Etsy opening sale!!

I wanted to have an opening sale before but didn't have time to figure out how to work the coupon codes.  Having figured that out I am now offering to all my wonderful blog readers in honor of you and my grand opening on Etsy... 15% off  anything your little heart desires in my store!  Go to my Etsy store by clicking here or on the Etsy store picture in my side bar and type in the coupon code etsyopening1 to get your discount.  Yippee...  I am having so much fun!

Here are some of my latest additions to my store...  enjoy!

Handmade art faerie wings... (not the cute purple Morris...  that's MINE!  I guess you could call my car the "Flying Purple Eater"!  Ha ha!)

A vintage Navajo turquoise bracelet...

A beautiful vintage Zuni Corn Maiden fetish necklace...

An amazingly beautiful Navajo silver cuff bracelet.

How's that for variety, Faerie and Native American jewelry!

Blessings to all...

P. S.  I just helped in creating the most beautiful wedding last Saturday...  It was gorgeous!!!!  Lots of vintage romantic touches like old church pews, silver platters, antique bottles with HUGE peonies as aisle decorations...  lots of beautiful things.   I will post some pics as soon as I get permission (they want to publish so people get funny about me posting my pics on my blog).  However here is a teaser...

Don't tell anyone...

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad party!!!

Drum roll please.................
Vanessa over at A Fanciful Twist has announced it is time for her annual............

Mad Tea Party!

This will be my first year participating so I am extra excited.
I have to find just the right magical setting...

set a beautiful table...

Of course we have to have tea...

Fun meaningful details...

But there has to be more...  something extra special and wacky...

Hummm...  I shall have to have a think...   

Lots of possibilities.....

How Fun!

Dreaming...

I've been a bit under the weather lately,  caught a bad cold.  So I have been laying around a lot, watching lots of movies and trying to rest.  My imagination has been working though...  helped a bit by NyQuil

I have been loosing myself in a sea of dreams...

sleeping and dreaming...

 of faerie tales...

magical wanderings...

Far off lands...

magical folk...

and the wee fae...

Vanessa over at "A Fanciful Twist" is hinting at another blog tea party...

Hmmm...  in a secrete forest with lovely lanterns, 

A magical gathering...

I better hurry up and get well...  lots to do!

My Etsy Shop.... Whoopee!!

Yea!  I have finally opened an Etsy shop.  I have wanted to for ages now but...  well you know how it can be.  Now I have a place to sell my faerie creations and the beautiful old Native American jewelry I love so much.

Zuni needlepoint turquoise bracelet

Navajo or Zuni turquoise cluster bracelet

Zuni needlepoint bracelet

Santo Dominga heshe and inlaid shell necklace

Navajo Squash Blossom necklace

Navajo stamped silver pin

 I have also made a few bouquets with vintage beaded  and Milliner's flowers.  So much fun!!

A white beaded and milliners flower bouquet

A matching boutonniere

A wild green beaded flower bouquet with lots of Peacock feathers

The stems are wrapped in vintage sari trim

A matching boutonniere

A lovely bronze and rust color bouquet with Pheasant feathers

Here are some of my faerie creations...

I call then Faerie shield earrings, here is a green mossed pair...

Here is a locket with a drawing of a green faerie and faerie dust and sparkles.

Anyway there's tons more so go have a look.  

Hope you like what you see...

Be forewarned the goodies are not cheap...

Oh well, I have always had champagne taste...  sigh!

Blessings everyone!

Surf Bum wedding

We had a super fun wedding on the ranch a while back for a couple of surfers.  I saw some of the shots on a wedding blog and so contacted the photographer (Stephanie Hogue who did a fabulous job!) to get a hold of the pictures.  This couple was so much fun, and very much out-of-the-box.   They personalized everything.  Their ceremony was on the lawn by the ocean.

This was their invitation...

I kept expecting them to grab their boards and hit the surf.

For the ceremony the bride and groom wore flip flops

I covet this parasol!

The groom's men.

They shot pictures all over the ranch.  

This is the old ranch store next to the field where we used to sell Christmas trees.

Under the trestle bridge.

The reception was at the barn.

The guests names were written on old fashion style 45 record covers.

The tables were named after their favorite songs and albums and then written on an actual old 45.

The guest sign in was a mini surf board that guests signed.  It sat atop a 

couple bales of hay with the sign "love notes" in front.

Their party favors were small jars of honey from the ranch with the old brand of the ranch on top.  The brand just happened to be their initials too.

To bring the beach into the barn we used drift wood in the centerpieces.

This was the lounge in front of the barn complete with a drift wood chandelier.

This is the shuttle driver who also just happened to play the most exquisite 

classical Spanish guitar.  He was wonderful!

Their programs.

I made 2 huge drift wood chandeliers for the barn.

Their desert area.

This was the first time I have ever heard of cakes on a stick.  They were fabulous!

The driftwood chandeliers looked so beautiful at night.

The lounge at night looked magical with all the twinkle lights in the trees.

They had a popcorn machine by the lounge which people really enjoyed.

I love this picture!

I hope the waves are peeling perfectly in your neck of the woods!