Feathers in the wind

For me, the weekend means it's farmer's market time. Georgetown on Saturday, Fremont on Sunday...this is the routine. Starting at about 8am (each day), Jody and I set up the Blackbird Tees booth. After that, we sit back and hopefully enjoy a day filled with happy customers (and sales).

Today was a bit chilly; definitely a sleeping bag kind of day. And as I sat, cozily cocooned in my sleeping bag, a little tuft of goose feather filling escaped and floated through the air...

"Feathers" art print, $20 - from Groundwork.

 "Fly Away" moleskine journal, $20 - from Mary's Granddaughter.

Silver feather ring, $16 - from Velvet.

Needle-felted miniature owl, $48 - from Sewn Natural.

Owls. I won't go there.

Guarantee: I will not use the word, "who", in pun form during the course of this post. Let's proceed...

I was skimming through the pages of Etsy this morning and noticed a certain lovable, hirsute, woodsy-ish character popping its head up all over the place. Yes friends, our beloved night-flier and hunter of small rodents, the owl.

I've always been fascinated with owls--yet, never seen one in the wild. I've always imagined it as a somewhat haunting experience--to look up in a tall tree and spot a mysterious owl staring right back at you. I suppose it'd be similar to the feeling you had the last time you were "rocking out" with your headphones on--only to open your eyes and see your mom staring at you, puzzled...

Kind of like that owl I was talking about earlier.

Owl Patterns Print, $16 - from Love Sugar Design.

Pair of Vintage, Bronze Owls, $25 - from Zwzzy.

Letterpress Notebook, $15 - from Blackbird Letterpress.

Vintage Red Lucite Earring, $22 - from Alisaw.