Etsy Updates - Little by little

It's been fun to create a few things to add to my Etsy shop, whose shelves have been bare for quite awhile. Here's a sampling of pouches and a small art quilt. Coasters to come. Thanks for looking!

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Low-Slung Sun

 The first photo was taken just before sunset the day after winter solstice. The second photo was taken yesterday about an hour and a half after sunset after the sun dipped at its very shallow angle below the horizon. It's a beyond beautiful time when the skies are clear as the colors get richer and deeper. A Fairbanks secret.  Shhhh.

Winter Solstice

 We are coming up on our shortest day of the year here in the far north, about 65 degrees north latitude, and on the solstice our length of day (sunrise to sunset) will be 10:57 a.m. to 2:39 p.m. for a total of 3 hours and 41 minutes. That's short, but there's enchanting civil twilight on either side of that, and on a clear day, the light is pure magic.

I made a couple of pouches with some hand-dyed, printed fabrics that represent the golden qualities of winter solstice. Clear skies mean cold, and as we head toward a clear winter solstice, our temps will be in the -20s Fahrenheit. But you don't live in Fairbanks without owning enough layers and handwarmers to see you through.

Think Summer!

With a background of birch weighed down by snow on this December day, here's a handful of summer in credit card zip pouches.  Fields of bright poppies grow among the rocks, and willows line the edges of the riverbeds near the mountains. Keep remembering: all good things come to those...who wait...