SOMETHING STUNNING TO SHARE

I now am the proud owner of a most stunning piece of work
and the artist is none other than SHARON of All Norah's Art.

This is Sisters
(these are Sharon's photos as my camera is on the fritz and I so wanted to share before too much time went by)

Beautiful, so very beautiful in person.

Each face draws you in
to tell a story.

I am so in love with this painting
that I cannot decide where in the nest to hang it.
It's been in the kitchen

It's been just outside the door of my nest

It's been IN the nest

I have a few other of Sharon's pieces, but this one
is very special.............................
and if that wasn't enough




This is the box it came in!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you imagine the folks throughout the Postal system

stopping to look at this beauty??

It suffered some bumps and cuts

but I can fix them..........and hang it as art in and of itself.

Sharon......Norah............Thank you.

Make sure you check out some pieces that Sharon has on ETSY
and treat yourself.

PAPER WHIMSY
EXCEPTIONAL & EXTRAORDINARY
SECRET SISTER
FORGOTTEN VINTAGE TREASURE SWAP SPECTACULAR

Well, that's a mouthful don't you think?

On the Paper Whimsy Group, we had an exchange.......
a SECRET exchange.

We had the name of a fellow Whimsy
and created a special and magical box to mail.

Today, my special box arrived....
just after the magical noon time chimes went off.

The keeper of the entry here at Faerieluna

was watching over the box that had been delivered.It stated that it was from Lynn Fox

In came the box with much excitement


My 'helper' was at hand to inspect

and sniff........

what you don't see
(because I had to put the camera down)

was that she took a bite out of the box!

o.k........where were we..........


This lovely wrapped bundle was inside

And inside was this most beauteous hand decorated box

sigh.......such sweetness

as I opened the top....

Ohhhhhhhhhhh nooooooooooooooooo.............

look who's baaacccckkkkkkk!

This soft and sweet hand made pouch,

decorated with flowers and pearls held the finest
of sheer faerie organza

which in turn held oodles of baubles, images and bits......HAVE YOU EVER??!!

this teeny, tiny package about one inch in diameter.....................held this little
I mean little
Cinderella's coach bauble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm telling you, this is so precious

and so tiny

that I am sure the smallest faerie of the kingdom
had it in her possession at one time.

there was fancy glitter.....

and a mini bottle of green Swarovsky crystals

little tin

with leaves embroidered with the finest gold thread

The cutest star girl proclaiming the magic inside

A special notebook created for a very special purpose

To record my faerie sightings!!!!

I know I will fill this up.

Vintage greeting cards

And, yes, there was a BOTTM to all this bounty

Lace appliqués
a spool of twine
and pretty buttons.


Thank You, so very much!!!!

My Not Secret Any Longer
FaerieSister

Lynn Fox......

FRIENDSHIP
&
LOVE

My dear friend Lynnie (also a Scorpio) sent me a birthday box

My official day is tomorrow......but I began celebrating last week.

A tradition that Lynnie and I started
was that we would set aside time

for a phone call to open the prezzies
since we can't be there in person...

there are 2500 miles between us and time zones to consider.

Morning for me and afternoon for her.........

...I opened my luscious Birthday Box.

And this is the theme:

SHE SPOILED ME

WITH ITEMS THAT SHE KNEW WOULD TOUCH MY HEART

From the stunning Birdcage Lady tag
(do click on the picture to enlarge)

to the
very special Faerie House

that I soooooo adore....

and even some very special
chocolate to feel indulgent.

A close up of this amazing Faerie House.

Notice the faerie perched on the tip of this house

That image is on a piece of wood that she had to use
a teeny tiny saw to cut out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't even imagine the time that took

The color of this house is so perfect
the shadowing here and there is perfect

The birds are......
yes,
PERFECT.

A side viewThe other side......look at the darling flowers.

The back..........

Each little touch means something special

the 'C' on her cap......
Since my given name is Cynthia/Cindy

and she often calls me CindyRella
which is even MORE special than just Rella

Look how she sits on that darling birdie.

The very first thing I ever sent Lynnie back about 8 years ago
was a note card
with
a stamped image of a little faerie girl
with a hat flying away on a bird

and we have shared a love of birds, nest, and faeries ever since.

Look closely at this gorgeous work!


Delicate, lacey, glittery.
If you click on the picture the glitter looks like tiny hearts!!

The texture and lovliness of this piece is over the top
and I love, love, love it.

Lynnie......your work is totally amazing to me
and I am always in awe of it.

This will always be
a very treasured piece for me.

