Ma r k Y ou r C al e n d ar s !

T H E   CO U N T D O W N  I S   D O W N   T O   O N L Y   S I X   SH O R T  +  S T EA M Y  S U MM E R  D A Y S 

+ I WOULD LOVE LOVE L O V E TO SEE ALL OF YOUR SWEET FACES OVER @ THE  H O R S E S H O E   M A RK E T WHERE I WILL BE RESIDING FOR THE DAY + SELLING OH.SO.MANY NEW GOODS + DESIGNS . REALLY , THERE WILL BE SO MANY GOODS THERE I HAVE NOT SOLD BEFORE OR HAD ON ETSY BEFORE + I AM THRILLED TO BE DOING MY VERY FIRST MARKET .  B R I N G   A   F R IE N D  .  O R   T E N  +  S T O P   B Y  . I WILL HAVE  F R E S H  L E M O N A D E WAITING FOR YOU AS WELL , NO DOUBT :) CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU NEXT WEEK . D O N  '   T    Y O U   B E   F O R  G ET T I N  G  . . . X OX O 

+ J O IN   L OU  @  TH E  SH O W  O R  C LI CK  B E L O W .

W him s y : Goods+Designs

HEADBANDS

HAIR PINS

HEADBANDS

RECIPE + POSTCARDS

W H IM S Y  IS WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT HERE . RIGHT NOW . TODAY . X OX O .

Si n c er e l y , L ou : Rain+Tunes

Just a rainy July night . Cozy , in fact . One of those nights that , though we initially had plans to go out + hear some music at a local place , now I am actually quite thrilled for a cozy , rainy night in . We will see what comes . Nonetheless , I am in my kitchen , cooking up a storm { which never happens } + listening to the soothing sounds of Priscilla , The Frames , Kate + Kathryn with squash + apples + cinnamon + ginger + chicken all around me + the sweet smells of it all filling our home .  Moments like this - just living - tend to not always be as noticed + appreciated as they should be . But tonight , I know + I love . Just one little flame in my "flicker" as Kathryn Williams may put it . 

This rising musician once said : In years to come , I'll look back at the records I ' ve made + not have any regrets about a man in a suit making me fit in with fashion . They're small , sketchy pieces . I 'm not trying to make Big Art . 

Big Art or not , Kathryn has a knack for singing + for the art she does for her albums . Love them both . Just look . . . 

And listen . . . 

And read . . . 

I watch you wait / At the bus stop with one eye / On your watch / You turn + say

To strangers there ' s not enough time / For one man in one life / Just a flicker + then a breeze

Breeze , Breeze

But you sit there for hours / Watching programmes you don ' t / Plan to watch they just come on / And if you had one chance to change / Would you review your plans ?

'Cause there ' s not enough time / For one man in one life / Just a flicker + then a breeze 

Breeze , Breeze

I keep my time / Saved in a box / From going fast in cars 

I ' ve piled it high / From saying hello to friends / With a quick goodbye

'Cause there ' s not enough time / For one man in one life / Just a flicker + then a breeze 

Breeze , Breeze

'Cause there ' s not enough time / For one man in one life / 

Just a flicker 

And a breeze 

Breeze , Breeze , Breeze , Breeze , Breeze 

And love . 

Wh im s y We ek e nd: A Gi f t

Once upon a time there was a girl who was in love with a boy . And this boy ' s parents were quite lovely as well . So lovely , in fact , that they took a vacation + made a little road trip fromtotoand all of the way to to spend time with this boy + this girl + also , to deliver to the boy + the girl the Jetta that they drove . It was quite a gift for the boy + the girl to partake , but it was a perfect blessing after recently losing a car to the junkyard .  And so the boy + the girl + the mom + the dad talked + played + enjoyed a couple lovely days in the lovely company of one another . Games of Racko + grilling + home family videos + eating several delicious burgers + cookies + bowls of ice cream . And in this time spent together , the boy + the girl both knew that they had been completely + utterly blessed with the most splendid + loving family the world could give . And even when the parents flew away back home the boy + the girl could smile at the sweet blessing it was to see them + be blessed by them . The End . 

D r ess U p : H ot D ay Wi sh e s

THESE HOT  H O T  SUMMER DAYS MAY BE MISERABLE FOR MOST THAT ARE NOT TRAPPED INSIDE A ROOM OF AIR CONDITIONED BLISS , BUT WITH THESE HOT DAY ESSENTIALS , I DO BELIEVE THAT NO HOT DAY IS H O T ENOUGH . WELCOME TO MY WISHES FOR THIS HOT DAY . . . JUST  I M A G I N  E : 

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ONE PERFECTLY HOT SUMMER DAY . ENJOY THE HEAT , LOVELIES . X O XO 

+ ALL HOT DAY LOVE PHOTOS ARE FROM THE INCREDIBLY TALENTED + INSPIRING FOLKS @ WE.HEART.IT.

