tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413362453930518932024-03-13T11:41:06.601-07:00BELIEVERowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-72703856409842865292010-02-25T14:26:00.004-07:002010-02-25T14:47:50.795-07:00THANKS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/S4btOMzfPMI/AAAAAAAAArs/KpMaxDeeCZU/s1600-h/FEb+2010+031.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/S4btOMzfPMI/AAAAAAAAArs/KpMaxDeeCZU/s400/FEb+2010+031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442298027934956738" border="0" /></a><br />I recently submitted our Thank you picture to the <a href="http://thankasoldier.wordpress.com/the-gratitude-project-youtube/">Gratitude Project</a> and wanted to share our experience. My daughter had a slumber party for her 8th Birthday. So we had all the kids and their friends make our letters and we headed to the park for a photos shoot. I am pleased that the kids were all so excited to be a part of this, it is important that they support the soldiers, even if they don't understand or support the war.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/S4bvOPwTNgI/AAAAAAAAAr8/u9Sgy1ilj8E/s1600-h/FEb+2010+030.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/S4bvOPwTNgI/AAAAAAAAAr8/u9Sgy1ilj8E/s400/FEb+2010+030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442300227750147586" border="0" /></a> We had a lot of re-takes, keeping 6 kids in sync for a picture is harder than you think. I think it turned out nice and the kids were having fun, being silly. I know we are part of something much bigger and that makes me feel good! Please show your support anyway you can too. It will bring happiness to you and the soldiers!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/S4bvNu2yumI/AAAAAAAAAr0/vXrGxnJi4Yo/s1600-h/FEb+2010+029.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/S4bvNu2yumI/AAAAAAAAAr0/vXrGxnJi4Yo/s400/FEb+2010+029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442300218919008866" border="0" /></a><br />February 13th, 2010 Eve, Devon, Lorraine, Max, Kaitlyn and Zane.Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-11086162588494318172010-01-24T11:24:00.006-07:002010-01-24T11:55:46.614-07:00Thank a SoldierToday I want to post about something that is dear to my heart...<a href="http://thankasoldier.wordpress.com/">Thank A Soldier</a>. There are many different opinions about war and people's beliefs during wartime, but no matter what your feelings are about war & wartime one thing must ALWAYS be clear, your support for the troops. This is not just for the soldiers of the USA, but ALL soldiers in every country. The least we can do as civilians and as kindred spirits is show our appreciation for the soldiers that give up their freedoms for ours. They are doing a campaign right now through the 28th of February to memorialize our thank you's called the <a href="http://thankasoldier.wordpress.com/the-gratitude-project-youtube/">The Gratitude Project</a>. <br /><div><br /></div> If you have a moment stop by and show your support, maybe even submit a photo, just let them know they are not forgotten or condemned for what they do, but praised for their courage and thanked for the sacrifices.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yCDseAUV6oc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yCDseAUV6oc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />If you think you'll make a difference and Thank a Soldier let me know, I am interested in your entries and unique ways we can come up with to thank them. I will be posting my submission soon, stay tuned...Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-6848340238799540412010-01-23T11:17:00.009-07:002010-01-23T13:32:14.736-07:00GO...BE...CREATE...BELIEVE!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So I 've been feeling like lately I have no *purpose*...what will I bring to this life...leave this life when I am gone? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> Yes, I have 4 beautiful children that I have instilled with love, compassion, empathy and good morals that we pray, will give them all a purposeful life!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/S1tGSE-PqHI/AAAAAAAAArU/Obafz-XVIhw/s200/San+Diego+vaca+2009+103.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430011052111669362" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/S1tGRkh5PMI/AAAAAAAAArM/KzQ7Eti94xA/s200/IMG_8226.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430011043402824898" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/S1tGQ5qr_II/AAAAAAAAArE/8cUvUv1VbZM/s200/IMG_8113.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430011031896980610" />!<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/S1tGQYGv5GI/AAAAAAAAAq8/GR2K7nkPTXo/s200/DSCN2149.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430011022887871586" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:x-large;">But as a single person, WHAT am I going to do that is Spectacular, Phenomenal, Fabulous?!?</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have dreams of becoming an accomplished artist and be well known in the Arts community, but is it enough? Is what I create the things that people want? Is how I feel about art how they will feel about it? I often have the horrible <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">*what if's* </span>in my head that are always negative and make me second guess my work...I'm not good enough to BE an artist!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/plxOibb0L0s&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/plxOibb0L0s&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span><object width="480" height="385"></object></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I find myself always derailing my create time by puttering in the studio, organizing and re-organizing ribbons and papers and stickers and such...only to sabotage my time so I won't create, then I feel guilty for NOT creating, WHY do I do this???</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So as fate would have it...blog hopping I came across this awesome video at </span></span><a href="http://megduerksen.typepad.com/whatever/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Whatever</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, the fun and very colorful blog I now love.</span></span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qpunQZ4cUyI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qpunQZ4cUyI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I think it's a sign...I will get over my issues and CREATE art, but more importantly, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">I will </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">B</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">E</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">L</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">I</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">E</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">V</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">E</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> it is worth it!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> And as for my purpose, well right now my purpose it to make MYSELF happy...then maybe I can make others happy. I'll keep dreaming of that famous Artist I want to become...but first, I need to take baby steps...won't you baby step with me?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If any of you have had struggles and triumphs to achieve with your art, please share the love, I have a felling a LOT of us have the terrible *What if's* that keep us from our creating!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">GO...BE...CREATE...BELIEVE!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/S1tVlKicv0I/AAAAAAAAArk/QxOA6b-FYVo/s1600-h/IMG_7683.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/S1tVlKicv0I/AAAAAAAAArk/QxOA6b-FYVo/s400/IMG_7683.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430027872697630530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">~a peek at my ever changing studio~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">p.s. I was looking for the *What ifs* poem and found this on youtube, Shel wrote *Boy named Sue* for Johnny Cash, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e5ZVIpB4sw">they sing a cute duet</a> and Shel sings a song about a father and a son.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-49589646350548781292009-12-18T14:14:00.006-07:002009-12-18T14:53:41.804-07:00Birthdays ROCK!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Syv1zok_tGI/AAAAAAAAAqs/-v1pylHzjUI/s1600-h/IMG_8169.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Syv1zok_tGI/AAAAAAAAAqs/-v1pylHzjUI/s400/IMG_8169.