wish

"If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic bean buyer.  If you are a pretender, come sit by my fire, for we have some flax golden tales to spin, Come in! Come in!"    ~Shel Silvertein

I am a hopeless dreamer, believer, wisher.  I believe in the magic of four leaf clovers, shooting stars and rainbows after a storm. Snapping wishbones, blowing stray eyelashes, and closing my eyes and wishing on birthday candles.  Right now the most perfect dandelions are round and full and ripe for the wishing all around our yard. My family has even given up calling them by their proper name and instead call them "wishers".  I become childlike in the simple joy of picking those fat wishers and blowing my wish to the wind.  What i love even more is passing all this magic onto my children and watching them believe in simple everyday wonder.  What everyday magic have you captured?  Please share it here with us today.  

 In the spirit of wishing, I am honored to present my Wish necklace for Bel Kai Designs :The Shutter Sisters Capture Collection, now available for purchase.  I am so proud of this collaboration.  I wanted something personal yet universal for my design and I am so pleased with the end result.  Now have a wish to wear around my neck every day.

Continuing the celebration of Giveaway May, Bel Kai and I will be giving away 1 wish necklace.  All you need to do is leave a comment here by 12 midnight PST to be entered in a random drawing for a wish necklace of your very own.  

***CONGRATULATIONS to Karen the winner of the necklace!   Happy wishing Karen.  xo, Kristin

Comments

[Annalise]

LOVE the dandelion picture. And the necklace is simply lovely :)

[geneil]

Love dandelions! love the pohotos! love the necklace :)

[chris]

How pretty...such beautiful creations coming from this space!

[Jamie]

Dandelions will now be called wishers in our home...
Thanks,
Jamie

[Kylie]

Beautiful image! And the necklace is wonderful!

[Sonia]

Absolutely beautiful!

[spread your wings]

wonderful magical photo and i would love to win that cute necklace. thanks

[Teresa]

The wish necklace is so beautiful...I'm wishing for it

[abbeyinOK]

Wow, I love it. Thanks!

[Emily Perry]

oh, what a beautiful piece. i am wishing for more time to sleep, and take photos!

[kosenrufu mama]

these pictures are amazing!!!!
wonderful giveaway, i hope win!

[Jennifer]

What a beautiful necklace!

[BlessedMess]

amazing photo.

I've been trying to get the perfect dandelion picture but have to yet to capture it. My son usually inhales the little fuzzes while trying to take a big deep breath, ha! And I never can capture the little flying guys in any significant number. Now you've given me the idea of more than one at a time! genius.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12418609@N00/4618981957/

[BlessedMess]

amazing photo.

I've been trying to get the perfect dandelion picture but have to yet to capture it. My son usually inhales the little fuzzes while trying to take a big deep breath, ha! And I never can capture the little flying guys in any significant number. Now you've given me the idea of more than one at a time! genius.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12418609@N00/4618981957/

[melissa]

what a dreamy photo! thank you for this generous offering. me too...wishes, dreams, magic. love it all.

[patti]

Wishing . . . add spice to life.

[Diane]

How coincidental -- I pulled out that Shel Silverstein quote this morning and thought, "I need to write a blog post about this." Now that I'm home, the dogs need walking, supper needs to be started, and then when it becomes quiet again this evening, I'll pull Shel back out and write about wishing and dreaming. Lovely, lovely post (btw my logo is a dandelion seed)

[Christine]

Long time reader, first time poster. I love your ideas for these necklaces, and I love your photography and writing.

[Martha]

so happy for you Kristin!
what a beautiful trio of images!

[Julie K]

I'm hoping and dreaming and wishing! I would love to win this!

[kcmscrap]

"Wish" is a universal desire. No right or wrong wish - only the "wisher" knows how strongly they "wish" for something.

[Liz]

love shel silverstein! my mom read us his poems for years--and then my dad did--and we had a tape of him reading them, too. when i nannied for a professor's children in grad school, i bought her daughter (who had loved poetry since she was an infant, seeking out the mother goose board book amongst all the others!) "where the sidewalk ends" for her third birthday. they were a bit skeptical--but peg (mom) emailed me a few months later and said how much they loved it, and the kids insisted on reading it every night! :)

[jennifer]

closing my eyes,
taking a deep breath,
picturing a "wisher",
exhaling, and
~ wishing ~ .......


thank you for a wonderful product from your wonderful photos!

[Kassie B]

Beautiful necklace!

[amanda]

love love love! my kids and i are avid wishers, always spending too much time at fountains :)

[Kristin Zecchinelli]

thank you thank you thank you all!
come back tomorrow and see who wins the random drawing.
XO!

[Christian @ Modobject at Home]

Oh, that first photo takes my breath away! Pure loveliness. I've been so drawn to photographing dandelion puffs lately.

[Jill F]

Sending my wish for the beautiful necklace

[BethB]

Beautiful sentiment and design. Congrats the collaboration!

[Sarah]

Oh how I loooooove this! What a beautiful way to bring photography and original jewelry together. Beautiful! *crossing fingers to be the lucky give-away winner*

Sarah

[Cyn]

never underestimate the magic in a good wish...

[Jennie S.]

This is so very special and beautiful!

[Kathy Jo Camamcho]

Wish I could win the necklace.

[Ally White]

That photo is very very cool! And the necklace is awesome :) So sweet.

[Brandi]

This is really cute!

[Tracie]

Incredible. This is really lovely.

[Chris Braunmuller]

Oh, I love it! And I love your pictures, You make me smile, dream and rejoice in the simple wonders. I live in the city and it's such a breath of fresh air to see more nature through your pictures! Thank you! :) Chris Braunmuller.

[Julie Alvarez]

I see this magic everyday:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/4641606461/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/4641604583/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/4618726768/

[tburd]

There's something really special about this work! It's just beautiful!