My Birthday

Well it's another year down! 

We were invited to my future son in laws apartment (our daughters almost new home) to celebrate my day! I got dressed up...(a first in weeks) we ordered in our favorite Mexican restaurant and watched a movie together. It was a very sweet evening. It also really opened my eyes to see.... yes, I am getting older, my children are grown adults, my daughter is about to be married and moving out with this awesome guy and we are going to be empty nesters in just two months from now! It's crazy wild, but beautiful at the same time. I am excited just thinking about going over to our daughter and new son's home and having dinner together once in a while, playing games and doing things that will be so different. I love the idea and the anticipation of it all!

I am ready to embark on a whole new season! I am bound and determined to soak it all in and enjoy the moments that God has graciously gifted us. These are exciting times!

Art Journal Pages

Changing My Name & Art Journaling

I've decided to change my business/blog name! I'm getting older and there's no future as it looks now where I will have a hobby farm in this season of my life... I am a farmgirl at heart but Frolicking Farmgirl for my business name didn't seem personal to ME. I will always be The Frolicking Freckled Farmgirl...or Frolicking Freckles: But where I originate from would definitely be Wildroots. On both sides of my family...We have different roots stemming from all over the world, and my upbringing was definitely wild....I never had a rooted upbringing, let alone a rooted life... (IE: Staying somewhere long enough to grow deep roots and grow in one place.) I am not even sure how long we would even make roots where we are at now. In this season of our lives...we are trying to plant our roots in Indiana, but this is not our forever home. Meaning the rental we live in now, definitely is not where I want to live for the rest of my days. We have always moved around unable to plant deep. My roots are just all over the place! And that is ok. That is what has shaped me in my life, making me who I am today. The only thing I know for sure and is the deepest root of all, that has never been uprooted is that I am planted deep in my faith. 

When it comes to my business...I am dreaming up things to make and create and actually open up again as a place to find homemade goods. I have been on a very long hiatus due to our roots being pulled up many times over the last decade. I have had some time to heal not only mentally but physically from trauma we endured from toxic people in our lives and health issues that kept me from living a happy full life. But, I am healing...and I am the happiest I have been in years. So, with that I will start creating again and hope to share it with everyone. It has brought me joy to actually dabble in painting and sewing, baking, and making. 

I have also started an art journal. Hope you like my first several excerpts.

Stay tuned!!!

Teatime Tuesday~ Bringing Back The Lost Art Of Letter Writing

Hey Ya'll,  It's Teatime Tuesday!!!

A little series where I share tea, tea cups, and more....

Today I made a nice hot cup of Haskap Berry Pie Tea from St. Fiacre's Farm.

 I met her through Instagram and did a barter with her....The tea is amazing! If you are a tea lover as I am and interested in buying some tea for yourself  or as a gift please do visit. 

Click link above to take you to their Farm Store!

Recently I was blessed to meet a lovely lady via interwebs who just so happens to live in my old home state of Washington. She reached out and we moth decided we should become pen pals. That's right! Not just emailing back and forth but by snail mail. Sending letters and cards etc.... 

Penning a letter onto paper is truly a lost art in this computer age where email, texting, Facebooking, and Tweeting has taken over our culture. Surely some people still write letters on paper or note cards, But, it is almost a dying art. It doesn't have to be extinct however. The Greeting Card Companies are still in business, Which is nice. There's just nothing like getting a handwritten letter or card by a loved one or a friend through the post. And in return they would love a letter in return.

I am thrilled to have a pen pal now..I have been working on my letter to her and hoping to get it in the post soon...In the recent year I have been collecting note cards and greeting cards to keep on hand to write out to people in my life. I am not always great at getting them out...But decided now is the time to start writing more and sending a hello to those close to me. I have also vowed to be better at sending out a birthday greeting to family and friends. Just making a special effort will bring a smile to those I love and they will know that I think of them often & love them dearly. 

Life can get crazy busy sometimes. It may seem easier ( well it actually is) to just send a message through your phone or computer. I just want to encourage you to send a letter to someone special once in a while. It's the thoughtfulness that counts and makes people feel good that you thought of them and that you took that extra time to actually hand write it, which is priceless!!!

Wanna make something even more special to send through the post? I went on to Shutterfly and designed my own note cards (shown above)...You can put any picture on a card...Now that's sweet!

I hope this will inspire you to bring back the lost art of letter writing! 

Have a happy Tuesday ya'll!!!! See you soon!

Esther's 5th Candle Tea Party

It's our little friend Esther's birthday this week! Her Momma asked if I would take her birthday pictures for her...I happily obliged. I set up a little tea party scene especially for her, since she is very much into tea parties...My kind of girl!!!

The pictures are a little blurry hence I am trying to figure out my darn camera settings...It's just not as clear and crisp or professional as I would like them to be,,,,But overall I think they are just fine. A cute model helps too...And cute she is!!!

Happy 5th Candle Esther!!!