Snowy Days

It's been snowing a lot around here this week. The big snowflakes and still air last night gave us a winter wonderland to view this morning!

Winter Wonderland

It's been snowing most of the day here in central Indiana, and it's forecast to continue through the night into Saturdy morning. We are on the far western edge of the big snowstorm forecasted to send a wintry blast along the east coast of the U.S.

So far we've probably had about 4 inches of heavy, wet snow. It's piling up on the tree branches and turning the landscape into a white winter wonderland. I took a short walk this afternoon to the park adjacent to my neighborhood just for a look at the pretty landscape.

A winter wonderland in Indiana.

Snowflakes!

Snowflakes - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Out of the bosom of the Air,

Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,

Over the woodlands brown and bare,

Over the harvest-fields forsaken,

Silent, and soft, and slow

Descends the snow.

A fresh coat of snow overnight was the inspiration for my search of "snowflakes" on Etsy. Here is a simple collage of a few of my favorite items with a snowflake theme. Clockwise from the upper left photo:

a collage sheet of real snowflake photos from 1900, from piddix

child size felted wool mittens with snowflake pattern from my own shop, FeltSewGood

vintage snowflake brooch, from DesiredSimplicity

snowflake motif wedding invitations, from rgbcolor

Have a look at these items and more in the shops of these Etsy artisans and sellers!