tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406454910035455542024-02-19T06:16:21.601-05:00TKDesigns4u-Nature InspiredInspired by the nature that surrounds me, I love to create items that incorporate natural and recycled materials.
This blog is my first and is still evolving by the minute!! But, I hope to combine these interests in nature and crafts to provide a place where I can share my thoughts, handcrafted items, tips and maybe even insprire you to look at the nature around you differently!tkdesigns4uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00605220537332704630noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40645491003545554.post-57281072978246394202013-03-13T23:46:00.003-04:002013-03-14T00:12:06.422-04:00"Love Birds" Adorable Recycled Soda Pop Can Birdhouses<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">"Love Birds" Birdhouse created with wood and<br /> recycled soda pop cans. <br /> Created by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/122430689/love-birds-wood-birdhouse-with-recycled?">TKDesigns </a>on Etsy.Com (click on name to be brought to listing)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"> of birdhouses called 'Love Birds'! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"> This adorable birdhouse in the picture above is the </span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">Each birdhouse is one-of-a-kind! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">Recycled soda pop cans and nails, create the </span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"> Outdoor paint in soft white and pale spring green, create the backdrop for this charming scene. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">The front panel of the birdhouse is a door with a latch, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">allowing easy access to clean and check on the birds if needed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">It has good ventilation which is important for air circulation and cooling. Drainage holes in the bottom provide a place for water to escape, keeping a comfortable environment</span> <span style="color: #9fc5e8;">for your bird family. A decorative wire hanger is included for easy hanging. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">The best time to put out your birdhouses are in February for southern states and mid-late March in northern states. I am an avid birdwatcher and use Cornell Lab of Ornithology for any questions I might have about birds.
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">This site will give you all the information you need to place your nest box, protect it from predators, what birds are cavity dwellers (use bird houses), how to attract birds</span> <span style="color: #9fc5e8;">to your property, and so much more. </span></span><a href="http://www.enature.com/"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">eNature</span></a><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"> and </span><a href="http://www.nwf.org/How-to-Help/Garden-for-Wildlife.aspx"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">National Wildlife Federation</span></a><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"> are two other great resources.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/122430689/love-birds-wood-birdhouse-with-recycled?"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Wire heart shaped hanger, back ventilation, side and back scenes</span>.</a><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">FUN PROJECT TO DO WITH YOUR CHILDREN</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">A great project to do with your children is to gather bits and pieces of ribbon, yarn, dryer lint, hair gathered from your pet after brushing them ( horse hair is a favorite of birds), twine or anything else that you may have around, and put them into either a wire suet cake holder or other container that birds can easily pull materials out to use. I like to use colorful materials that can be seen easily. Hang it outside from a tree branch during breeding season, and birds will love to use these nesting materials to construct their nests.</span><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">Over the years, my children and I have always found the materials we put out used in the construction of a nest or two! We've also been very surprised by some interesting items found in their nests that had been collected on their own from around our yard. One year we found a shiny pink metallic strand from my daughters new bike streamers! They must have pulled it right off her bike!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">Keep a look out for the next charming 'Love Birds' Birdhouse in this series. Check here on my blog or at my Etsy Shop, </span><a href="http://tkdesigns.etsy.com/"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">TKDesigns.etsy.com</span></a><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">I love creating custom designs. If you would like me to create your own special 'Love Birds' Birdhouse, or one of the four designs in different colors, please contact me at my etsy shop or at </span><a href="mailto:tkdesigns4u@gmail.com"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">tkdesigns4u@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">Tracey :-)</span></div>
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tkdesigns4uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00605220537332704630noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40645491003545554.post-3778101610784114702012-11-23T16:20:00.002-05:002012-11-23T16:33:21.648-05:00Let the Holidays Begin!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This year's Winter Bird Collection is ready to be purchased at my<br />
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The Common Redpoll, Tufted Titmouse, and Young Emporer Penquin are the 3 winter birds that have been selected to be featured on my one of a kind hand painted ornaments this year.<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Black Friday is here and the craziness has just begun! Everyone is gearing up to hit the stores with their gift lists in hand and hoping to find those great deals before they're gone. For some people, its a day to begin putting up Christmas decorations, planning holiday parties, relaxing, or hitting the gym to take off those extra pounds you put on yesterday!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">For me, Black Friday is a busy time for listing items onto my two online shops, rewriting my store introductions to alert people that I also am offering a 10% discount using the coupon code SHOP4DAYS and getting my mailing supplies in order.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/115477100/tufted-titmouse-ornament-2012-winter">Tufted Titmouse Hand Painted Glass Ornament - 2012 Winter Bird Collection</a><br />
All my hand painted ornaments are signed and dated by me and can be personalized on the back with a name, date, or short sentiment for free. <br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Each year, for some reason, the holidays always seem to creep up on me --as if I didn't know they were coming! Then I find myself scrambling to get all the pieces together to have a successful holiday for both my family and business. Why is that, when I consider myself an organized person? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Maybe there will be a time when I actually follow my list of "To Dos" and start painting my ornaments in the summer, or updating my family's personalized Christmas Tree Skirt before Thanksgiving! But why change things now? Things always seem to work out? Remarkably, I always manage to get the tree up and have Hanukkah & Christmas presents ready when I need them! Then like clockwork, every New Years Eve I promise myself that next year I will make things easier on myself, so I can really enjoy the season without all the stress! Ha!</span></div>
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Each ornament includes a lovely handmade tag with a short description of each bird that is purchased. It comes in a box, wrapped in decorative tissue paper and a raffia bow - perfect for gift giving!<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">So here I go....ready or not, I'm about to jump into the whirlwind of activity, emotions, and expectations that come with this amazing holiday season! But this year, I don't want to forget to take a minute along the way to slow down and enjoy all that I have, the people I love, and the true meaning of the holidays!</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/36747561/irish-sea-glass-christmas-tree-mosaic">Irish Sea Glass Christmas Tree Mosaic Keepsake/Jewelry Box</a></div>
