life as of late

This week has flown by, for goodness sakes it November already and I live in Canada and we still have no snow! I'm not complaining but its weird. I have never had a birthday without snow so we will see if this is the year. I still have a couple weeks but we have been having +13 weather as of late.
Halloween was such fun i hung out with great friends and dressed up as Pocahontas. Even though its been nice out I still love curling up with a cup of tea and a blanket, its just that time of year.
it is also the time to bake, bake, bake
if you have been looking at my 25 by 25 list i am trying to do a year of handmade gifts, Christmas is posing to be difficult for this but i'm trying to find time to make something for everyone in my big family....my attempt at an i phone snuggie I found these cuties the other dayAnd you know me i always have to have a sky picture
Blessings,
Amber

i {heart} owls - 5

Good day lovelies!

The sun is shining here and the snow is melting! What could be better? Ooo I know, entering my giveaway here.

I know I missed last weeks i {heart} owls because I was just far to overwhelmed with school work. This week I don't have my camera because I forgot it in Clint's truck but I will show you some very lovely owls that I {heart}!


I came across this lovely print out calender at my owl barn and I am so happy that I found them! There are so many wonderful owls to choose from it is just so hard to pick 12. I have my lovely owls hanging up on some twin with little cloths pins (if I had my camera I would show you).

What are some of your favorite thing to collect?

Blessings,
Amber

i {heart} owls - 4

Hello friends! I hope this day is treating you well (what does that even mean, can a day actually treat you?) I am back at school realizing four weeks is not very much time to do all that I have to do, especially when I sleep through my alarm clock.

Well today is I {heart} owls # 4 such fun! Todays owls are brought you by my lovely boyfriend yet again (he knows my love of owls). I got them for my birthday this past year and they are just the most adorable! He got them at my most favorite store, Ten Thousand Villages. Take a peek and see what I mean. Everything is so beautiful and fair trade!

{these are my little guys or girls i guess}

{look how cute}

I usually have then on a stake of old books with my lamp... want to see? Of course you do!

{perched so sweetly}

That is all for today!

Blessings,
Amber

i {heart} owls - 3

Hello lovlies!

The sun is shining here I hope it is shining where ever you may be. Today's I {heart} owls owl is from a thrifting adventure I had a while back. I found this lovely White Owl cigar box, I really know nothing about cigars but the boxes are great. They are the perfect size to hold odds and ends. I love how old it is too. I think I will be using little owl box for holding some of my sewing stuff.


Also I would like to send out big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my wonderful Grandma. This is a picture of the whole fam jam. Have a happy happy birthday Grandma.

{MandaJay Photography}

Blessings,
Amber

i {heart} owls - 2 + a winner!

Hello lovelies! Hope you are all able to be cozy and warm today wherever you may be, today I am freezing, there is some crazy winds blowing across the prairies today. But as I write this I am drinking my Timmy's cap, it is roll up the rim to win season, hope I actually win :) that would be lovely! Speaking of winning, I have a winner for the note book giveaway! I pulled the name out of my lovely mug and the winner is .......... Amber from The Pless Press! You should go give her a visit, she is getting married soon, so you can congratulate her.

I will be emailing you right away Amber. Thanks everyone for entering and I will be having more giveaways so stick around.

Also today is Tuesday which means its I {heart} owls day! I get to share my lovely owl collection with you all. Today's owl come from my lovely boyfriend, he knows my love for owls and allows me to indulge in it. The other weekend Clints nephews, sisters and I were crafting with modeling clay foam stuff it is really weird but neat anyways, Clint was drawing in his sketch book and drew me a lovely owl. It makes me laugh!

This is Ron the accountant owl, he is just so hilarious! Clint said that I should get it framed, however it is a very odd size drawing so finding a frame is difficult. It's so cute that on his desk there is a flower and picture frame, then all his tax stuff on the other side. The writing in the top corner says 'to Amber who I like to spend time with' haha so sweet and simple.

I guess this lovely little accountant isn't as busy this tax season as all the other accountants because he is sitting there rubbing his belly. And look at his little legs, so funny! Ah! This lovely owl brings a smile to my face! I love it, thank you Clint for drawing it for me!

Blessings,

Amber

I {heart} owls - 1

{to enter my first giveaway click here}

Dear friends,


I am not sure how many of you know this but I LOVE owls!! So for the next couple of Tuesdays I'm going to share my extensive collection with you. Every time I go thrifting I am on the hunt to add to my collection. I love them all cute, vintage, stuffed, drawn, the list could go on! So the lovely I am sharing today is one of the newer owls to my collection. I just thought it was so darn cute! Its an owl bank and says rainy days on it.


Look at them aren't they just darling, my heart smiles! It's a little chipped but that's ok it adds character.



What kind of things do you collect? Anyone else share my love of owls? Where are your favorite places to find your fun collectibles?

Blessings
Amber