Elle Moss Photo Challenge/Day 18
Pretty patterns.
Grand Central Station, NYC
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Peace out,
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Things I Found After the Party
Gems, Giggles & Geramiums, Oh My
Once again, what a fabulous party. The things the guests brought this time around, are no different than any of the link parties before. Awesome stuff people. Awesome.
My etsy friend and Treasury Island teammate Marci has a wonderful jewelry shop called 3Pearls. You should see some of her crocheted bead bracelets (how do you do that by the way? want to do a tutorial Marci??). That said, although she brought one of her crocheted lovelies to the party, that's not what caught my eye. When I popped by her shop again, I saw this beautiful tourmaline necklace. It's a favorite for obvious reasons.
Another one of my etsy friends and another etsy Treasury Island teammate, Kate- aka Miss Vintage, owns Storytellers Vintage. She really finds some of the best stuff. Like this backpack. Oh the stories it could tell.
Classic.
You know what's always been really fun about the link party for me? I get to see some familiar faces, but also make new friends. Here I was, making my way around the room when I ran into Giggles and Toots. Well, right off - LOVE the name. Toots is a thing in my family. We'll have to blame it on my Dad. He calls us toots. So I've come to call my nieces toots. In fact two of my nieces named their turtle Toots because of it. See why I love the name? Back to the party. Look what I found when I got to know Giggles and Toots a little better.
Cute sleeptime owl. What kid wouldn't want to rest their head on this pillow at night?
Or how about sweet dreams? This chenille this pillow is made of looks SO soft!
If you want to wake up your senses, then how about a little stroll through a perfectly wonderful Spring greenhouse thanks to Sweet Posy Dreams.
Lynette and I are obviously of the same thinking......I always use Geraniums in my window boxes and in my backstoop planter. Love 'em and they shout Memorial Day to me, mostly because that's when I'm usually planting them.
The excitement of Spring. Something new each day. Scratch that. The excitement of a new house! Woohoo! So happy to find out that Paige at Little Nostalgia and her husband have found a new home. Moving from their condo has been on their list, but finding the right home in their budget seemed daunting. Now they can check it off their list. Another thing I love about blogging, is you get to share in these wonderful moments. The bedroom redo that Paige was planning is now officially ON HOLD, for the best kind of reason. Congratulations Paige!
I really enjoy these get togethers, exploring your blogs, your stores and getting know you all a little better. I hope you enjoy them too.
Elle Moss Photo Challenge
I missed submitting in time for the 'Into the Sun' challenge, but here's my entry/ies (I always find it hard to choose) for you guys to see. A beautiful day at the beach. In January no less.
G-man just looked out the window and said, "It's lashing." A very wet day here, for now at least. Hoping it clears up a little bit sooner than they expect. Guess we have to have the rainy days to make the sunny days that much better.
Enjoy the day, whatever it is doing, in your corner of the world and we'll do the same here. What is it dong in your corner of the world? Is the sun shining or do you have your wellies on? What's on your agenda for the day? Ours includes inventory for Lia Artisan Concrete Designs, and the projects on my desk for Speakeasy include bumper sticker and t-shirt design, ad campaign planning and bookwork.
Ciao for now,
Friday, May 11, 2012
Ready To Launch & Freeform Friday
What We've Been Working On
I've said a couple of times in the last month that there has been a lot going on here. Well, it wasn't a lie.
In March, the Gman's job of 26 years was no more. We've been trying to look at it as a new opportunity, a chance for positive change, but that doesn't mean it's been easy. Quite frankly, it hasn't. What is has been is pretty darn stressful times. That said, it's also been an exciting time.
After working with concrete for 26 years, as a concrete construction foreman building foundations, my husband is turning concrete -as he knows it- on its head. He's working with it in a completely new way and is really excited about it.
Now, without further ado, may I me introduce to you................
Our basement has become a studio and he's been very busy putting together his first collection of home and garden decor. Today is launch day for Lia Artisan Concrete Designs!
The good news is that he's just back from acquiring his first wholesale account. Woohoo! Now, I will say that we did have a little edge, since its Backyard Birds & Garden Frills the shop our sister-in-law Kelly and her mom run. However, they have a seriously beautiful shop and would not just humour him because, in the end, it comes down to business. I've blogged about their shop before, so you can see for yourself it is in deed a lovely store.