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tkdesigns4uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00605220537332704630noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40645491003545554.post-91697941245991502752012-05-09T18:20:00.000-04:002012-05-09T18:25:48.426-04:00Great Blue Heron Came for Breakfast! <br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">Looking out my window on Monday morning I just happened spot a large blue/gray bird walking along my upper backyard. I had to look twice because his head was almost as high as my bird feeder that was set in the ground at approximately 3' high! I've seen this Great Blue Heron once before during one of his visits, but I didn't happen to have my camera nearby. If you were wondering what this amazing bird was doing in my yard? You guessed it - He was looking to eat my pond fish for breakfast!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">Luckily, the first time I saw him in my yard last year doing exactly the same thing, I put a black netting over the pond to protect my poor unsuspecting fish! I solved the one problem of keeping the herons out, but created another one by keeping the frogs in or out depending upon where they were when I put the netting up! So a few adjustments had to be made after several frogs needed rescuing from the net! It took a little time, but we've all become used to it. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;"> This big guy is just amazing to see in a backyard setting - </span><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">with a height of 39"-52" and a wingspan of 5', he looked so large and out of place! </span><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;"> When he noticed that I had spotted him, he flew up to a branch at the edge of the lawn and patiently watched as I took pictures of him. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;"></span> <span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">Notice his lower chest feathers which look a bit shaggy - I believe he is an adult since the juveniles are not supposed to have this yet. His long neck has a pinkish hue to it with a black and white streak down the center of it. His face is mostly white with a black cap on his head. His long thin legs and dagger-like beak are very long and yellowish in color - perfect for fishing!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">Although his diet is mainly of fish, they also eat amphibians, and occasionally small mammals and birds. Crustaceans are also on his menu!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">On the same day I saw the Great Blue Heron, I also had this cute little guy show up at my pond! I have never seen a Conmmon Yellowthroat in my yard before, so I was very excited to have both birds show up on the same day!! Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera this time to take a picture so this picture is from wikipedia. They are so beautiful I just had to show a picture! The female doesn't have the black mask, but the males look lide little bandits!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">They are much smaller in size than the Great Blue Heron, measuring in at 4 1/2" - 6" ht.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">They love to eat insects, which I could definitely use in my garden!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">Gorgeous graceful plants that have beautiful emerald</span><br />
<span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: large;"> green leaves with white edged variegation. The waxy white bells dangle in pairs off of red petioles. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I started with one plant I purchased from a local nursery at least 24 years ago. I now have quite a few plants that have colonized in several different areas along my path. They are always a delight to see! </span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">Tracey :-)</span></div>tkdesigns4uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00605220537332704630noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40645491003545554.post-54850013930189790042012-05-02T23:52:00.000-04:002012-07-09T00:34:07.430-04:00A Wednesday Woodland Walk!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Badly needed rain quenched my woodland plants today. I didn't think I would get out for this weeks walk, but later in the afternoon the rain tapered off to a light drizzle before the sun briefly came out!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">I love the woods after it rains, everything looks so luscious, the colors are vibrant, and the leaves glisten as the sun hits the tiny droplets of rain on the foliage! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-size: large;">Several new plants are beginning to flower along my woodland path this week. One of them is a beautiful native wildflower called Goldenstar or Green and Gold, Many years ago, I fell in love with its cheerful little daisey-like golden flowers, and was lucky enough to be able to purchase several plants at a native wildflower sale!.Today, those few little plants have grown into a beautiful patch of golden yellow flowers that hug the side of the path. They definitely brighten any partially shaded spot with blooms from spring to summer. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">For the past three years, this amazing Broad Shouldered Hawk has been nesting nearby our property. Last year he nested in a tree in our front yard and this year he's back nesting</span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> in my neighbor's tree across the street! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> How do two birds make adults run for cover? ..... By using the element of surprise! As you happily garden, mow the lawn, or any other outdoor activity you happen to be doing, they will unexpectedly swoop down just inches from your head, land on a nearby branch, and scold you. When you think they have given up, they swoop down again and again, until you finally get the message and leave! Their scare tactic is very effective for most people! But one of my pets growing up was a pigeon, so birds don't scare me, and I think it frustrates him that I don't turn and run like he expects me to! Infact, I enjoy the interaction with these amazing birds and will always be happy to see them return.</span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">My white Shooting Stars are blooming right now. They have beautiful spring green colored leaves that just seem to pop against the darker foliage around them. Their amazing white flowers bloom above the leaves on tall stems allowing the flowers to hang down in white clusters, their petals grow upwards and pushed back, making them look like little shooting stars. A definite favorite of mine!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">There is also a pink shooting star which is gorgeous. I actually have one, but something seems to always happen to the flower stalk before it blooms. Last year I sadly watched my dog step on it before I could shoo her away! I guess I need to protect it somehow!</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">My Sitting Area is one of my favorite places along my woodland path. It was inspired by two towering black walnut trees standing side by side, calling out for a bench! Across from them, sat the rock in the picture above. It was covered in virginia creeper, and other plants when I discovered it. I also created a very rustic little stone patio with the rocks I uncovered around our property while digging other gardens, </span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">linking the bench between the black walnut trees and the large rock. For years its been evolving as I add or change plants when necessary.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> Last week the Allegany Foamflower (Tirella cordifolia) began blooming and this week the Oakleaf Foamflower has begun flowering. <em>Don't tell them</em> - but this one is my favorite. Their leaves are oakleaf shaped with a tinge of red and their flower buds are a deep pink opening into a pale white/pink flower, giving it that two-toned effect. They are so pretty! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">During this time of year, <em>in my little patch of Heaven</em>,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">These beautiful yellow wildflowers are in full bloom!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">While the poppies are dominating the woods </span><br />
