Best Solstice Gifts

 A handmade yoga mat bag!

Ocean tumbled coral and rocks!

 

Christmas Eve Delight

Pippin can hardly wait - presents are wrapped and under the tree! He wants to open them right away.

After a traditional dinner of oyster soup, we went for a walk to see the neighborhood lights. Then back to drink spiked eggnog and eat cookies while opening gifts.

Pippin went first and stole the show. He loved playing with his new toy, and of course the bag it came in!

Thank You

So many beautiful and thoughtful gifts! Thank you.

my favorite - handmade cards!

a blast from the past!

local veggies from my favorite farmer

handmade kitty pillow / vintage purse / black shelves perfect for displaying my new rocks

my new must-read, especially if you miss Ohio the way I do...

cats and tights, could it get any better?

midnight lace obsidian and malachite/azurite

I had no idea you could see through it!

another post coming soon about this great Santa Fe based DIYer (this is a magic wallet!)

can you believe this lacy, delicate scarf was hand-knit?

Painted Sticks

Back in December, I made some winter solstice gifts for some friends. The whole process was a joy - from the cold walk looking for smooth sticks, to painting and choosing which of my rocks to pair with them, to packaging everything up in handmade envelopes, to my delight in watching everyone open their gifts!

Holiday Gift Ideas

Gift ideas for this holiday season:
- affordable, unique jewelry by mo*tif on etsy
- fun, vintage and retro clothing, jewelry and household items by The Credenza on etsy
- limited edition prints of Corey Drieth's beautiful paintings on 20x200
- E.O. Wilson/Alex Harris book just listed in the NYTimes Holiday Gift Guide, plus all the other amazing books recently published by GFT
- for you Fort Collins people: a gift certificate to the Children's Art Workshop or a membership to the Fort Collins Museum of Art