Dear Santa . . .

~ image via etsy ~

Santa, I've been so good this year!

Finding this little guy in my stocking would NOT upset me!

Another Southern Crush !

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I teared up when I watched this video!

It's an overwhelming feeling when you watch

a video on someone who is EXACTLY who your dream ME is.

I love how Natalie Chanin is putting people back to work.

I love how it is producing things that are handmade.
I love EVERYTHING about this line!

I've gushed over them before, HERE and HERE.

but I just had to share this video from Etsy's Handmade Portraits.

Natalie, YOU'VE BEEN CRUSHED...AGAIN!

I recently ordered the color cards for their organic cotton.

My needle will be in this soon... Maybe I can figure out a way to

get to a workshop and actually meet her! 

Anybody wanna go with me?

I said, " Somebody Pinch Me ! "

Oscar! THE MAN! 

photographed by the amazing ~ Jamie Beck ~

This NY photo is EXACTLY as it was 

in Charlotte @ the Room to Bloom event @ the Mint! 

I'm still pinching myself that I sat and chatted with Oscar!

I'm still pinching myself that I had a front row seat for the fashion show!

How many times does that happen in a lifetime?

An absolute dream come true!

Again, and again, I say it, "I LOVE MY JOB!"

(i sat for our chat where these iPhones are sitting!) 

...this man...

what a crush!

Dreamin' My Little Dream . . .

...Don't ask me what I WANT or NEED for my birthday...

Cuz the answer is not what I'm going to GET!

ANSWER: ~ Les Soeurs Anglaises Workshop ~

...A residential workshop in south west France...

...This one would suit...

stitching and knitting with miscellaneous collected objects

by ~ Julie Arkell ~ 

...or this one...

...Creative Embroidery with ~ Susie Cowie ~...

I think this fits in the need category, so 

my chances are better, right?

~ Susie Cowie's ~ work is so delicate, so special.

I fell in love with her work in my ~ Selvedge Magazine ~

and have dreamed of a workshop with her since.

{these bowties kill me}

 

{sweetest cami}

Now back to ~ Les Soeurs Anglaises ~

I'd go here for just about any workshop!

...or no workshop at all really...

 

 

And how's this for the "cheap seats" in the dormitory?

If I went with 3 friend stitchin' buddies,

we could take over this loft!

I'm just dreamin'...but this is one dream I wouldn't 

mind coming true!

~ Les Soeurs Anglaises ~

One Door Closes . . .

...And another gets a paint job...

I just ran across this photo in one of my favorite tumblrs, 

~ Crumpled Envelope. ~

I have the same photo (and more) from this house torn from a magazine and stored in my "if we ever have our mountain house" file. I think this is what sparked the idea to paint the closet doors in our entry hall. They have "what's in here" paintings on each door....

...Behind door No. 1...

Oh my, let's leave this door closed.

All my "stuff" but this is where I

stash my hula hoop!

Can you see the little "stuff" in the nest?

...There's something for all of us...

...Can you find...

...Jeff's guitar string...~ PrettyStuff's ~ Kappa Delta Pin...

...Hobbs's track spike and shoe string...

...my yarn and a needle and thread...

...Behind Door No. 2...

...and empty twig...

...this is a boring closet...

...just a vacuum and some coats...

...Behind Door No. 3...

...this is my yarn closet...

...hence the appropriate "tailor" bird...

...I should probably add a lock to this one...

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep . . .

Look what I found!

And what happens when I find

stuff I can't have?

I just show y'all and that makes

me feel better!

This is an amazing Italian Painted Bed!

I found it here...

~ Provenance Antiques ~

1190 Huff Road

a 13,000 square feet antique warehouse

in Atlanta's Westside Shopping District

...think European Street Fair...

They have some great photo albums on their ~ facebook ~ page. Become a follower and watch their albums entitled "Dig of the Day" which is kinda like a little ~ tumblr ~ on facebook! Lots of inspiring photographs taken and found and sharing them with all. Uhhh... sound familiar? I'm going to put them in my "places to check out in Atlanta" file when these empty nesters hit the road! My bank account is hoping that someone else will buy that bed and...

...Look what else I found...

these dang chairs are KILLING me!

they need to be in my house!

It looks like a fabulous shopping experience.

I love the warehouse feel when antiquing.

Now go buy my bed so I don't have to!

Enchanting Light . . .

...Fiona Gull... 

...Emerald Faerie... 

...breathtaking creativity...

Ms Gull creates sculptural chandeliers

...steel, copper and brass...

...wire, piping and chain...

...Swarovski Crystal...

...Broken and Cut Glass and Beads...

...even antique silver cutlery...

Her work has "magical qualities of

texture, light and shadow."

Hermes commissioned Ms Gull for a series of 

handbags as the centerpiece to launch their

2008 Autumn Collection

All  images from

~ Emerald Faerie ~

Please visit her site and experience

her beautiful ethereal sculptures.