The best part of Gman's first pitch is that as he was setting up his display, a lady going into the store wanted one of his designs! Yup, you got it right. He sold the 'half sphere planter on pedestal' (back right) before he'd even shown it to Kelly and Judy. They insisted he sell it to the woman outright, since they hadn't put in an order yet. Is that classic or what?
If you'd like to know more about my husband's new venture, Lia Artisan Concrete Designs, I'd love it if you stopped by his website. You'll find a little background on him, his process, the significance of the name lia and the inspiration for his first collection. Keep in mind, it's a work in progress as I have to secure his official address and have a lot more info to add. It's a start though. I'm actually using blogger to set up his website and it's going pretty good so far (other than time....which I need more of). I'll work on customization later, but at least it allows me to get something up and running pretty quick. If anyone has used blogger to host their website (knock, knock....Kristen!!), email, etc, I'd appreciate some feedback. When I have his facebook page set up, I'll be sure to let you know.
Thanking you all for any good thoughts you can send our way as we get up and running.
Elle Moss 21 Day Photo Challenge
Today is Day 5 in the Elle Moss 21 Day Photo Challenge and the theme is architecture. It was a hard choice. I take a lot of architecture shots when we're on vacation. I'm quite drawn to building and their features. I went with this shot of the facade of our favorite places, Grand Central Station.
It was a tough decisiont though, because what I really love doing when I'm at Grand Central is gaze at the ceiling.
Wish this picutre showed it more clearly, but it's the most beautiful shade of blue and it features constellations with some of the stars being lit. It's amazing. The entire building is beautiful and it's always buzzing. All that I love about NYC.
Freeform Friday
Oh yeah, friday night youtubing will surely include this one tonight. It's a standby and why not put your dancing shoes on and work up a sweat with me! And yes, you have to dance to the entire thing. Phew! If you're reading via email, click here.
Sieze the day and by all means, have a grand weekend.
ttfn,
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Taking Part
Do you remember me telling you about the fabulous Mother's Day Giveaway that my etsy friend Elle Moss was having on her blog, diaryofamodhousewife? And that my Grow Love print is just one part of this over the top giveaway? It makes me smile to be in such good company. Look at all this great stuff!
Well, apparently hosting this super giveaway wasn't enough for Elle. She has begun the 21 Day Photo Challenge on her blog. Today is day three. You can jump in anytime and participate as time allows. I love this challenge already and I haven't even submitted an entry in the challenge yet! I missed days one and two, but in a round about way, Kathy from DoubleKnickelsandBeyond led me to it so I can participate in day three.
Today's theme is 'little things'.
These champagne corks sit on the bookshelf next to my desk. Remnants of bookclub/champagne ladies, and mine and Gar's annual Christmas morning toast I believe. I do love Champagne. The bubbles tickle my nose and it makes me giddy.
See that one in the front.............the Gloria Ferrer? LOVE it. One of my favorites. If you like dry, you must get some.
In our game cabinet we have remnants of an old Parcheesi game. Oh how many hours I spent playing Parcheesi. The playing pieces are actually wood. Yup, it's that old.
In addition to my little champagne cork collection, I also collect feathers that I find on my walks. I love these two because they're tiny and they have polkadots. What's not to love?
Decisions, decisions. Which to include in Day 3 of Elle's challenge? I think the feathers.
Kathy decided way before me. Check out her lovely pins. I love the dark background, the pink fabric and the pretty little pearls atop the pins. Nice one Kath!
So, what are you waiting for? Grab your camera and join the fun at Elle's place. Elle posts entries to each day's challenge on her home page if you want to have a look.
Not So Little
While I was taking pictures, Gar said, "Look, there's a hawk in the tree!" To which I exclaimed, "where? where?". He was right at the bottom of our apple tree.
Big beautiful bird.
Probably a Coopers Hawk. He sat like that for a few minutes, then hopped on over to the wheelbarrow. I couldn't resist trying to get another picture of him and was eeking the door open bit by bit, but it failed. He flew the coop.
Hope your day is full of good stuff. I am juggling a few things today including shipping off another Grow Love print to Ontario. It's packed and ready to go when I head to Exeter for a meeting. Have a wonderful Wednesday in your corner of the world.
Ciao for now,
PS- I love Elle's giveaway idea AND photo challenge so much, I may have tweak it a bit and do my own versions! Go Elle Go! By the way, if you participate in Elle's photo challenge, feel free to leave a link to any of your entries in your comments here on the Muse.
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