Bliss

Beautiful countryside, the open road, sun shining, top off the Jeep, 'Morning Benders' blasting

and my man by my side...

 

 ...all the makings of a blissful perfect day.

Ahhhh.

Kayaks

We've wanted to get kayaks for years now

and everything happily aligned just right a couple weeks back

that allowed us to find the perfect ones for us.

Up until then every time we looked, nothing ever worked out...nothing felt quite right.

This time not only was the decision on which kind of kayak seem super smooth, but also the timing

was perfect & the price just right AND we also got the custom roof rack we needed for the Jeep too.

Cherry on top type of stuff, ha ha.

 

We've been having sooo much fun & are out on the water every chance we get

and oh what adventures we are having together.

Since we can't travel anywhere this summer because of the new bunnies...

this fills our wanderlust beautifully.

 

We chose a hybrid kayak and we're so happy with that decision.

They are a cross between a touring (which is what you normally see)

and a white water rafting one...

which was perfect when our glass smooth lake suddenly turned into 2 foot swells the other night!

We can enjoy smooth water but also do class 3 rapids with these guys.  Wohoo, ha ha.

I am so excited to have a kayak finally.  I am now a Kayaker...ha ha.

 

I was super worried about my bad shoulder and my bad wrist BUT both seem to love the motion.

And those close to me know that being near water always heals & centers me...

so being right out there smack dab in the middle of it is even better....Wow.....

I am a HAPPY GIRL.



What's On My Desk

This is what's on my desk currently...

 

 

What creative things are you up to this week?



Owlette Prints

I finally...FINALLY!  got around to listing the last 4 owls

in my "Owlette" series, as prints in my shop...

Once again, as all my prints, they are printed on 8 x 10" Stonehenge paper, with top quality inks

& easily slide into any 8x 10" frame or mat of your choosing.

 

 

They are such unique and quirky feathered fellows,

that would make a great addition to any wall or shelf

or wherever your owl loving heart would put them.

P.S. These owls of mine are of course vegetarians and friends of rabbits & smaller creatures!

 

Visit my shop for these new prints & the other 4 in the Owlette series.

 



A Dose of Cute

Just hopping in to offer up some supreme cuteness

in hopes of making you smile...

 

Happy Weekend Everyone

from me & my daily inspirations, Teela, Yuuji, Flynn, Jinny, Jaks & Frenwyck XO



New Felt Brooch

I always love sitting down with felt, buttons, beads & embroidery floss.

These goodies lend any day such a wonderful & delightful coziness.

So I've been indulging in such days and making some new felt lovelies.

Here's one I just finished up...

 

Isn't it just the sweetest?

It looks great on a black bag or purse especially.

If you interested in snapping it up before it's adorning someone else's wardrobe,

do click right here, for this one of a kind handmade lovely is already listed in my Shop.

See you on Sunday.



Busy-ness

I've been mostly busy with the bunnies & my honey

but also with some art projects and home projects.

Also with gardening and time by the water

& oodles of time outside enjoying all the beauties there

& with head pain of course but also cooking and reading and other beautiful goodness too...

 

 

 Life has been busy and quiet at the same time.

But most of all it's been wonderful & abundant and feeling oh so very very good.

We're on holidays now so whiles I plan to blog throughout, I may be a smidge sporadic with posting.

But that's what's great about blogging, being able to show the natural ebb & flow of a creative life.

 

Do hop by tomorrow however to see a great new creation.

 



In The Works

I've been wanting to make a new batch of my bird necklaces/ornaments for a long while now!

It might be a small batch of only 20 or 30 but I am finally getting to them and it feels good.

They are unique and quirky little pieces for the whimsy-filled colour loving souls out there.

My first batch was mostly given away to family and friends as gifts.

My second batch sold out quickly in local stores and sales.

This new batch will be for sale in my shop & I'll do a blog giveaway as well.
I'll give you a heads up as to when they'll be hitting the shop.

Felt Rabbits & Stars Now In My Store

I've started listing my lovely felt rabbits and felt stars in my Etsy shop.

They are great little whimsical ornaments to hang in any room, from a bag or even in your car.

