Ruby finished

And now I'm working on her little sister; Ester.

Here is Ruby:

Stay tuned for Ester.

xx

~Annie

This is Ruby!

I am quite enamored of her!

She will be about 28 inches tall. 

I'm trying to decide if she will have a bonnet, a hat or if I'll just continue with her hair.

 I love the way her face came out-I used acrylic paint and colored pencil. 

Still one of my favorite techniques!

Folk doll joy!!

xx

~Annie

Bridal shower in 2 weeks~Aagghh!!

Chelsea chose her 13 year old sister to be her maid-of-honor.

 (Here they are dressed in the japanese kimonos their grandmother left to them)

 So that means her sister must give the shower.

 And since she is 13, that means essentially I am giving the shower. 

LOL!

But I am thrilled to do it.

 (Here is a much nicer picture of Isabel, she would kill me if she knew I posted that picture above, but luckily she never reads my blog!)

We are having a very traditional shower.

 Women only-no boyfriends or fiances!

Just 4 generations of women

 getting together to make the bride feel special

 and shower her with the essentials of setting up a home.

They will not live together until the wedding, 

so she needs everything. 

Just like in the old days, 

I love it!

One of the things we are doing is passing out advice cards to all of the guests. I designed them myself. They will be cut in half once I get them printed, making 2 cards per page.

What do you think?

xx

~Annie

Cherry pie

We got the most delicious cherries on our vacation in Michigan. 

Gotta make one of these:

Yum!!

Summer morning

OK!

After a good and restful nights sleep I am up early, said my morning prayers, took the dog for a long walk while its still sort of cool(not!) and now I'm ready for this:

Oh gosh-its not showing up too well. Gotta work on the photo editing a little more I guess. These are all little watercolors I did while I was on vacation.

If you were here girlfriends, I would offer this one to you!

 And we could sit on the back porch while the morning cool inches away from us

 and discuss the garden. 

We pulled 3~ 12 inch cucumbers off the vine last night! 

Yay!

 The summer bounty is beginning!

 I have 2 wonderful basil plants too, and I'm going to try to make my own pesto.

I love summer!

xx

~Annie