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416693244257875042" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I have so much I wanna share...first, I celebrated my 29th Birthday (for the 9th time) on Wednesday and was so overwhelmed by my family & friends...they all made me feel sooo special. I got everything that I wished for...<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Gwen Stefani's perfume <a href="http://www.harajukulovers.com/">Harajuku Lovers</a> *G* </div><div>Ooo and the website is fun too..<a href="http://www.harajukulovers.com/#/hl_uki_games">go play</a>!<div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SyvygFvS2aI/AAAAAAAAAqU/CMbLJQPl_SY/s400/51Tn5tEb9aL._AA400_.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416689609953434018" /></div><div>She looks so cute in my perfume bottle collection...I'll post pics later after I dust o_O</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>These Adorable deer earrings from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeeLoveLee">BeeLoveLee</a>. <div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Syv0S5LPR-I/AAAAAAAAAqc/TF9Urhq7l1M/s400/il_fullxfull.97818950.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416691582265935842" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She has sooo many cute lil bags, I'm especially fond of the<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=36721577"> hedgehog on the faux boiu background</a>...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Syv3xn8KhrI/AAAAAAAAAq0/jQoNI-EobQU/s1600-h/il_430xN.109953875.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Syv3xn8KhrI/AAAAAAAAAq0/jQoNI-EobQU/s400/il_430xN.109953875.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416695408750134962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">too cute!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanx for making me feel like a PRINCESS!</div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Syv0TQrpe_I/AAAAAAAAAqk/OzgyaRQq_I0/s400/IMG_8161.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416691588575886322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /><div style="text-align: center;">*kisses*</div></div></div></div>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-38959382480200772292009-10-24T23:00:00.007-07:002009-10-25T00:04:24.641-07:00...the lucky 3...<div style="text-align: center;">It is time to draw are 3 lucky winners for the Halloween giveaways...yeah!!!<br /><br />I rounded up a few of the usual suspects...but wait, they don't seem very menacing...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPvkSZN1XI/AAAAAAAAAok/pqJtr8gXhak/s1600-h/IMG_8043.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPvkSZN1XI/AAAAAAAAAok/pqJtr8gXhak/s400/IMG_8043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396420185211917682" border="0" /></a><br />ahhh...that's better...now let's set the mood...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPvk3o9stI/AAAAAAAAAo0/MD7J4oqDJGg/s1600-h/IMG_8051.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPvk3o9stI/AAAAAAAAAo0/MD7J4oqDJGg/s400/IMG_8051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396420195210080978" border="0" /></a><br />...What a host of gloomy recollections will ever and anon be awakened in the mind of genius and imaginative contemplation, especially of a genius doomed to the everlasting and eternal, and continual, and, as one might say, the -continued -yes, the continued and continuous, bitter, harassing, disturbing, and, if I may be allowed the expression, the very disturbing influence of the serene, and godlike, and heavenly, and exalted, and elevated, and purifying effect of what may be rightly termed the most enviable, the most truly enviable -nay! the most benignly beautiful, the most deliciously ethereal, and, as it were, the most pretty (if I may use so bold an expression) thing (pardon me, gentle reader!) in the world -but I am always led away by my feelings. In such a mind, I repeat, what a host of recollections are stirred up by a trifle!... Excerpt from <span style="font-style: italic;">A Predicament</span> ~Edgar Allan Poe (<a href="http://www.classicreader.com/book/1392/1/">to continue reading go here</a>).<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPvkvDHLuI/AAAAAAAAAos/V35N63P0saE/s1600-h/IMG_8048.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPvkvDHLuI/AAAAAAAAAos/V35N63P0saE/s400/IMG_8048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396420192903835362" border="0" /></a><br />...enough stalling...head roll please (get it, head roll instead of drum roll)...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPvkzSsYFI/AAAAAAAAAo8/PaZNmQFJmSk/s1600-h/IMG_8055.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPvkzSsYFI/AAAAAAAAAo8/PaZNmQFJmSk/s400/IMG_8055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396420194042929234" border="0" /></a><br />The owl earrings go to Jaime from <a href="http://www.aforestfrolic.com/">A Forest Frolic</a>...thanx for the twitter follow, by the way, ❤❤❤love your stuff ❤❤❤<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPxd1CkNLI/AAAAAAAAAqM/7r0cEiAUwQ8/s1600-h/IMG_8057.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPxd1CkNLI/AAAAAAAAAqM/7r0cEiAUwQ8/s400/IMG_8057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396422273276327090" border="0" /></a><br />my little goblin reaches in for lucky #2...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPwOsDm27I/AAAAAAAAApU/LegnjPJaWSE/s1600-h/IMG_8060.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPwOsDm27I/AAAAAAAAApU/LegnjPJaWSE/s400/IMG_8060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396420913655110578" border="0" /></a><br />...and the Batty necklace goes to Kristal @ <a href="http://bellagracehome.blogspot.com/">Bella Grace!!!</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPwOxE1EBI/AAAAAAAAApc/gxj9Lej_eXs/s1600-h/IMG_8061.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPwOxE1EBI/AAAAAAAAApc/gxj9Lej_eXs/s400/IMG_8061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396420915002413074" border="0" /></a><br />reaching in for lucky #3...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPwPFHu7dI/AAAAAAAAAps/M-SYRTkSKDM/s1600-h/IMG_8064.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPwPFHu7dI/AAAAAAAAAps/M-SYRTkSKDM/s400/IMG_8064.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396420920383303122" border="0" /></a><br />the cat ornament goes to <a href="http://pixiepages.blogspot.com/">PIXIE</a><br />I'm glad I got your name off the tag<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> before</span> it caught on fire!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPw8ifZvqI/AAAAAAAAAqE/LMoi4cI90uE/s1600-h/IMG_8065.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SuPw8ifZvqI/AAAAAAAAAqE/LMoi4cI90uE/s400/IMG_8065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396421701361319586" border="0" /></a><br />So there are the lucky 3...thanx ladies...I hope you like your goodies!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-79605071447915900862009-10-17T12:31:00.015-07:002009-10-19T22:04:20.841-07:00A Fanciful Twist Halloween party...<div style="text-align: center;">~~~I've had lots of comments on the skeleton riding the bicycle, the cemetery, the spiderwebs and this creepy critter living in the webs. <br />They are pictures from a Halloween <a href="http://www.northernqueeninn.com/nevada_county_traction.htm">Train ride in Nevada City, CA.</a> We have family in Northern California and went there a few years back. It is a fun ride, if your in the area, check it out...It's spooktacular~~~<br /><br />***all other pics are from our house, or past Halloweens***<br /><br />Greetings fellow trickters...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoutvhMvzI/AAAAAAAAAmY/yc-BX4ljMnc/s1600-h/IMG_0601.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoutvhMvzI/AAAAAAAAAmY/yc-BX4ljMnc/s400/IMG_0601.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393674867114295090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I am a bit late to the party, blame the evil <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/Groupastreptococcal_g.htm">Strept O. Coccus</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Stoc5fmmISI/AAAAAAAAAlI/yuUuhMyOeNc/s1600-h/images.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Stoc5fmmISI/AAAAAAAAAlI/yuUuhMyOeNc/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 76px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Stoc5fmmISI/AAAAAAAAAlI/yuUuhMyOeNc/s400/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393655277791093026" border="0" /></a><br />He does look quite menacing huh?!? I will not surrender, I have a party to attend {cough cough}<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoxCaMqzMI/AAAAAAAAAnA/92l8r3BbTvQ/s1600-h/IMG_4690.