Fluffy Puppy

After a shampoo and blow dry, look who is looking nice and fluffy!

 But, Katie's cute look didn't last for long!  Not after a walk, a trip to the green house, and rolling around in the dirt!

 But that is life when you are a little puppy with snowy white fur!

 Trying oh so hard to be good!

(looks can be so deceiving!!)

 On a different note, thought you might want to see the latest chalkboard that I made for my shop.

I love it's clean lines and simplicity!

 I had originally painted the frame a glossy teal, but just wasn't happy with it.

 Creamy, dreamy white is so much better, I think.

Hope you all have a great week!

Bird's Nests and Puppies

Hi everyone, hope you all had a nice weekend.

I've gradually been getting back to my crafting, and it feels good.  Like many of you, creating has always been like "therapy" for me.  No matter how crazy life got, I always had my crafting. Well, for a time I really didn't even have the heart to work in my craft room.  So I have been quietly working on a few projects that I thought I would share with you today.

What could be more spring like than birds and nests and eggs! I had never worked with polymer clay before, so I thought I would try my hand at it.  So, I created a bunch of tiny faux eggs, and had so much fun making them!  After baking them, I painted the eggs a pretty robin's egg blue, then gave them tiny little brown flecks.  I think they look pretty realistic, if I do say so myself!

 All of the nests you see here are real.  Hubby and I have been hunting for them on our daily walks. The nests are from last year, so no worries of stealing a new little birdie's home:)

This little nest below is so sweet.  I think it may be a cardinal's nest, not sure.  I thought it looked so cute in my vintage silver creamer.

 This is a really cool nest!  It was built oh so carefully around the branches of a tree.  I am continually amazed at just how hard little birds must work to build such masterpeices!  I need to Google nest identification, because I would love to find out what kind of bird built this.  It is very sturdy!

 And here is one last nest. Woven a bit hastily, it looks!  It was created from grasses, leaves, and even a tiny bit of hair!

I will be placing all of the nests and eggs in my Etsy shop. I had so much fun making the eggs, I can't wait to make some more!

 Thought you might like to see what our little Katie has been up to.  She is now 10 weeks old, and is growing like a weed!  Here she is getting her first bath a little over a week ago, looking none to happy!

 Play time.

 A mischievous pose!

 And ready to pounce!

 Now she's ready to curl up in a spot of sun and take a nap (which means that I can actually get a few things done!).

She is helping to fill the empty spaces in our home and in our hearts.

Hope you have a great week!

Meet Katie

Hello everyone.  I've not been here for quite some time, and I have missed you all.  After a very difficult past month, we now have a new little ray of sunshine in our home! A cute little 9 1/2 week old cocker spaniel puppy that we've named Katie has been helping us to heal, after the loss of our beloved Emily.  While in all honesty, I was no where near ready to even think of bringing another pup into our home so soon, hubby was.  We love our Katie and have been having so much fun with her!  We travelled to the other side of the state several weeks ago for our initial meeting, and then brought her home almost two weeks ago.

 So we have been busy working on potty training, playing, and trying to heal our broken hearts.

 Here she is napping with her Daddy.

 We brought her home in this little basket.  Doesn't get much cuter than a puppy in a basket, does it?

 While it has been bittersweet, and we still miss our dear Emily more than words can say, Katie has been a true blessing and joy.  It is good to laugh again!

 You may think from the photos that all she does is sleep. Wrong!  You should see her in "play mode"!  She plays so rough it is hard to get a picture of her:)

 She gives us hope for happier days to come.

Awwww!

Thank you so much for all of your kind words, prayers, and support during the difficult days we have faced.

I am looking forward to getting back into blogging, and catching up with you all.

Have a great day!