"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter." — Rachel Carson

Happy First Weekend of Spring!!

The 2 pictures below are remnants of my friend Rosanne's and my "playdate" from Fri. night. We were chatting on Facebook Thurs. night and I asked her over on the spur of the moment to do some stamping on Fri. night and she was available! We had a great time- she made some Easter cards and we played around with tags and distress inks and beautiful Artistic Outpost stamps that I had. I just love creativity; especially sharing it with a friend!



Saturday morning, Mike and I were looking for something to do. Angie over at I'm Going Back To The Start had mentioned something was going on in St. Charles- which she could have meant MO or IL but I googled it and came up with the Country Folk Art show at the Kane County Fairgrounds so we decided to go. Before we had Molly, Mike and I went all over the place looking for stuff like that- and little towns and all- we really loved it! Once we had Molly though we kind of stopped doing it for some other child friendly excursions, so it was fun to get in the car and go like we used to (Molly was at soccer practice and had a big history project to work on). We ended up NOT going to the Folk Art show and instead ended up in St Charles and Geneva on the Fox River ogling the beautiful houses (with their equally gorgeous cupolas) which there is no shortage of (I can't even imagine...) , picture taking and doing some shopping. Ok- I did the shopping, Mike took the pictures. He is an excellent photographer (I think) and always takes such interesting pictures- which I included in the post. Geneva I am totally familiar with, but St. Charles, not so much. I did find the CUTEST little store- (which I swear Angie posted about at one point but I can't find it). It is called the Glos House and is made up of Tapestries of Nature, Brigadoon Antiques, and the Vintage Nest. The store has EVERYTHING that I love- all handmade vintage jewelry, decorations, papers...but I was really good and only spent a little. They also have a blog, so you can see the inside of the store here .
All in all, with plenty of Road Sodas (you gotta have road sodas) and side trips to Home Goods, JoAnn Fabrics, Sonic ( I think the ONLY one in the state of IL) and Cici's Pizza...it was a pretty fun day!

How was YOUR weekend?