a curious house

Sometimes I like to imagine the house I might live in, should imagination take over all practicality.. to create a 'curious house.'

 

{unknown}

Naturally, the entry would be the first step into intrigue.  I adore these birds painted on the doors!

 

{via}

With lots of interesting things to peak the imagination.  And the cutest little owl ever would be sitting on my desk...

{via}

With corners and little spaces to read in...

{via}

Comfort mixed with curious...

 

{via}

 

Which gives a house a little mystery.

  

 

{via}

 

I love it all! 

 

xokelly

  



little green box

I found this little green metal box at an open air antique market.  Oh how it begged to be filled with nature's treasures.

 

 

 

 

The patina was fantastic and the inside was still in good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

Here it sits open with a glimpse of my 'brown box' from nature {more on that later}.



The abandoned nest came from England, my twin sister found it in the middle of a trail... blown from its home in the trees.  She rescued it from sure destruction and brought it back to me, a most treasured possession.

I wish you a most lovely, and curious, day!

 

 

xokelly





gone fishing

I wandered around an open air antique market looking for something unique and ouside the boundary of my traditional purchases, something sentimental... and then I happened upon this small box of flies.

I have no idea if they are new or old, I just really like the colors.

What to do with them...



Not sure, but for now I will just keep them in this little box, in my small cabinet of drawers and imagine the lakes and streams they may have visited.

This one tucked inside this small dome makes me think of my dad, an avid fisherman.  Where has this fly been? 

What color!  They are just as artistic as they are productive.. though I cannot recall an insect quite this attractive.

Back in the drawer they go, tucked away safely, waiting for a second life somewhere in an artistic piece, or maybe just to be pulled out once and awhile and thought given to what I could do with them and then tucked back away.  But truly, they are just so pretty on their own~

xokelly

butterflies

What is not to love about butterflies?  I found these lovelies in a calendar and had to clip them out.

 

 A scrolled journal looks great topped with this little monarch.

I found this beauty in a coaster at a thrift store.  It was something else to pry apart the little bamboo frames to pull out the wings, but I think they turned out nice.

 

 

This little porcelain figure makes a great vase... and a little more interesting with the butterfly.

When I am through with my butterflies they find they way back to this drawer.

 

Wishing you a curious day!

 

xokelly

nest box

This is the box that holds the eggs,

that I painted one summer afternoon.

 

And this is the dragonfly that sits on the box,

that sits on a table next to these pencils.

These are the domes that sit in the box, next to the painted eggs.

 

This is the lid that sits on the box...

 

 

and this is the end~

 

xokelly

tiny eggs and a box

These little creations are such works of art.

 

Bird eggs are among the most fantastic little sculptures in nature, the color and variation between them makes them... well, absolutely magical.

Quail is not something we are short of here in Central Oregon.  In fact, we currently have a mob of 35 babies that belong to several parents which come in like a mass immigration to my back yard several times a day to feed.  I love every moment.

The color of these dyed quail eggs is just fantastic!

These little gems inspired me to make a painted wooden egg set {I picked up the plain eggs at a thrift store}.  I studied my Eyewitness Birds' Eggs book to find the best egg for the varying sizes and these came in very close.  The largest is a Crested Tern, Common Raven, American Robin and Northern Oriole. 

I have a dozen or so plain ones left, so naturally they needed a little box to hold them {more on the box later}.





Wishing you a day with a little adventure, thanks for stopping by!

xokelly

out to sea

I have a box of old sea shells from my grandmother and our family travels when we were children.  I am not sure how I was bestowed this box, but I know how much I treasure each and every shell... likely I asked my mother for it one day when I was over at her cottage.  Probably I requested, 'Do you mind if I borrow this box for awhile for some projects?'  And without a doubt my mother graciously replied, 'Sure, knock yourself out.'

 

But here it is, in the far left cabinet on the bottom shelf, and many times I have pulled out the shells unwilling to glue them to anything, or alter them in any permanent way because that would ruin the simple beauty of them, and my favorite way of enjoying them... which is sorting through the box of memories that are attached to each shell.  Then I had a thought of how lovely they would look with some life in them.  So I added a little life in the form of a small succulent plant~

 

 

  





 

 

 

I find them to be enchanting, and on a desk they look almost look... curious~

 

 

 

 

 

 Have a lovely {and maybe a little curious} day~

 

xokelly