More Snow!!

Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! I had a relaxing long weekend with my boyfriend for the holiday. It snowed about 6 inches from Friday to Sunday evening. I absolutely adore the snow (in case you didn't figure that out by now) and it was really hard to tear myself away from the mountains when the weekend came to an end. The dogs really love the snow. I hated bringing them back to South Carolina and our lack of winter-wonderland-ness.

Collies are completely in their element in winter weather.

Venus has a much thicker coat than Mercury despite her young age.

I baked a chocolate cake (from a box due to time constraints), some lemon icebox cookies (from scratch from a Martha Stewart Recipe), and a large heart shaped cookie with royal icing (also from scratch). All three were delicious.... even the boxed cake. I've actually never made a boxed cake before, and was happy with the results. It was great with vanilla ice cream. The lemon icebox cookies received many many compliments both at work and from my boyfriend. I will definitely make those again!

This weekend I got some quality snowboarding in for the first time in a couple weeks. I'm already fiending to go out again.  I didn't realize how highly addicting it is until now.  My previous experiences with snowboarding were not pleasant.  This year I had a wonderful and patient teacher (my wonderful boyfriend).  I think it may be as addicting to me as backpacking.  In the summer months I anxiously scrutinize my calendar and the weather forecast, planning weekend getaways into the woods.  Now I'm doing the same thing!  How fun!

My wonderful teacher :)

I couldn't ask for better weather.  The view from Beech Mountain is breathtaking!

I plan on going up for a few night sessions over the following weeks since my weekends are going to be otherwise busy.  I know this weather wont hold for much longer.. spring is around the corner!

I added more earrings to the etsy shop today. I'm still attempting to add an item a day to the shop during my lunch break at work. I'd like to increase my inventory to 50-60 items.  

These earrings feature parrot and parakeet wing feathers set in a silver plated cone and finished with a sterling silver ear cuff.  They are about 3 inches long and the cuff can be worn high up on the ear or lower. The photos don't do this item justice.  The feathers are a bright green/yellow/teal color.   Lately I have been serving as model for the site.  I keep fairly weird hours and I doubt I could convince my friends to come over at 11 pm for a photoshoot.  I really like this little ear cuff a lot. I hope it finds a good home!

Happy Tuesday everyone!  My Virginia Tech Hokies just beat Wake Forest, claiming a #2 ranking in the ACC! 

Goodnight!

xox