Happy Festivus!

Tonight is opening night of Provincetown, Massachusetts Portuguese Festival and Blessing of the Fleet.  This is a big weekend in town that celebrates Provincetown Portuguese heritage and the towns fishing fleet.  Our restaurant is once again invited to make and serve up the opening night dinner.  Dinner for 250?  No problem-o!  Hubby, I and our crew are making our restaurants famous clam chowder, salmon, shrimp, scallop and veggie kabobs served over Portuguese rice (hot and spicy!) and I just finished making and baking 300 assorted cookies for dessert.  It's a pretty casual event but fun.  We get to drink some great Portuguese wine and beer too!  Neither my husband or I are of Portuguese descent so it's an honor that we keep getting asked to make the food for the event.  

Other happenings in town this weekend include a fishing derby, kids games and a cookout, Portuguese soup tasting, lots of food and drink, a block party, a parade (of course, Puma Park will be represented!) and the weekend culminates in a mass and the blessing of the fishing fleet on Sunday.  Pretty fun stuff.  Now, if only the weather will cooperate....

Twice in one day

Again on the front page of Etsy!!  I've been a member there for about a year and never a front page until today...twice!!  Do I hear three?  Thanks uncorked for including my limpet earrings in your beautiful treasury!

Etsy front page

What a great way to start the day....my Beach Sand Votive Holders on the front page of Etsy!   (It's really a big deal for those of you who don't know!)  Thank you marieflyfly!  Hope you have a wonderful day too!

Hello friends...

Ship happens. Yup. Sorry for the long absence. Summer has begun and my life is going in twenty thousand different directions at all times, all hours of every day. This, this and this have been keeping me busy and away from blogging as much as I'd like. So, I thought I'd do a little re-entry post profiling some of my new cards that will all be available in the shop.  My hand-glittered cards are all made on 30% PCW (that's my fancy stationers lingo for Post Consumer Waste) recycled paper and with 30% PCW envelopes too. I'm trying to keep things green around here, like this little jelly on this card:

Here's another favorite....perfect for all the graduations going on this time of year:

And for all my friends and family. I cannot do any of what I do on a daily basis without all of you.

In other news....my BABY turned SEVEN on Friday!!!  We celebrated her special day with a pool party with family and a trip to Build-A-Bear Workshop.  And of course, today is Father's Day.  My husband is one of the hardest working people I know and he really deserved something super special on this day, so the girls and I got him this.  He's been playing with it all day.  I'm so happy to get him something he really wanted...he deserves it!!

Oh, and by the way, remember this post?  Well, season 4 starts tomorrow on Showime...tune in and if my products made the cut and are indeed "dressing" the set of Weeds and if you happen to catch a glimpse, leave a comment and I'll send along a sweet little goodie straight from Ole Cape Cod for the first person to say they saw something!

Have a great week everyone and I'll write soon....promise!