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Bleeding Hearts, White Foamflowers, and Blue Violets <br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-size: x-small;">Notorious for spreading aggressively by roots, these will have to be moved</span><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">These beautiful Adirondack Chairs</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> Old skis from the 1970's to current, are recycled into these fun outdoor chairs. Their frames are made from red cedar with a protective finish - perfect for years of enjoyment! They also create these adorable ski chairs for children (I think they would be great even to put in their rooms!) - what an awesome gift!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>tkdesigns4uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00605220537332704630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40645491003545554.post-85161238979374332912012-04-11T19:00:00.002-04:002012-04-11T19:16:57.264-04:00Wednesday Woodland Path Walk!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_wHSvoCX3SfsetKaB2abNNOVxxlsGhhhoieOMoi_yP0dlWdS0hwtb4aJCYXlVGv9XCxFaYhowvrp5hbbjsZ9nulJNi7ZL7xbHoTj8Kf2QemBN4glAi2EWCm9kZPIsfyzPI2O_OM/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #93c47d;"><img border="0" height="400" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_wHSvoCX3SfsetKaB2abNNOVxxlsGhhhoieOMoi_yP0dlWdS0hwtb4aJCYXlVGv9XCxFaYhowvrp5hbbjsZ9nulJNi7ZL7xbHoTj8Kf2QemBN4glAi2EWCm9kZPIsfyzPI2O_OM/s400/018.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebells. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Virginia Bluebell is a showy,</span><span style="color: #93c47d;"> early spring </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">wildflower </span><span style="color: #93c47d;">found through most of the</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;"> eastern United States. </span><span style="color: #93c47d;">They have dense</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;"> clusters of </span><span style="color: #93c47d;">pink flower</span><span style="color: #93c47d;"> buds that open </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">up to blue flowers!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Virginia Bluebells are so pretty!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> Like many of the woodland plants I am sharing with you today, they remind me of my spring hikes through the woods of New England where I grew up. When I started my path, my goal was to create an experience similiar to the hikes I would take. Since I tended to spend most of the time with my head looking down so I wouldn't trip, I discovered many of my favorite wildflowers! I loved nothing more than to turn a corner and be greeted with a tiny wildflower next to a rock or at the base of a tree! </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">That's how I tried to plant along my path, planting a little pocket of plants here and there next to rocks, trees and other little natural features I found in my little patch of woods!</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">I like to call these little plants Wild Oats, the color of their hanging bells are a light yellow reminding of the color of oats. I believe these were native to my woods and I just transplanted them around different areas.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Now they have grown into large patches, showing off their delicate little bells. One might miss them since they are so slender and their bells hang below their leaf, but as a patch of them they are very charming!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">They offer a variety of native flowering trees and evergreens to choose from each year. I believe this is one of the wild cherry seedlings that is now 8' tall! They are pretty and provide fruit for the birds later in the season.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Yellow Dog Tooth Violets bring me back to my childhood backyard where they grew in abundance along a stream we had flowing through our woods. I would sit along the stream in my teenage years and watch their beautiful flowers blow in the breeze. Their spotted green and brown leaves tightly covered this little mound along the bank and engulfed a large boulder that I would sit on and think about life. It was a nice place to escape the crazy life of a teen!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> So I had to have them along my path too! However, after 26 years they are only now beginning to bloom! For several years I was surprised by one single flower amongst a sea of leaves! This year I was surprised to actually have four beautiful yellow flowers blooming! Woodland gardening takes a lot of patience - but like I have said before, it is so worth the wait!</span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">This gorgeous Celandine Poppy is only one of hundreds</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> that bloom along my path.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">I had purchased one little plant from Bowman Gardens </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">in PA, and thought it had died. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">A year or two later, the foliage emerged, but no flower.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> However, once it began flowering in the coming years, it has spread to the point that I am passing plants along to neighbors or to who ever would like one!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">They do create beautiful drifts of yellow flowers, are native, and bloom for along time! So, I think I'll let them stay!:-)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/95323874/decorative-crystal-blue-silver-beaded">Decorative Crystal Blue and Silver Beaded Watch Bracelet created by TKDesigns on Etsy.</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: cyan;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">It was time to create something new this spring to add to my studios on Etsy and Artfire. After creating a new beaded watch bracelet for myself, it quickly became a passion, and then a new section in my Studio! <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_172438791">Simply Silver With a Twist Chain Link Watch Bracelet created by TKDesigns on Etsy.</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">What I love about watch bracelets is the convenience</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> they offer. Maybe its me, but I don't like having</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> to dig into my pocket book looking for my cell phone </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">every time I want to know the time. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">Yes, cell phones are great, and I couldn't live</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> my hectic lifestyle without it. But, its so nice to just</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> take a peek at the time when its right on your wrist.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/96297118/harmony-in-silver-and-black-beaded">Harmony - Silver and Black Beaded Watch Bracelet by TKDesigns on Etsy.</a></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> I look forward to offering more watches in the </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">future. Some will even </span><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">stretch, making it easier for people</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> that have difficulty in closing their watch bracelets with</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> a lobster claw or toggle closure.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">After searching for a watch bracelet myself,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> I know size and color can sometimes be a problem.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> Create the perfect bracelet watch for you by contacting</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> me through my</span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TKDesigns"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> etsy shop.</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: large;">I stumbled upon these wonderful solar lights for your garden by Treasureagain on Etsy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: large;"> I thought they were so clever and</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: large;"> adore the idea of upcycling vintage mason jars into useful items for your garden!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="color: #fce5cd;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: large;"> I was hooked!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: large;"> As I pictured how wonderful they would look in my garden, I decided to buy them! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: large;"> I can't wait for them to arrive!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Common Blue Violet in the white form- My first violet of the spring just bloomed today</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">! I just love them! I have collected quite a few different varieties that</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> filling my woodland path with beautiful drifts of whites,</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> purples, yellow and deep magenta pink!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> has naturalized itself along the</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> woodland path.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> When I first planted them, our dog was just a puppy.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> As I dug the holes and dropped the bulba into them,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> Needless to say, I would have had a lot more of these!</span></td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> For the first time since I created my woodland path, I decided to also add a<em> little tiny bit</em> of fertilizer to my woodland garden. After rejuvenating the paths, and mulching the beds, I thought, why not rejuvenate the plants that live there too! Hopefully, there will be alot more blooms to enjoy this year!</span> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">I love to always add a selection of bulbs to my plantings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> Little by little through the years, I have added species tulips and a variety of other bulbs to my woodland path. Unlike the hybrid tulips in your flower garden, they don't need to be replaced each year or two, instead they will come up every year and naturalize into colonies if they are happy where they've been planted. However,The squirrels seem to like my crocus bulbs, </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> Bleeding Hearts are beautiful when in bloom, but I think they are</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> Spiderworts are grasslike plants with beautiful flowers. I love the </span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">striking colors of the chartreuse green and deep crimson color sprouts.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Saving the best for last, are the fiddle heads that poke up and begin to</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> unfurl into beautiful ferns. I have many different types of ferns along my path each </span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">one with its own unique looking fiddle heads and later fronds.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">My Hummingbird feeder in red is hanging off a garden hook that has a</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> kiwi plant growing up it. The green birdfeeder I temporarily put into the stump</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> of the tulip tree we just took down until I decide what to replace it with!</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> This bird feeder is supposed to be squirrel proof,,</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> but they quickly figured out how to adjust their weight </span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">so they can quickly grab a seed or two!! They're so clever!!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Walking along the</span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> woodland path I can always hear a variety of birds happily chirping! The chipping sparrow, junco, nuthatch, tufted titmouse, downy woodpecker and the carolina wren are a few of the regular birds I see along my path and at my feeders. Today there was a large Turkey Vulture circling above our property. I have to wonder if it is looking for lunch - my yard is like a buffet for the hawks and larger birds of prey. I have many bird feeders, a small fish pond, and lots of bluestone walls filled with chipmunks--- what more could they ask for?! </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Yesterday, our local Wild Birds Unlimited newsletter mentioned that the hummingbirds are back in NJ. They reccommended putting out our hummingbird feeders now, since after their long migration they are hungry and looking for food. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">I decided to finish our walk </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">at the hummingbird feeder I just put up today! I can't wait to greet them back with one of their favorite treats. Usually, when they first arrive back to our area, they will fly up to my kitchen window and look in as if to say- I'm back, where's my treat? This year I will surprise them and have it waiting for them! If you would like to track the hummingbirds in your area, click on this website and find out when you should put out your feeders!<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hummingbird-guide.com/hummingbird-migration.html"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">http://www.hummingbird-guide.com/hummingbird-migration.html</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.learner.org/jnorth/humm/spring2012/update040412.html">http://www.learner.org/jnorth/humm/spring2012/update040412.html</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Hope you enjoyed our walk! Come back next Wednesday to see what else is going on along the path.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">I would love to hear from you !</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Tomorrow I will be showing a few of my favorite garden items found on Etsy and Artfire!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Have a great week!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Tracey:-)</span></div>tkdesigns4uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00605220537332704630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40645491003545554.post-89472465234294647502012-03-30T23:43:00.006-04:002012-04-03T00:32:11.749-04:00Spring is Here - Come Take a Walk With Me! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: x-small;"> Hellebores are one of the earliest flowers to greet you in the very early spring.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: x-small;">Here in NJ there are few</span><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: x-small;"> woodland flowers that are evergreen. </span><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: x-small;"> This year we are having record blooms!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: x-small;">They are also known as Christmas Rose or Lenten Rose because of their resemblance of a wild rose and they often bloom around Lent. Deer won't touch the Many of the Hellebores are toxic if ingested. </span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">I think spring IS finally here!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> If you read my earlier post on Groundhogs day, I think</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> Long Island's Groundhog 'Chuck' had the winning prediction - spring <em>is</em> here!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> My woodland path is beginning to wake up from this mild winter </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">and becoming alive with spring flowers! I get so excited each spring when I can finally go outside and be surprised each day by another emerging plant, or even better---a flower!</span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Spring Beauties are ephemerals that bloom in the spring and then die back by the summer.</span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> Mine are in full bloom along my path. Sensitive to light conditions, Spring Beauties </span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">will close up their flowers on a cloudy day and at night, then cheerfully open up </span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">With camera in hand and <em>sometimes</em> my coffee too,</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> I love to go out each day and take pictures of the nature that surrounds me. In the spring, my woods are filled with ephemerals (wondering how to pronounce that? i-ˈfem-rəls) which are plants that grow, flower, and die in a few days. