…but I wouldn’t know it by looking around here. Today we built an enormous snowman, the biggest I’ve ever built. And by we I mean my husband. I added the mouth, but that’s about where my contribution ended. I was more busy keeping my toddlers on their feet.
Anyway, back to my original point. It’s spring! To celebrate I’d like to share with you by offering a
from my Etsy shop. And on top of that I just added a set of new prints that I really love. They have my favorite orangey yellows and orangey reds. Hope you like them too!
I want to celebrate with all of you by doing a giveaway! Up for grabs is an 8×8 or 8×10 print of your choice. There are a few different ways you can enter; each will give you another chance to win:
Giveaway ends Sunday night 11:59pm MST.
And here’s some of that yummy cake I told you about. If you were all closer, I’d give you each a piece. 🙂
Did you have any idea how long these conversation hearts had been around? I was looking for some more info and found this on the Necco site:
…the concept behind today’s Conversation Hearts got its start when Abraham Lincoln was still President. Mottoes seemed to have come into prominence with cockles, a small crisp candy made of sugar and flour formed in the shape of a cockle or scallop shell. The early cockles contained mottoes, which were printed on thin colored paper and rolled up inside.
In the 1860’s, when Daniel Chase, the brother of New England Confectionery Company’s founder, Oliver Chase, began printing sayings on the candy. He experimented first with hand tools, and then devised a machine in which the cloth was replaced with a felt roller pad, moistened with vegetable coloring, usually red, which pressed against the die. The die printed the words on the lozenge paste and the double purpose machine cut the lozenges.
Grown-ups were entertained and passed the hearts around at parties. For weddings, there were wedding-day lozenges with humorously foreboding prophecies such as: “Married in satin, Love will not be lasting” “Married in Pink, He will take to drink” and “Married in white, You have chosen right.”
The present day Sweethearts® Conversation Heart dates back to 1902. Back then, besides hearts, they also produced various shapes such as postcards, baseballs, horseshoes and watches.
Would you ever have thought that this was a camera bag? Ketti is a photographer herself who has combined her background in design with her love of photography to create these stylish bags. Each one is handmade with quality materials, craftsmanship and attention to detail. The inside is padded with separate pouches for your gear.
Check out her Etsy shop or her blog for more details and to see the other fabrics in her spring line.
As much as I love flowers, I really do love winter too. There is something so peaceful and calm about a fresh snowfall. I took this shot at the farm where we got our Christmas tree this year.