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoxCaMqzMI/AAAAAAAAAnA/92l8r3BbTvQ/s400/IMG_4690.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393677421191548098" border="0" /></a><br />A windy tale<br />the west winds blow,<br />in this heat of hell<br />no one would know,<br />the wicked hour<br />be upon us soon<br />in 13 risings, 13 moons<br />we will be witches<br />and pirates<br />and sinners<br />and saints,<br />too bad 'tis only for one day!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Stousz6PHrI/AAAAAAAAAmI/yXmzx8bT-Ig/s1600-h/IMG_0583.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Stousz6PHrI/AAAAAAAAAmI/yXmzx8bT-Ig/s400/IMG_0583.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393674851113180850" border="0" /></a><br />~the Wicked Witch Rowan Willow<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoxAhYtX0I/AAAAAAAAAmg/Y2hnVpvUrno/s1600-h/IMG_2673.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoxAhYtX0I/AAAAAAAAAmg/Y2hnVpvUrno/s400/IMG_2673.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393677388761358146" border="0" /></a><br />{me, Max & Eve}<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoxBUWpvoI/AAAAAAAAAmw/f_nYQ_IFfpk/s1600-h/IMG_4682.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoxBUWpvoI/AAAAAAAAAmw/f_nYQ_IFfpk/s400/IMG_4682.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393677402442940034" border="0" /></a><br />{Eve, Zane & Max}<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoxBIfuuMI/AAAAAAAAAmo/tdos9psE4Rc/s1600-h/IMG_3688.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoxBIfuuMI/AAAAAAAAAmo/tdos9psE4Rc/s400/IMG_3688.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393677399259789506" border="0" /></a><br />{SpiderMax}<br />...you're never too old to dress up...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StouryGON9I/AAAAAAAAAl4/09SjxiUy4BU/s1600-h/DSCN0823.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StouryGON9I/AAAAAAAAAl4/09SjxiUy4BU/s400/DSCN0823.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393674833446713298" border="0" /></a><br />{Paige}<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">~The tragedy of Macbeth</span>~<br /><br /><a name="10">Double, double toil and trouble;</a><br /><a name="11">Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.</a><br /><img src="file:///Users/tiffany/Pictures/iPhoto%20Library/Originals/2009/Oct%2013,%202009/IMG_7910.JPG" alt="" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoisDAAlKI/AAAAAAAAAlw/TpoJxD_Suyc/s1600-h/IMG_7919.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoisDAAlKI/AAAAAAAAAlw/TpoJxD_Suyc/s400/IMG_7919.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393661643844523170" border="0" /></a><br /><a name="4">Round about the cauldron go;</a><br /><a name="5">In the poison'd entrails throw.</a><br /><a name="6">Toad, that under cold stone</a><br /><a name="7">Days and nights has thirty-one</a><br /><a name="8">Swelter'd venom sleeping got,</a><br /><a name="9">Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Stoiq7Xqs3I/AAAAAAAAAlY/yWCE1lednhI/s1600-h/IMG_7913.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 291px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Stoiq7Xqs3I/AAAAAAAAAlY/yWCE1lednhI/s400/IMG_7913.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393661624616399730" border="0" /></a><br /><a name="12">Fillet of a fenny snake,</a><br /><a name="13">In the cauldron boil and bake;</a><br /><a name="14">Eye of newt and toe of frog,</a><br /><a name="15">Wool of bat and tongue of dog,</a><br /><a name="16">Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,</a><br /><a name="17">Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,</a><br /><a name="18">For a charm of powerful trouble,</a><br /><a name="19">Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoirQrMfxI/AAAAAAAAAlg/5erTF762EJQ/s1600-h/IMG_7916.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoirQrMfxI/AAAAAAAAAlg/5erTF762EJQ/s400/IMG_7916.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393661630335450898" border="0" /></a><br /><a name="22">Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,</a><br /><a name="23">Witches' mummy, maw and gulf</a><br /><a name="24">Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark,</a><br /><a name="25">Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark,</a><br /><a name="26">Liver of blaspheming Jew,</a><br /><a name="27">Gall of goat, and slips of yew</a><br /><a name="28">Silver'd in the moon's eclipse,<br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoirstXHbI/AAAAAAAAAlo/NClmYqHHzs0/s1600-h/IMG_7918.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoirstXHbI/AAAAAAAAAlo/NClmYqHHzs0/s400/IMG_7918.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393661637860728242" border="0" /></a><a name="28"><br /></a><a name="29">Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips,</a><br /><a name="30">Finger of birth-strangled babe</a><br /><a name="31">Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,</a><br /><a name="32">Make the gruel thick and slab:</a><br /><a name="33">Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,</a><br /><a name="34">For the ingredients of our cauldron.</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Stohm0r86QI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/H4zz4tacauY/s1600-h/IMG_7910.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Stohm0r86QI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/H4zz4tacauY/s400/IMG_7910.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393660454591326466" border="0" /></a><br />~play by William Shakespeare~<br />~photos by Rowan Willow~<br /><br /><br />In celebration of the most wonderful holiday Halloween, I am having 3 giveaways. All are handmade by me.<br /><br />An adorable pair of owl earrings...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sto7Wb5QHMI/AAAAAAAAAng/wRTGW8zIraA/s1600-h/IMG_7977.jpg">\<img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sto7Wb5QHMI/AAAAAAAAAng/wRTGW8zIraA/s400/IMG_7977.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393688760360639682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sto4ccLj0kI/AAAAAAAAAnY/bhwJjEpBAPI/s1600-h/IMG_7978.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sto4ccLj0kI/AAAAAAAAAnY/bhwJjEpBAPI/s400/IMG_7978.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393685564981760578" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A Batty necklace...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sto4b4_V0fI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/lt0IaH0bklU/s1600-h/IMG_7971.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sto4b4_V0fI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/lt0IaH0bklU/s400/IMG_7971.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393685555535270386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and a Cat ornament...<br />{very hard to get a pic of}<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sto7W3tulBI/AAAAAAAAAno/wE0TzZJVff0/s1600-h/IMG_7953.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sto7W3tulBI/AAAAAAAAAno/wE0TzZJVff0/s400/IMG_7953.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393688767828497426" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sto7XKIzSFI/AAAAAAAAAnw/nD6MpX0lchI/s1600-h/IMG_7947.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sto7XKIzSFI/AAAAAAAAAnw/nD6MpX0lchI/s400/IMG_7947.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393688772773890130" border="0" /></a><br />All you have to do is add a comment to this post.<br />If you would like a second chance to win, you can follow me on <a href="http://twitter.com/RowanWillow">twitter</a>, then tweet the giveaway on your twitter.<br />If you like your odds to be even better you can sign up for my mailing list, just send me an email at taleah@me.com with your info and keep your eyes out for specials coming in the near future.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoutHhhw2I/AAAAAAAAAmQ/5T5jV5ILZkg/s1600-h/IMG_0598.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StoutHhhw2I/AAAAAAAAAmQ/5T5jV5ILZkg/s400/IMG_0598.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393674856378254178" border="0" /></a><br />I will pick the winners next Sat. the 24th so you can wear your festive jewelry on Halloween.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sto-YSGkXQI/AAAAAAAAAn4/rlWwATt5fqU/s1600-h/IMG_4687.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sto-YSGkXQI/AAAAAAAAAn4/rlWwATt5fqU/s400/IMG_4687.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393692090626759938" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Make sure to check back soon...<br />I will be posting more pictures of my Haunted House...