 

 

Do hop on over & grab one or two before they are all gone.

They are all one of a kind, handmade by yours truly & filled with good rabbity mojo.

 

Visit www.BijousWhimsy.Etsy.com

Zooooommmmmmm Zoom Zoom

What else can I say...

 

 

 

...A picture is worth a thousand words...(even if a smidge blurry!) Ha ha.



Fiarella

Everyone meet

 

"Fiarella"

 

 

She is extremely wealthy (family money if you must know).

She has a huge palatial burrow on the banks of the Tuscan sea.

Marble floors, fountains galore, an army of servants (all of whom love working for her I must add).

She is super proud of her several huge conservatories which play host and safe have to

endangered tropical plants, iguanas and butterflies.

She considers herself an amateur botanist & a great lover and supporter of nature.

Her family line goes way back in history, to Florence Italy, to be exact.

Her ancestors came up with and ran the very first ever gondola service.

The business was passed along to all the youngest buns in the very large family,

each generation proudly holding to their Italian roots and making the business better &

more profitable than the next.

Which is wonderful because the more money Fiarella has, the more she works to expand her

conservatories and the more butterflies and iguanas she can help save.

 

Isn't' she a stoic old dear after your own heart.

 

If you were to imagine the kind of artwork Fiarella has hanging on her burrow walls,

what kind of paintings do you imagine???

The Sweet Things are the BIG Things

It's so often the small sweet things in life

that end up feeling like the really big important stuff.

 

 

Like coming in from the kitchen to find your honey fast asleep with your bunny.

(They were both fast asleep like this for 30 minutes, ha ha)

 

 Happy Heart Sigh.

Shop Update

The bunnies are upstairs all quietly napping & staying cool with their army of fans.

So I've been able to sneak away and spend the afternoon in my cool basement studio,

happily updating, fine tuning & beautifying

My super colourful Etsy shop

 

 

I hope you can come check things out.

And if you have time, let me know what your favorite item/s is?

I'd love to hear from you.

#&*$&#(@!&%

Sometimes it's hard to feel like the world isn't trying to tangle you up on purpose!

Sometimes it's difficult to stay calm when you feel like your in such a mess &

the way out to a clear path is completely eluding you!

 

I feel like I am in that tangled mess right now even though in the grand scheme its a minuet problem.

 

My beautiful website has been hacked and my site provider took my site down completely.

All files are considered corrupted and have to be uploaded again, etc

and even more annoyingly, my email has been frozen until whatever the problem is can be fixed!!!

(so if you email me, I am not ignoring you)

Yet I can't fix anything right now, I have to wait & in the meantime I sit here and

wonder what long awaited opportunities I could be missing out on with my website not being up!!!

I don't think my website has been down for more than 24 hours in the last 15 years or more!

 

 

I so often just don't get people out there in the world...

Including hackers running amuck creating problems for good people & for what reason?

I feel like screaming.

 

Running a creative business is hard enough.

We creative entrepreneurs juggle 20 different facets of a business all on our own.

On top of single handedly making the goods, from our hearts & soul.

We almost 24/7 think & deal with the insurmountable task of getting those goods out to a world

with a million different wants, tastes, needs & quirks.

We keep going even when our rejection piles are way way bigger than our acceptance piles.

We are tenacious enough to keep toiling away even when migraines attack mercilessly &

continually drag us back 2 steps for every 1 we take forward.

We run against millions of other talented folks out there running business's too at the same time...

THEN we have to throw hackers into it!

 

&$^$*#&@!%#'!!!

 

(my Etsy Shop is just fine though, so do order a print or two to cheer yourself up & me too, ha ha!!!)

 

P.S. As of Wednesday evening EVERYTHING IS NOW FIXED....PHEW!

Thanks oodles to my site host who acted quickly and to my honey who came to my rescue as always.

New Print

SomeBunny's Watching

We have a secret little ramp behind our living room couch

so that the rabbits can watch the world pass by through their very own window.

 

It sure does do the heart good to come home and to pull into the driveway

to see one of our babes precious faces there in the window waiting for us.