born to fly

The mini-journal...

At the young age of 8, one of my lovely goddaughters is already an artist extraordinaire. She also has an incredible passion for journaling. This past weekend I spent some time putting together a special art journal for her. Enjoy...

 

  

 

 

 

 

xoxo,

CS

right here, right now...

 

a little friend I discovered in the garden this morning.

"right here, right now" inspired by Ali's post.

Enjoy!

xoxo

CS

currently reading...

Pretty Little Felts by Julie Collings.

one of the BEST books I have stumbled upon in a long time for arts and crafts inspiration...

those of you attending Silver Bella 2009 may see some of the projects within interpreted for the various swaps I'm in. :)

And...

 

Taking Flight by Kelly Rae Roberts.

This wonderful, touching, inspirational book has inspired me to take a mixed media collage class from the uber-talented Claudine Hellmuth.

I'll be at Angela's Happy Stamper this Sunday...will I see you there?

xoxo

CS

a symphony from the garden...

 

My profession is always to be alert, to find God in nature, to know God's lurking places, to attend to all the oratorios and the operas in nature.

-Henry David Thoreau

xoxo,

CS

p.s.

happy father's day dad...thanks for giving me my love of gardening!

etsy love...

this skirt...

from a bushel and a peck.

and this top...

from gomonkeydesign.

oh...and look at the back...

so cute, right!?!

I am totally digging all the vintage inspired clothing available on etsy right now...

do you have any favorite clothing shops to recommend? Feel free to share!

xoxo

CS

love this boy...

sweetest pea #1 played a song for me last night and said it reminded him of me...

"Mama"

You could've been bitter, you could've hated him
You could've talked about the whiskey and the women
He couldn've done better, but you loved him anyhow
Then you taught us all the power of forgiveness

Mama, you were smiling when you could've been crying all night
Mama, you made me believe everything was alright
Mama, you never wore your pain too thick
I'd like to thank you for this

You could've fought, you could've cut him down to shame
You could've told us that our daddy didn't want us
But that wasn't true, and you knew it all along
It was a struggle between the road and loving you

Mama, you were smiling when you could've been crying all night
Mama, you made me believe everything was alright
Mama, you never wore your pain too thick
I'd like to thank you for this

You did more good for me than you will ever know
I've seen mothers fill their childrens hearts with hate
But you knew better than to drag me down with you
You let me love my daddy just the same

Mama, you were smiling when you could've been crying all night
Mama, you made me believe everything was alright
Mama, you never wore your pain too thick
I'd like to thank you for this
Oh I'd like to thank you for this

Holly Williams

ugh...shot me straight through the heart with a love arrow that boy.

Thank you God for all 6 foot 3 inches of his teenage self.

xoxo

cs

strawberry picking & jam...

Off to the fields we go...buckets in hand and fingers ready...

 

some of us little strawberry pickin' soldiers stay focused and hard at work...

 

and some...well some feel the need to sample along the way...

 

success & fun was had by all...

and the freezer was full again with fresh made strawberry jam...

 

 

xoxo

CS

School's Out For Summer...

 

xoxo

CS

Beauty in shades of pink and persimmon...

There was a little girl...

 

who had a little curl...

 

right in the middle of her forehead.

 

When she was good, she was very good indeed...

 

But when she was bad she was horrid.

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

My beautiful little sweet pea...the apple of my eye, the pea in my pod...

with all the spirit of her mama and more...

oh my!

xoxo

CS

**the above project was made for a contest going on over at Pink Persimmon. Click on over a take a peek at month long fun!**

Yes!

 

I just LOVE every single bit of above. Please pop on over to Brene Brown if you'd like to learn more.

xoxo

CS