Bring it on~~Spring, that is...

 We've been having roller coaster weather here...sort of warm one day, freezing rain and sleet the next.  I'll be glad when things moderate a bit...I'd like to play in the dirt!

In the meantime, I decided to craft a terrarium necklace...simple, yet "green" enough to satisfy.

I used small bottles obtained from Hobby Lobby (the Tim Holtz Idea*ology set @ $5.99 less 40%), and filled them with chartreuse reindeer moss.

I had some silvertone chain in my jewelry-making supplies, and a hammered necklace clasp made in one of the classes I've taught at the library.  Easy-peasy.  Now to roll some little eggs out of robin's egg blue Fimo clay...a little colorful addition to the terrarium.

Sunday pursuits

I've been spending ample time blog browsing the past few days, and as usual, this activity spikes my creative urge.  Designer peat pots, stitcheries, knitting, and quilting....but the activity I most want to engage in is gardening...the one thing I really can't pursue now.  My indoor garden is blooming...paperwhites planted just before Christmas, and the hyacinth sitting atop water is slowly growing.  The rosemary and oregano I planted last fall are still alive and...get this...thriving... in my living room window.  CBS Sunday Morning had a feature on Tovah Martin's The New Terrarium:  Creating Beautiful Displays for Plants and Nature.  I read (and wrote about) this book last year, but had forgotten about it.  I have the book on my "pick up" list when I go to work this afternoon.  Maybe I can garden now.  Maybe I can grow things in the Wardian case in the corner of my livng room instead of using it for wine storage.  Hmmmm...