HA! Bah Humbug. Anyway, I made some jewelry for Christmas gifts so I thought I would whip up some for me, since the blue ones I had before got stolen :(. And they are hanging out on a new painting in the works. Stay tuned for some exciting news regarding my paintings.
Thank goodness it is Friday! I decided to celebrate by having some fun craft time before I get back to work, so this morning I whipped up some napkins from some fat quarters that my mom and I got at Purl Soho last year. They were just sitting around, waiting for me to make something from them, so here they are. I put two quarters back to back, cropped, and sewed them together with a french hem so they are nice and neat. Now I need a dinner party to use them!
Ohhh beautiful Vietnamese table cloth over on Bloesem's etsy site.
Even though the temps here in Atlanta reached the 70s this weekend! I got into the Christmas spirit and made some wrapping paper. I put the finished gifts on top of the mantle since you can't even see them under the tree. I had so much fun, I used rubber stamps that I made a few days ago. If you want to learn how to carve stamps, check out the Make Workshop.
I love The Hinter, I thought you would too. I love her perfect selection of classic, beautiful clothing and accessories, she inspired me to look for the perfect cardigan, I think this one is the ONE.
I got some really beautiful photos in the mail today that I ordered from Etsy seller Meg Werner. I learned about her from the fabulous Maditi Likes. 
OK, I finally did it. I got the most beautiful jacket I could find. I have been looking for something tailored and unusual and well made for about three years. I sold a bunch of my clothes on eBay, and I have been waiting for it to go on sale...but it has not, and I thought maybe it would get sold out....so here it is! I can't wait to get it in the mail. I ordered it form the store so I didn't have to pay for shipping! Now though, I can't buy anything until I sell more clothes....but I don't have anything left to sell.
I don't know why I think I live in some Victorian novel where ladies have a ready supply of tea goodies on hand for callers and a salon with a fireplace and cozy chairs to sit on and make friendly conversation...but for some reason I feel like I need more serving platters and what-not. I have been looking for antique silver on eBay...but this is what really makes me smile. I just found this shop via Decor8...Huset-Shop!
Hope you had a nice Turkey day! On a totally unrelated note, if you have not heard of Nellie McKay, and you like witty music with a beautiful voice, you have to check her out. I have a total girl crush on her.
Wow, I can't believe that Thanksgiving is this week! I have been in la la land. First O and I had a death in the family, and then, we realized that our preferred wedding venue, Serenbe, is not preferred after all. I will not bad mouth them, but you can email me if you want a candid opinion.
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Dude, those are her actual gloves, I think, along with her jacket; plus she is rocking that purple thing look, wow, she is so cool. Sartorialist, of course!
Left over apple tart with lemon creme for breakfast, I only did that one day and then gave my sister the left over tart. If you have some extra apples laying around, this is soo easy and yummy. I usually leave all of the sugar out of the recipe, and always always always make your own crust (without sugar).
Second pair of sale shoes from Anthro: Devotte, have to wait until it gets warm again, but it was worth it. I think these may be my favorites, I had been eyeing them for months!
Plugging away...I had been out of commission painting for a few days b/c of my neck, darn neck. I went to my wonderful massage therapist and he made me cry, it was almost as painful as when I broke two toes dancing around in the kitchen...make sure there are no doorways with lots of hard, wooden trim around when you do that...and today, I am free and well and I got that painting feeling.
I took my 3 year old niece to Anthropologie this weekend, she was in crazy awesome girly heaven, I had to show her everything I tried on, and she told me if it was pretty or not, and she wanted to try all the shoes on, and play around with Rabbit, her imaginary friend, who is quite a devil don't you know. She thought these shoes were the prettiest, b/c it looks like I am on tippy toe. I think they are so cool. Plus, marked down to 50% off, then another 50% off...I got three pairs, but I would not want any one's brain to explode, so I will only reveal them in stages.
I love this post card set. I would frame them all in a row, for a child's room, and then make up a crazy story with them about what is going on...lets see. "Mad scientist nerd brain washes school girls into fighting his cause...the liberation of his polka band members from detention...but then it turns out that the ring leader is actually he band's lead singer, they decide to take the look of the band in a cool super hero direction...they become famous..."my poor kids, they are going to be so confused.
I have been meaning to post about my new pillow. It is such a bright ray of light in my living room! I love all Lena Corwin's work, I don't know why I waited so long to get it!
I have taken the Handmade pledge for this holiday season, yupee. And as an added bonus, my new Ochi prints are on sale for $20, plus (oh yeah baby, there is a plus) free shipping! I love knowing that when I buy a gift for someone, I am also supporting an independent artist.
I had my first facial today. Wow, I look really creepy, I guess that is good timing for Halloween, but I am not going anywhere, that is how bad my face is. Swollen, iky, but boy oh boy is it clean! If you live in Atlanta and you want clear, glowy, beautiful skin, go check out Derma-Luxe. Not only is the staff great but look at the place, like hanging out at a Domino photo shoot, I love the rug and the lighting...very nice.
Oh, new cool monsters from Nuitblanche etsy store! I love the new Mandragora black softies too, so special. I wish I could get my hands on a print of her really sweet paintings. I just love that cloud with the eyes in it, so killer!
Ok, ya'll didn't think hard enough about sun because today is still gloomy, I hope this helps the drought problem here, although I don't think Georgia has any revolutionary or creative water collecting systems in place, I mean, only the water that falls on the lake is going to help, all the rest is just making the dead leaves on the ground wet! But I digest...(hehehe) anyway, again, I digest...HAHAHA (I get kinda giddy when I don't have sun, O can attest, I need sleep and sun, or I get sorta giggly and crazy.)
So, I want this sweater, I just love it so much, and sometimes I go to the Anthropologie store and pet it, people, it is just.that.soft.
Also, I am embracing the low light and turned on my new pendant that I got from Victory Vintage...I think they know me as soon as I walk in that place, I always leave with something so killer awesome that I can see the people driving by salivate at me with my treasures when I walk out, for reals.
At least we had sun this weekend, if it weren't for that, I would be really hurting. It is so dark and rainy and gloomy! When the weather goes on like this, it really effects me, I have S.A.D and usually I just forget about it but lately, working from home alone all day long, it is has gotten harder. Not that I am complaining, it beats trudging to a Park Ave high rise to work far, far away from a window on an old computer...sometimes.
Lets all collectively think of sun and maybe it will work!
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