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three day weekend

Why don't we have more three day weekends?  Presidents Day gave me the time to get caught up on things like laundry, bills, and cleaning while also leaving the preceding Saturday and Sundy to be left open for fun.   Ahhh... so nice :)

I spent Saturday on a multi-stop tour of local markets, bakeries, and thrift shops.  My partner and I bought so much candy and baked goods that our house was filled with sweets on Saturday night (they have been mysteriously disappearing every since).  As for the thrift stores, there were slim pickin's this time around, but I still managed to come home with: the most hideous 1980's candelabra you have ever seen (I coudln't resist the colors), a cool little woven ceramic dish, and a Fire King casserole dish.


I spent a lot of today taking care of little things that I have been putting off forever.  I plan to spend the final couple hours of my three day weekend in front of my tv with my dogs and finishing a couple of craft projects.  I have this huge tray of buttons to finish packaging, but for some reason, each staple causes my dogs a crazy amount of stress.  If you look at the pic below and see how many staples need to be applied, you will see that a lot of stress is coming their way tonight :(


I hope some of you had three day weekends too!  Counting down to Memorial Day :)

free download: hamsters of the wild west

Lately, I've been working on a few different projects with my hamster character... I just can't seem to curb the desire to continue to modify him!  My latest permutation is this wild west scene with a cowboy, barkeep, and dance hall girl hamster.   If you like to color, you can Download Hamsters of the wild west coloring sheet and color it in yourself!

a hamster for all seasons

I just added this new set of hamster pinback buttons to my etsy shop.  They are inspired by the illustrations that I have made for my blog and website over the last year.  Each set includes hamsters for winter, spring, summer, and fall as well as some special buttons for various holidays.

richard scarry's best rainy day book ever

I just got this book after looking for an inexpensive copy for the last year or so.  We had this book when I was a kid and my mother would let my brothers and I do an activity out of it when we were home from school on a holiday or on a snow day.  It was extra special because we only got to see it on those special occassions.  I remember spending a considerable amount of time coloring in and cutting out the flags from around the world with my brother.  I also have to admit that, at thirty eight years old, I was just as excited to see the section on cut out cars, trucks, and buses as I was when I was eleven!

You can find a reasonably priced used copy on amazon, but you might find a good amount of coloring in those books.  If you had one when you were younger, you might remember that it was split up by activities for each month.  February includes a calendar (as does every other month) and has some Valentine's Day cards:

If you are like activities like this, you can check out my downloadable Valentine's Day set as an alternative to buying those packs of Valentine's that you can get at the grocery story.