So I head to the snow at Mt. Hood.
We are the crazy ones that ski up the mountain.
My legs are mush. I ate snow too...unintentionally.
Proof that our Large Venus Hoops could pass as all terrain jewelry (you should have seen the necklace she was wearing).
Illustrator/designer Patricia Garmhausen of Giardino creates beautiful pillows, napkins, and cards from her studio in Cleveland. I love her linen pillows and her prints are stunning! Find her work here.
Supplies: 
Wet soil a bit to roll in a ball- dry soil will crumble. 
Apply pieces of moss to soil and use fine gauge floral wire to secure. Find a good spot to make a hole on top and add your plant trimmings. Shape ball to hug your plant and your done. It looks difficult but as my plant expert friend assured me, easy-peasy.
These Manzanita branches hold jewelry so sweetly. This Etsy shop has a few for sale. I found this beauty at Pistils Nursery. We fastened the branch to the wall with a screw to eliminate bouncing earrings. Love. 
Citrine- a semiprecious gemstone with hues of warm yellows. The name is derived from citrina which means yellow in Latin. This gem is known as the prosperity stone as it promotes good fortune and health. Citrine dissipates negative energies and brings happiness. We picked this name rather quickly and are excited to share it with you! 
This little treasure of a shop is an explosion to my senses! Ohhhhhhhh where do I begin. They have a variety of glass vessels to create sweet terrariums. You can embellish your terrarium with ground garnet or hematite (I used hematite above for a jewelry display). They carry succulents, raw gemstones, moss, and so much more. Love! 
These drops of water look like chalcedony gemstones. They are so beautiful! I hope you have a great day! Sunshine in Portland today!
I printed out goodbye in many languages to adhere to our window at Splurge. It's always fun to create a window display, this one was difficult/sad. I couldn't visualize how we would introduce the fact that we were closing. A friend gave me-umm, my son- the Eiffel Tower to create out of wood and presto! Window display! 
