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collecting blues

Recently Mark and I headed off to a local antique mall. I was hoping to find some Cathrineholm pieces. (Is it Catherineholm, Catherine Holm, Cathrine Holm? Help.) After four hours of looking up and down every-single-solitary aisle, we came away with a few things but not a stitch of Cathrineholm. What's up with that?

I consoled myself with this little chair -- I knew I'd seen something like it before. I've had it in my flickr favorites for a long time! Now, if only they'd had the tiny ottoman too.

Mark found this vintage Pelican to add to our collection. He's got a good eye, that man of mine.

winter pinks

It's snowing here today and perhaps it's just Valentine's day looming ahead of me, but I'm seeing pink everywhere.

Like the little bands of the softest pink that can be found in between the red and white of this Cineraria's petals.

And how much do I love the pink coat (the whole outfit really!) in this recent etsy purchase? It is called winter boots from photobird's etsy shop. I think I first saw this photo in Jenni's flickr and asked her where she'd gotten it. Thanks for the tip Jenni!

inspired

Whoops! She was the inspiration behind the title of my last post and I completely forgot to mention her. Fortunately, Holly over at decor8 has taken care of crediting Kerry with all of the praise that her work (under the name lushbella) justly deserves. I was as giddy as a kid when I found her work. Not because it is delicate and just plain wonderful, but, because she was one of my best friends in high school. We'd lost touch over the years and I've always wondered what became of her. And now I know! I gotta send flickr a huge thank you because that's how I found her again. Thanks guys!

Here's a link to decor8's interview with Kerry about her book i spy. I just bought a copy and you should too!

You can purchase her work in her lushbella etsy shop or in her online shop.

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*Images of i spy from blurb.

Oceans Don't Freeze

Mine, all mine! This came in the mail before Christmas but I never got a chance to show you. In the past, I always seemed to miss out on Jen Corace's work. Ahh, but this time I was in luck! The print is titled Oceans Don't Freeze and is from the Tiny Showcase Winter 2007 Seasonal Print Collection. If you like it too, you can get one for yourself because they are available through Spring of 2008.

vv rouleaux

All of these ribbons and the pom pom trim are from VV Rouleaux. I stopped in there when we were in London this past Summer. Mmm... good!

Oops... all of them except for the trim with yellow and blue birds, that's an online purchase but I can't remember where? Rats!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

doing that which is necessary

Making a teensy skirt for an elfette. It looks a little bit like a flower, don't you think?

Stacking up new fat quarters that I'm pretty sure I really needed. Yes, I'm almost positive that they were 75% necessary.

Piling up newly acquired fabric remnants from a tempting and strategically placed bin next to the check out counter.

did i mention we were leaving?

Oh, dear. I apologize for dissappearing. I completely forgot to tell you that we were going out of town for a whole week. Whoops, so sorry about that. I can tell to you that we spent a wonderful week in an unseasonably warm (!) Colorado, visiting friends and seeing the sights. But, that was last week. This week we are officially moving into the new studio. Moving. Moving. Moving lots of stuff. Stuff that, as of yet, has no place to be put. We definitely need more storage. Next week we're planning a nice big trip to IKEA. Which will mean lots of little piece putting together time. As for now... how about a peek at my desk in the new space, plus a few souvenirs from the trip.

::my old desk in a new corner::

::a dear little deer from the royal gorge souvenir shop::

::elephant fabric trim from a shop in buena vista, co::

::rocks for my collection from chamberlain, sd::

true to form

Do you remember how I was just telling you about my inability to remember my blog's milestones like the anniversary. etc. Well, I did it again. Yesterday was my 300th post and I totally missed it. Good thing I've already thrown myself an un-blogiversary party or I'd feel like Samantha Baker did on her birthday.

In other news, yesterday I was able to finish phase one of my project but, I need to do something else with it before I can show you. In the meantime, I have something fun to share. I picked up these little crochet babies in a thrift store this summer. Each one is no more than two inches tall. Also, I remember seeing that someone else had found some of these too, but, I can't remember who it was. Maybe on flickr? Let me know if it was you so I we can compare, kay?

the one that i want

Here it is! This is the bag I bought from orla kiely's flagship shop when I was in London. Oh, it was almost impossible to choose. I made at least a dozen passes around the shop trying this bag and that on my shoulder. It was such a pathetic display of indecisiveness that the people I was shopping with kindly offered to let me come back again the next day so that I could think about it (i.e. calm myself) overnight. Although, I highly suspected that my circling was making them dizzy and they were in desperate need of fresh air. Whatever the reason, it was just the push I needed to make up my orla-overloaded mind.

I also bought a meter of her signature pear oil cloth. The shop assistant was ever so helpful, but I got the distinct impression that most shoppers don't buy the cloth. I'm pretty sure she confirmed that I wanted it three times. (Fortunately for me there were only two fabrics to choose from -- I felt so decisive -- sadly that was prior to the purse dilemma so the sense of victory was fleeting.)

More photos of the shopping bag and the fall/winter '07 catalog here.