Pink Slips and Lady lips

Though the voting is now over, and I realized much too late that I could partcipate, Etsy hosted a vote on "The Loviliest Ladies Item" This beautiful sunset colored slipdress by Muir Hughs would have been my pick.  Though the winners ring is beautiful, I am not one for the shiny jewelry. 

   Whenever gift giving holidays roll around I am always thinking of the next craft project. I've got a few up my sleeve for this coming Saturday's Valentines day.

    Read a Brief history of Valentines day, a few different perspectives on this ancient practice of exchanging gifts of love. Maybe I am a bit premature in my valentines post, but I can't help thinking about it. Being someone interested in agriculture I like this take on the day...

While some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death or burial — which probably occurred around 270 A.D — others claim that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to 'christianize' celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia festival. In ancient Rome, February was the official beginning of spring and was considered a time for purification. Houses were ritually cleansed by sweeping them out and then sprinkling salt and a type of wheat called spelt throughout their interiors. Lupercalia, which began at the ides of February, February 15, was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.