Grand Children Are a Gift...

I just spent a couple of weeks with my three grand daughters.  I love these girls!  They are each so unique and full of life and fun!

My oldest daughter has been most helpful - sending me lots of craft ideas that I could do with them during our time together (they love to create things.)
One of those ideas was fairy houses.

(via Etsy)

JoAnn's, Michael's, and even Walmart has some very inexpensive unfinished wood bird houses that were perfect for this project.

(via rockartist.hubpages.com)

(via inspirationgreen.com)

 We had so much fun - they mostly just painted theirs, but they had a great time anyway.









I have a tip now that I've done it once - if you're going to use pinecones for your shingles like in that center one - find pinecones that have been on the ground a while, and have started to decay a bit - otherwise, they are a bear to get to break apart!



Here's how mine turned out:

Hello

...And welcome to my new space.

I have grown so weary of all the negativity on Facebook, and am bored with other social sites, so I am wishing to create a more peaceful friendly space where I can just share my thoughts, interests, and passions - hopefully interspersed with a little humor (because a day without laughter is a wasted day indeed!)

I am excited to embark on this new journey, where I hope to share my love of books, gardening, crafts, decorating, food and all things that I have or do love about living in this country...

So, LET'S DO THIS!  :-)

Can I start off with a book review?

I just finished The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley.  I've been reading my way through all of Susanna's books - she weaves tales that take place in the past and the future consecutively, through some kind of magical time travel.  This one begins in Scotland, but ends up in Russia.  It's a complicated story, but beautifully woven with rich detail.

That being said, I can't say that this one will go down as one of my favorites (still voting for Winter Sea and The Shadowy Horses as favorites,)  But I did enjoy it immensely.