Making a (Victorian) Spectacle of Myself!

Who doesn't enjoy "a find!"

I went to the Ranch Hope Thrift Shop this a.m.

at Cowtown... and found not one, but two pair

of Victorian vintage spectacles!

I am enamored by the tinted pair!

Certainly a "new doll" will be in the making...

in need of tinted eyeglasses!

(even if they're not rose-colored... Ha!)

New Header & New Post Say It All!

I  have always enjoyed this primitive crow, sitting on a lilac branch!

He's made with cotton duck cloth and top-stitching...

 stuffed, painted, "grunged" and sanded to a soft, worn finish.

I made him back in Vermont... about eight years ago.

The sign points to where I've been spending my spare time!

Forget-Me-Not...

It is a wonderful sentiment... "Forget-me-not!"

It is one of our favorite perennials... in full bloom this week!

It reminds me of a favorite passage...

Isaiah 49:15  “Can a woman forget her nursing child 

and have no compassion on the son of her womb?  

Even these may forget, but I will not forget you." (NASB)

Back to my gardens...

Thank You Stampington & Company!

I just heard from the assistant editor of Art Doll Quarterly... 

and... (a little drum roll)

The Angel of His Presence will be featured in the August issue!

I couldn't be happier, as he was a labor of love...

and carries special meaning for me.

Thank you for sharing my joy! Daryle