sincerely yours, dena

I’ve got a whole lotta ferns in our woods. Time to do something with them by putting them in old medicine bottles filled with a little bit of sand and displaying them on the dinning room table as a centerpiece.

Cool ideas to make with shells from the beach. The mussel shell wreath was made using a wire wreath form from a craft store and I hot glued mussel shells I collected from the beach on Chebague Island, ME.

Just a few snapshots of the decorations I’ve got around my humble abode and around town.

I made these cookies in the past but this time I made them in the shape of hearts for a weddings shower. Here’s the recipe.

Biggest annoyance while during sewing? Threading the bobbin. So when I when I do one, I load the baby up as full as she can go. If I have leftovers (which I normally do) I store the bobbin underneath the thread on my thread rack. That way I know exactly what bobbin goes with what thread.

I had a very successful adventure this year at Bath’s MayFair Day. The first Saturday in Maine is dedicated to a city wide yard sale. Can anything be more fun! They even have a legit May Pole in the town center.

	All of this for just $20!!!
	I’m going to give the sugar bowls (filled with flowers) away as door prizes as at wedding shower i’m helping to throw
	I snagged this whole box of old bottles for $4

I’m sick of changing the toliet paper roll. So I just said it’s not worth my time and I’ve abandoned the silly tradition, who says you need one anyway? This option also avoids those precarious situtations when you find yourself reaching for an empty roll.

I get the most beautiful cards from my friends and family. A card is too beautiful to have a short life. I recycle card fronts and remake them into cards of my own and share the beauty as well as save a tree.

This past weekend we spent in sunny & warm Vermont. We visited Walker Farm to check out the spring plants. I didn’t buy anything (due to construction like conditions around my house) however I got some great ideas and I CAN’T WAIT TILL THE LAST FROST!

I finally broke out the yarn I bought in Ireland. It reminded me of this cool window display in the shop where I bought it.