<br />but first, I must battle this infection...before I end up like him!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StousTJzibI/AAAAAAAAAmA/WXrNQ__rBu8/s1600-h/IMG_0581.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/StousTJzibI/AAAAAAAAAmA/WXrNQ__rBu8/s400/IMG_0581.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393674842320112050" border="0" /></a></div>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-35761444042767871912009-09-18T10:17:00.010-07:002009-09-18T10:53:42.377-07:00Tea Party with Alice and the Mad Hatter!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SrPEgAid_lI/AAAAAAAAAk4/YVP4N8JZMrU/s1600-h/images.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 94px; height: 142px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SrPEgAid_lI/AAAAAAAAAk4/YVP4N8JZMrU/s400/images.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382862033817304658" /></a><br />I am so excited...the High School where my oldest daughter was inducted into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Thespian_Society">Thespian Society</a> is performing one of our favorites<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><b><i> Alice in Wonderland! </i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br />We have also been invited to attend a special tea party with the cast. We get to decorate tea cups, have a bite to eat, meet and get our picture made with our favorite character...hmmm I wonder who we'll choose?!? I can't wait, I miss the days of my daughters performances, she is such a joy to watch! I'll post more after the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;"><b><i>Tea Party</i></b></span>!!!<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 95px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SrPIGAnR6QI/AAAAAAAAAlA/5e9CCqYNDvA/s400/images-2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382865985207396610" />Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-30946561062648298332009-08-15T14:19:00.002-07:002009-08-15T14:22:38.113-07:00Vacation ~July 2009I love <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/">smilebox</a>... please enjoy our lil' scrapbook!<div><br /></div><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5441344e7a6b324d44593d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: Our Adventure Summer 2009" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5441344e7a6b324d44593d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=yahoo&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-78933371921085508232009-07-09T01:16:00.007-07:002009-07-09T13:01:29.983-07:00Pomegranate petals, pink tomatoes & a pretty new blog!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SlWn7cMeqII/AAAAAAAAAko/rxwG5mTW3fA/s1600-h/IMG_0017.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SlWn7cMeqII/AAAAAAAAAko/rxwG5mTW3fA/s400/IMG_0017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356371971449727106" border="0" /></a>I've been a busy girl setting up my "new & improved" blog, <a href="http://twitter.com/RowanWillow">twitter</a> & <a href="http://rowanwillow.tumblr.com/">tumblr</a>. I learned a lot, and got frustrated a little (ok...a LOT), but I think the hard work was well worth it! I couldn't have done it without <a href="http://shabbyblogs.com/">Shabby blogs</a>, they make so many cute templates it was hard choosing. Go check them out if you've yearned for a new look, they won't disappoint. What do you think?<br />Now...off to dreamland...zzzzzRowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-16502520544049953952009-07-03T22:46:00.011-07:002009-07-03T23:18:27.884-07:00Freedom...fireworks...food...freinds...ahhh the 4th of July is awesome!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sk7wDTr0S7I/AAAAAAAAAi8/gq-Z3LcRkqs/s1600-h/ATT00052.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sk7wDTr0S7I/AAAAAAAAAi8/gq-Z3LcRkqs/s400/ATT00052.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354480946604428210" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I watched the flag</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Pass by one day,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> It fluttered in the breeze.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A young Marine </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Saluted it, </div><div style="text-align: center;">And then he stood at ease.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I looked at </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Him in uniform</div><div style="text-align: center;"> So young, so tall, so proud,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> With hair cut square</div><div style="text-align: center;"> And eyes alert </div><div style="text-align: center;"> He'd stand out in any crowd. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I thought how many men</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Like him </div><div style="text-align: center;">Had fallen through the years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> How many died on foreign</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Soil </div><div style="text-align: center;"> How many mothers' tears?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> How many pilots' planes</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Shot down?</div><div style="text-align: center;"> How many died at sea</div><div style="text-align: center;"> How many foxholes were soldiers' </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Graves? </div><div style="text-align: center;"> No, freedom isn't free</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I heard the sound of Taps </div><div style="text-align: center;"> One night, </div><div style="text-align: center;">When everything was still, </div><div style="text-align: center;"> I listened to the bugler </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Play </div><div style="text-align: center;"> And felt a sudden chill.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I wondered just how many times </div><div style="text-align: center;"> That Taps had meant 'Amen,' </div><div style="text-align: center;">When a flag had draped a </div><div style="text-align: center;">Coffin. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Of a brother or a friend. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought of all the </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Children, </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Of the mothers and the wives, </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Of fathers, sons and </div><div style="text-align: center;">Husbands </div><div style="text-align: center;"> With interrupted lives. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I Thought about a graveyard </div><div style="text-align: center;">At the bottom of the sea </div><div style="text-align: center;">Of unmarked graves in </div><div style="text-align: center;">Arlington. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> No, freedom isn't free. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Enjoy Your Freedom </div><div style="text-align: center;">& God Bless Our Troops </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sk7ygb0H7bI/AAAAAAAAAjM/1YcFGNN5Dyk/s1600-h/fireworks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/Sk7ygb0H7bI/AAAAAAAAAjM/1YcFGNN5Dyk/s400/fireworks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354483646026214834" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></div>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-30391580921816989692009-07-03T10:41:00.002-07:002009-07-03T10:45:42.394-07:00We're taking a trip back in time...back to the Ice Age!<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/4a021d9c269128b1/4a4e42de909d218f/4a021d9c269128b1/55fc8be/widget.js"></script>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-81698488219137920012009-06-21T12:15:00.001-07:002009-06-21T12:15:43.346-07:00Happy Father's Day to my hunny!<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5441774d4459304d6a513d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox greeting: Happy Father's Day" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5441774d4459304d6a513d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=yahoo&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own greeting - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/ecards" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox greeting</a></td></tr></table>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-80978137781947169342009-05-21T12:23:00.004-07:002009-06-21T22:53:27.345-07:00I'll tumble for youSo I am now a <a href="http://rowanwillow.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>...go see what I think is cool!