Treasure Walk in the Woods

I was walking down my lane for the mail yesterday....I'm waiting impatiently for some tools I ordered...Nope not here yet.  With dismay I walked over our little bridge and decide to check out the Spring wild mushroom growth, specifically Morels right now (Per Kristie (Artisan Clay) my mushroom inspiration!  So I detour up along the creek or "crick" as Muncy people say.  Looking along dead trees and potential spots (however, I've never actually done this...so I really don't know where they are..lol).  I eventually come to my son's camp and zipline over the creek. I thought a second about using it to cross...then thought better of it....no doubt the wire would break on my run...(pessimist).  I found a good couple of rock to cross over on and looked in a mass of old fallen trees where I had seen different mushrooms growing last year.  No mushrooms yet....just a couple really small ones, not Morels....so I crossed back over the creek and decided to cut straight up over the hill,  this a straight up hill....100 yards up and I'm grabbing trees to get along.  As I near the top, I'm seeing glass bottles sticking out of the leaves....lot's of them....and old enameled parts of pots....

I'm thinking....dang...I found an old dump! Now this is pretty exciting....so I begin to pull out different bottles and some are mid 1900's and then....if I don't find a really old medicine bottle.  I know it's old....just don't know how old. I keep digging and find some old tobacco cans, a teal glass insulator and a few Sun Crest soda bottles made locally in Williamsport.....

I go up to show my husband and he wants to go back down and dig.....we find a bunch more pieces and Tim finds a Rogers silver fancy butter knife ....but most are screw top jars and old cans, so we head back and look up our loot at antique bottle sites...seems like the Hoarhound  tar wild cherry bottle is from around 1850's and is worth over $100 -$150 woo hoo! How exciting is that~ together if I could actually sell it....yesterday's bounty is worth over $300...that's a good day~ and what an exciting day and adventure!  

A Bit of Nostalgia...

So in my old life...I had a large gift store with full service florist, upscale silk flower designs, home decor, jewelry and beads.  It was one of those "one of kind places" that you could get lost in. After 17 years, I decided it was time for a change...I was stressed beyond belief trying to maintain the business and trying to be a good mom & wife...so 4 years ago I closed it and took a year to reorganize my world.





It's been fun reinventing my artistic self and love this new way of life!  I dabble in photography, love to cook really good food, sew, bird watch, mushroom hunter, knit poorly,  dabble in soap making and really just enjoying all that life has to offer....it is so precious~

As for tradition, my husband and I grow fresh veggies in the garden and can some of our favorite recipes, we have a sour kraut stomp in honor of my father, so we carry on the tradition. We spend Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve with the entire Harner Clan (My dads side of the family) We read "The Night Before Christmas" every Christmas Eve...no matter how tired, we go to the Delaware shore every year for a vacation and we all want Chocolate Mayonaise Cake with peanut butter icing for our birthdays...... We are truly blessed!

Bracelets....you've been asking for them!

 
I've been trying to come up with an interesting bracelet to add to the glass and pottery jewelry we've been making.  These have been a great addition to our line....Seems like everyone is looking for a bracelet these days!  I love each and everyone of these!  Comfortable and lookin' stylish!  Best sellers are below! These devils sell out every show!

If you see anything you like...send me a note! Orrtec@gmail.com  I can reproduce much of what I have or may have them still in stock!  Let me know what you think!

You can buy my handmades on Etsy!

Have ya'll been introduced to Etsy? It's a store to sell handmade and handcrafted items. I've been selling here for a year now. My Orrtec Designs site offers all of my handmade ceramics, jewelry and anything else I come up with! I offer supplies on my Pink Ocean site including beads, jewelry findings, fabrics and trim. So, hop on over to Etsy and check out both of my shops! Orrtec Designs Pink Ocean Etsy is a ton of fun, so while you're there look around a while! Melinda