

www.blessedanddistressed.blogspot.com

Stacey Curry

http://starhitchedwagon.blogspot.com/

Check 'em out and,  

 tell them I sent ya'!