Collectible Treasures

Most of my collections include items that are vintage; I usually gravitate to those things with history and a former life.  However there are many wonderful handmade items that would spark my desire to start a new collection if I had the physical space in my home.  But without that extra room it just can not be, so I will collect the here virtually.   I hope it sparks your imagination as it does mine.



Found in CharlotteBirdFaries at http://ow.ly/dCvDS

Found in TheArtOfJEShannon at http://ow.ly/dCvON

 

Found in WoodlandFairyVillage at http://ow.ly/dCw3H  

Found in FantasyCrafts at http://ow.ly/dCweu

 

'Woodland Fairies' by postcardsintheattic

Autumn Fairy, Clipart, royal... sirensdesigns $6.99	Ooak Art DOLL - Arwen - scul... cerchiofatato $120.00	polymer clay miniature angel... FantasiaCreati... $45.00	Mouse Fairy Fall Leaf Porcel... MagicalTails $32.00
Needle Felted Doll Waldorf ... darialvovsky $22.00	Cute Gothic Fairy and Owl Au... MollyHarrisonA... $14.00	fairy figurine - The fox ri... SongandBranch $45.00	Angel Fairy polymer clay one... FantasiaCreati... $45.00
Maple Autumn fall faerie fai... TwilightFaerie $35.00	Fairy Cat Black Fall Porcela... MagicalTails $30.00	Owlyn in Autumn halloween ow... strangeling $13.99	Fairy Rowena middreamers $87.00
Cat Fairy Figurine Monarch B... tigerpixie $16.00	OOAK Autumn Fairy Teavia chitefl $65.00	Sunshine Yellow Wee Flower ... FriendlyFairie... $32.00	Autumn Fairy Print - Fantasy... aurella27 $8.00

Treasury tool supported by the dog house

A Love Story - The Squirrel, A Cat, and Me

I am not sure where my delusion all began but I am in love with squirrels.  Their cute little pudgy body is just screaming to me "Hug Me."  It doesn't start here but it definitely was a pivotal point in my crazy squirrel affair. 

Sweet little squirrels found in ETSY Shop Val World at
http://www.etsy.com/shop/valworld?ref=seller_info

On my last trip to the Midwest we spent time in a remote hilly forest that was actually a tough course of disc golf.  While waiting for my son to finish a hole I kept hearing a strange sound.  It sounded almost like someone plucking a rubber band but more scratchy.  I investigated and found the noise to be coming from a tree.  I looked closer and became excited when I discovered the sound came from the plumpest little squirrel chewing on a nut.  He was in the branch slightly above my reach he was so intent on his project that he didn’t seem to notice me; at first.  With camera in hand I approached slowly.  His head lifted slightly to watch me while continuing to chew on his nut.

I inched closer taking a picture and closer taking another.  I was thinking all the while about how sweet he looked and how I would love to scoop him up and cuddle him.  But having been raised in the country I knew not to, but oh how tempting...  I continued to inch forward, the squirrel stopped and then continued to gnaw at the nut keeping a good eye on me.  At this point I had convinced myself that maybe I could get closer even yet, right below the branch.  He is so sweet... so cute...until…

He sprung up squeaking, nut still in his mouth, tiny little hands stretched out in anger for my disturbing his peace.  Of course that didn't stop me yet.  I continued to take pictures up close and personal like a deranged paparazzi.  I’m snapping photos faster and faster as the squirrel is becoming angrier and angrier.  Then he jumped to the main trunk of the tree and stuck his upper body out as if to lunge.

At this point the temptation faded and images of cuddling a squirrel left, replaced by images from Chevy Case's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.  I envisioned the squirrel leaping from the tree to my chest in one swift motion and I decided to back off.  I left, his angry squeaks echoing through the forest behind me. 

I have learned, my friends, that I should stick to cats.  They are just as pudgy and soft and they don't bite...Usually.