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Many of the plants I'm sharing with you today are ephemerals. (Spring Beauties, Dutchman's Breeches, </span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-size: large;">Glories of the Snow, Winter Aconite, </span><span style="font-size: large;">and Bloodroot)</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> Dutchman's Breeches are another spring ephemeral woodland plant that has striking </span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">white flowers </span><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">that look like little britches turned upside down! One of my favorites! </span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Soon Violets and Trilliums will be replacing these unique flowers as they die back until next spring!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">These beautiful purple/blue Sharp Lobed Hepaticas </span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">and the white Round lobed Hepaticas (below) grow to about 4"-6" ht.</span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Butterflies, moths, bees, and beetles are some of the known pollinators. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">These are the white Round Lobed Hepaticas.</span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> Both Hepaticas grow in nice little clumps and flower before their</span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><em> new</em> leaves emerge from the ground. They retain many of their leaves</span><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">as the new foliage unfolds.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Our newly mulched woodland path. </span></td></tr>
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Now its toward the end of March and each day I'm surprised with new plants popping through all that luscious dark brown mulch!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;"></span></div><span style="color: #93c47d;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #9fc5e8;">This is a little sitting area along our path. The bench sits between two very large black </span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">walnut trees..</span><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> The blue Glories of the Snow and white Dutchman's Breeches surround the rock.</span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> When they die back later in the spring, Sweet Woodruff, Trilliums and Bleeding Hearts </span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">will take over.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> Glory of the Snow - Beautiful blue flowering spring bulbs that have naturalized </span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">through out my yard and woods. They create a beautiful blue carpet of flowers</span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> right after my white Snowdrops are finished blooming.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> Winter Aconite - Cute little yellow flowers that grow 1-2".</span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> They are will die back once the tree canopy gets dense by late spring.</span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">All parts of this plant are poisonous.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> daisy like flowers. I love the way their one large leaf wraps around their stems</span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> while they are in flower,</span><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> and then unfurl once the flower fades..</span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">. They get their name because they store sap in an orange red rhizome</span><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> It has been a real labor of love! Not everyone weeds their woods (twice a year) so these native gems can grow and thrive! Most have been purchased from places that have propagated them from seed - and not collected from the wild. When starting these plants from seeds it can take YEARS before I will get a flower! But it is so worth it when I finally look down and see that very first bloom! There is just something so enchanting about a wildflower.....I've been in love with them since I was a child!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed our first walk and become a wildflower enthusiast too! I'd love to hear about your plants, any questions I can help you with, or just say hi!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-size: large;">My daughter is the youngest of my three children. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Just recently she got</span> <span style="font-size: large;">her drivers license! As I sat in the motor vehicle parking lot watching her drive off to take her driving test, I wasn't quite sure why I had such butterflies in my stomach, I've been through this twice before and knew she was a great driver! But as I had time to reflect, I realized, it was because she is my baby....and this will be the last time she will be totally dependent on my husband and I for a ride! Getting her license is just one more step toward independence and one step closer for us to becoming empty nesters like most of our friends!!</span></span></div><span style="color: #ffd966;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">However, when she came running over to my car with a giant smile and waving a piece of paper, I couldn't help but be so happy for her! It didn't seem that long ago I did the same thing with my mother!! </span></div><span style="color: #ffd966;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Several days later, after looking at many different used cars, my patient husband finally found the perfect car to surprise her with!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">As she got off the school bus I couldn't wait for her to walk up the driveway! After pausing at the mail box, she looked up and saw this car sitting in the driveway! Yeah! She was shocked and gave the car a big hug... then I got one too! Her Dad was at work, but I got it all on film --I'm surprised I even remembered to turn it on, but even if I did forget, it will be forever etched in my mind!</span></div><span style="color: #ffd966;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">I won't really miss driving her everywhere, but I will miss all the times we spent together driving to her activities, talking, and sharing those special moments! </span></div><span style="color: #ffd966;"></span><br />
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This trendy shop is filled with beautiful crocheted hats for newborns to adults, scarves and mittens.<br />
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<span style="color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">Oh Baby!! How cute is this little one and the rest of these teeny models!</span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;"> As I was looking for a shower gift for a friends daughter, I quickly fell in love with all the beautiful newborn hats and other handmade items these little ones were showing off! The photos are just gorgeous!</span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;"> It made shopping so enjoyable to see these cute little faces and how the hats look on them! After hours of smiling and giggling to myself, I just had to share some of them with you!</span><br />
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This cute little baby bear took his nap in a tea cup! Visit this gorgeous shop and find beautiful and unique newborn hats, coccoon Pod Nest Wraps, and much more!<br />
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<span style="color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;"> Past the age of having babies myself,</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;"> Luckily, my kids are still in high school, college and law school, they are younger than many of our close friends families. So I don't expect to experience this first hand in my own family quite yet!! </span><br />
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Curly Ostrich Puffs, Over the Top Flowers on crocheted headbands are only a few of the adorable items offered by this beautiful shop!<br />
