it's always martha! martha! martha!

and thank goodness!
we here at mosey handmade are delighted, thrilled and even elated to have been picked (along with 19 others out of over 3,200!) as a finalist in the Martha Stewart Weddings & Etsy DIY contest.
we couldn't be more proud!
congrats go out to all the finalist and everyone who participated in entering their loveliest wedding goodies!

a return to the real

oh dearies. it has been too long.
but right now as the rain hums outside my window and the wee one sleeps deeply above me i am able to get a bit of the old me back. i am at my breakfast nook window with the laptop and a cup of french pressed coffee, a scone half eaten beside me.
i have already washed my face, scrubbed my teeth and put on the clothes of the day.
the dishes are done, a load of laundry is brewing and all the baby things are picked up and put away.
i have discovered that the saying:"a place for everything and everything in it's place"
is not a mere suggestion but a mantra.
it is the only sane way to get through the day around here between trying to sew, run a household and smile and laugh with baby em.
i miss my friends. online and offline. the offline friends are free to stop by now and again or drop a line...but dear inter-nest friends how i miss our comments, light emails, and blogswaps.
taggies and no tag backs.
i hope that this is the fall of getting back into the swing of it...cos my arm is out of practice
but
my mind is blooming with possibilities.
to alla my internest friends out there- a big "hello, how's it been"
"me- i'm doing fine."
xoxoxo

the woods are lovely dark and deep

and i do have promises to keep, and miles to go before i sleep.
oh sleep.
who knew crafting with baby could be so wild. i guess i should have thought of it~!
getting the TWO of us ready to fly to the west coast on wednesday in preperation for the renegade craft fair...packing a suitcase for em and i and another full of mosey's wares. i feel like a traveling salesman...in a good way. i am so glad that my family will be there to recieve me on the other end of this flight!
so-
this is a project i have been dreaming of all month. well since my wedding really (which was woodland themed, of course!)
the tiny moss terrariums have arrived!
made from rummaged vintage glass bottles and moss from the maine forest, a pinch of sea glass and a dash of vintage millinery.
i hope you like them as much as i do.
they look socute on my windowsill i almost hate to give them up!

acorn sweetlings

i love terrariums, don't we all../but i wanted to make something for those with a not so green thumb, something that could just sit on the windowsill and BE.
so here they are: the acorn sweetlings.
captured and contained in recycled glass jars and perfect for your shelf or desk or windowsill!
i'll be offering a whole lil' series of these guys at the renegade craft fair in san francisco next weekend, so stop by to bring home your very own specimen!

morning doves.

yes, doves that were made this morning that is!
getting ready for the renegade craft fair in san francisco this year. figured with baby em in tow i ought to be in my home town with helpers! em on my back and crafts on the tables! summer fun!!
i have been busy sculpting up a new batch of 'dear doves' nests!
since my old birds (feather and foam craft birds) are now officially extinct i have been making my own. these are a second version of the first built-by-me-doves. i feel like these have a daintier look and feel more like the original birds. what do you think?