Sunday update

The piece shown in the last post below 'Lovely thing' is in the shop tonight.

We finally got around to Pumpkin picking today, it was alot of fun. The weather was so very warm, it felt more like a summer day. We went on a Haunted hay ride that resulted in lots of tears for my lil chicky. She's a scaredy cat on a regular day. And these guys were crawling up on the hay ride, in your face and with a real-sounding chain saw....geeeez! Next time we'll take the regular hay ride.

But we bought some great pumpkins and cider, and all-in-all it was a fun trip!

Lovely things

I'll share a new piece I worked on this week. It's a mixed media collage. It is called 'LOVELY THINGS' and is inspired by Anthro, as if you couldn't tell. It includes pieces of the catalog, the dress is illustrated, the words lovely are embroidered in. The page is from Shakespeare's Cymbeline.

I had SO much fun with this one! I don't know if I want to give it up.

Hello Monday

Monday... is here and it's soooo chilly out. The weekend was good....

• We had dinner at a lovely little Italian place to celebrate the In-laws 55th Wedding Anniversary.
• This Saturday, we had a house full of little girls giggling and playing. I made them some pre-Halloween cupcakes!
• I finally got to put away the summer clothes....it's nice to be able to see what's in my closet. I just love it. Let's see how long I can keep it that way.
• I spent some time on my Art! I think I will post a shop update WEDNESDAY evening.

We have a new target opening up in our area.... the Grand Opening was Sunday. I didn't go.
Mostly on purpose, I knew I would be buying things I don't really need.

Good mail day......

Don't you just love a good mail day? Even though I ordered the stuff and know its coming, I still get excited when it's sitting in front of my door, it still feels like a suprise!
So here she is..... my new black apple girl....getting to know her sister ; )
...these lil dolls make me smile every time I see them!

but I must tell you, I am in trouble. Because my lil girl reminded me of how she wants a Black Apple doll with RED hair.... ummm I don't remember that conversation. So now she wants to play with these 2 and I know its silly of me to expect a 4 yr old to resist these lovelies, when I can't even. So I may have to get a red head! for her.

In this next pic, I wanted to show my new target bag! I love it so much, I might go back for different colors. It's perfectly soft, which I love in a bag. I mean soft in that it conforms to your body and doesn't feel like you are carrying a box. I have strange requirements for my bags.

The girls wanted to be in this pic too.

Inspiration Rooms: Domino Galleries

SUNDAY reading InStyle Home

I just LOVE when Instyle puts out their new HOME edition!!! The Fall/Winter 2007 issue is great, so many beautiful rooms!

Gorgeous room........

This room belongs to Anna from Absolutely Beautiful Things , and I just love it!! Her house was featured in Austrailia's 'Real Living Magazine' November edition. along with sfgirlbybay , I've really got to pick up a copy! I want a pink couch!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Some Beautiful totes

I feel myself needing a new tote. OK, not really, but I do WANT one!

I stumbled upon these gorgeous Market Bag totes from an ETSY seller called Beanblossom. This first one is my favorite...but it's sold. So is the grocery one.

This one...'I read books' is in her shop for $25.

The Blissful......... a must see

I first stumbled upon Abby Kerr, the proprietor, on her blog 'a Boutique Industry' which was designed to speak to other women who have chose a lifestyle of entrepreneurship, or dream of doing so. It's such a great blog, where Abby share's her personal experiences of being a new shop owner with us.

Abby's shop is called 'The Blissful'. In their own words, it is a lifestyle boutique of French -Inspired Finds and furnishings. They are located in Canton, Ohio.

Abby recently launched theblissful.com and it's simply beautiful. I look forward to seeing more beautiful pics of the shop. She will begin online-commerce in Jan 2008.

We all know I'm a huge fan of Anthropologie and the whole vibe, so I love the Blissful even more since it is an independent shop!

linoleum prints

photos from Sunberst

I found this great Linoleum print tutorial on Sunberst- by Beth Berst-Gregory. This is something I would definitely LOVE to learn!!! I'll have to look into it.

Pssstttt...

I did a little Q&A with Kelly Heyboer from Star Ledger and it's posted online now at NJ.com, if you want to peek go here.

We chatted about my two blogs, Craving Anthropologie and this one. I was able to share a little about me, why I started blogging, & mention a few of my favorite bloggers, (sorry I couldn't possibly get you all in.)
I was able to talk about ETSY as the place to shop for all things handmade and my lil shop. Check it out if you like. : )

EDIT: update....I just found out the article will be in Print---in Friday's, Star Ledger on October 26th. So they temporarily disabled the link until then.

Listening to

Jack Johnson, upside down.

Inspired by Anthro's Tandie Boots

Quick fingers

Oh my gosh.. I'm such a happy girl.... I was quick enough to get one of the 'Black Apple' girls!!!!

Here she is..........don't you love her? And I also bought this adorable teal treasure box!

