This Day...: Nov 13, 2008

My New BellaDonna Bag

I got my new bag in the mail today... oooh my life is too cute... I ordered a wallet and makeup bag too that all match... thanks so much Miss. T and Miss M....

I've realized as I post these pictures... it's not just the bag... it is that it is handmade. I have a sickness for all things hand made...

For example... I never cared for Polish Pottery until I went to Poland. All it took was for me to see those artisans working their craft and I was totally hooked. Now my kitchen is full of the stuff. I love hand-made quilts, potholders, scarves, gloves, clothing and of course scrapbook pages. Just knowing that someone put "themself" into their project makes me love it all the more.

Homeschooling can be a real challenge.... but sometimes when you (that is me... no, it should be I) when I get to use some of my scrapbooking toys and feel incredibly productive while working on homeschool projects it feels a lot less challenging and more like P - L - A - Y!

I can not get over the color of the sky here. It is the most yummy color in the mornings and evenings. Every evening, regardless of what type of weather there was during the day... the sky gets this warm beautiful tone to it. It has me thinking about taking portraits again... outdoor portraits with lots of bokeh and honey tones. I know I still have a while before I do, but it certainly has me thinking ...

Jason and I worked on the house this weekend. We are slowly but surly checking off the things we want to get done. One day I will go around the house with my camera and do an entire blog entry about my house that is slowly becoming our home... one thing I did do this weekend was hang up this beautiful hand blown glass ball that my friends from TOPS gave me on my last night there. It looks wonderful with all that yummy light shining through it.

Hallowen (Our first Family Holiday with the Wilson's)

First we did school which the kids thought was just awful because all the public school kids got the day off. Then we curled hair (or more correctly, Aunt Debbie curled hair as I set up the studio.) Next, I got to take pictures and everyone ohhhed and ahhhhed over my fun equipment... we rushed rushed rushed only to figure out that the big even didn't really start until after dark. This worked well as both Daddies worked later than expected...and then we were off.... you should see the stash these kids got.... the weather was perfect... the sunset beautiful and the entire day amazing... it is a charmed life I live!!