Friendship and Love
truly.

~~~

And I'm not done...........

three more items arrived at my door yesterday.
HOW LUCKY AM I???

Two boxes from my little birds far away..........
that I will open tomorrow when I speak with them.

AND

Out of the blue

Suze

sent me this unexpected bunch of wonderfulness.

First, I had loved her morning glories so much that I saw on her blog

and missed them terribly as an East coast gal myself.

I told her so.......and she said she would send some seeds!!

And she did.

And I believe I will be able to grow them right now
Our winter is a perfect time for flowers.

I am crossing my fingers and believing.

Look at the darling little envie they are in.

Then, the Becky Kelly book totally blew me away.

Suze.......your generous and kind heart
sending me this fabulous bunch of goodies
for no reason at all
(since you had no idea my birthday was here)

I adore this little book.

Then, the stamped images of ART.........
a stamp that I always loved but never picked up.

How kind of you to send them.

I am already using the tag as a bookmark in one of my current reads.

The teeny tag with the Catherine Moore stamp is too darling........

and let's not forget those
Postal Stamps that are your work!!!

Thank you, thank you.......

So there you have it.

I took 8 days, not including weekends.........away from the Desk I Call Crazy
It has been a tonic to be here in the nest for so many days.

I go back on Wednesday which will make for a short week..........then the following week we
have Thursday and Friday for the holiday.

November is a good month all around.

I am very blessed with family and friends.

Friendship and Love.

BE THE CHANGE



More than a week ago, we the people,

voted...

freely

with our minds and our hearts.

The majority decided.

Regardless of your belief in the political arena

One thing remains clear

One man alone, cannot make the difference

and effect the change we so desperately need as a nation........

as a people

UNITED.

It is ALL of our responsibility.

An admonition of a wise and peaceful warrior
is what I will leave you with.
A Picasa altered, art postcard created on watercolor paper
using the mixed media madness technique
~~~


NUMBER 12..........NUMBER 12

THAT IS IS THE NUMBER FOR PEACE TODAY

AND NUMBER 12 BELONGS TO

PATTY S.

I will get the peace stamp of to you pronto.

Thank you all for stopping by and joining my little peace march.

BE THE CHANGE.

A STARTLING DISCOVERY



I usually do my hair and a light smattering of make-up each day
without the aid of my 'cheap, reader glasses'

......and I usually go through that process
quite early under (kind) lamp lighting

.......today, as I am home

and away from the Drama At The Desk

I went through the process much later in the morning
with natural lighting

I put my readers on after the said process and picked up the hand mirror

and discovered my hazel eyes seem to match my hair!!!!

Not being good at self portraiture with equally cheap digital camera

I did my best to get close
(scary...parents are advised to make small children leave the room)
with the lens to share this discovery.

What do you think Audra Mae?????

IF you click on the photos it will enlarge to the point where you can see the portion around my pupil is the very same color as the hair.

A STORM BLEW IN ON SUNDAY

This time of year, that is not the typical day.

Note the blue, blue sky........
It makes the storm seem even more ominous
But it was lovely. Hail, rain.....a bit of wind.
OVER.

I grabbed my camera and headed out the front door looking for
the rainbow that usually follows.

.....none was to be found.. this time.

But I wanted to share the wee storm with you

And the retreat of PIA..........

into her 'safe house'

that I created with a simple box,

a folded quilt

and a wrap of fabric to slightly cover the opening.

She runs for it at the first clap of thunder.........

scootching down so low as she runs that her belly fur practically drags the floor.

....or the first ring of the doorbell..........

....or when Mr. J. plays the chase game.........
(the rule is that if she runs in there he cannot bother her...)

and each evening just before it's time for me to go to bed.

The Safe House sits outside
my bedroom and that is where
she prefers to relax as I head in for the night.

She has MY routine down so well that she
heads to her safe house about five minutes
before I begin to head in.

On the nights I alter my routine just a bit...

she does NOT.

She is there as if to say: "Do you know what time it is?"

She always looks kind of spooky!!!



DON'T FORGET
TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE PEACE LIST BELOW

THIS IS THE DAY

THE COLOR IS

BLUE

THE SUBJECT IS

PEACE

THIS IS THE GATHERING PLACE

DONA NOBIS PACEM

"GRANT US PEACE"

This is my gift away

A GREAT TEENY PEACE STAMP
FROM NORAJANE'S


JUST TYPE
PEACE
IN THE COMMENT BLOCK

I WILL LET THE COMPUTER DRAW A NUMBER


NOVEMBER 13
- FULL MOON

nOtEs FrOm ThE nEsT

In Just a few short days

we have the opportunity

and privilege

to let our voice be heard

to follow our hearts

to make a change

we

need
a
change

and there is such

hOpe

~ ~

THIS MOMENT