Lilly's Bracelets

Our sweet daughter Lilly will be offering some of her handmade

bracelets at the Country Girls Sale this weekend

These are so much cooler than "silly bands" and they go with multiple outfits :)

Plus, all the money earned can go towards

Lilly's "texting" habit

God bless junior high girls

~Raine

My beloved...

My beloved is making a few of these most adorable

concrete finials for the sale this weekend

The wild garlic just might find it's way there too...

~Raine

Sneak Peeks

I "heart" this pillow

To be honest (I believe in honesty)

I did not make this pillow

it will however be available at our sale this next weekend

So come on over and give it a squeeze....

I know you want to :)

~Raine~

Blueberry Love

I should be getting ready for our first ever flea market with the Country Girls

(ten days away and counting)

Instead.

I'm eating berries

drinking iced coffee

and dancing :)

~Raine

Wesley's Woods

Our son is going to have a few of his wood creations at the sale in August. He is eleven. Wesley is saving all of his money for his "sweet ride" that he is going to buy when he turns 16. I wonder if he knows how much car insurance will cost him too? (No worries...I won't burst his bubble) We love watching him grow and dream about his future.

Funny how kids can't wait to grow up and become adults and adults reminisce about being a kid without the responsibilities of being an adult. :) Either way...

Life.is.good

~Raine

The Country Girls Sale

This is our first year joining our friends at

"the Country Girls Sale"

Come and join us

It will be fun!

~Raine

When you dream...

Hello sweet Internet,

Here we are, in all of our humble beginnings, excited and nervous and happy.

My love and I have been waiting for us to reach some goals that we set a number of years ago; and with happy and ecstatic joy we were able to check off our goal of my "graduation and completion of nursing school" last week. It was a long three years of evening classes, driving back and forth to the coast of Oregon, and many, many nights away from my love and my lovelies. In a nutshell...it was hard work!

And now...

It.is.done.

I admit, I am feeling a bit lost. For so long I have had so much on my plate and I've been so stressed out that we have been living week to week, day to day, and even moment to moment.

What now?

Our dreams and aspirations for "Ruffles and Rust" have always been burning dimly in the background of our thoughts. Maybe now is the time to really move forward and turn our thoughts and ideas into actions? Thanks for coming along on our journey :)

~ R&R