<br /><a href="http://rowanwillow.tumblr.com/">www.rowanwillow.tumblr.com</a>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-79531623756944426622009-05-13T11:15:00.006-07:002009-05-13T11:38:27.895-07:00My Mother's Day Makeover<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SgsPNT2LkRI/AAAAAAAAAh0/CYvRJ9L8J44/s1600-h/IMG_7476.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SgsPNT2LkRI/AAAAAAAAAh0/CYvRJ9L8J44/s320/IMG_7476.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335374904890724626" /></a><br /><br />I am so blessed with a beautiful daughter that is so sweet. She gave me a makeover, straightened/ styled my hair and took me and her lil sister Eve for a pedicure. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SgsPZ8cqEcI/AAAAAAAAAh8/-eoHvHETnI8/s1600-h/IMG_7463.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SgsPZ8cqEcI/AAAAAAAAAh8/-eoHvHETnI8/s200/IMG_7463.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335375121947955650" /></a><br />At one point both my daughters were putting make-up on me. I have to admit it was a bit more make-up than I usually wear but I felt B-E-A-utiful!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SgsQIcO1c_I/AAAAAAAAAiE/g50Ur4hWtLQ/s1600-h/IMG_7470.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SgsQIcO1c_I/AAAAAAAAAiE/g50Ur4hWtLQ/s200/IMG_7470.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335375920753898482" /></a><br /><br />Here we are all dolled up ready to go out to dinner with the boys...TGIFridays was yummy! I had a great day with my family and feel very blessed to be their mother. Even if I'm dreading summer and bored, fighting kids!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SgsQw3HmYZI/AAAAAAAAAiM/rvncxe7IJ2M/s1600-h/IMG_7472.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SgsQw3HmYZI/AAAAAAAAAiM/rvncxe7IJ2M/s320/IMG_7472.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335376615166075282" /></a><br /><br />Thank you so much for all of your thoughts and prayers. I really do believe they have helped me and given me strength in these trying times. I have a small growth on the wall of my atrium and a PFO in my heart (<a href="http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/disorders/congenital/pfo.aspx">here is a link for more info</a>). I am getting a second opinion, and seeing what my options are. Thankfully, it is not as detrimental as initially believed to be. I am making several changes and trying to get back to "Rowan Willow" (my muse), how I miss her! I will try and post more often and I am working on my previously owed swaps and some new pieces...stay tuned...I love all my bloggy buddies!Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-21143809080325713942009-01-17T11:52:00.002-07:002009-01-17T12:17:39.439-07:00Calling ALL good thoughts and prayers...I have recently found out I have a density on the back of my heart, possibly a myxoma (tumor). I am having surgery next Thursday to confirm or deny this. I need all the good thoughts and prayers you can offer. I am at my wits end with ALL my health problems. I am continuing to stay positive and have faith that I will be OK. I have to be, I have 4 kids , 3 who really need me! <br /><br />I am not taking on any new commitments at this time. I still owe several swaps and I feel terrible about that. I would love to join the One World One Heart event. I made so many neat friends last year but I just don't have it in me this year. I hope to be returning to the creative community soon...How I miss it. I am feeling so depressed and overwhelmed right now, I hope you all understand. Thanks for listening and really, I am going to KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON!!!Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-54533300330240519642008-12-15T12:13:00.021-07:002009-07-09T01:42:08.256-07:00Birthday greetings!I have to share with you all the most amazing Birthday party I went to last night...mine (& my hunnies, his is the 19th). It was a SpongeBob Squarepants party, an undersea adventure. My 3 youngest kids (9,6 & 4) have been spending the last couple of weekends with Grandma preparing for the party...now I know why... See the shark?!?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbiMttixlI/AAAAAAAAAdE/O5_u7GZGncE/s1600-h/IMG_6931.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbiMttixlI/AAAAAAAAAdE/O5_u7GZGncE/s320/IMG_6931.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280156321195411026" border="0" /></a><br />No detail was missed. I entered Grandmas house to be engulfed with the waves and bubbles of the ocean and a giant squidapus (that's what the kids called it). I was offered an *ocean water* drink. It was riesling wine (my fav) and pineapple juice...yummy! They had made up some outdoor games which were supposed to be played during the day. We had another party to go to earlier, so it was dark when we arrived. I thought it was better in the dark anyway, it was deep in the dark ocean!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbjx5v1gEI/AAAAAAAAAdU/qPPI0kzc4S8/s1600-h/IMG_6933.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbjx5v1gEI/AAAAAAAAAdU/qPPI0kzc4S8/s320/IMG_6933.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280158059593039938" border="0" /></a><a onblur="" try="" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbjyHMP18I/AAAAAAAAAdc/tdifBrDf0Tg/s1600-h/IMG_6934.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbjyHMP18I/AAAAAAAAAdc/tdifBrDf0Tg/s320/IMG_6934.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280158063201867714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We followed the painted fish to SpongeBobs house...he wasn't home but we had to *search* for his babies...kitchen sponges, and yes, they were square!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbo7wTsMMI/AAAAAAAAAdk/08EOvBFE9gg/s1600-h/IMG_6939.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbo7wTsMMI/AAAAAAAAAdk/08EOvBFE9gg/s320/IMG_6939.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280163726415900866" border="0" /></a><br />There were killers whales and sharks trying to eat us and the babies. The kids had the best time trying to eat us and *swimming* around us. They all painted and helped create their cardboard costumes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mean shark...look at those teeth!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbrVPpJa0I/AAAAAAAAAds/WGTgxqZwCkg/s1600-h/IMG_6936.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbrVPpJa0I/AAAAAAAAAds/WGTgxqZwCkg/s320/IMG_6936.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280166363347381058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Is that Shamu??? Another shark too...aaahhhhh!!! They were trying to eat me , Grandma, and Scoutie (the dog).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbuFdoMrQI/AAAAAAAAAd8/saXzNVuKfJ0/s1600-h/IMG_6938.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbuFdoMrQI/AAAAAAAAAd8/saXzNVuKfJ0/s320/IMG_6938.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280169390758472962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here they are all the ocean creatures swimming in the ocean waves...Max<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbvZl7qicI/AAAAAAAAAeE/WzSPKSmquQk/s1600-h/IMG_6945.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbvZl7qicI/AAAAAAAAAeE/WzSPKSmquQk/s320/IMG_6945.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280170836096616898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Eve...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbzfdYt6EI/AAAAAAAAAeM/XXBejdREst4/s1600-h/IMG_6946.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUbzfdYt6EI/AAAAAAAAAeM/XXBejdREst4/s320/IMG_6946.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280175334928279618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Zane...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUb2mfOdnxI/AAAAAAAAAeU/cqmJGNt_YAQ/s1600-h/IMG_6947.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUb2mfOdnxI/AAAAAAAAAeU/cqmJGNt_YAQ/s320/IMG_6947.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280178754216107794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUb3GZUbAoI/AAAAAAAAAec/qY6sPLLS7Ic/s1600-h/IMG_6949.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUb3GZUbAoI/AAAAAAAAAec/qY6sPLLS7Ic/s320/IMG_6949.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280179302386303618" border="0" /></a><br />My mother joined us too. Here we are getting ready to eat sushi, even the new plates Grandma Karen got were called tidal (and 50% off at Pier One, score Grandma Karen)! Look up at the top of the pictures and you can see the bubbles above us. I look like a drunk holding the bottle, I was making my *ocean water* right before Nathan took the picture.