Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Off To My Happy Place !


HandyHusband planted these in the backyard a few years back.
They are HUGE now and the color is AMAZING!
They are right behind my favorite perch @ my in-laws.
The view from where I sit...
As you can see, it's pretty hard to get up!



It took us awhile to get the boats in the water.
They're old and needed some "tweeking."
They're not worth taking pictures of!
One we call "The Ugly Duckling," if that gives you a mental image!
Let's just say there's duck tape and glue involved.
Not a pretty picture, but fun.
Mrs. Johnson's little boat, on the other hand, is one 
of my favorite sights of the summer...

Meanwhile, back at the cottage! I welcome a rainy day! Inspiration is everywhere you look when the sun's out sooo... Let it RAIN! It has to actually be pouring to keep us inside though, and we only had one rainy day for me to make a mess like this. I took way more than I finished, but my sister-in-law made me a bowl perfect to keep me from spilling my beads on the beach! She's been contracted by the Maine Marathon for MUGS this year! If you're running, she can put your time on the back with the Maine Marathon Logo! VERY COOL!

Sneak peek of the hairchop!
It's even shorter now!


Here are a few of #handyhusband's @handygrams!
Oh how family jokes get taken too far...
This all started with my posting an instagram video
of #handyhusband snoring through the night.
The rest will be history, stay tuned or follow him.
I can guarantee the he will NOT blow up your feed!
He has an old flip phone that he still hasn't learned to use.
He has put me fully in charge of his profile on instagram, but
has taken full responsibility of the actual handygram!


A few years ago, we bought a Tom Deininger Oil from The Donovan Gallery and I'm always so curious to see his work each time we go in. This year, I was totally shocked by his collages! They are AMAZING, but nothing like the oil painting we purchased. So inspired to come home and chop up my stacks of magazines that I haven't a clue why I can't throw them out.

There was a new boutique in Tiverton 4 Corners this year, SALT. Still wishing I had found a way to squeeze this pouf in the back of the car on the way home... but we would have had to leave Hobbs in Westport, sooooo I can make my own pouf, but this Roberta Roller Rabbit one is precious! There's also a new yarn shop, Perfectly Twisted, but they were closed, I couldn't jimmy the lock and I was too short (still am) to peek in the windows for a full report. :[


And what's vacation without food, right?
We ate a lot of lobster and a Maker's share of corn, but...

Until next year charming little harbor town.

...Heaven on Earth...

And yes, I do know how lucky I am!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

All Roads Lead to Everlane !

{If my name was Oprah, you would find one of these under your computer right now!}

My friend Kristen emailed tonight and asked if my 
Everlane Post was the real deal or "is it a scam?"

STOP THE BLOG PRESS!
I'm wearing my free T-shirt as I type this.
"How can they do that... just give away T-shirts?"

Because I, for one blogger, can GUARANTEE you 
that you will order more and more and more!
I'm just sitting here waiting for size and color restocking
so I can load my shopping cart and take advantage 
of my free shipping reward. 

I can't wait to watch this line develop, 
and to see what they add to their line next. 

(A wee note about sizing... I'm an official small, but sometimes order mediums cuz I like 'em slouchy. In the WOMEN'S V, I ordered a Small... next time, I'll get a Medium. It's slim, but not skin tight through the body. In the RYAN POCKET T I ordered an XS and it fits PERFECTLY SLOUCHY! My new FAVORITE T! Notice the longer sleeve length... it's different in a very boyfriendishly girly way. I love it! Bye-Bye James Perse!)

Friday, April 13, 2012

Bookcase Style . . .

habituallychic:

clubmonaco:


Vintage Books

My bookshelves are bursting but I can’t resist buying more books — especially old vintage fashion and design books. -Habitually Chic

Thanks for letting me your featured contributor for February!  It was a fun month!
{image: Habitually Chic}

I love the color coordination in this bookcase!
And love the little mirror hanging from the shelf.
HandyHusband and I have a little obsession with mirrors.
I've got a few little ones...
I think I should take them off the wall
and put them on a bookcase.


Right after I saw this picture today on Design Darling,
I got the itch for some new books with great spines.
Then, I went rummaging through my Crush Cul de Sac Archives...

HEAD OVER HEELS
...I found stacks 'n stacks of Interiors with stacks 'n stacks of books...

{via Lilipage}

...Great Bookcases with GREAT ideas for Accessories...

via Color Outside the Lines

So, whether you're using books for elevation in a tablescape...

via Casa Tres Chic

or propping them up on your desk with memories,
I can't think of any interior accessory that
expresses your personality more.

sofa in front of shelves…..

via Eclectic Revisited Facebook
{via CrushCuldeSac: EclecticRevisited - where's she go?}

New apartment vignette.

bar cart turned bookshelf
{via BHG}

Veranda Magazine via Design Chic




via Antique Shops & Designers 


I love the style of that portrait and the way it hangs on the bookcase!

via {RUE Magazine}

Charlotte Moss

via {Sacramento Street}

via Velvet & Linen

NaDaFarmLife

I am thoroughly depressed now. 
I need a b'zillion books to stuff, turn backwards, stack, and cover...
I think I need some fun new bookcase clutter & shine too!


While I was pouting over the beautiful stacked books,
I found these sparkly things in Design Darling's online Boutique.
Love the lacquer tray, quartz bookends, votive,
and the amethyst rock is calling my name!

I think I've created a weekend of moving stuff around.
How about you? Gonna shuffle your stuff?
I can't leave a bookcase post without this image.
If you don't have one, paint one.

ysvoice:| ♕ |  Alasdair Gray drawing  | by wil_freeborn | via 60rpm