In our garden...

So we haven't actually planted our garden yet. That is on the agenda for this week, and I am pretty excited about getting to spend that time together with my mr. However, we do have several pretties [from my birthday trip to the market] growing on our deck. Here are some that were looking especially dapper this evening.

Our crazy dragon plant [a.k.a. Campfire] 

We like succulents...a lot.

This is where the magic will happen! I think we are both excited to get started. 

 

I never thought I would enjoy gardening and working in my yard so much. Now I actually wish I had more time for it! Who would have thought?! 

Be happy! 

-Katie

Thrifty treasures

Over the weekend I took a little overnight trip with my boss/buddy Mary for a cake meeting in Columbia. I had never been there before, but I will definitely be going back! I saw several antique stores that I wanted to check out, but we only had time for one. Of course I still managed to find some goodies to bring home. 

I didn't think I was going to find much at all, but then I walked around the corner to find a huge pile of cameras laying in the floor. Yes..they were actually piled all over the floor. It was exciting but sad that they were not better taken care of. I wish I could have brought them all home with me, but many were more pricey than I could justify. I did, however, find this beauty for just $20. Then, it was 25% off that on tax free day! I am all about a bargain so I was pretty excited. 

I actually ended up getting these [below] for half off, so my grand total for the 3 hankies and the camera was $19.50. Heck yeah! [The yellow edged one on top is my favorite]. I will be looking for more hankies in the future to complete a hankie project I have planned.

Last week when I was in Arkansas I scored these two cameras for a grand total of $4.50. The one on the right is a little rough, but I thought it would be a fun one to do some painting on since it is already messed up. 

Then we went to my favorite antique store in Batesville, and I got this awesome tray for only $6.00! I like it more and more each time I look at it! I think I may do some rearranging so this can go on the shelf over the bed.

I also scored the neat spools of thread, but I don't know exactly what I will do with them yet.

I have been pretty luck with some great finds here lately. I hope I can continue my luck when we revisit Columbia... and hopefully that will be sooner than later!

Back to photo editing, house cleaning, and prep for the craft show...

Be happy! 

-Katie

pour your heart out...take two

It has probably been a year since I posted a little drawing that I did, and at the time I was pretty proud of it. I later stuck it in a frame, decided I hated it, and threw it away. Luckily, I still had the digital copy because I pulled it back out tonight, did a little work, and now I love it. 

Screenshot of the new and improved version after flipping the can, adding a handle to the side, and adding some color. 

 

I started thinking about it on my drive back from Arkansas today, and I knew it would be a perfect print to add to the collection of things I will be selling at the craft show. I have another print in the works, and I am just getting more excited [and a little anxious] about it all the time! 

Be happy! 

-Katie

Love Session

I was lucky enough today to get to spend a couple of hours with this sweet couple. They were just too funny. 

Staying busy in AR! 

Be happy! 

-Katie

It was Easter

So I am in Arkansas, have a hundred things going on, and I am just getting more and more excited about the craft show. I am eager to get back to work on things for that, but I am enjoying my visit with family and the photo sessions from this week. 

Even though these may be a little outdated since Easter is over, I thought I would share some of our photos from our egg dying extravaganza on Sunday after church. 

He needs supervision...but I kept him from drinking it. 

He teases me for wanting to do things like this, but I think know he enjoys it as much or more than me. He is cute, and I love him. 

Hopefully next week I will have more time to get things together and share a few of my new ideas that I will be selling at the show. Wish me luck! 

Be happy! 

-Katie

Sweet William

I picked this precious little bouquet on Sunday. They smell amazing, and Nicholas later pointed out [after his grandma told me what they were] that these were the same flowers that Laura Ingalls Wilder was so happy to receive from Almanzo. Cute. 

Be happy...and sweet! 

-Katie

Easter and stuff

We had a great Easter around here. We had a great church service [not that that is anything new], put up our new umbrella on our deck, took a pie to a sweet, old neighbor, and had a fantastic meal with family. 

[This is pretty much the same photo of us as always. I must get someone to take one of us that is farther out than my arm's length!]

This next week will be a very busy one since I am heading down to Arkansas again, and I have a handful of photo sessions lined up. I am looking forward to it all, and then I will back home to get ready for my booth at the Warrensburg craft show on May 12th! I am very excited and nervous about it all. I have plans for paintings, some fabric bunting, cake bunting, party hats, packaging items, and my "let's spoon" print. I have been preparing since I was invited a week ago, and I have lots to do before I am ready. I can't wait though!

Be happy!

-Katie

Lopez kiddos

I have a lot of stuff going on right now, but I just had to take a quick break and share these photos from yesterday's session. How precious are these kids?! Be prepared...I may not be able to stop sharing them...

Okay, okay...I will stop now. I could post all 85 of them...yes...85. They were so cute. Love these kids! 

Be happy! 

-Katie