<br /><br />To finish off the meal we had a DeLiCiOuS pineapple upside down Birthday cake...mmmmm The kids were so proud of themselves, they helped Grandma cook it and I heard they were eager spoon/bowl lickers!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUb4Qi5BxRI/AAAAAAAAAek/ayBgWnhKCBI/s1600-h/IMG_6950.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUb4Qi5BxRI/AAAAAAAAAek/ayBgWnhKCBI/s320/IMG_6950.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280180576266077458" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Max helped me put in the candles...<br /><br /><br />The kids also made homemade, hand cranked banana ice cream....yuuummmm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUb43nZRIjI/AAAAAAAAAes/zxOPd_QH8lk/s1600-h/IMG_6954.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUb43nZRIjI/AAAAAAAAAes/zxOPd_QH8lk/s320/IMG_6954.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280181247489942066" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We are so blessed to have such a wonderful Family!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUb5sa9QD6I/AAAAAAAAAe0/E_RZqYhePFw/s1600-h/IMG_6959.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUb5sa9QD6I/AAAAAAAAAe0/E_RZqYhePFw/s320/IMG_6959.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280182154684272546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Happy Birthday to US...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUb6GawEhrI/AAAAAAAAAe8/bKaA7UszF48/s1600-h/IMG_6960.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUb6GawEhrI/AAAAAAAAAe8/bKaA7UszF48/s320/IMG_6960.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280182601305589426" border="0" /></a>I can't thank Karen and the kids enough and I will never forget this birthday party. It will go down in our family history of GR8 parties, second only to Zane's awesome army party...or Eve's Princess for a day party...</div>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-15643136259151758732008-12-12T06:37:00.004-07:002008-12-12T07:41:26.239-07:00I'm Back!I am back and feeling pretty awful for neglecting my poor blog. It has been a rough couple of months but I should have at least popped in to say hello. I am at a turning point with my health problems and I have had to accept the fact that I will have a different life than I had imagined having 20 years ago. I think that has been the hardest part, and it has caused me a great deal of depression. I quit taking the morphine cuz it was making me a zombie. So now my pain is another issue. It takes my half the day to get moving now. I get up every morning around 5 or 6 from the pain, that makes for Loooonnnggggg days! This is a total switch for me, before I would stay up pretty late 12 or later, and get up around 9. Anyhoo, I am not blogging to complain...I am dealing with everything much better now....I'm blogging cuz it makes me feel good. I love making friends and meeting artists in this great big blogosphere! <br /><br />In honor of my return to bloglandia, I have joined a blog party, It's on my Birthday, December 15th, I had to join! It looks really fun, go check it out. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUJurLb4ADI/AAAAAAAAAc0/yKkj36pmf5Q/s1600-h/6a00e39334a3d18834010536408af2970b-200wi.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 245px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUJurLb4ADI/AAAAAAAAAc0/yKkj36pmf5Q/s320/6a00e39334a3d18834010536408af2970b-200wi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278903401314779186" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://prettypetals.typepad.com/prettypetals/2008/12/a-pretty-little-christmas-blog-party.html">A Pretty Little Christmas Blog Party</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So I am off to putter in my NEW studio!!! Yes, I said my NEW studio...eeekkkk I am so excited, now if I could only get upstairs and unpack it ALL...uuggg! My house has a loft and previously when my oldest lived with us my boys shared a room in the loft. When Paige moved out the boys got her room and we made the loft a playroom. Well, they never kept it clean so I said "Now it's MY playroom". I have trouble getting up the stairs some days, but it gets me moving whether I like it or not (the master bedroom is downstairs, I never thought when we bought our house that it was going to be so handy, funny how things like that work out :0)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUJyC7lS6QI/AAAAAAAAAc8/Giaf2G2brq8/s1600-h/IMG_6846.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SUJyC7lS6QI/AAAAAAAAAc8/Giaf2G2brq8/s320/IMG_6846.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278907107911067906" /></a>Here I am in my front room ...uh um... I mean old studio. Sadly my stuff kept spreading and I was taking up the entire front room, not good with Christmas right around the corner. I'll post pictures of the new studio soon :0)<br /><br />It sure feels good to be back, If you drop by, please leave me a message ✿Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-55881191602747796762008-08-05T01:28:00.004-07:002008-08-05T02:12:23.331-07:00Mini vacation...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SJgS5oVqcNI/AAAAAAAAAWM/bqTonkFrJ1M/s1600-h/IMG_6609.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SJgS5oVqcNI/AAAAAAAAAWM/bqTonkFrJ1M/s320/IMG_6609.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230951748480954578" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We had the opportunity to spend the weekend at one of the valleys hotels (<a href="http://www.pointehilton.com/special-offers.htm">The Pointe Hilton</a>) with a water park. Nathan's mom got us the suite room which came with 4 passes to the pool park. We had so much fun playing and swimming. Man, my kids are fishes I tell ya. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SJgS5w9RkjI/AAAAAAAAAWU/Uwu2H1xMeiQ/s1600-h/IMG_6611.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SJgS5w9RkjI/AAAAAAAAAWU/Uwu2H1xMeiQ/s320/IMG_6611.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230951750794580530" /></a><br />Zane is able to swim on his own and with his goggles was off adventuring, some of his hockey buddies were even there. Eve was still pretty nervous about her skills and eventually lost the floaties and swim board and was having a blast...*mom watch this...Mom look at me...Did you see me swim?!?* She was all over the pool too. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SJgS6PQQqII/AAAAAAAAAWc/p1zM_xBvj7k/s1600-h/IMG_6614.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SJgS6PQQqII/AAAAAAAAAWc/p1zM_xBvj7k/s320/IMG_6614.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230951758927276162" /></a>Max (4) is still not self sufficient and stuck with mom, dad or grandma, but by the end of yesterday was feeling brave enough to just swim with his board...no floaties, I was a nervous wreck at that point. I was on him like stink on poo! We all had a blast and came home a little burned and a LOT tired! <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>One of the most beautiful things about the desert we dwell in is the sunsets...breathtaking...and this one is mediocre at best.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SJgS6s7QOUI/AAAAAAAAAWk/FF_yjc2Hpzg/s1600-h/IMG_6615.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SJgS6s7QOUI/AAAAAAAAAWk/FF_yjc2Hpzg/s320/IMG_6615.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230951766892230978" /></a>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-18252570841905293092008-08-01T13:56:00.003-07:002008-08-01T14:05:57.183-07:00Believe...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SJN6AybZTbI/AAAAAAAAAWE/0wlgHMCNya0/s1600-h/Logodraft+10+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SJN6AybZTbI/AAAAAAAAAWE/0wlgHMCNya0/s320/Logodraft+10+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229657746262543794" /></a><br />If you have been following me for awhile you know how I have made 2008 my *believe* year. I am constantly having to remind myself to *just believe* and I recently discovered "The Secret", If you haven't heard of it click on the banner at the top to read a little about the idea. Anyhoo I had this in my inbox and HAD to post it. I *believe* it is a good thing! Oh and check out my new logo....eeee squeals of joy...I love it!!!<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px; font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><p>Ask, Believe, Receive - just three simple steps to create what you want. However, very often the second step, <em>believe</em>, can be the most difficult one. And yet it is the greatest step you will ever take. When you master<em>believing</em>, you have mastered your life.