Some new pieces...

of art for the shop! I have off Friday, so maybe I'll make my updates then.

I want to be around for the Black Apple shop update. I'm looking to snag a new sister for my Sophie doll! I hope I get lucky.

Domino ...October 2007

Gosh.. where have I been?

Today I went to Barnes and Noble for lunch & to browse through some magazines AND pick up the October issue of Domino. Of course, they did NOT have it. Argggg!

I can't wait to get it!

---- I've been working on some new pieces of ART...just have to post them, later this week.

--lots of home projects... fun, fun, fun.

-----planning a girls night out on Friday.....woo hoo!

---wishing it was Friday

--Can you believe it's almost October...how crazy fast is that coming! But I love October, since it is my Bday month.

----busy at work. But I promise to post this week!

Apartment Therapy ..... needed daily

image from Apartment Therapy, LA
I love to peek inside others homes and see how they decorate it and mold it into their own space. Don't you?

That's one reason why I love Apartment Therapy. I don't live in an apartment, but my house might as well be one. I love that I get to see how people manage in small spaces, how others make it not just liveable BUT beautiful, which encourages me to make my space one that I love to come home to.

Bittersweet

Well I'm packaging up some originals that were sold this weekend. Of course, I was excited about that. But I didn't expect it to be hard to let them go. Sounds silly I know, but there's only one original, right? Anyway.. hopefully they will be plenty more to sell in the future and I'll get used to the feeling. : ) Or I'll just hoard all the originals for myself.. .ha!

Love this kitchen (Domino)

it is one of the entries in Dominos decorating contest. The silhouette's on the cabinets are my favorite!

ETSY love: Lottiefrank

by designer/illustrator LUCY CLAYDON

This print is from Lottiefrank's ETSY shop
$20.

T Style

The New York Times STYLE Magazine

Home town love: Jersey City

I was born and raised in Jersey City and I loved it. I haven't lived there for the past 5yrs since I've been married. But I'm there visiting family all the time. I would love to go back and live on the waterfront that is developing like crazy these days. Of course I would have a hard time convincing my husband, who has always lived in the suburbs.

Here's what I've been drooling over lately...........77 Hudson

Monday blogging

Wow...it's Monday already. The beach was lovely. Perfect day. Nice cool breezes. Great company. Just can't get enough.

On Sunday mornings my husband and I usually have coffee(Dunkin Donuts of course) and read the Star Ledger, but I decided to treat myself to the Sunday edition of the NY Times. Oh sooo nice. I love it.
I really should subscribe.

Sunday evening I watched HBO's new show 'Tell me you love me' and the new season premiere of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'. And of course I switched back and forth to see a little of the VMA's.
Especially the opening act.... on which I will comment no further.

Irwin boots update

So the boots came today around 11:30 ish... so cool about the timing, but that's about it. I was kind of bummed out when I opened the package and saw that they were not evenly colored. And it doesn't look like it is supposed to be that way. Meaning, you can see streaks of darkness as if someone tried to waterproof them. It's really hard to take a good pic with a cell phone... but it really looks like someone did a poor staining job. I just can't imagine that these are what the boots looked like on the shelves of Nine West.

I wish I knew someone else who has them. It doesn't mention anything in the reviews or description about it. I'm thinking maybe someone tried to waterproof them, messed them up and returned them.

The lighting is terrible in these pics..so I don't know if you can really see how bad it looks.

I'm so disappointed.

Behind the Label

Last night I watched a couple segments of 'Behind the Label' on NYCTV. They profiled Vera Wang and Carolina Herrera. Sooo good. Love hearing the stories behind these ladies. And especially that they started their own businesses later in life.

Can you believe Vera is 58? She looks amazing. Love her personality, she's got spunk.

Carolina is just one classy lady.

Zappos, you are my new friend

Yes, I've heard of Zappos. But I've never really spent the time looking around, because there are TOO many shoes to look through. Well today my friend was raving about Zappos and the 4 shoes she just ordered that will be delivered NEXT day. No shipping charge.


BACK UP... did she say NEXT DAY FREE!!! She did. So I said I must check it out. And I ordered these Nine West Irwin boots. I'm so excited that they will be here tomorrow.

How crazy is that... and how did I not know about this! And I forgot to mention if they don't fit you can send them back, no shipping charge again. Sighhhh! : )

Orange Lola

I love these mini clay picture frames from Orange Lola!

Domino gallery

I still want to create an outside space filled with tons of glass lanterns and even chandeliers.

This photo is from Domino's gallery. So just imagine 10x the lanterns...... with more of a moroccan feel..

Distressed and pretty

I was searching on google for how to distress a dresser. Sometimes it's so hard to find exactly what you want. I have this old, very old, ugly brown dresser that is not even in the house at this point. And I want to give it that old distressed feel, in a light TEAL color.


So anyway... I stumbled upon the lovely blog of Amelia.... and her pink distressed dresser!!


Isn't it just gorgeous?!

(photos from Amelia's blog)