Mook Print Drawing

 At long last, I have a print available in the shop ! I really love the final product and have a couple of wonderful people who really helped make it happen, it's just beautiful in person. SO, I'd like to give away a couple in a drawing. Just leave a comment below and you will be entered to win one. I have one signed 16 X 20 inch and one 11 X 14 and will ship anywhere. I've always wanted to do something like this and am excited and curious about who will enter. And please do not hesitate for any reason to enter (even if you've never left a comment before-I'd love to hear from you! ) I will end the drawing a week from today. Good Luck :)

 Thank you all for the comments and support with the Featured Seller post !! It made for a crazy weekend of shipping, e-mailing and even some last minute making.When Tony suggested a little trip to the beach I was hesitant but then really glad I went with them. As of today I am back on track and ready to drink some coffee and look through all the blogs I've missed :)

Featured Seller!

I was fortunate enough to be picked by Etsy to be a Featured Seller! So now I can tell you why I've been working so hard the past couple of weeks to fill up the shop.  Go check it out if you want :)

Button Holders :)

At long last I can finally show you a project I've been working on for months. I am so proud of these button holders-they have been in my head for so long and now they are finally finished and looking just how I had hoped. The felt backings are both 2-color silkscreen (no easy feat for me, I am very much a novice at silkscreening). A handful of them will be in the shop Friday and then more later on.  

Avocado Love

Tony brought me home a dozen perfectly ripe haas avocados a few days ago of which I've been eating lots of. While I was scraping out all the flesh to make guacamole, I thought back to the time we discovered we had a huge avocado tree in the yard of a cute little house we were renting. I LOVE avocado so it was so exciting to see the little fruits sprinkled throughout the branches, knowing in a few months we would be eating as much as we wanted. The top picture is from that time, one of the batches we froze for later. 

 And that gave me the idea of showing a little peek into something new I've been working on for a shop update next week. Avocado Love buttons!

Since I've been working so hard on the update I've been a bad blog commenter and emailer. I promise I'll be better after next week :)

Summer is here for us.

 It is officially summer here and very hot. So we've been doing very summery things like water balloons, grilling food and eating outside, and our favorite-lemon slushies. We went to a Kentucky Derby party where a southern gentleman made us traditional Mint Juleps with mint he'd been growing for just this occasion. Tony put a few dollars in the betting pool and his horse won, it was fun :)