</p><p>To master <em>believing</em>, all you have to do is tip the balance of your thoughts, words, and actions, from 'not believing' to <em>believing</em>. The ONLY thing that can ever get in the way of manifesting what you want, is having more thoughts of 'not believing', speaking more words of 'not believing', and taking more actions of 'not believing', than you are of <em>believing</em>. Base the majority of your thoughts, words, and actions in <em>believing</em>, and the law of attraction must obey you.</p><p><em>Believing</em> contains no doubt. <em>Believing</em> does not waiver. <em>Believing</em> is absolute faith. <em>Believing</em> remains steadfast despite what is happening in the outside world.</p></span></div>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-89700073532183000782008-07-27T01:00:00.026-07:002008-07-27T23:02:25.608-07:00Jewels Of the Sea Swap...yippeeeh I'm sooo lucky!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIwtSU2C9XI/AAAAAAAAAUc/-3VPh-JSabA/s1600-h/2704602719_b1466fa8cc_m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIwtSU2C9XI/AAAAAAAAAUc/-3VPh-JSabA/s400/2704602719_b1466fa8cc_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227603060326593906" /></a><br />First I want to share my pendants I received from the *Jewels of the Sea Swap* hosted by sweet <a href="http://speckled-egg.blogspot.com/">Heather @ The Speckled Egg</a>. (FYI I am trying to use a new picture editor <a href="http://www.picnik.com/">picnik,</a> so we might experience some technical difficulties...stay tuned)<br /><br /><br />Heather added a lil bag of goodies to make your own pendant and <a href="http://fatedfolliesstudio.blogspot.com/">Jenny @Fated Follies Studio</a> made ATC's for every participant, that's 35 ATC's...WOW...Thanx ladies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIwvkxS0euI/AAAAAAAAAUk/17AedzSFuhw/s1600-h/2704674403_9f48e9de0c_m.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIwvkxS0euI/AAAAAAAAAUk/17AedzSFuhw/s320/2704674403_9f48e9de0c_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227605576224373474" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">I cannot tell you how lucky I feel to have received such lovely pendants, I love them all and hope the recipients of my pendants are happy and feel lucky too. Another delight was the packaging some of the gals used, a real treat to see.</span> </span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.lecorefemme.blogspot.com"></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.lecorefemme.blogspot.com" style="text-decoration: none;">Tonya</a></span> made pendants she called "Sea Goddess", they are stunning with sterling silver and gemstones, and swarovski crystal.<br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIwx1Pi2YXI/AAAAAAAAAUs/ZCGlR4KAbp4/s1600-h/2704615857_cfcb455fe0_m.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIwx1Pi2YXI/AAAAAAAAAUs/ZCGlR4KAbp4/s320/2704615857_cfcb455fe0_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227608058245833074" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIw8zLMo6DI/AAAAAAAAAVs/NUlup3sZPg0/s1600-h/2703133312_a8343f349d_m.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIw8zLMo6DI/AAAAAAAAAVs/NUlup3sZPg0/s320/2703133312_a8343f349d_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227620117347100722" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I think the most interesting pendant I received from Bambi Doe, a sea urchin adorned with beads holding a secret surprise...inside<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIwydOAgf5I/AAAAAAAAAU0/ROBZLkTDrfc/s1600-h/2705473042_479d57c40c_m.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIwydOAgf5I/AAAAAAAAAU0/ROBZLkTDrfc/s320/2705473042_479d57c40c_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227608745028124562" /></a><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIwydHQ0HkI/AAAAAAAAAU8/N10iEOM2W4o/s1600-h/2705477506_69b6912153_m.jpg"><img style="float cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIwydHQ0HkI/AAAAAAAAAU8/N10iEOM2W4o/s320/2705477506_69b6912153_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227608743217471042" /></a>Why hello there...Who is this lil surprise?!?<br /><br /><br /><br />Leslie Patton had a beautiful tag that held her pretty pendant, I love the starfish. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIwzqBGZj4I/AAAAAAAAAVE/kWoVZgmOA5Q/s1600-h/2705491212_b1ca551897_m.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIwzqBGZj4I/AAAAAAAAAVE/kWoVZgmOA5Q/s320/2705491212_b1ca551897_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227610064413101954" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br />Michelle @<a href="http://michellegeller.typepad.com/"> hold dear </a>made pretty soldered glass pendants that are</div><div> as cute from the back as they are from the front...I like that... so if I'm feeling indecisive...flexible...everchanging...it fits my moods...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIw3zY3WHcI/AAAAAAAAAVM/fQ0HfKjv0N4/s1600-h/2704640939_2864a18579_m.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIw3zY3WHcI/AAAAAAAAAVM/fQ0HfKjv0N4/s320/2704640939_2864a18579_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227614623457746370" /></a>I am in a delightful conundrum...which side first...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIw3zyE860I/AAAAAAAAAVU/uiRUUiMCMV8/s1600-h/2705761278_012d4a0734_m.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIw3zyE860I/AAAAAAAAAVU/uiRUUiMCMV8/s320/2705761278_012d4a0734_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227614630225701698" /></a>How do I choose?!?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Julie of <a href="http://cupcakedd.blogspot.com/">CupcakeDD </a>made an adorable altered domino with the tiniest lil red rhinestone, I love it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIw5njW1XwI/AAAAAAAAAVc/eZWec1wgvco/s1600-h/2704646653_a9021aeaaf_m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIw5njW1XwI/AAAAAAAAAVc/eZWec1wgvco/s320/2704646653_a9021aeaaf_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227616619138998018" /></a><br /><br />And last but certainly not least is this dainty lil pendant from <a href="http://dianeglass.blogspot.com/">Diane Glass</a>. It is simplicity at it finest. I love the *mosaic* shell bead and that rhinestone dangler...beautiful!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIw7ysrT_1I/AAAAAAAAAVk/JrD_kttHULM/s1600-h/2705481296_446f401310_m.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIw7ysrT_1I/AAAAAAAAAVk/JrD_kttHULM/s320/2705481296_446f401310_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227619009642626898" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I thought I'd share the pendants I created for the swap. I used sea glass I found on my vacation, glass beads, pearls and copper charms. The moon charms signify the relationship between the earth, moon and tides. I like the fact that the ocean can take a piece of harsh broken glass and over time with the waves of the sea can turn that piece of glass into a beautiful smooth stone.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIxBiLy_qVI/AAAAAAAAAV8/UpLvE6flqq8/s1600-h/2704680985_ced87da4b2_m.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SIxBiLy_qVI/AAAAAAAAAV8/UpLvE6flqq8/s320/2704680985_ced87da4b2_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227625323008338258" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">I have sooo much more to share...stay tuned...Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives...well mine anyway!</span></span><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span></div></div>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-54250039853579419172008-07-08T23:24:00.005-07:002008-07-08T23:34:51.150-07:00I've been sick and when I'm sick I like a lot of Chowder...Not <span style="font-style:italic;">THAT</span> chowder...<span style="font-style:italic;">THIS </span>Chowder. It is one of my favs now...It's super de duperdy nonsensical sillyness. If you need a good giggle and are a *Big kid*, here's what you need...If you just want to hear the best love song ever...forward to the 3 minute mark at the end...ENJOY<object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r6ZdaCSQyJA&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r6ZdaCSQyJA&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-10288252970612999952008-07-04T13:41:00.004-07:002008-07-04T13:58:19.214-07:00Happy 4th of July!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SG6MHcp-HOI/AAAAAAAAAUE/LN6pVDGySOE/s1600-h/images.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SG6MHcp-HOI/AAAAAAAAAUE/LN6pVDGySOE/s400/images.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219263077748186338" /></a><br /><br />I wanted to wish you all a happy 4th of July.