Are you a Collector?

When I was a kid - maybe 10 years old - we went on vacation to New Hampshire. I fell in love with the mountains, and the lakes. We stayed on Squam Lake, the same lake from On Golden pond. I've posted about it recently.

My mother loved arts and crafts, and took us to a wonderful place - the New Hampshire League of Arts and Crafts. There, I fell in love with handcrafts (well, I already did love those things, as my Mom sewed and knitted and made bookshelves...) - but handcarved miniatures took a special place in my heart that summer.

These bunnies were some of the first in my collection.

Which has grown over the years -

And I am always adding to it....

This is NOT the whole collection.........

Is there anything that you collect? I'd love to see!

by the way, there's a giveaway going on for BOTH of my shops - Woolies and Buster and boo - over at the rikrak studio.

Drop on by!

Gnomes and Wizards and Trolls, O My!

I have this thing for gnomes.


So, I had to have this one:


He was made by MamaKopp.


This boy-gnome needs a home

He is waiting for his home over at Merrydale Dolls!

And this Gnomie needs a Homie





You can find him at haddy2dogs.


Watch out for the Trolls!





He's available at dadswoodentoys!

and this one is both Wizard and Gnome!!




You can find her at Alkelda's shop!

Have fun discovering wonderful natural items for children at Etsy! Just search for the NaturalKids Team!

Tree Branch Button Earrings

My friend Jenn from The Button Shop makes the most wonderful hand carved buttons from tree branches - you have to see ~~~~~

They come in all shapes and sizes, and she uses all different kinds of wood - cedar, maple, oak, willow. I have a bunch of them. So I was looking for something else yesterday, and I found two almost perfectly matching cedar ones. I thought, wow, because I am so obsessed lately with making jewelry, I'll bet these would make cool earrings.

So.......

Voila! Tree Branch Button earrings!!! I hope somebody falls in love with them. They're for sale at Buster and boo - stop on by!