T hi ng s I L o ve : 1st F a i r

Yes . That's next weekend + I simply C A N N O T wait . Laura . . . are you in ? 

Fairs are things I love . I love the people there + the rides + the food + the music + that old time , good time , old fashion fun feeling . There is absolutely nothing to N O T love . Furthermore , to be able to partake in a tiny piece of Denver history , being its first county fair . . . count me in ! 

Hello carnival rides , fried food , bike rodeos , square dancing , bands playing , pavilions for fashion + crafts + the kitchen + fine art + yes , a F RE AK  SH OW  .  Not to mention Fashion Denver will most definitely be there + Fancy Tiger is a sponsor ! Therefore , it is bound to be grand . The count down to the fair begins . Seven + counting :)

W h im s y : C alen d a r L o ve

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I know I have a certain place in my heart for fabulous calendars + I know I have mentioned the Curiosity Group 's calendar club previously , even with a lovely link to the July edition , but here it is once more for you marvelous readers to snatch up before this very July is over ! {Gasp ! I cannot believe I just admitted to that } 

Follow H E R E to get your very own + your own in months to come , but follow BE L O W to see just how easy . peasy this project is . If I could , I surely would print off copies of this beauty to send to every single person I know . Because it is T H AT whimsy . And easy . Take a look . I made mine today + yesterday a couple kiddies I was watching + I made it a summer afternoon project . Give it a go . . . 

Simply cut where it says cut + fold where it says fold + glue where it has a picture of glue . And after a few minutes of crafty wonder , you will proudly be staring your July campsite wishing you could live in this little Winnebago world . And your Winnebago world may just look like mine :

And just before you run off to find your own July whimsy , these are a couple of my other favorite calendars that Curiosity Group has come up with so far : January + April . Cannot wait to see more to come :) Hello Wednesday +  XO X O .

S in c e r e ly , L ou

Someone once asked me regarding a creative mind , " So , are you almost constantly . . . overstimulated by every single thing you see ? " At the moment , I recall laughing + continuing the conversation in approval , but just began to give more thought to that thought in recent days .  How true is this of me ? Oh , so very . 

I mean , can ' t everyone be inspired by the image of an empty ice cream bowl set upon a yellow chair ? Such simple things sometimes + yet , I am continually astonished at how strikingly beautiful these simple things are . What is natural + what can be created . Creation is incredible + the human hands do marvelous things + if a bucket of used shotgun shells can appeal to me , then my lens to life can only be that much more joyful , don ' t you think ?  When a 6 3 year old , family owned surplus store on Alameda Avenue can result in 2 8 9 new photos on my camera , when a yellow checkered wall in a construction zone in downtown Denver makes me long to be there always , when I write + rewrite silly words just because they look perfectly grand on a piece of paper + when two hands touching on a dusty , dirty park bench is just plain B E AU T I FU L , then I suppose it is well worth it to see life through an overstimulated , overwhelmed , intrigued + exhaustedly happy eye .  For , I could simply not imagine seeing it any other way . For , would  y o u  ? 

W h im sy W e ek en d : B an g !

There once was a girl who loved her little life with her little dog + her little boy + little house + little friends + a little job that let her play instead of work during the summer . But even then , it was nice enough to just escape for a day or two or three , somewhere else , away from the noise of the city + the calling of things to be done . One weekend , upon pondering her life + how to best simplify it + let go of the cares of her little world , she left her home with a gun . And a boy . And a camper . And bikes . And fishing poles . And food . And drinks . And a friend . And they all drove down to the range to in a large with little orange discs called clay pigeons that fly up into the air from a . Yes , that was the big machine that the discs flew from . And as loud as the shots were + as teeny tiny as the discs were , the girl tried her luck + held a + shot it . And H I T the discs . Many times . And she was astonished at her discovery that after all of these years not every shooting a gun , she wasn't actually very terrible at it at all . What this girl also realized at the shooting range is that truly inspired her . So she took home two Winchester boxes full of empty shells to make do with . { Results to come } 

The three soon headed down to the where the fishing + napping in the sunshine + grilling of { hobo dinner = carrots + potato + onion + meat + salt + pepper in an aluminum foil wrap } took place . Everything around them was breathtakingly beautiful : the + the + the marvelous after the storm that nearly blew the down to the ground . Yes , some would think a double rainbow would be bright + V IV I D enough ,  but a T RI P L E  rainbow was a sight to see . With much merriment of story telling + eating + running through the rain , the girl + the boys spent a lovely evening on the lakeside with fishing poles . The only bites they got were that of the buzzing mosquitos that should far from belong here in Colorado .  The night was filled with the sounds of cheering + laughing + dancing from the fiesta on the yacht club balcony +swooping down to the water in hopes of catching a little fish dinner . Then , with a golden harvest moon looming above her , as big + as bright as the pumpkin she had carved last October , this girl knew that this day had been the perfect escape + she smiled happily to herself knowing she would shoot guns + see triple rainbows again oh.so.very soon. The End.