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SG6LRye_3wI/AAAAAAAAAT8/T9bONsA_GVk/s1600-h/images-2.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SG6LRye_3wI/AAAAAAAAAT8/T9bONsA_GVk/s320/images-2.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219262155894808322" /></a><br /><br /> We are going up to Prescott, AZ., it's about 15 degree cooler and up in the pinetrees, really a nice place. I hope you and your families enjoy the day and the weekend. <br /><br />I'd love to hear how you spent yours...Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-15885577056005471042008-06-28T22:11:00.012-07:002008-06-29T03:41:15.173-07:00The Soiree of the Century...OK maybe not the Century, but the Month at least!!!<br /><br />Vanessa @ A Fanciful Twist's 200th blog PAARRTTEEEYYY is happening today...what a delight to the eyes and soul...she is soo FuN!!! I'm arriving late...as usual, but the festivities are still happening I hear. I've been so excited all week. I have a new friend who wanted to make her appearance at the soiree, so without further ado...Miss Tery (mystery) <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGdjwHBsXyI/AAAAAAAAATs/u1e5w4oSjQ8/s1600-h/IMG_6301+2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGdjwHBsXyI/AAAAAAAAATs/u1e5w4oSjQ8/s400/IMG_6301+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217248371503030050" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I know...I told her it wasn't very lady-like but she wanted to show off her velvet mary~janes<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGccM5amjNI/AAAAAAAAASk/iMf5JcyigDM/s1600-h/IMG_6303+2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGccM5amjNI/AAAAAAAAASk/iMf5JcyigDM/s200/IMG_6303+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217169701228416210" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Oh and you gotta meet her lil friend...Tweet<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGca9E9ya1I/AAAAAAAAASM/ZNqgI0GuYVA/s1600-h/IMG_6309+2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGca9E9ya1I/AAAAAAAAASM/ZNqgI0GuYVA/s200/IMG_6309+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217168329939250002" /></a><br />yummmiiieee...they brought yummie ummie cuppies with cream cheese frosting...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGcbjXmnjFI/AAAAAAAAASU/BH_9fib7KxQ/s1600-h/IMG_6310+2.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGcbjXmnjFI/AAAAAAAAASU/BH_9fib7KxQ/s200/IMG_6310+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217168987777371218" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGdlVFdRKGI/AAAAAAAAAT0/H31o6emqctA/s1600-h/IMG_6311+2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGdlVFdRKGI/AAAAAAAAAT0/H31o6emqctA/s320/IMG_6311+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217250106248603746" /></a><br /><br />Then the word got out, you know how one person tells another and before you know it *everybody* wants to come...that's why Charlie the Gnome is here...he heard it through the grapevine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGcdHL6UYhI/AAAAAAAAASs/4kkhQkaV8us/s1600-h/IMG_6313+2.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGcdHL6UYhI/AAAAAAAAASs/4kkhQkaV8us/s200/IMG_6313+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217170702625694226" /></a>Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-52047631035580875042008-06-27T16:02:00.002-07:002008-06-27T16:10:55.240-07:00Xanadu....Xannnaddduuuu<object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7m1UWSD-FaA&hl=en&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f&border=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7m1UWSD-FaA&hl=en&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br />Xanadu was a dream come true for me!!! <br /><br />I was obsessed with Olivia Newton John & Rollerskating<br /><br />I can remember watching this every-time it came on HBO and putting on my twirliest skirt, my skates with glittery blue shoelaces and giant fuzzy bells, and skancin' or danting=skating+dancing!<br /><br />I thought for sure when I got married we would be roller-skating down the aisle and off into the sunset!Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441336245393051893.post-79365667279156093712008-06-24T23:58:00.012-07:002008-06-25T00:49:33.470-07:00Busy Bee is ME....So I have LOTs to tell ya...first I want to share my latest obsession...dress forms<br />My mom got me one for my birthday back in December and now I can't get enough of them. I was eye'n this in a catalog my mom gets, so imagine my surprise when I got a fairly large package...and in it was this beauty...yeah ME...THANX mom!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGHtjS4eQ2I/AAAAAAAAAQs/X7xYhRDEQ_k/s1600-h/IMG_6271.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGHtjS4eQ2I/AAAAAAAAAQs/X7xYhRDEQ_k/s200/IMG_6271.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215711034091651938" /></a><br /><br />On to business. *FINALLY* got my PIF done and sent, these are made from an old Indian Sari fabric pillow cover that has seen better days. I loved that pillow, & now it has been given a second life as these lil creatures...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGHvRwfy4GI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/Ieq3s4suAKs/s1600-h/IMG_6321.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGHvRwfy4GI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/Ieq3s4suAKs/s200/IMG_6321.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215712931826819170" /></a><br /><br /><br />I have been catching up on all my swappy goodies. Made my chunky pages. The theme was they had to be *stamped*. I had to do a variation on 3 of them due to foreign customs, they couldn't have the feather on them, so instead they got a vintage millinery flower.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGHxqamvMDI/AAAAAAAAARU/grkEraFy7qg/s1600-h/IMG_6284.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGHxqamvMDI/AAAAAAAAARU/grkEraFy7qg/s200/IMG_6284.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215715554470342706" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGHwfjcQz_I/AAAAAAAAARE/v5cSMiyEuLE/s1600-h/IMG_6287.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGHwfjcQz_I/AAAAAAAAARE/v5cSMiyEuLE/s200/IMG_6287.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215714268352139250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGHwf2SY74I/AAAAAAAAARM/evjIlLfsG3w/s1600-h/IMG_6289.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGHwf2SY74I/AAAAAAAAARM/evjIlLfsG3w/s200/IMG_6289.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215714273411002242" /></a><br /><br />I've been working on my pendants for the "Jewel's of the Sea Swap", lots of broken glass...UGH!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGHy-3allYI/AAAAAAAAARc/16770h6YyuE/s1600-h/IMG_6279.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGHy-3allYI/AAAAAAAAARc/16770h6YyuE/s200/IMG_6279.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215717005313021314" /></a><br /><br />My pendants are going to be very interesting...stay tuned...oh and those monkey's in the barrel were NO HELP...checky monkeys!!!<br /><br /><br />I'm also getting ready for A Fanciful Twist's soiree...we are very excited...I have a couple of special guests making their debut at the event. She makes the best cuppies with cream cheese frosting...mmmmm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGH0m4uRqYI/AAAAAAAAARs/s0MVt3L4WRw/s1600-h/IMG_6305.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGH0m4uRqYI/AAAAAAAAARs/s0MVt3L4WRw/s200/IMG_6305.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215718792370432386" /></a><br /><br />My Rowan print has found a nice spot to hang out...she's content *looking down* on all the action ~for now {see my other dress form in the corner...I love this lil corner}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGH1744uYdI/AAAAAAAAAR0/mW9vU6JnI8w/s1600-h/IMG_6323.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGH1744uYdI/AAAAAAAAAR0/mW9vU6JnI8w/s200/IMG_6323.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215720252703138258" /></a><br /><br />Oh and of course the kids are keeping me busy...all 3 of them think they are the director...giving orders...summertime FUN!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGH2xdDdLcI/AAAAAAAAAR8/feFl7ehQ3M8/s1600-h/IMG_6264.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w2aK7aw5zLc/SGH2xdDdLcI/AAAAAAAAAR8/feFl7ehQ3M8/s200/IMG_6264.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215721172944891330" /></a><br /><br />I've got lots of other goodies in the mail to share...I'm saving them for another post...til then...<br /><br />Whatchu been up to???Rowan Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010588087387797627noreply@blogger.com0