Tinuviel Kruse

Recently Made

 

Newly Listed

I listed some goodies on Etsy this week:

What is making me happy today...

My bolt of white linen finally arrived. I'm giddy with anticipation.

The backyard is awesome right now. The irises are about to bloom.

I still have See's Easter chocolate left (how??!).

My dog is awesome even though he NEVER looks at the camera when is clicks.

 

Was so hoping for Union Square on Sunday

 

  +   +   +   +    +   +   +   = Bliss!!



But the rain crashed down like nobody's business. So we went to the art supply store instead. Glad the girls had a little credit left. I helped with the difference. Bought paint & tiny canvases and some new brushes. They spent the rest of the afternoon painting. And we went out for cocoa with my gift certificate from Peet's Coffe. It was a good Mother-Daughters day.

Bruno helped us wrap presents.

 

Our plan was to go to SF and visit Union Square with Grandma, but 2 out of 4 of us were unwilling to take our life in our hands in the mobs and rain. Whatevs! DH actually called me around 4 o'clock from work to find out where I was. He was so relieved that we hadn't gone to the City. He was worried about us driving in the rain. It was really crashing down with thunder & lightening. We don't get too many of those storms each year. But I had just put new tires on my car Friday so I was feeling invincible.

It boiled down to not having a good spot to park in the City (U.Sq. parking is easily $75/day) which would definitely eat into my ice-skating-and-cocoa money. Right? Maybe Friday. It's crazy to do it Chrismas Eve. But I like to see the lights and things before Christmas and not after. And this year I'm taking the Eve off. Blocked my schedule and I'm so glad I did it. It will make for an insane Wednesday and Thursday but it'll be so great to relax on Friday. 

Not sure how relaxing Union Square will really be on Christmas Eve, but I'm jus there to enjoy the scenery so I don't really care!

Holiday Inspiration

So much beautiful stuff out there right now.

For your perusal may I suggest the flickr photo pool at Whip-Up?

Also spending waaay too much time with Haus Maus, SFgirlbybay, pinterest, the English Department, Martha, and last but not least...the purl bee.

All the beautiful styling & decorations make me swoon. I can't tell you why I love English Dept. so muchy much. I'm not getting married (already am). I guess I just like satin and lace.

What I'm working on right now:
Neckwarmers
Fingerless Gloves
Sending Xmas cards
A fancy pillow
Lots of a-line skirts to sell.

We're currently house-hunting. Finding lots of fixers in questionably safe neighbourhods in our price range. Sigh, Sonoma County is so expensive...

On the very, very upside I am dedicating Mondays to 'Studio Day' wherein I experiment and perfect my a-line skirts and get ready to have a million skirt orders. It will happen!

Northern California

 
Annadel State Park

 
Mmmmm, not delicious.

 
For sure faeries live here.

 
What fabulous dogs are wearing this season.

How you gonna act like my slippers don't Bling??

Super sweet score from the thrift-a-lero!

Size 8 Calvin Klein sparkle flats with suede poms.

 

$4 bucks, for shizzle!

Oh, and never worn.

Card-making

A little note for someone special...

 

macro+

 

I crocheted the flower (Cebelia #10) and affixed it with UHU stick. After it dried I flipped it over to write & wished that I'd bought folded cards. Obviously, having a big hump on the other side whilst trying to write is annoying.

I'll probably use this batch of cards up with decoupage or something else. But, I do like the crochet so I'll get foldies on my next Michael's over-spending spree trip.

Flower Brooches

I will be festooning my Christmas gifts with these:

 
 

Will be experimenting soon with these:

 
My birthday pressie to myself this year:

 
and they're flippin' sweet!

Gift Tags

Frittering away my time making gift tags for the Holidays.

Loving my MS paper edgers. Easy-peasy and so cute.

Slicing & dicing my Elle Decor, domino and assorted magazines for the tags: