A Day In My Life

Special Order Fairy Jars

In order to be able to spend my holiday season enjoying life, I will only be accepting Special Order fairy Jar orders until this coming Monday December 7 at midnight (EST).  I will continue to accept special orders but they will not be guaranteed for Christmas.  So, seriously folks, if you were planning on having any of these for Christmas with a special picture in it now is the time:)  Right now I have 14 to finish up this week...THAT is exciting!

here are the guidelines again:As you can see I still have the sale price on them...that will stand until Monday at midnight also.

Now, special order can mean two things:

1.  You want me to pick a fairy out of all the ones I have, and place him/her in a "home" of your choosing...for instance; fall, beach, snow, etc.  You pick the jar size and style (if I have it) and we find a fairy that fits your needs.

2.  THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR "special order"...YOU share a photo with me of someone you know and I create the fairy jar.  You can still decide what type of setting, jar, price range...etc.  Now, the photo is what is tricky...

A. I need it in Jpeg form if you are emailing it. 

B. Regardless of email or hard copy it needs to be clear...I do use old pictures, but if they are fuzzy...you will have a fuzzy fairy:)

C.  THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT...the picture can not be just a headshot of the person.  Imagine a fairy in a jar with no body...CREEPY  LOL  At least a portion of the legs need to be in the picture...and preferably two arms:)  If the picture is not a full body shot I can generally make it look like they are sitting or kneeling...or deep in grass...BUT there des have to be some lower body.

D.  I can generally crop someone out of a picture if you only want the one person.

E.  I can usually put up to three little fairies in one jar (large size jar)

F.  Special orders are priced $10.00 over the amount of a regular jar price...HOWEVER for the month of November they will be priced ONLY $5.00 over the original price.  After that, we will be too close to Christmas (only 46 days right now till Christmas!)

G.  They all come with the Maine Forgotten fairy story on the jar...they are named (you choose the names) and they are numbered.

So pricing is as follows for NOVEMBER ONLY...and ONLY through me...not through the stores the fairies are in:

Extra Large  25.00 + 5.00

Large    20.00 + 5.00

Medium     16.00 + 5.00

Small     14.00 + 5.00

extra small 12.00 + 5.00

Lamps    30.00 + 5.00

Lanterns (2 in stock)  30.00 + 5.00

These prices do not reflect shipping, but I just sent out 8 fairies to a customers and shipping was 12.00...so shipping is not a huge amount.

These prices are only good until the end of the month...and also after the end of the month they may not be guaranteed for Christmas.  If you have questions or want to order  Fairies you can email me at MePURSEnalities@aol.com or contact me through the blog.  I will give out my phone number through email if you want to chat about the order:)

Thanks for all your support!

On BLOG writing...

Every time I pick up a new issue of Artful Blogging

I take time out to think about WHY I write a blog.  AND what I can do differently.  Right now I feel like I am on the waves of something new and exciting...I feel more creative than I have in years...and I am more excited about it than I can express.  But with that comes questions, concerns, thoughts...and THAT my folks is why I write a blog.  My feeling is that if I am going THROUGH or AROUND something than others out there are too.  In my blog writing I have found so many new people...and so many people who I have known forever.  They don't always comment, they don't always read...but they are there.  Some people are too shy to comment on my blog so they email me privately to say they understand...OR they DO NOT understand:)  I don't share the negative in my life very often...YUP folks...the Field's Family house is not always a happy one...we come with our share of problems...some are BIG and painful and frustrating...some are small and generally work themselves out.  I do tend to share the smaller ones...and of course one of the big ones MY addiction to food.  I do nOT share the ones that directly affect others in my house...that is for them to share with who they need to share with.

So, I TRY to keep my blogging upbeat and positive.  I like to share with you what my kids are doing.  In the past I have shown you my before and after ways out of clutter and folks, let me tell you THAT is an uphill battle.  My friend Judy said at the beginning of this year NO MORE PICTURES OF YOUR MESSY DINING ROOM TABLE!  She will have to close her eyes, because it is truly time to cycle through the decluttering again!

Recently I have share a great deal of my art work and what is going on creatively with me...I believe that will continue, but in the meantime my blog is to document the ups and downs of that.

AND that brings me to a great point about blogging...it is a record of what I hold dear to me...MY LIFE:)  I can look back and see what I was doing this time last year...and the year before.  I LOVE that.

And then there are days I don't blog.  On those days, life seems to mundane to share with everyone OR life is so crazy I dare not share.

So, why do I blog?  For so many reasons...the biggest is the connection with the outside world(cyber space and beyond) and the connection with my inside world (family and friends).  You will see some changes coming in my blog...nothing HUGE, mostly design changes.  AND many of you have discovered I have a second blog at 

Maine PURSEnalities(and more) ...there I will be sharing my art and work that is for sale.

