Greek Folk Dancing

Tomorrow we are off to FDF 2011-a Greek Folk Dance competition in Ontario CA. Each year 100's of kids get together for 'Faith, Dance & Fellowship' while competing for the gold in Greek Dancing and Singing. The handmade costumes are amazing and the performances bring tears to your eyes as you realize the culture and traditions that have been passed down through 100's of years. These pictures  are some of our dancers  in San Diego.

 Best of luck to all of the St. Spyridon dance and choral groups!

Happy Valentines Day!

My wonderful husband dug through our spoons and made this for me...

I hope you all have a great day!

Vintage Baby Spoon Pendants

Yesterday I was contemplating cutting a pair of sterling baby spoons.One of them had had a little trip down the garbage disposal and had some issues! If my plan didn't work out, I wouldn't feel too bad!

Happily-I was able to flatten and stamp the two spoons with children's initials and birth dates.

I even made myself  a pair of earrings! I buffed some of the garbage disposal 'dings' out but actually liked the marks left behind-it added character and showed they were well loved. 

This is how our Valentine jewelry starts...

                                                 Brimfield 2010  A beautiful pile of silverware!

                                        January 2011   These scrap pieces will be used in something...


and now......

Two vintage spoons have been redesigned into this necklace...I can hear the Beatles song as I type!

Only one word...

Christmas wrappings...

I've only wrapped one gift so far and this one is travelling to NH for my mom.

I think I'll be wrapping everyone's with vintage sheet music!



Chrismas Shopping

Our elves are very busy this week preparing for 3 shows this weekend! On Saturday we will be at The Little Italy Mercato and Saturday night we move over to India Street for the  Little Italy Tree Lighting & Christmas Village. On Sunday-be sure to come by the McKinley Elementary Arts & Crafts Fair in South Park. Dress warm for our blustery San Diego weather!