Fall Decor - Remember, Remember the Fifth of November...

No gunpowder, treason or plot, thankfully - but there is decorating going on...


I love Autumn: the colorful leaves, pumpkins, and Thanksgiving.  It's also a great time of the year for decorating.  Just thought I'd share my fireplace display...

 

 I chose my Henry VIII portrait in the gold frame to help bring out the Fall colors.

The Indian Corn Garland was made by my mother - very cute!
 

Even Orion approves:

 

 

And I added one of my typewriters to the mantle because it deserves a little attention.  ;)

 

Just thought I'd share these pictures.  Hope you enjoyed them.

 

Spring Flowers and New Additions

Spring is here!! 

 

Loved these flowers at the store so I couldn't resist bringing them home. 

 

They grew very big and bold within days...

I added a new necklace to the shop -

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And since it is the time of weddings and such - I thought I'd add some cute little Silhouette tags!

Great for Bridesmaids presents or gift tags, ornaments, tea parties, etc.!!

Check them out in my shop!!

Etsy Update - Gnomes, Owls, Enchanted Doors, Silhouettes and More...

Just thought I'd share a few recent updates to the shop...


Most recent addition - a Jewelry set of necklace and earrings. 

I found the cutest Gnome House...

 

So I added a pink glass pear to give it a little color and a feminine touch. It's hard to photograph a delicate pink that shows up.  All I can do is assure you it's more pink in person.  *shrug*

 

And what good is a Gnome House without Gnomes?  These gnomes are so darn cute - they stand on their own and everything.  Very detailed.

 

I debated selling them separately, but they are too darn cute not to go together.

 

Available here.

 

 

I also added some silhouettes to the shop - of course.  But the reason I needed to add a bunch was I had a large order this week - I still need to make new bigger silhouettes, but for now I added these.

So sweet - in my favorite frames.  Funny thing is, no sooner did I put it in the shop then it sold within about 2 hours.  Wow!  So here I am with another set.

 

 

Totally new to the shop:  Owl Earrings!  So cute - hoo hoo. 

 

 

 

 

Available here

 

 

And finally, for now, I added a cool new piece - a Gothic Fairy Door with a beautiful chain of connecting Pearls.  So pretty and romantic!!

 

 

 

Available here

 

 

Please check out my shop for more!!  Have a Good Weekend!

 

 

Happy 2015!! Stay warm with Greek bread and Cute Fox Scarves!

New Year's is pretty low key in our house.  Mostly we watch movies or marathons on TV (Breaking Bad this year - pretty good show!).  But we also baked traditional Greek New Year's bread - Vasilopita.

Basically it is just a bread with a coin wrapped in foil baked inside.  Whoever cuts the piece that has the coin has good luck that year.  You can use a variety of dough recipes or even make it a cake.  We took another stab at making Tsoureki.  It's a kind of sweet, slightly heavy bread.  It came out rather thick.  Smelled fantastic as it baked.

Here's a pic:

 

It's supposed to say 2015.  This one showed up the best, the other one looked scrambled.

 

 
So far 2015 has been pretty peaceful, but it is, of course, COLD!  Tomorrow is supposed to be 9 F at the warmest here.  Brrrr!!  We ended up making some scarves.  I put one in the shop as it is too cute not to share!

 

Who doesn't love a cute Fox face?? 

They are so cute and cheerful - put a smile on my face every time! 

 

You can get one HERE.

Stay warm!!!