creative thursday with photos!

Even though my camera wasn't working...

I got some pictures this week from creative thursday

thanks to Janae for letting me use her camera!!

(view from my place at the table)

I am on a sewing kick & loving it.

I don't usually like to tote my machine around-

besides being old... it's really heavy.

I am so glad I brought it today - I got a lot a project done that

I am thrilled about.

Having a day out of the house-

getting something creative done-

spending time with these great friends-

PLUS janae made the most delicious chocolate cake-

MY FAvorITE!

Not to mention hearing all about Karrie's

fun trip- Karrie just got home this week from a cruise.

She is so adventurous. Traveling to the Dominican Republic and on stand by!

Oh the stories...

I'm so glad you made it home-

And with SAnd for my collection!!

thanks

Here's what I'm working on-

(done with) a cherry apron for megan.

It was a very productive Creative Thursday!

sand collection

This is my sand collection.

I have been wanting to post about it for a while & today is that day. I love the beach even though I don't swim, don't want to swim & never get in a swimsuit. Something about being near a beach is just breathtaking for me. I love aquariums, sea life, everything beachy. I started collecting sand unfortunately after Brett & I went on a cruise several years back. I wish I had sand from those beaches we visited. Friends bring me sand back from vacations & we gather it when we are on vacation - I love it. I love to see how different the world's sand is. White from Mexico & the Bahamas- Golden from Hawaii & light grey from California. I hope to someday have shelves of different sand in my bathroom not just on the window seal. Sand is a great thing to collect. It's free & so beautiful & interesting. It's lovely & reminds me of vacationing. I buy all my bottles here. I've bought them in the store & on line. I picked up 10 of them last spring while we were in NY but now for some reason I can't find them online. I use a label maker to document the beach & state or country it came from.

I have sand from Ecuador when Megan was working in an orphanage, from Hawaii, from CA from St. Thomas, from Mexico- I even have sand from Liberty Island where they were patching the grass. I'm sure it was just bought at home depot & placed there by the grounds crew, but I don't care- it came from Liberty Island just below the Statue of Liberty & I love it.

I have always dreamed of owning a beach or lake house. Because I live NO WHERE near the ocean & very far from a decent lake... that's not likely to happen, at least not in this life.

So if you are near the beach & want to add to my collection- great- send me some sand- about 1/2 cup in a Ziploc bag or dried out water bottle. Remember to include the name of the beach & state or country it came from. I will add it to my wall.

*do you have a collection?
*do you love the beach?