April is turning out to be a month of big changes for me and the month is still young…
a week or so ago I had my hair cut and donated fifteen inches to a good cause (I have donated hair in the past but this time around I learned how much it costs to make a human hair wig confirming that monetary donations are very much needed as well)…
for the first time in my life I have braces and what an adventure that is going to be for the next year or so…
late last year we had some work done to reduce the size of part of our herbaceous border getting rid of wild blackberry and honeysuckle vines to name just a few marauders (I Love them in a wild setting but it wasn’t good that they were choking out so many other plants)…
now we are watching to see what survived the clean out before we do any new planting…
I had fun recently altering vintage spools of silk thread that my always generous friend Carmen shared with our mixed media group using a bit of shredded map, wire, moss, rose ribbon trim and a shiny egg or two for the little chick to sit on and the little boy is from the top of a small valentine candy box that I altered years ago (I created the frame using distressed copper mesh and brads)…
the blue Muscari/Grape Hyacinths are definitely a favorite spring flower of mine ♥ they seem to pop up everywhere…
I am tagging along with everyone over at Elizabeth’s Altered Book Lover to celebrate T Stands for Tuesday and
wish you a happy day…
Magpie's Nest ~*~ Patty Szymkowicz 