Dana Marie's Country Living Blog

This is a fairy ~ gnome house I made!  It all started with a cardboard box. Everything else was found on a nice walk with the three-year-old I was taking care of during the week. I was her Nanny for a few years. She's all "grown up" now and in school, so I have moved on to another family. I did the work on building the house, and the garden was for her to create. We picked up sticks, rocks, and moss on our walk. The only cost was the hot glue. Your imagination can be endless making these. So much fun! ~ Dana   Fairy ~ Gnome House Supplies 2 cardboard boxes large, shallow box or tray sticks, rocks, moss, etc. figurines, small props, etc. box cutter / utility knife garden clippers / pruning shears hot glue gun Instructions 1 . Make the house structure by choosing a cardboard box of the size and shape desired for your house. This will be the walls, floor, and gables. Choose a side to serve as the front, and cut a front door and a window in the front box flap. You can cut win...

I found this quote and love it so much!  "You are not too old And it is not too late." R.M. Rilke I don't share many personal things but I think I am meant to share some inspiration today. I am about to turn 59 in July and have been through so much the last 14 years. Sometimes I didn't know if I was going to be able to come back from everything that happened.  In 2012 there was a forest fire that took my country home, land and everything in it plus several of my animals. Soon after came a divorce. There were a couple years after this where there was much soul searching but not with much luck. I was pretty depressed. Next came a big move back to my home state of Washington. Then a few jobs where I worked endless hours and hated every second of it with long hours stuck in traffic.  The only thing left for me to enjoy was my page on FaceBook® that I created and my gifts of cooking, baking and my art. Those are the things that have kept me going, plus my children of cours...