we got snow!!!

...lots and lots of snow! This is the biggest snow event in about thirty years, all the local tv news teams have been rambling on and on about it for HOURS everyday for about 5 days now. It's getting a bit old. Still, very pretty when you back off the tube and look out the window!

Come see us....

Yes this is our insane weekend!!!

If you will be in the Portland Oregon area please come visit us:

Magical Winter Faire – December 6 from 10 AM - 4 PM, Cedarwood School 3030 SW 2nd,97201 (across the street from Lair Hill Park) Jeff will be there.....this is a really cute Waldorf school and the sale is darling. It's held in the gym.... decorated in a flurry of paper snowflakes and cedar boughs (smells good)with lots of nice children.

daVinci Middle School Arts Fair, Saturday 12-6, Sunday 10-4, 2508 NE Everett, 97232
this one will be handled by my sister, Jody Foster (the teacher) this is also in the gym with a great assortment of art and you will also see some awesome middle school art here, plus dancers and musicians. And witness stunning middle school artist fashion too..... oh my!

Scan Fest, PSU Smith Center, 3rd floor Ballroom and Scandia Room (we are here) downtown on Broadway, best to park in garage and cross on sky bridge. Saturday 10-6, Sunday 10-4.... I will be here all weekend. This one has the best food and you can buy baked goods, (danish pastries, cookies ect.) and save them to dazzle with at Christmas. All set to polka music!

If you can't make it, I will be posting more stuff early next week at www.friendlyfairies.etsy.com
I always try to ship within 24 hours, Priority Mail...my packages travel fast!

...We're working on it.....

Here are some photos from the guys workshop......Dad's dogs and Jeff's boats & swords. Stuff should be finished soon!

Janet Ann

It's been almost a month....Mom passed away on October 16th. We only had 39 days from the time we found out about her cancer till it was over....it went too fast. We want to have a really pretty memorial service for her in the spring, with lots of flowers, good food and friends. Mom hated to give parties, not so crazy about going to them either so this has perfect......

So now we try to get through the days, Jody has gone back to school, Jeff, Dad and I are taking it one day at a time, we still have all of our Christmas sales to do. All three on one weekend.....oh help! Life will go on, but it's never going to be as good with out her....

Mom

About 4 weeks ago we found out that Mom has cancer. She is 74, has osteoporosis, scoliosis and has been in pain for years.....her Doctor just didn't take it seriously, did not run any tests and repeatedly told her "you do not have cancer". It took a trip to the ER and a cat scan..... it's in her liver, spine and lung. She just wanted to come home, so here we are. The hospice is wonderful, and it's free. We have a nurse who visits 2 or 3 days a week, a social worker and a bath aide...so Mom can stay here in comfort. She sleeps a lot, and eating and swallowing have become a struggle.....
As we were checking her out of the hospital, the pretty pregnant Doctor at the hospital said that Mom's regular Doctor "wants you to come see him next week", ( a 3 hour round trip from our tiny town to the city) we just shook our heads so she said she'd just note that the message was delivered. It's been a month now, and this man who was her Doctor for more than 25 years hasn't even phoned......

Hellloooo, long time no see!

Wow, where have I been? Not here sense March, good grief!

Lots has happened, I've been to several fairs and festivals....some good sales and a few lame, but thats the way it goes. Getting all wound up and excited for the Faerie Worlds Festival in Veneta Oregon the first weekend of August. The studio is filling up with all kinds of lovely fairy things... pretty fairy wings, crowns, lanterns and dancing ribbon wands. Next will be wee porcelain dolls and fragile little fairy furniture.....both are amazingly messy. Last year I did really well $$$ with the fairy furniture, when I told Mom how much I took in, she looked at me as if I had stole out of peoples pockets. So this year, no one is hassleing me about my dry sticks stach!

I'm loving paper...hats, crown and dolls too

This is what I've been working on....but I have to set it aside and get hauling on fairy dolls for the Buckman Sale, in just a couple of weeks...YIKES!
Today is Jeff's b-day.....we went into Astoria and he renewed his Drivers licence, we ate lunch at wet dog cafe-brew pub (bad, luke warm chowder) and bought dinner from Safeway (taco stuff). It rained hard all day.....Happy B-day Jeff!