So with that...here are some pictures of the weekend... Some skates i worked on and are up for sale:

and some primitive dresses that are in both SILKWEEDS (Searsport) and Re-Imagined (Houlton)  and on my other blog for sale:

and of course a couple of shots from the NUTCRACKER...we were in Caribou this weekend:

I love this next picture I believe Lauren is thinking of Nate not getting up and going in the morning (he makes her late) as she is playing this role:

Well folks...I am off to start another adventure...actually that sound exciting...what I am off to do is clean the tornado hit dining room so we can decorate the tree tomorrow:)

Have a great day...

Dancingly, Denise  

 

Thankgiving is upon us!

And so is the housecleaning!

No...I really wasn't throwing out the cat honest...I FOUND him there:)

I wanted to let everyone know that ALL of my felted purses are on sale at ETSY this week only!  It is their big holiday sale and I decided to go along with it.  I have lowered some of the purses to half off...check it out at www.dancinglydenise.etsy.com. These prices are ONLY good through ETSY and only until Cyber Monday.

Are you ready for Thanksgiving?  I have chocolate covered pretzels...rolls rising...I think I am ready.  I am in the process of washing a 1/4 of my dining room carpet at a time 9no place o put the furniture)  I washed the part that the tree will go in tonight, so we can put the tree up this weekend.

I have been agonizing on poor Lauren's birthday.  She will be 18 on the 12th, and with Nutcracker schedule, Scott's work schedule...etc...we seem to not be able to fit in her spaghetti meal and cake and icecream with family and friends.  So, tonight I finally had her and Scott look at the schedule...I was right, NO TIME!  So this year we are waiting until December 27th.  This feels VERY weird...but if we wanted to do it "right" we had to wait.

By the way I have a second blog:)  It is dedicated ONLY to items I make for sale...so if you are interested it is here:

 Maine PURSEnalities(and more)  Check it out and let me know what you think!

Have a great day tomorrow and remember to be THANKFUL!

Dancingly, Denise

Visions around the house...

Just walked around and took some snapshots today...thought I would share them with you:

Did I mention I NEED jars?  Anyone out there who wants to save jars for me I would be ever so grateful:)  Canning jars...mayo jars...jelly jars...spaghetti sauce jars...you name it as long as it's glass I can probably use it...

another few images:

 yup a pansy on the 18th of November...

And wool/felted  sweaters drying on the deck:

I don't get to make little girl dresses anymore...but I made this primitive hanging today...

Goodnight!

Dancingly, Denise

More Fairies...and GODSPELL

Tomorrow is the last craft show that I will do this season.  Next weekend starts the Nutcracker performances...every weekend from then until Christmas...so no time for Craft shows.  I finished up FIFTEEN fairies today...all but one of them is Christmas/Holiday/Winter...here are a few of them:

First of...this is a NURSE... and she is the Maine Healing Fairy:

here is Gracie...she is Maine's Nativity Fairy:

and here is Maine's NICE List Fairy (are YOU on it?):

Maine's Nutcraker fairy and her name is CLARA:

Maine's Mistletoe Fairy:

and so that folks is a few of the fifteen I finished up.  Everything is packed up and ready to fo...mittens, stockings, purses, fairy jars...and MORE.  Hope I see you there Bucksport High School tomorrow at 9:00-2:00.

Godspell is almost over...we have one more show this Sunday.  Me?  Tired...very tired...but pleased with how well the kids did.  Still missing that Lauren chose not to be on stage...but happy that she helped choreograph and hope she does more of it with me.  Nate has a little trumpet part at the beginning...on stage...in the dark so he can't be seen:)

here are a few pictures from the show:

And for tonight...that is all...

Goodnight

Dancingly, Denise

Personalized Fairy Jars

Hello!  I hope everyone had a great weekend?  I did...I did:)  I spent Friday night at Silkweed's helping out there...what a great success that was!  One of my Fairy Lanterns sold within just a short time of the store opening for the big Holiday Open House:)

Saturday I laid low...cleaned house...made a nice supper...

Sunday nate and I went winter coat shopping after Lauren's Nutcracker pictures.  I so enjoyed my time with Nate, listening to him talk to animatedly about COMPUTER STUFF:)  He really is fun to be around and we each got a winter coat!

Today...I need to get busy sewing again for this weekends craft show...because of the orders I filled in the last two weeks, I literally have nothing for the craft show, except a few fall Fairy jars:)

A couple of weeks ago, I promised to tell you how to go about ordering a "special order" Fairy jar.  Now, special order can mean two things:

1.  You want me to pick a fairy out of all the ones I have, and place him/her in a "home" of your choosing...for instance; fall, beach, snow, etc.  You pick the jar size and style (if I have it) and we find a fairy that fits your needs.

2.  THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR "special order"...YOU share a photo with me of someone you know and I create the fairy jar.  You can still decide what type of setting, jar, price range...etc.  Now, the photo is what is tricky...

A. I need it in Jpeg form if you are emailing it. 

B. Regardless of email or hard copy it needs to be clear...I do use old pictures, but if they are fuzzy...you will have a fuzzy fairy:)

C.  THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT...the picture can not be just a headshot of the person.  Imagine a fairy in a jar with no body...CREEPY  LOL  At least a portion of the legs need to be in the picture...and preferably two arms:)  If the picture is not a full body shot I can generally make it look like they are sitting or kneeling...or deep in grass...BUT there des have to be some lower body.