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<span style="color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;"> I'm having alot of fun exploring all the wonderful shops at Etsy.com and Artfire.com that cater to babies!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As I stroll along our woodland path enjoying another beautiful day of 45- 50 degree weather, I'm wondering what happened to the winter? If I closed my eyes, it could easily be a spring day, the birds are chirping, the squirrels are chasing each other through the trees, and all my bulbs are beginning to emerge! Usually in March I'm greeted by these little white flowers called Snowdrops, but, here they are beginning to bloom throughout my yard and along my woodland path in the beginning of February!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not complaining! Here, in the NW part of NJ, we are usually shoveling snow and skating on our ice rink in February. But here I am, outside with just a sweater! We've been having very strange weather this fall and winter. We had our big snow storm in October when the trees still had their leaves! But now when we should be having snow storms, its been mild weather with more rain than snow. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since today is Groundhog's Day, I was hoping that the groundhog's Phil or Chuck might be able to tell me if we will see an early spring this year or have 6 more weeks of winter. The prospect of bracing for a snow storm in the coming days is not appealing at all, especially now that I have spring fever! However, after watching the news, I found that even they were split on what to expect this year! Phil, the Groundhog from Pennsylvania claimed we would have 6 more weeks of winter and Chuck the Groundhog from Long Island, NY said definitely spring is here!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, living somewhere between these two cute chubby creatures, I decided to go with Chuck!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Only time will tell which groundhog will predict the true outcome of this winter's ending.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy the fresh air and start planning my vegetable garden!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div>tkdesigns4uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00605220537332704630noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40645491003545554.post-51050862592427625602012-01-23T01:19:00.000-05:002012-01-23T01:19:41.367-05:00A New Collection Just in Time For Valentine's Day! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I created this bright & colorful collection of hearts with recycled soda pop cans!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inspired by my wine charms called Recycled 2 Party, I began to put these little hearts to work to create this fun collection of art for the wall or table top. I just love using the wonderful colors and patterns of the soda cans and have used them in many of my creations!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wine charms, bird houses, boxes, jewelry and now art!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They have been cut, washed, & mounted with raised tabs on acid free card stock. Each heart is unique--creating a truly one-of-kind piece of art!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can customize this art work with any size frame, colors, favorite drinks, or mat board to create the perfect piece for you!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my many other heart shaped items in my <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/TKDesigns">Artfire Shop</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/tkdesigns">Etsy Shop</a> ---</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's hard to believe that this picture was taken yesterday! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It WAS April Fool's Day, but this was no joke! We actually woke up to this beautiful snowy winter scene on April 1, 2011! I'm sure our resident Red Bellied Woodpecker was wondering what happened! Only the week before we were enjoying 80 degree weather (Also not typical for NJ) and I planted these gorgeous Violas!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Aren't they amazing! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Violas and Pansies are my favorite spring flowers to plant in early spring. They are extremely hardy and have bounced back already after being snow laden yesterday! My garden is in full bloom with white snowdrops and blue snow glories are just beginning to dot my garden! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">A week ago during our short lived warm spell, things were just beginning to come back to life after a very long, cold winter. Anxious to get out and work in my garden, I got my first blisters of the season raking around my gardens! I cleaned up our two ponds and got the waterfall working again only to find out it has a leak somewhere along its path. The frogs came out to enjoy the warmth of the sun and watch me fuss around the pond, patiently waiting for me to leave.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hopefully this snow melts quickly and we've seen the last of it until next winter! I'm so ready for spring!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love hearing the birds happily singing, watching the chipmunks busy scurrying around looking for seed at the base of the bird feeder, and laughing how the squirrels have managed to make the feeder into their version of McDonalds, dining on my bird seed!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Spring is here ---- if only the weather would co-operate! !</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a great day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>tkdesigns4uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00605220537332704630noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40645491003545554.post-45999236627507133492011-02-03T00:53:00.001-05:002011-02-03T01:00:42.439-05:00One of a Kind Gifts For Valentine's Day!<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNQV6rskqiNvtNkRi3yHD3ujuCZN10LtgazmRoM2eV5gWn_rxl-Ld6qkx4AoRtN-O6HbD8xBImMnt7ENzGyyNe5sPfhfiAIwQ35RzrwOhuAhhynDlQrVWAeD_u0uTIPr3_GzZjWg/s1600/TK-Wine+Charms+Necklaces+030a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNQV6rskqiNvtNkRi3yHD3ujuCZN10LtgazmRoM2eV5gWn_rxl-Ld6qkx4AoRtN-O6HbD8xBImMnt7ENzGyyNe5sPfhfiAIwQ35RzrwOhuAhhynDlQrVWAeD_u0uTIPr3_GzZjWg/s320/TK-Wine+Charms+Necklaces+030a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/66798761/be-mine-copper-and-freshwater-pearl"><strong>Be Mine'</strong> Copper Heart and Freshwater Pearl Necklace</a></em></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love Valentine's Day! Hearts and birds have always been two of my favorite shapes to decorate with and create with! So, I thought it would be fun to show you a few items that I have just created --- perfect for </div><div style="text-align: center;">Valentine's Day!<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Having a Valentine's Day Party? Or invited to a party? My 'Recycled2Party' Wine Charms would be fun to bring as a hostess gift or a unique conversation starter at your own party! Earth friendly, these pretty hearts have been created with recycled soda cans! Each heart is one of a kind! </div> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Hearts of Gold, Black & Red</span></strong>' Recycled2Party Wine Charms</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Not listed yet!</em></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><em><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/66826694/pretty-hearts-recycled2party-wine-charms"><strong>'Pretty Hearts'</strong> Recycled2Party Wine Charms</a></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bracelets and Earrings are also wonderful gifts to receive!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">How about something a little different? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Once again, I put those recycled soda cans to great use by helping the earth</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> and decorating this adorable birdhouse! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">It's also a wonderful gift for a bird lover and their lucky birds this spring!</span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><em><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/66826694/pretty-hearts-recycled2party-wine-charms"></a></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> My 'Heart with a Connection' Collection, and handpainted Jewelry/Keepsake Boxes are also one-of-a-kind boxes that are perfect to fill with chocolates or jewelry for another unique gift! Inspired by my love of the ocean, I create my 'Heart with a Connection' Wood Heart Boxes, with wonderful natural treasures that have been hand collected from the shores around the world!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"> This gorgeous shabby chic heart shaped box was created with a bride in mind! This would be such a great way to present an engagement ring tucked inside with a handful of her favorite candy! A perfect bride's gift with a seaside wedding or just a wonderful treasure for anyone who loves the ocean! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Visit my Shop for more beautiful items for Valentine's Day!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I love working with people to create personalized items they can treasure!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Many of these items can be customized for parties and bridal party gifts<em>. </em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Contact me if you have any questions at <br />
