time out

i absolutely love this time of year,
but it's easy to get a little overwhelmed by a to-do list that's
 growing larger than my chocolate-inspired-hips.

so my favorite remedy is a quick stroll on the beach.

there's no hustle and bustle here, no black friday, no cyber monday….

no long lines, and no searching endlessly for a parking spot.

 there's only mother nature doing what she does best…..

putting life back into perspective, one roll-of-the-waves-onto-the-shore at a time.


here's to a peaceful weekend, sweet friends!
xox

discoveries

"you cannot discover new oceans

unless you have the courage 

to lose sight of the shore."

unknown

{wishing you a wednesday full of creative discoveries!}

ocean of truth

here's a little sneaky peeky at a book i made using the paste paper from yesterday's post.

i tore it into four pieces and folded them to make the pages. then i mixed up a little bit of dr. martin's bleedproof white and grabbed my favorite calligraphy nib and began lettering a little quote. then i bound it all together using a pamphlet stitch, and added some little white shell beads that i've had in my stash forever.

and for the inside......i'm actually still trying to decide whether it's "finished" .....some of the pages look like they could use a little illustration, but i'm not sure, so i think i'm going to put it away, go back to it in a few days, and then see how it looks!

book finished using paste paper, dr. martin's bleedproof white, eagle falcon nib, waxed linen thread, shell beads

five minutes from home

i am so blessed to live five minutes from the beach.  and typically, i get side-tracked with life and don't visit as often as i would like to.  so, this morning before running errands, i decided to take a quick stroll on the sand...and i'm so glad that i did.  the ocean breeze will carry away any burdens that you arrive with...and those little birds, well, they make life seem so much less complicated!