D.  I can generally crop someone out of a picture if you only want the one person.

E.  I can usually put up to three little fairies in one jar (large size jar)

F.  Special orders are priced $10.00 over the amount of a regular jar price...HOWEVER for the month of November they will be priced ONLY $5.00 over the original price.  After that, we will be too close to Christmas (only 46 days right now till Christmas!)

G.  They all come with the Maine Forgotten fairy story on the jar...they are named (you choose the names) and they are numbered.

So pricing is as follows for NOVEMBER ONLY...and ONLY through me...not through the stores the fairies are in:

Extra Large  25.00 + 5.00

Large    20.00 + 5.00

Medium     16.00 + 5.00

Small     14.00 + 5.00

extra small 12.00 + 5.00

Lamps    30.00 + 5.00

Lanterns (2 in stock)  30.00 + 5.00

These prices do not reflect shipping, but I just sent out 8 fairies to a customers and shipping was 12.00...so shipping is not a huge amount.

These prices are only good until the end of the month...and also after the end of the month they may not be guaranteed for Christmas.  If you have questions or want to order  Fairies you can email me at MePURSEnalities@aol.com or contact me through the blog.  I will give out my phone number through email if you want to chat about the order:)

And YES...I do do wholesale orders...I will not sell to a store within 20 miles of another store carrying them.

I hope I didn't leave anything out...

Dancingly, Denise

More fairies

I just wanted to show you the two Maine's Forgotten Fairies that I finished up last night after muscial rehearsal.  I LOVE these...they have found their home at Silkweed's for sale.  I have enough lanterns to make two more...did I mention I LOVE them?

as you might be able to tell by the cord they light up!  So that is what I have to show you.

I am excited about Silkweed's open house tonight 5:00-9:00...but before that I am off to a musical rehearsal.

C you soon!

Dancingly, Denise
 

Happy belated Halloween...

Halloween was very different for us this year...and it found me reduced to tears...working on fairy Jars all by myself:)  For 17 years we have all been together for Halloween (give or take a few where Scott had to work)...and we have spent the night traveling to Grandparents and special people in our lives "trick or treating".  last year marked the end of that for us as we said Goodbye to my Dad on that day at his funeral:

We knew that that marked a huge change in our Halloween celebrations, but I had no idea how painful I would find that this year.  They say the "first" are the hardest when someone passes away...

Saturday night...halloween...found me BY MYSELF...for the first time in 17 years.  Scott had to work...Lauren had to work...and Nate went with Cody to Fright At The Fort.  I was just not prepared for the emotions...definitely mixed in with missing Dad...missing traditions...and EMPTY NEST:)  But, I had some great friends online...and my pal Lisa and Bobo who called and cheered me up.  I told Lauren how I was feeling and she texted me...we'll be together next year...I knew it was odd for her too.

Now, it wasn't like I didn't have a gazzilion things to do.  I had finished up the linens Saturday morning...this is what 3 dozen placemats, 3 dozen napkins and 1 dozen table runners look like and well over 48 hours of work:

and I had a dozen mittens that needed to be finished and tagged...and a dozen flannel Christmas stockings...and 1 dozen winter/Christmas fairies to be made... Last night I finished the Fairies and here are a sneak peak of a few:

Christmas Eve Fairy (she is sound asleep in front of the tree)

reindeer fairy:

 Ski fairy (this little guy has the most adorbale face):

Snowman fairy:

and a Winter Fairy:

 They all have old-fashioned names and are numbered and ofcourse have the Maine's Forgotten Fairy story on the back...they are headed out of the house today.

Today?  Well, this week I will spend my days down at Silkweed's.  She is closed for the week...we will open back up Friday evening for her annual Holiday Open House.  It willl be alot of hard work this week...but totally worth it when the store is all decorated.  Nights will find me at Musical rehearsals.  This is the beginning of two weeks affectionatly called "hell week".

So I am off to Silkweed's...

Dancingly, Denise

Be back...

In a couple of days.  I am working on projects for this weekends craft show...in Newport at Nakomis Highschool.  among other things;)

watch for my post in a day or two...

Goodnight...

Dancingly, Denise
 

Signs of Hibernation...

I put the electric blanket on the bed tonight...

I have applesauce cooking in the crock-pot:

One of my favorite fall candles going:

Hot Vanilla Chi tea in my Big Girl panty cup:)

Flannel cooking on the stove:

WHAT?????  Flannel on the stove?  Okay...that is not a sign of hibernation...probably more of a sign of craziness:)  I am tea dying some flannel for a project...honest I fed my family spaghetti tonight NOT flannel:)

I am headed to snuggle in and watch So You Think You Can Dance and then GLEE.

Lauren didn't go to dance tonight as she was not feeling well...and I am still not feeling great, so it's time to lay low...

Good Night

Dancingly, Denise