Voter ~ Favorite Autumn Decor ~

Wouldn't these Vintage Milk Glass Candle Holders just look

Fabulous

on Your holiday table?

I thought so as well and put them up for nomination in this week's Favorite Autumn Decor Voter. Etsy thought they were pretty nifty as well & included them in this week's voter!

Here is the Voter link ~ So many lovely items, I know a difficult choice. Perhaps you'll give my Candle Holders some much needed love?

The Perfect Gift

My little girl just turned 4.

She's a funny creature and seems to love the simplest of things.

I had really wanted to get her something special for her birthday. A trip to the toy store turned out to be a disaster. We offered up dolls, games, and the like but nothing seemed to grab her eye. Then she found a ball. Once she got a hold of it there was no letting go. I tried to take it away from her in order to get her to focus on finding a birthday gift. The result was tears. I did realize how ridiculous the situation was, so we paid the $1.65 for the ball and left.

I decided to look for something special that was not a toy ~ and found the perfect gift. Ever since she read "The Kissing Hand" by Audrey Penn she loves to give the ASL sign for "I love you". It's become the thing we do at bedtime when I'm leaving her room and a way to say goodbye once she is in her classroom at school.

I searched Etsy for something with this sign & found the perfect item by Silver Shed Studio. Casey was wonderful to work with and quickly sent out this beautiful necklace.

As you can see by the picture my daughter really loves it.

Thanks Casey for a wonderful gift.

If you haven't seen the previous post about my banner & The Voter

scroll down and Please vote!

I Made Voter!

Although sewing has been put on the back burner for the moment, I did manage to make a Halloween Banner for my Etsy Corr Creations shop. Etsy runs a weekly voter where you can nominate items based on a weekly theme. 40 of these items are selected & the following week all are invited to vote for the best item in that theme.

This week's theme is Vote for Your Favorite Halloween Item. How excited was I to find out that My Banner was included!

If you have a moment please go & check out

The Voter!

Hurry! Voting ends October 12!

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I know it's been a Really looooong time. But Summer is over and it's time. I've missed this place and am really looking forward to getting back into it.

Hope your summer was a good one. We're making a nice transition into Fall. There has been a definite change in weather, routine, & activities - I've even had to pop the heat on for a bit to take the chill off.

This past weekend was the big Fall kickoff event ~ The Adirondack Balloon Festival ~

Absolutely wonderful. We met up with our friends for a picnic dinner and marvelled at the beautiful sites. Here are just a few for you to enjoy!

A Pick Me Up

I received some disappointing news today about a job 

I was really hoping to get. 

A Real Bummer.

Imagine my surprise when Alk from my Quiltsy Team posted that she had made a treasury that she hoped would cheer me. 

I went to check it out, lovely I thought. Then I got to the bottom ...

and smiled!

Requirements of the season ~ cool off and enjoy

I'd love it if you went over and checked out the "live" treasury!

and be sure to check out Alkdesigns. She's a lovely person who makes beautiful things!

Oh Drats ... BATS!

Well it's summer (though it doesn't feel like it here) and with summer comes the critters. 

Let me add right now, I KNOW how good they are, eating mosquitos by the thousands per hour (or something like that). I KNOW they are facing some disease that is wiping them out at an alarming rate (not a disease they will pass on to me mom).

We have a lovely little pond very nearby and with that of course mosquitos. We also have a colony (as in very many) living behind the chimney. 

Behind the chimney is really okay with me. I don't mind having bats in my belfry ~ honest! It's just that every summer one or two makes its way into our house, and that's just creepy!

I went up to get a sweatshirt the other night and saw this bat flying about. We were not able to find him that night but he was located and promptly removed the next day ~ phew! 

Funny thing is he looked tremendous flying around but actually no bigger than 3" long lying in the driveway (recovering from a trip out the window in a butterfly net). 

Rainbows Are Lovely

Saw one tonight ~ made me feel like a kid!

RAINBOW CONNECTION

Kermit the Frog

Why are there so many

Songs about rainbows

And what's on the other side

Rainbow's are visions

They're only illusions

And rainbows have nothing to hide

So we've been told and some chose to

Believe it

But I know they're wrong wait and see

Someday we'll find it

The Rainbow Connection

The lovers, the dreamers and me

Who said that every wish

Would be heard and answered

When wished on the morning star

Somebody thought of that

And someone believed it

And look what it's done so far

What's so amazing

That keeps us star gazing

What so we think we might see

Someday we'll find it

That Rainbow Connection

The lovers the dreamers and me

Have you been half asleep

And have you heard voices

I've heard them calling my name

Are these the sweet sounds that called

The young sailors

I think they're one and the same

I've heard it too many times to ignore it

There's something that I'm supposed to be

Someday we'll find it

The Rainbow Connection

The lovers, the dreamers and me