Friday, October 28, 2011

Gettin' crafty with naTuRe

Yesterday was another GORGEOUS day in Georgia! One of those days that you just want to bottle up and keep tucked in a safe place. So, when your feeling blue, you can just pop open your bottle of sunshine and feel completely refreshed. :) Ya know what I mean?!

We tried to spend every moment we could soaking up those soothing sun rays, which meant a long nature walk and some outside craft time.


 This was where we took our nature walk. A beautiful park tucked right into the city :)


We met up with my friend V, who is 6 months preggers :)
She has such a cute lil baba belly!

This park has the COOLEST playground that was designed by an artist. It's an old one cuz I can remember playing on it when I was Finns age!



Here are some of natures goodies!


The LiL artist hard at work...


He painted ALL the pine cones pink :)







And the finished product, DunDunNaNaaaaa.....




Hope you're enjoying your lil part of nature, but remember to be kind to it!!

Have a lovely weekend!!
xoxoxo
Cate


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

LiL RituaLs

The other day, Finn and I took a walk to the park, right behind our house. We go ALOT and Finn has a few little rituals that we follow EVERY time we go.
 
First, he doesn't walk down the stairs, he runs full speed down the steep hill with me yelling, "EeeeeK.. please be careful!!" Then we go to the second (not the first) baseball field and he climbs up the steep ladder to the score booth and plays in there while I stand below and yell, "EeeeeK... be careful up there, don't fall!!"

 We make our way onto the baseball field and he runs all the bases while I chase after him. We do this at least 5 times, depending on how energetic I'm feeling. Then, he runs up the stairs of the concession stand, knocks on the door(there is never anyone there), and runs down. Why? you ask, I wonder that same thing every time he does it. His response, " It feels good Mama, you wanna try?" Sure why not. :)

We make our way down to the pond where we spend lots of time feeding the ducks and geese. When the ducks have had enough of whatever stale food was in our cupboards, we make our way across the bridge where there is a hidden geo-cache. 
Without fail EVERY time he says, "Oh I wonder where the treasure(geo-cache) is?!" He finds the treasure, likes it's the first time he has ever seen it, it's a piece of paper with peoples names on it. He gets super excited and asks me if he can write his name on it and I show him that it's already there and we make our way to the playground, which is in the woods. 

One day I made the mistake of asking, "Hey, you wanna go on this different trail to the playground. It looks really cool." He looked at me like I just told him to eat a plate full of rolly pollies and said, " NO mama we have to go this way, because this is the right way." All I gotta say is, he's lucky I am so laid back. :)




Is there something that you do that HAS to be done the same way EVERY time, or it just doesn't feel right??
I think rituals are a part of human nature, something connecting us to our past. Keeping us grounded and true to our original beings. I like that my little old soul has rituals of his own and doesn't even know it.

Hope yaLL have a dreamy night :)
xoxoxo
cate

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Making JeweLs come to LIfe!

Have you ever wondered how all those fabulous pieces of jewelry you wear everyday were made?!
Well, here is a peek into MY lil workshop where all of my jewels are made :)



Sometimes, I start with a doodle...





Sometimes I work off the beauty of the gemstones...

(you like Finns lil doodles/scratches :))

Some tooLs...


Happy Buddha!!
(I have a Buddha in every room of my house, he keeps me centered :))


Where all the MaGiC happens...

A ring starting to come to LIFE :)....


Check back SOON to see the finished product!!!
Click HERE!!! to see some more lovely jewels.

Have a cozy evening,
oxoxo
Cate



Monday, October 24, 2011

Back To Blog

Hello sweet blog I have missed you :)  Autumn season is here and I am soaking it up by drinking pumpkin spiced coffee every morning, making pumpkin pie from scratch (sooo much better than the canned kind and way easy :)) and taking nature walks with Finn. We like to go explore the changes in nature during the change of seasons and enjoy this sweet southern weather!

off to explore!!

 duck feathers :)


Go run WiLD!


Look at all those fabulous CoLoRS!


Made the AnnuaL trip to the Pumpkin Farm :)

BaZillions of Pumpkins!!




My sweet LOVE :)

The 2 best Pumpkins :)



Until next time :)
cate~