...the 'B.E.S.T.' kind of enablers

 

SPRING DAISY SEAGLASS MIRROR circa 2020 by svelteSTUFF

   Around Thanksgiving 2023 I was hanging / drinking a bottle (or 2) of wine with a couple of my BESTIES (A & L)...  Out of the clear blue, L asked if I had ever sold the 'Daisy SeaGlass Mirror' that I had made? - if Not (which I hadn't!), she wanted to Buy it!  'A' immediately chirped in "OH! I always loved that, and now that I've repainted, had wished I had bought it!"

  "DON'T FIGHT GIRLS!  SANTA MAY MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY DREAMS COME TRUE 8-)!"  CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DONE!!

WIN ~WIN!

(*Of course 'A' got an IOU for a custom piece that is Now 'in the works' !)

'BESTIE'

Not a word in my daily vocabulary, or that I have ever given much thought to...

 I think 'true' BESTIES bring out The Best in us.

  My BESTIES, without knowing it, encouraged me to 'play' in my beloved SeaGlass... (something I had forgotten how much JOY it brought me!)

...they gave me an 'excuse' to get creative!

 and make Daisies on a cold, snowy January morning

 (when I 'probably' should have been doing 'responsible-grown up' things)

'BESTIES' are the people in your life that HONESTLY encourage you to be selfish! 

 They give you the 'Free Pass / Motivation' to have FUN & be PASSIONATE again!

enJOY

&

be well!!

...introducing

 Let me introduce you to...

 HONEY, The Headless, fat-bottomed Bunny!

One frigid morning, while doing a 'quik-dive' for packing supplies (bubble-wrap!!), I spotted this sweet clothed-styrofoam form amongst the plethora of packing foam...  

Okay, so her head was nowhere to be found, she still won my heart & willingly road shotgun, safely belted into the passenger seat of the Subaru for the rest of the morning's journey!!

I visited her 'Home', with hopes of discovering a bit of her ancestry...  Store Display?  Merch?  I met up with a few friends of hers, and one really SAD, Lonely Beau!

I've been searching out some suitable 'Donor-Heads' for HONEY...

 but just nothing has struck my Fancy or seems to live up to her affluent lineage!?!!

 ANY IDEAS???

enJOY

&

be well!

...a shiny New Year 2024??

 Is there ANYONE still left in 'BLOGLAND'??

Well, if there is...  

Chez Chapman is sending you all positive vibes for the New Year!!

A LOT happened throughout 2023, chipping away at the 'tried, true & comfortable', but we are coming out on the otherside with a Stronger sense of what is Really important in our lives.

Traditions to be upheld...

GUMDROP TREE!

COOKIE BAKING w/ S.A.L.T.!

THE NUTBOWL!

Family to be cherished...

and everything that brings us JOY!!

enJOY!

S~