~*~ Amazing Sea Creatures ~*~

Here are some more pictures from our beach trip....these are so cool! We ended up at the pier during low tide one evening. There were hundreds of sea creatures running around. It was so fun to watch them. I think we spent an hour in one little spot, just checking out the different shells crabbies and mussels were hauling around for houses.

Enjoy! :)

Can you imagine being this small and trying to push your way around in the sand?

I've never seen mussels actually come out of their shells and move around. They are really strange and very sci-fi looking.

Too bad this shell already had someone calling it home. :)

~*~new Beach Bear on the TDIPT mercantile~*~

I have a new bear listed on the TDIPT mercantile right now. In honor of my beach vacation, I decided to make a beach bear. His name is "Seaside Sandy" He is made of a sparse European mohair. He wears a darling little vintage jumper & sailor hat. His trims are also vintage.

To see Sandy on the mercantile, just click on the bar located on the left hand side of the page.

As always, thanks for looking. :0)))

Back from Vacation.....

Oh my...I got back last weekend from a fabulous beach vacation. We went someplace new this year, an island is all I can tell you ;), and it was so wonderful. The beach was gorgeous and there were maybe 10-15 other people on the beach during the day!!! It was great! We rode bikes everywhere, went snorkeling and found tons and tons of sea shells. We saw 2 manatees, a sting ray and a huge angel fish. I hope this horrible oil spill does not ruin this beach...it would be a huge loss! I haven't had time to download my pics yet, I've been busy this week trying to get ready for a yard sale. Oh my, I have so much junk it is crazy. Mostly antique stuff that I collected when I used to buy and sell on ebay. Now it's all going. I also had a fun idea while going through all of my stuff, so I set a bunch of stuff aside for some blog give aways coming up soon. I found lots of great fabrics, vintage reader that are perfect for graphics and some other antique type items. So be on the look out the next couple of weeks for that. I'm also trying to get some new bears made and finish some things for magazines.

Since I don't have my vacations photos ready yet, I took some pics of shells that I have collected over the years. I have them in jars and love to decorate with them in the summer. I also took pics of my Americana display. I have it in a corner of my dinning room on a chip n dale desk that my grandmother gave me. I have one of my favorite bears by Sheryl Wells proudly displayed, along with some other favorite items.

Thanks for dropping by.... :)