<a href="mailto:tkdesigns4u@gmail.com">tkdesigns4u@gmail.com</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Have a great day!</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Tracey</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A</span> <strong><span style="color: magenta;">HAPPY</span></strong>, </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: cyan;">HEALTHY</span></strong>, <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">AND</span> <span style="color: lime;"><strong>PROSPEROUS</strong> </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">NEW YEAR</span><span style="color: yellow;">!<span style="color: magenta;">!</span></span><span style="color: orange;">!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: orange; color: white;">H</span> <span style="color: yellow;">A</span> <span style="background-color: cyan; color: white;">P</span> <span style="color: lime;">P</span> <span style="background-color: magenta; color: white;">Y</span> <span style="background-color: yellow; color: white;">N</span> <span style="color: lime;">E</span> <span style="color: cyan;">W </span> <span style="background-color: lime; color: white;"> Y</span> <span style="background-color: orange; color: white;">E</span> <span style="color: cyan;">A</span> <span style="background-color: magenta; color: white;">R</span> <span style="color: lime;">!</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: cyan;"> MY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION IS TO DRINK MORE WATER.......</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Cali our cat enjoying a little catnip mouse!</span></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> I HOPE TO GET BACK TO BLOGGING AGAIN SOON.....SO, KEEP WATCHING FOR </span><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">MORE TO COME IN THIS NEW YEAR!!! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: cyan; color: white;">~~~~~~~2</span><span style="background-color: orange; color: white;">0</span><span style="background-color: magenta; color: white;">1</span><span style="background-color: lime; color: white;">1 ~~~~~</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This month I had the good fortune to have one of my beaded necklaces included in a wonderful online beading magazine, <a href="http://www.beadingtimes.com/">The Beading Times</a>! My <u><span style="color: #810081;">Freshwater Pearls and </span></u><a href="http://www.beadingtimes.com/design0910.htm">Copper Necklace</a> was featured with square beads in the Design Corner(September issue). This column features a different bead shape each month, offering lots of wonderful examples to inspire the reader and get those creative juices flowing!<br />
Editor Sandra J. Paluzzi offers great beading, design, and marketing tips for the beading enthusiast. Meet featured bead artists, and enjoy a <em>free</em> monthly bead project! Clear, step by step instructions and great pictures make it easy to follow along! I loved this month's project, a <a href="http://www.beadingtimes.com/beading_project.htm">framed bead pendant</a> by Carol Ladine Lagoski!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Sandy also owns <a href="http://www.beadpeddler.com/">The Bead Peddler</a> (Wholesale Beads, Beading Supplies and open to the Public) and has a shop on Etsy, <a href="http://www.beadpeddler.etsy.com/">beadpeddler</a>.<br />
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It was very exciting for me to have a piece of my jewelry included in this informative online magazine, especially after the difficult summer I had. It was just what I needed to get that little spark back into me!<br />
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Tracey<br />
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</div>tkdesigns4uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00605220537332704630noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40645491003545554.post-46492172278284122812010-08-01T15:03:00.000-04:002010-08-01T15:03:38.516-04:00July - A month of turmoil!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/38840284/summer-rain-happy-crying-cloud-raining?ref=sr_gallery_11&ga_sea">By moonflygirl on Etsy</a></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;">This month's weather has been hot, with lots of rain...<br />
great for the garden... hard on the soul! <br />
Unfortunately,<br />
my life has been the same! <br />
Needing some time to sort things out, I decided to temporarily put my shops on vacation mode..... a first for me!<br />
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</div>I hope to keep blogging when I can, and open up shop again some time in August!<br />
The picture below reminds me that sometimes we have to go through some bad weather to reap the wonderful rewards at the end.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My shop items are still available to look at in my Artfire Studio. <a href="http://www.tkdesigns.artfire.com/">http://www.tkdesigns.artfire.com/</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Any questions feel free to contact me at <a href="mailto:tkdesigns4u@gmail.com">tkdesigns4u@gmail.com</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>tkdesigns4uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00605220537332704630noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40645491003545554.post-71830703713371441462010-07-21T23:35:00.001-04:002010-07-21T23:44:34.007-04:00Not Camera Shy!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TEe6cgTcRrI/AAAAAAAABPQ/WY3nXAekF28/s1600/10+07+16_8118aw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" hw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TEe6cgTcRrI/AAAAAAAABPQ/WY3nXAekF28/s400/10+07+16_8118aw.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">While sitting on the beach reading my favorite jewelry magazines, <br />
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I noticed this Herring Gull watching me. <br />
After 5 -10 minutes went by, I looked up again and </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">realized he hadn't moved! So, I slowly took my camera out </div><div style="text-align: center;">of my beach bag and started taking pictures. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Instead of flying away, </div><div style="text-align: center;">he seemed very curious and walked closer to check out my </div><div style="text-align: center;">shiny silver camera! Unfortunately, he got so close </div><div style="text-align: center;">many of the pictures came out blurry!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Later the same day, this little Laughing Gull </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">decided he wanted to be in pictures too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>tkdesigns4uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00605220537332704630noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40645491003545554.post-79819041785538705322010-07-19T16:53:00.000-04:002010-07-19T16:53:24.258-04:00This Storm Started Backwards!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTKx4Np-gLuEKZ6icr9OXBN9UeFK3Rfd_ERYCPCCVOGmsAAERm1PPrkhyt2T3ZPd0WzUZ1L4jzzDLcHK0cAEN9SS9Lu9d-yfxnWf8EjOmDvZD939r2qsMkVXqGUaoOpmvZUz_ABg/s1600/10+07+11_8016aw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTKx4Np-gLuEKZ6icr9OXBN9UeFK3Rfd_ERYCPCCVOGmsAAERm1PPrkhyt2T3ZPd0WzUZ1L4jzzDLcHK0cAEN9SS9Lu9d-yfxnWf8EjOmDvZD939r2qsMkVXqGUaoOpmvZUz_ABg/s400/10+07+11_8016aw.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> While we were on our vacation at the Jersey Shore </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I unwittingly captured this strange storm that actually started backwards?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After having dinner on our deck that overlooks the ocean, I spotted this beautiful rainbow in the sky! I quickly grabbed the camera (which is never too far away) to see if I could catch what I thought was a fleeting rainbow. The day was hot and sunny---- perfect beach weather, for our first day at the shore! There was no mention of showers or rain in the weather report.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, as I began taking pictures, I realized that the rainbow was beginning to change. