Sign and Sunshine

Ocean House

This weekend my Dad reminded me of this photo I took in his back yard about 10 years ago. A large print hangs in his office. He's a doc & one of his older patients recognized the sign. He told my Dad all about working at the Ocean House Fish Market "back in the day". I love hearing stories like that.

Lucky Me! The sweet Midwestie Lady has given me the Sunshine award today. Supposed to go "to bloggers whose positive and creativity inspires others in the blog world." Now I don't know that I exactly fit the bill, but I do say Thank You! I'm now supposed to pass it on to 12 others. (Twas hard to pick just 12.) Click on the links below to visit.

Persimmons Gal
Go Flying Turtle
The Rusted Chain
SassyDesigns
Starry Night Impressions
Will Oaks Studio
Ewian
Junque Revival
Joy To The Blog
PoppyPlacePdx
Just Jingle
The Fab Miss B

I know lots of folks don't bother with blog awards but if these folks choose to play along here are the basic rules:

1. Put the logo on your blog or within your post.
2. Pass the award to 12 bloggers.
3. Link the nominees within your post.
4. Let them know they received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

Even if they are too busy to play, these bloggers are worth visiting, so pop by and say hello if you get a chance - okay?

I'm on a bit of a ramble today but 1 final note. Last chance to enter the random drawing for Kim Smith's Over The Rainbow bracelet. Just leave a comment before 1 a.m. EST on 2/25 to enter. Also pop back tomorrow - I'll announce the winner as well as the new giveaway prize.

RTT - Random Tag Tuesday

Some sweet folks have passed along a couple of blog awards this week. This happens from time to time - I always say I'll go along & then I usually forget. But since it's Random Tuesday & I haven't played tag in a while, here we go.....

Many thanks to Felicia Kramer for sharing her Kreativ Blogger award. Please stop by & visit her when you get a chance. She has this cool Month of Thankfulness theme going & is sharing lots of great links. Of course, these things come with rules so:

1) Copy the award and post it on your blog.
2) Thank the person that gave it to you and link to their blog.
3) Write 7 things about yourself we don't know.
4) Choose 7 other bloggers to pass the award to.
5) Link to those 7 other bloggers.
6) Notify your 7 bloggers.

Today I awoke to find I'm also officially Fabulous - woohoo! Many thanks to Joy to the blog. Now you must go visit Joy - Not only is she fabulous but she has Nutella!

So same gist, slightly different rules: I'm supposed to list 5 obsessions & then pass along to 5 fab blogs.

This is where I cheat, I'm going to combine the 2 so that I don't thoroughly bore anyone still reading this:

My Confessions & Obsessions include:

1) Alchemists - From Zosimos of Panopolis to Edward Elric

2) Baking - especially really good bread

3) I nicked the loafers from Captain D.'s RTT guest post last week over at Beautiful Wreck. If you haven't seen The Captain's blog Us & Them & need a laugh, it is a must. Even if he's having a rare off day, the comments can be priceless

4) The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" quotation marks


5) Spielberg's Jaws - if it is playing, I am compelled to plant myself on the sofa. Inevitably the husband walks & shaking his head with a "You're watching it again?!"


6) Airships

NewIndustries Ltd Heavy Cargo Airship Brooch by SteamSmith

7) Blog Surfing - You all ready guessed that one I bet...

Now some places you should go...... I'm sure many of these folks are way too busy or no-tag-zones, but I think their blogs are a must, so here they are:

Choklit Chanteuse
Art freebies
Cephalopod Tea Party
Glimmering Prize
Lisa Falzon's Micro-fiction
Voyages Extraordinaires
& of course
The Unmom

Ready to share some random of your own? If so Grab a button & play along.

Need more chaos in your day? Click through & see what wacky stuff everyone else is up to.

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By the way:

Have you entered the random drawing for a copy of Diary 2010? No? Click Here for details

Into steampunk or studios? Click here to see SteamSmith's art & workshop

Feeling Fabulous, Dahling!

Behind on creating this week & planned on playing tag today. Then I was given this wonderful award x2.

Special thanks to talented artists Queenbe & Nancy Lefko who were kind enough to give it to moi.

Right now I'm blushing & waving a fan like Blanche Dubois "Oh look, we have created enchantment"

Please visit their Fabulous blogs & see what they are up to. Try to pop by their award recipients while you're there ... c'mon now, just tickle those links ... you know you want to ...just a little ...

hmm... hmm.. hmmm... ahh, you're back...

This is where I list 5 things I'm "into" right now:

1. Etsy & the ongoing conversations in the Collage/ Mixed Media Forum
2. Free music downloads on Amazon
3. Gathering, creating & altering gizmos: Astrolabes, pocket watches, toys & gadgets
4. trying to make sense of the scrapyard that is my home office/studio (see #3)
5. Samurai Champloo - some people veg to reality TV; I do anime

Now I pass the torch onto 5 more FAB bloggers:
1. Starrydeborah
2. SuAnn's Journey
3. Paper mischief
4. La Donna Paper cutting
5. Lemon Drop Pie

And a final thought from Miss Dubois:
I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people.
May you find your magic today & make your world simply FABULOUS!

Monday's Muse - Lovely Blogs

Can't believe it's here already!

Today's inspiration is creative folks & their blogs!

There are so many great blogs "out there", it is mind-boggling. Several days ago I was honored with the Lovely Blog Award by the talented SueAnn Lommler. A fun, wonderful artist SueAnn always has a kind work to share. You can view her blog & latest pieces here .

Now I am supposed to recommend 7 of my favorite lovelies. Tough to narrow it down. SueAnn already mentioned some of my faves back on the 11th. You can find them here. Check them out when you have the time - there are some amazing things going on.

Now... the 7 I list are then supposed to link back & suggest 7 others. If any of you don't wish to "play", that's cool. You're still Super Lovely in my book :)

Here are my seven beauties; just click on them to visit! Go on now, you'll be glad you did....

januarywish
vintagesnapsandscraps
sweetrepeats
sandraevertson
nancylefko
papermischief
ewian

A quick note: there is so much inspiration out there in the blogosphere,including maternalspark where I was 1st introduced to the idea of Monday's Muse!!

So grab a cuppa, sit back and enjoy!! Anybody bothers you tell them I said "Shoo!"