March 1st, the wind is blowing

Just a few calendar shots to welcome March with it's rain and flowers and wee leprechauns running about...
I was so thrilled to find a site yesterday to purchase some flower stamens and some plaster mushrooms.

Yes, with the red caps.
Yes, I am spoiled rotten and elated that there are websites devoted to lovely millinery flowers and vintage ribbons and all things lovely and old.
I wish we could adopt a more ornate sense of fashion where everyone embellished their clothing with bits of lace and flowers.

I would have ladies wearing skirts and blouses and dresses designed by April Cornell.
I am sure this wouldn't last long but,  it feels so feminine and sweet. Like Spring. The new, buds on the trees. The bright green blades of grass. I love all the birds and the songs in the air. The faeries fly and jump and get drunk on dew drops and honeysuckle wine.[ The lovely Amanda came out of her Button box long enough to show me this fabulous Fairy Site- URBAN FAIRY DOORS in Ann Arbor, MI of all fantabulous places! I was amazed and astounded and knocked over by the clever Faerie Evidence. Take the time to explore his site- it is so worth the time...fairy doorways right in front of buildings...how marvelous...]

I am making and doing a lot this month and I promise I will have pictures and stories to share.
I welcome you to comment and introduce yourselves if you'd like.

Calamity Kim is about crafts and ideas and sharing and tea time.
I would have loved to have been born 150 years ago and hung out with Emily Dickenson or Beatrice Potter.
I love vintage and quilts and dolls and felt and old hand tatted lace and white leather gloves.
I make teddy bears and aprons and make do's and dolls and love faeries and gnomes and believe in monsters under the bed.
I watch sci fi and B&W and love Audrey and Cary ( Charade) and Fifth Element and The Matrix and weird stuff like The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.  Farscape, Firefly, X Files,  Harsh Realm,  Millennium,  Bell Book and Candle, Hope Floats,  Practical Magic, Fried Green Tomatoes, Legend, Overboard, Marie A., Warner Bros Cartoons, Iron Giant, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Secret of Nimh,  guilty pleasures all!
I still read faerie tales and collect children's books. 
I love little red and  Cinderella best of all.

I am building a doll house to turn in to a quilt/cake shop.
I love aqua and red and blues and greens and Dave Matthews and David Gray and Dixie Chicks (shut up! I don't care about politics they sing and play from their hearts) and Bonnie Raitt and The Boss and some jagged little pill every now and again.
I have a golden retriever named Sadie who will be 2 on July 31st and you're all invited to come play Frisbee at the park.
I am married to Super Fred and he is very patient with my crafty chaos and art bombs that explode without rhyme or reason all over the pretend cottage that we live in.
I have a son named Troy who loves FSU and is living and loving a sassy chick in "Tally".
I have a beautiful step Daughter named Lexi who lives in Clarksville and is married to Beau who is stationed at Ft Cambell and proudly serves our country in the Army. They have Austin (2) Hayden (will be 1 next month) and one on the way in August! She has always been an over achiever and the grand baby dept is no different! I am so honored and blessed to be able to be their Granny and delight in all their cuteness and new activities almost daily, thanks to a great Verizon Plan and Flickr.

The other beautiful stepdaughter is Chelsea, or
Raven-Never-smiles, as I like to call her and I wish she visited more often but she just doesn't seem to need us in her lives. When she grows up and gets a family then maybe things will be different.
So there you have it, a brief little bit about me and who I am and what I like and what you may find here to learn, laugh or cry about. Thanks for stopping by and come back again real soon, y'all! ( do you think that Petticoat Junction is on DVD yet?) You can always click on my pictures to see them bigger!