Saturday, April 27, 2013

Bealltainn


You ever have one of those days where you realize you used to have what you needed most but don’t because you thought you’d never really have a need for it so you got rid of it? Yeah, that’s me today…

With Bealltainn around the corner and the hunting trip for the store front coming up I figure it’s time to do some prosperity work.  I was given the idea of making Rowan Charms using red thread and branches. Of course I’m not as up on the knowledge of tree’s as I should be. And then I discover that in America we have Mt. Ash as the closest thing. Well dang there used to be one outside of my house in Utah! I thought I still had some clippings from it…but all I can find is a bag of leaves. Perhaps I can work with this…
Well the good news is I still have a couple days of hunting before I need the branches, so maybe …god’s willing… I can still make one in time.

So we are about a week out from meeting with our Realtor to look at some options. One is currently a top contender it has a back yard and greenhouse on the property so we can grow flowers and herbs for tea and cooking. YAY!! I’ll let you know how that works out. Also I would like to take some dwarf citrus trees up to Idaho from down here. To have fresh citrus in Idaho without going to the store?? Yes please!

On another note I have been getting back into jewelry making and have made a few necklace’s this week. Hoping they sell well at the store! Here’s a couple pics:  

Saturday, April 13, 2013

new adventures


So a while back I posted about our new year’s resolution and our attempt to make this year better than the last. Well today I get to announce one of the big changes we are putting in place. We are moving back home to open up a new gift shop. While we love California being so far away from our loved ones is hard. And with our love of all things Gaelic we decided to open up a store called The Kilted Viking. Check out our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/TheKiltedViking to stay up to date on all the fun we will be having this summer as we open. And of course stay tuned here as I will try and share many of our adventures as we hunt for a store location do any redecorating place our orders and all other kinds of adventures.
So for now I will keep this short but fear not, I shall return soon with news and updates!
Slainte!