There's a NEW SHOP in Town!

                  Full of Fun Animals just Waiting for YOU to take them Home!

Lots of Cute Bunnies for your ears.

                                     More Adorable Bunnies to Wear.

                And of course FELINES, FELINES and more FELINES!

                                     You can never have too many Felines!

All of this and MORE in my NEW ZIBBET shop!

http://www.zibbet.com/AlchemalMenagerie

The Menagerie will be full of all sorts of animals to make you smile and brighten your day. 

Please stop by and take a look.

Time for a little adventure on Caturday in the garden! Things are starting to warm up and there are changes in the garden, The Manager isn't sure about the new pathways and beds quite yet-best to stick to the secret paths for now.

Rain Chains and Garden Charms-Upcycled metal, glass, chains, stone and crystal. Every garden needs a little charm! Check out my ETSY shop to see these and more.

Finally some lovely spring weather -I LOVE late Spring Tulips! Not to mention Cinderella Crab Apple Trees.

To Celebrate CATURDAY I am revamping my Alchemal Garden ETSY store and moving things around. These fun and colorful pendants will be on my COLORFUL COMPANY ETSY store here http://www.etsy.com/shop/COLORFULCOMPANY

I will be updating the Alchemal Garden blog as soon as I can and adding Garden Charms, Rain Chains and other Garden Art items to this blog and my ETSY store http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheAlchemalGarden

Time flies

Where does the time go?

It's been a while since I posted anything-but I haven't been slacking-honest!
I've been plotting a new venture and now I'm ready for a reveal. I've taken my original art works and created some fun and colorful jewelry from it. Probably make a few more items as well, maybe cards or prints, we'll see. For now, go on over to the newest etsy store and check out the Colorful Cool Cats!
Manager approved of course!

Spring is on it's Way!!!  Hooray-at last. Although we have had a pretty mild winter here in the Pacific NW, it is always fabulous to see the first spring crocus start to appear. I noticed this week the buds getting fatter on the clematis and the spireas, but this is my first crocus for spring. Lots of tulips and daffs coming up as well. Get out in your garden and check out the progress-it will put a smile on your face, even if you find weeds as well!

Time to beat those winter blahs with some wonderful Lavender filled Sachets! I've been creating some new ones not only for those last minute Valentine gifts but something to help lift your spirits throughout the long winter days. I keep one at my computer to "KEEP CALM and CARRY ON".
Slip one next to your pillow at night in order to help you get a nice restful sleep. Find them on my ETSY shop by following the link on this site.
For all our friends on the East Coast buried under all that snow-Spring will come!!!

The Manager is looking like a Ghost Cat for #caturday!

As you can I have been working hard to add new items to my ETSY store. Inspired by the garden and a dear friend whose little dogs are very dear to her.

This morning as I was walking around the garden path I discovered a rather unusual fungus. See it here:

The Manager remains unimpressed by both the fungus and the rain this morning. Time to get back inside where treats await!

Puppies & Pearls are here! I'll have several hand crafted items available in my ETSY store-just in time for Valentines Day.  Hope you enjoy them, I'll be adding more items and photos as well.

Recommended by the Manager-Mink Cat Toys! I found some Vintage mink trim at an estate sale-lovely items from the 50s and the 60s. They are turning up in the oddest places. On the bed of course, and also atop the bathroom counter, on the keyboard, under the winter boots, on the window sills, pretty much everywhere!

So head on over the my ETSY site and pick up some for your feline friends. No live mink have been hurt in this endeavor! Also no catnip 'cause we don't like catnip around here, so if you do you'll need to rub it on yourself. Manager Approved.

NOW The Manager is happy. . .  after all he matches this new pendant/keychain. Of course he will tell you he posed for it, and picked out the colors, and selected just the right crown. So now of course he wants more, more more! So I guess it's back to the studio for me.

Check out My ETSY site for this and more.

I'm working on some new designs featuring our favorite furry friends. I found this adorable vintage advertisement and one thing just led to another! There will be a whole series of these with personalized images as well. Not to mention the feline variety in order to keep The Manager happy. Check out my ETSY store to see this and lots more!

 We had a hard frost last night and the garden has been decorated for winter. I took a tour this morning and got some great shots of the last roses still hanging on-or maybe waiting for spring.

I love the way the frost "paints" highlights on the leaves-but I am ready for Spring already!

Trying to sort out some Vintage to create some new designs and am having a bit of help from the Manager this morning. I think that means I may have some felines influencing the next release. I've been working on a few things for some folks in the upcoming  Rose City Classic  Dog Show, and evidently The Manager is none too happy about the canine theme.

Maybe I can sneak in a couple photos later regarding the canines!

A New Beginning

It's cold outside and I've been working hard to create some lovely necklaces in the studio lately. The Bees seem to demand to be heard! I've snuck in a few Fleur-de-Lis as well. So now I have a new etsy site to sell my creations as well as this blog-still working on it-Pinterest, Indulgy and Facebook. It's a lot of work to start off the New Year, and I hope you enjoy all things Alchemal!

Here are some of the tiles I've been making. They come in sizes for coasters as well as magnets.

More bees

And some fun with bubbles . . . great to hang up in the bath

This is just one of a whole bunch of Organic Lavender Sachets I also have on my etsy site. All the lavender is from my garden-totally organic. They are constructed from a collection of Vintage 1920-1930's French fabrics I have been collecting for years. They are made so you can hide a few important things inside as well-maybe a passport for your next trip?

Now it's time to get back to work in the studio, I am working on some new ideas I'll be sharing in the next couple days.