from little hands came art ~

yes, let's. (see above)
one of my favorite quotes is "what are you going to do with your one wild and
precious life?"

these will be for sale at Mama's Happy

this is an altered art piece i made...the darling child is my
hubbies aunt

now this. this is art at it's finest.
in my studio i have a cupboard where i keep
alot of my favorite things.
front and center are these adorable
pottery pieces made by the hands of my
3 children when they were little.
there are few things i treasure more-each one
of them priceless in this mamma's eyes.

xo, beth

p.s. it's November-bring it on!

altered art necklaces

houston just cleared me to join a FAB local business for their Nov. and Dec. sales. whoot, whoot!  the name of the shop is Mama's Happy and they are located in Mound, MN. these women "get it" (and i get the distinct feeling they really ARE happy-and that shows). the shop is full of repurposed furniture, vintage finds and cool handmade goods. last weekend i
was busy making unique one of a kind necklaces like this.




this is just a teensy sample of what i will have for sale


                                                 the dates of the sale are:
                                                   Nov. 9-13 & Nov. 17-20
                                                      Dec. 1-4 & Dec. 7-11

Happy Halloween

            this is especially for Leslie Kaye, who really is the
                                   Queen of Halloween!

             p.s. I love crowns so why didn't I think of this? a tiara on a big white pumpkin!

p.s.s this is a re-post from last year----cause my friend Leslie is still and ALWAYS will be
                                            the Queen of Halloween!!!!

                                                                 xo, beth

merci'

my dear friend threw a party today. she is someone who lives in
gratitude. she inspires me. she is a good person, she finds joy in whatever life throws her way. today she treated some friends to a party. she simply wanted to let us all know that she loves and appreciates us in her life.


if you've never had Patty Cake-get thyself to Yum

 how cool is that? i felt so honored to be a part of her celebration-she had everything set up at YuM bakery and i felt like a little girl again-  at a kick arse birthday party-complete with favors to take home. (only thing missing was pin the tail on the donkey.)
girlfriend knows how to entertain let me tell ya.  thanks for a delightful afternoon cheri' marie and thanks for being so FaBuLoUs!!!




the motley crew



in my studio workin ...

it's fRiDaY...color me happy!

hot diggity...it's the weekend and i have just enough plans to keep me happy. hope your weekend is wicked good fun. i noticed when i went for a walk after dark tonite that there's the most "halloweenish" new sliver of moon out. i'm going to watch Bridesmaids later. am i the last gal on the planet to see it? my stomach muscles could use a good work out. just say'n.

Ode to October

as we bid goodbye to october,
can i just say
 you were beautiful,
 you were magical-
 perfect in every way.
 you showed us your glory, warm days,
starry nights,
you hung in there and kept pleasing
it all felt so right.
 your soft winds blew past me.
scarlet leaves drifted down-
and carpeted the lawns-
heck, pretty much the whole town.
we raked and we mulched and now
it's all really bare
could it just be august again and
time for the fair?

the end



 I don't want it to end.   xo, beth



all creatures great and small

my 28 yr. old "baby"--- in case you're checking in Adria  : )

our grandson seth and his two darling seesters



these are some of my favorite babies in the whole wide world. aren't they yummy?

most of them will remain unnamed to protect their innocence. (what's left of it any-

way. one of their 6 yr. old siblings came home from school today and said he'd

heard the "f" word.) seriously people.    : )