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TD6EQhmC7yI/AAAAAAAABOA/xXb4GSdkRZw/s1600/10+07+11_8026aw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TD6EQhmC7yI/AAAAAAAABOA/xXb4GSdkRZw/s320/10+07+11_8026aw.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Clouds began to form.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TD6EUeyurAI/AAAAAAAABOI/TvWowVWV0b8/s1600/10+07+11_8030aw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TD6EUeyurAI/AAAAAAAABOI/TvWowVWV0b8/s320/10+07+11_8030aw.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">As the rainbow began to fade (left) this cloud formation began to form over the ocean to the right of it. The sun was beginning to set, giving the clouds a rosy/purple glow.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TD6EZBuzVzI/AAAAAAAABOQ/Lz43SMgfGvU/s1600/10+07+11_8037aw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TD6EZBuzVzI/AAAAAAAABOQ/Lz43SMgfGvU/s320/10+07+11_8037aw.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Then the rain began.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TD6EeFzc2iI/AAAAAAAABOY/8_bHXaRRnL4/s1600/10+07+11_8043aw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TD6EeFzc2iI/AAAAAAAABOY/8_bHXaRRnL4/s320/10+07+11_8043aw.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The rainbow was now totally replaced by this mushroom type cloud that seemed to rise from the ocean!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TD6EopeZZAI/AAAAAAAABOg/dLB6o5ORVzY/s1600/10+07+11_8044aw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TD6EopeZZAI/AAAAAAAABOg/dLB6o5ORVzY/s320/10+07+11_8044aw.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The sky looked threatening but it also reminded me of cotton candy! The gorgeous blue sky above this storm was such a pretty contrast to the cotton-like clouds. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TD6EyUF6S2I/AAAAAAAABOo/Ef5DBLa4b2A/s1600/10+07+11_8056aw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TD6EyUF6S2I/AAAAAAAABOo/Ef5DBLa4b2A/s320/10+07+11_8056aw.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">As the storm moved off into the distance I was able to see the rain coming down only from the vertical cloud. In the picture, it looks like a UFO hiding behind a large cloud!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Eventually, the whole storm moved out to sea!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">It was amazing! </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"> I'm so glad I had my camera to capture it!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a wonderful week with lots of sun, and some rain (mainly at night!) I saw dolphins swim by, a whale spouting water several times before moving off, lots of surfers and even wind surfers! The waves were big and the sand was beautiful but hot, hot, hot! I picked up lots of shells for my mosaics and even found some wonderful pieces of seaglass!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Vacation is wonderful.....but there's no place like home! We were happily greeted with wagging tails, and doggy kisses by our family pets! </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>tkdesigns4uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00605220537332704630noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40645491003545554.post-41954784946063571732010-07-07T17:09:00.001-04:002010-07-07T17:54:06.642-04:00A Gorgeous Collection of Beach Towels For Everyone In The Family!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TDTAuhf0bxI/AAAAAAAABMA/ePlkkwd17pc/s1600/il_430xN_153686432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TDTAuhf0bxI/AAAAAAAABMA/ePlkkwd17pc/s320/il_430xN_153686432.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/50113768/custom-beach-towel">Custom Beach Towels by kadydesigns on Etsy</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">Since my children were little, we've been going to the Jersey Shore for our vacation!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">Having such hectic lives year round, we just love to relax at the beach!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">Our beach towels have been well worn through the years and its time to search for some new ones. Of course ,I turned to my favorite shopping spots online, Etsy and Artfire to see what was out there! I was overwhelmed by the selection, there are so many wonderful beach towels and accessories available, that I thought I would share some of my finds with you!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdi5qkbDmr4X2EOhBv-HdrhqoJSIw7ffgo0PNvn6yCCqlar1hm2e8yffF4Lwv-qWCXLDn8o7TluKdn0kltQnqW7tezUUIyWnlon7oGETfGGn859YvsqSXjffI_H11W7gonh3hiDcQ/s320/il_430xN_147245375.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/48185353/custom-embroidered-loralie-beach-babe?ref=v1_other_1">Custom Embroidered Loralie Beach Babe Towel by threadmagicians on Etsy</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These fun beach towels come in a large selection of colors to choose from, and many cute beach diva designs to fit your personality! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TDTkUa_zZPI/AAAAAAAABNw/VYyOmaJ78nk/s1600/il_430xN_154655335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9C2s_mgVPi0/TDTkUa_zZPI/AAAAAAAABNw/VYyOmaJ78nk/s320/il_430xN_154655335.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/50403111/towel-bags?ref+sr_gallery_148ga_search_query=towel+beach+gags&g">Towel Bags by SoxonyDesigns on Etsy</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These towel bags are amazing! They are made using a beach towel that folds up perfectly into the bag for easy transport. There is an extra large zipper pocket in the interior to keep your belongings out of the sun, sand and water! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PLUS - The bag itself fits onto the back of most beach chairs preventing your towel from sliding down your chair!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">These wonderful shops are filled with lots of different items that have adorable designs and many personalized items! So check them out!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope this helped with some great ideas for beach towels and a few accessories!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Summer is finally here! At your next party enjoy using these beautiful beach themed metal wine charms, featuring SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS crystals! These are fun, gorgeous and a practical way to personalize your wine glasses or coffee mugs at parties, picnics, shore house, or even at the office! Never mixup your glass again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Growing up close to the Connecticut shore, I was at the beach anytime I had a free hour or two! During the summer months through college I worked on Cape Cod, MA, and after graduation found myself living along the Maine coastline. So, its safe to say I have always been inspired by the ocean environment.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I now live in NJ far from the ocean---</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">it took some time to adjust driving several hours just to enjoy a little beach time! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">However, many of the items I create are uniquely linked to a shore somewhere in the world. I love to incorporate many natural elements found along the shore into my mosaic boxes, heart boxes, jewelry, trivets and frames. I also have a new line of ocean inspired mosaic glass and shell placques that I will be adding to my shops any day now.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This is a One-of-a-Kind Trivet/Decoration! I used gorgeous genuine hand collected Sea glass, created in a beautiful mosaic, rainbow swirl of color! Each piece of sea glass has been collected from many places around the world such as Ireland, England, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, California, New England & Israel. Many of the colors are very difficult to find, some are even rare. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Sea Glass Lover's Dream Collection all in one beautiful, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">decorative, and useful piece!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So take a peek at the wonderful variety of handcrafted items I have created using the ocean as my inspiration!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.tkdesigns.etsy.com/">TKDesigns Etsy Shop</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Check back soon for a fun collection of Beach Themed items I found created by other great artists!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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