she collects seashells down by the seashore.

i really planned to post this yesterday, but after working my butt off on things for the shop, things for another shop, and a friend's website, plus spending time with my husband of 10 years (that's really odd to say), i just didn't have enough time! i wanted to show you a little sampling of the pretty ocean treasures i collected while stranded on an island...

like i said, this is strictly a sampling as it would have taken me all day to photograph all the shells and coral! the large conch shells (some of them are the size of my head) take up half of my deck, while the smaller shells and coral take up the other half! side note: i did not kill the sand dollars; they washed up in the massive waves of a hurricane 900 miles off the coast and were dead when i found them. didn't want you to think i was a murderous collector.

so since our anniversary fell on a thursday, chris and i decided to celebrate this weekend. we didn't do anything really extravagant, but we did go to dinner at a restaurant nicer and more pricey than we'd go to any other time, and i did a little tap dance (okay, two) in the parking lot for him to top off our night. i don't know where it came from as i'm not a dancer, but it seemed appropriate. we also did a little metalworking in the shop together which i always enjoy. all in all, a pretty quiet weekend.

how was your weekend? what did you do?