some photos from our week

I heart Spring

We took a bike ride over to butterfly park and spied this beauty. 

A Lady Bug

Here's some shots of a lady bug we found next to the fire station while visiting my sweetie.

Inspired by Shine

I love the offerings from Shine. A local company that has the most gorgeous furniture. I was browsing their art and was inspired by these dandelions. Here are two available from shine.

Wish ii sold here

Wishy 1 sold here!

Here are mine:

Craft 52 week 3: Glittered Valentine Tree

Craft 52 week 3:

Glittered Valentine Tree


I made these hearts and cupids a few years back
and wanted to change up things this year, so I made this tree.

Here's my how to on the Glittered Hearts


I used my cordless drill to make tiny holes in all the wood pieces. I love using my drill. After I drilled all my holes, I took fishing line and tied loops around the pieces to act as hooks to attach the wood pieces to the tree branches.


Before:

After:

I found out about the awesome photo editing web site Picnik, over on Three men and a Lady.
Thanks Michelle, on the heads up! One of the things I want to work on with my blog is creating better photos, now I have the tools to help me. I'm really excited to play around with all the amazing tools available at Picnik! By the way, most of the tools are free!

A hike to the wetlands with friends

I'm working on taking better photos. Here are a few shots from a hike last weekend with the neighborhood peeps.

Stunning views

a close up

an egret is on the bottom of this one

I couldn't believe how close this bird let us get to it. It was the same size as the kiddies on our hike.

Only a few things were blooming on this winter morning, and I'm so excited I figured out how to use the macro setting for close ups.