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Good morning! I've been up early, drinking coffee & browsing the net... with my doors open so I could hear the birds singing and see the sun's rays bursting through the trees. What a beautiful day!

Speaking of birds singing ~ my mixed media collage, "I Love to Hear the Little Bird Sing" has been featured today! Just go to etsyitemoftheday.com (the May 31st post) and you'll see it. I also have a little thing in the sidebar at the left that will take you to it. A big thank you to Jackie for asking to feature this piece!

I hope all of you have a gloriously blessed day!

Lana

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Honeysuckle Lane

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handwrought Simple Joys

I thought I'd share a few sneak peeks of the things I'm working on. Items that are elaborately embroidered with silk ribbon are absolutely beautiful, however I haven't done too many fancy pieces. For some reason, I tend to gravitate towards the simple, pared down look ~ though you wouldn't think that when you visit my home! What you see are Simple Joys, nothing grand, but little things that bring a smile to my face and hopefully to yours.

There's not a lot to talk about today, and I should get back to work. I have coneflowers, beebalm, ferns, snowdrops, daisies, bleeding hearts, sunflowers, hummingbirds, honeybees, and dragonflies flowing from my fingers to the fabrics and I'd better work while they flow so freely!

These items (and many, many more) will be available in my booth at the Lavender Festival in Oak Ridge on June 20th.

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this and that...

Ooooohhh..... Sam was feeling soooo good! He was rolling around in the grass, and purring.

And you know why?

Catnip!!!

Oh he really loves that stuff! I have it growing along the side of the house and it has taken over the entire bed! When I'm outside and Sam is nearby, I pull off some leaves and crush them a little, drop them on the ground and here he comes. I used to have a cat that everytime he ate it he became very hyper, not Sam though, he just loves to chew on it and then roll around in it.

The little rambling rose that I brought from my parents' homeplace is blooming. Mom loved that rose and I made sure to dig it up and bring it here to keep it going when she passed away.

I don't remember the name of it though; I wish I could. I do know it came from another old homeplace years and years ago. I think it's so pretty.

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I finished another wreath this morning and listed it on etsy. This is another one from a vintage Alice and Jerry book:

I don't have little boys anymore, mine are 19 and 24, but I still enjoy making things for children and children's rooms.

Thanks for dropping by today!

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Honeysuckle Lane / Simple Joys Paperie work in print!

I happened to be thumbing through a magazine at the store several days ago and saw a familiar name, so I decided to splurge that day and purchase the issue. Later, when I was looking at the articles again, I saw something familiar hanging in front of a fireplace ~ one of my glitter cones (!) similar to the ones in the photo below. If you'd like to see, it's the Spring/Summer issue of Romantic Country, page 16.

I emailed the lady in the article to congratulate her about being featured and she said there would be an article that mentions her in the June 2009 issue of Sunset magazine. She also said she thought they would be using a photo of her door with one of my paper wreaths as the decoration! I can't seem to find Sunset here in TN, so I looked for it online, and today the June issue came out. Here's the feature: http://www.sunset.com/travel/southwest/santa-fe-toca-activities-00400000046181/. If you look at the small photos on the left underneath the large photo (in that link), you'll see my wreath hanging on a beautiful blue door. You can click on the pic to enlarge it. The wreath is similar to the one below. It is made with vintage sheet music instead of my usual vintage book pages.

As far as I know, my work wasn't mentioned since it just happened to be part of the decor, but no matter, I was thrilled to just see it in print!

I've got to come down from the clouds (cloud nine to be exact) as I have A LOT of silk ribbon pillows to get embroidered... in less than four weeks... yikes! I used to dye some of my ribbons, and hadn't done that for some time, but will hand dye more ribbon this year to use in my embroideries and ribbon rose accessories.

I'll try to check back in later this week. Thanks for stopping by!

Take Care & God Bless,

Lana

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sprechen Sie Deutsch?

...neither do I, so... maybe I should have kept the 1898 German Composition book instead of making a wreath from it? Naw......!

It seems the my web host chose all of Memorial holiday to do web maintenance and I wasn't able to update my website, and still can't update it this morning. So... I listed this German text wreath on etsy, instead of on my website. Just click on the photo to read more about the wreath and to see more photos, and perhaps to make a purchase!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Lana

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