more sun, less clouds

Thank you for all your lovely words on my last post.

I know we all go through doubtful cloudy moments now and then
and it really helped to hear from you.

Once I got over worrying about things so much, I grabbed my favorite silly headband, plopped it right back on my head and got to work.

It's hard not to smile when you're wearing a bright pink flower on your head!

I wanted to take a picture with it on, but I still can't get this silly
arm of mine to go that high.

My wand is almost done and I tell you I like this one so much better.

I can't show you all of it yet in case Lynn might be reading this :)

The first wand I made was so wrong it made me laugh. It looked like a paddle!

I definitely needed to downsize.

So I left it for a while and tried again last night.

And I had so much fun making it that I'm going to make another one

...maybe to share with one of you later.

Are you doing anything special this weekend? I'm having company so now I have to clean and make room for my in-laws somewhere amongst the glitter. We are going to visit our favorite British pub with them tomorrow and all I can think about are bangers and mash! Now it's time to find that old duster of mine.

Have a beautiful sparkly pink weekend whatever you do.

friday e coupons and fun faerie wands

Happy Friday again! The days go by just like that, don't they? Just a quickie post to share some stuff. I was at a Michaels store recently and saw that they're finally taking mobile coupons. Yay!! It's about time. So if your phone allows you to access your email and you signed up to receive their coupons, you won't have to print them out anymore. Save your ink for more important stuff....like printing faeries and butterflies!

And speaking of faeries....

I'm really excited about Wendy's Spring Wand Swap at Bliss Angels. I think all the spots are filled up so you might want to check if you're still interested. I love wands...all sorts of them. I've made several Harry Potter ones for my son but faerie wands are so much more fun.

In fact, while I was wandering around Michaels looking for wand ideas, I saw this.

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They had a whole rack of these ready made wands!

Cute, but I envision something a little grander for my swap partner!

Love the colors in this Sugar Plum Fairy costume but that wand is a little on the skimpy side. Or maybe it's just me and my more is more motto, lol.

I made this vintage Halloween wand last year for the Queen of Wonderland herself,

my friend Wendy at Wendy's Adventures in Wonderland.

Anyway, I'll be thinking about wands and glue and glitter this weekend.

I hope your weekend is also sparkly and fabulous.

may day crown for a queen...sort of

Happy Pink Saturday!

The 1st of May is celebrated by many cultures as May Day.

The UK and Hawaii to name a few. It's a beautiful festival of flowers
and a young girl is often chosen to be the May Day Queen.
There's also the traditional Maypole and Maypole dance.

Sadly no one I know is having a May Day celebration.
Not even my very English in-laws.

So I decided to create my own merriment and  fashion
a royal crown fit for a Pink Saturday May Day queen.

Seeing that the only young girl in my household seems attatched to 4 little paws,
is of the feline variety and thus opposed to sporting any sort of headgear,
royal or not, I declared myself Queen!

It had to be pink naturally.

I used scrapbook paper, sheet music, velvet flowers,

lace, glitter, leaves...keys. I even added an
old sparkly green pin.

And when it was all finished....

...it was just a smidge small for my sleepy head.
At least a big gust of wind won't blow it away.

Silly enough don't you think?

 So on May Day I'm going to prance about in my garden

and be grateful for the beautiful flowers in bloom.

I should do this while the nice neighbors are still asleep I think.
So as not to startle them in case I get carried away.

Maybe I can share a cupcake or two with the fairies

or at least a few kibbles with the neighborhood kitties.

Happy May Day and Pink Saturday!

Visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for more lovely pinks!

Oh and be sure to congratulate her for being featured in the next Artful Blogging!

Isn't that magnificent? I love that magazine!

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