“Wednesday Wee Ones” Adara Lina

Greetings from the mountains of North Carolina!

We’ve traveled back to the mountains to enjoy the summer months!

We went ‘that a way’!

I’m taking photos from the balcony again! heehee!

And now……introducing….

 

the lovely Adara Lina.

She is a reborn baby that a lady in New York made for me.

 

My sister crocheted this beautiful outfit for her and now I don’t ever want to redress her.

She looked so pretty when I took these photos of her at our house when the marigolds were blooming.

But now she lives in the condo….in our master bedroom.

She’s in the corner that you can’t see!

Hope you’ve enjoyed meeting Adara Lina!

Have a wonderful week and remember to TAKE TIME TO PLAY…

and take photos of the beauty around you! ; )

Summer begins TODAY!

I love Mondays…I love June…and I REALLY LOVE SUMMER! It’s my favorite time of the year!

I’ve been off the computer for a few days so now I have the fun of visiting all of my favorite blogs and those that are participating in Where Women Create to find some new favorites! I always enjoy getting back online and catching up with all of YOUR fun!

We’ve been taking advantage of the beautiful weather to go on little day trips…we call them adventures!

This was one of our best sitings….a huge Great Blue Heron.

 

He posed and I just kept taking photos! heehee!

We drove out to the Gulf coast to eat fresh Grouper and hushpuppies and to view some wildlife.  (we did NOT eat one of these! lol)

This was the first time to visit the Crystal River Archaeological State Park  and it was very interesting. Follow this link for more info at Wikipedia !

We enjoyed the museum and when I looked at my photos…

I realized I took a lot of the beads…

pendants….

and pottery!

The things that I love!

We even ‘heard’ an alligator in this swampy area but I was glad we didn’t actually SEE him! He was crunching and munching on a meal of oysters!

The view was fabulous from the top of this Indian mound

and there were lots of boats on the water!

 

Hope you are enjoying the start of the summer! How is your Monday so far? Share some of your news with me! What did I miss?

PS I’ll answer Jemm’s question here on my post! It was 98 degrees on this beautiful day in Florida with LOTS of humidity! We went to the mall after this! heeheehee! We must be crazy!

Where Bloggers Create

 I have been so excited about this year's event and now it's TIME!

Hope you'll visit Karen HERE and have fun visiting everyone who is sharing their creative spaces!

Welcome to Lavender Cottage!

Art by Catherine Holman! Visit her HERE !

I love having a nice room to do my sewing and crafting.

This room faces the front of my home here in Florida and lets all of the Florida sunshine into my space! (looks like the sun is trying to peek in the window! lol )

I enjoy making all sorts of things and even sit down with a sketch pad and draw when I am inspired!

A desk for crafting...

and one for sewing.

I love dolls and even made a few Barbie clothes this summer.

I am surrounded by art by Catherine Holman and a cross stitch that I did years ago.

I've made mice....

and bears.....

and bags!

And most of the things you see around the room!

I love sweet vintage things that I find here and there

and display over my desk.

And now it's time to sit down at this desk and visit YOU!

Thanks for stopping by! Come again soon!

Take time to have FUN...and be creative!

"Wednesday Wee Ones" Introducing Kristine

She is a beautiful Gotz doll that I bought when Gotz had a designer doll collection.

The artist that created Kristine is Sissel Skille and she is an artist extradonaire!

I call her Kristie and this name seems to fit her to a tea!

This is her original outfit.....

and here she is in blue!

She looks sweet posed with her friend, Maike!

Isn't she sweetness!

Up close....

Right now I have her dressed in this precious little beige dress that a friend gave me just for her!

It looks like it was made for her!

Hope you enjoy Kristie's photo shoot....

she loves to model!

Am I your favorite?

And the WINNER of the giveaway is..........

drum roll please.....

the fairy book will be traveling to Fairyland!

Congrats to my groovy girlfriend, Jackie from Once Upon a Fairyland !

I hope you'll all take time to read a book as fun as these are this summer!

Thanks to everyone that entered and a special thanks to Bobbie Hinman who made this fun giveaway possible! We'll do this again soon!