Shabby Chic

(click to enlarge Image from Rachel Ashwell Blog)


I just put this Shabby Chic enamel "pot" into my Etsy Shop. It has a "Belmont" label still attached. Go take a look!



Isn't it amazing how something so mundane can look so beautiful when staged properly? Rachel Ashwell makes everything look so beautiful!

Mid Century Mother Load

Bust out the Martinis and Ciggies, I hit the Mid Century Motherload the other day!! I'm selling them in my Etsy shop. You can take a look here. Leave a comment and I will send you a discount code!

Check your local Goodwill for the 99cent jeans day! You could pick up a few pair of Levi's and keep them out of the landfills. I picked up a few pair this past Saturday for 99 cents a piece! Remember back in the early 90's when you HAD to have men's 501's from the thrift store? Now you can do it for the planet! (to repair the damage we did with the aerosol "Sebastian Shaper" hairspray.

Kindle

The power cord fits nicely through the slot in the back.

Look what I came across yesterday at the G-Dub! It's a little Kindle Keeper! (I don't think that is what it's for but it fits perfectly!) I made a little label for the adorable drawer pull. Why yes those are my spectacles. Go ahead and laugh. The second you blow out the candles on your 40th birthday cake, your eyes will cease to work too. No lie.

There is a little drawer for my sticky notepad. Since the accident I have to take detailed notes on novels or I have a hard time following plot details from day to day. I was a High School English teacher and never guessed that my harping on writing detailed plot summaries would come in handy some day.

I love my Kindle! I have the 1st generation, and I happen to like the smaller size.

I would like to be able to type in notes as I go. Is that possible somehow? I think that would be a great feature in the future. Amazon, are you listening?

What have you found lately?

* This just came "as is". I think it is a cell phone charger, but the Kindle fits perfectly. I didn't do a thing to it, except to put in the Kindle label.

My Goodwill and Target have a thing going. On the day that I found this half of the merchandise was Target leftovers/markdowns/damages. What could be better, a combination of my two favoite stores!

Oprah's Closet Clean Out

O Magazine is all about De-Cluttering Your Life!! this month. Since you all know that I love O Magazine and the show Hoarders on A&E the combination has made me make a mad dash for the Goodwill Drive-Through and unload a ton of things from my closet on Ebay so that someone else can hoard it. First, let me say in all honesty, I have broken all of the Oprah Rules Thus far:

1) Don't build a wardrobe built on fantasy.
But what if I meet Don Draper, and his secretary just quit, and I'm wearing one of my 10 sexy secretary outfits and well, one typing thing leads to another and we go out for a drink and a ciggie and..........get it?



2)Don't Buy Your Favorites Over and Over.
Three words: Brown .Tweed .Blazers. Looooovee Them. No Idea Why.....Maybe if I'm wearing one and I'm in Harvard Square and they need a professor lets say to teach......Making Dog Treats 101....and there I am all professor-ed up.....(See rule #1)

3)Don't Shop For the Beautiful but Impractical.
Jessica Simpson Brown Suede Pointy Toe 5 inch heals. I wore them and screamed. Not in ecstasy but in severe pain! It sounded much like her singing. I looked sooooo hot! Because I was sweating over the excruciating level of torture. It was right up there with childbirth....but you know, with my feet....did that make sense? It's 5am so I'm not so sure.

This is just step one in my Oprah-ized blog post. I think I will do a series. Do come back for more.

The latest junk in my trunk...

Just a little something I picked up this weekend at a fabulous little boutique as I was strolling along a snow-filled street in beautiful Colorado.
(And by that I mean my local Goodwill)
I live in Denver, so you probably won't come across something like this in Florida, but go check it out, you never know, that's the beauty of thrift shopping!

My design crush...

Ok as you know by now I have a deisgn crush on Eddie Ross. I wouldn't say I'm a stalker, but I do follow him around the web a little bit. I don't think his boyfriend Jaithin has anything to worry about, our relationship is DESIGN based. So I was reading a post here: http://purestylehome.blogspot.com/2010/01/eddie-ross-before-after-guest-blog.html

about a little copper tray that he picked up his fabulous outing at a New York Flea Market, in his cute puffer jacket and burberry scarf. It looked like this:


Well as serendipity would have it, I was perusing my favorite botique, in my lucky jeans and down parka and what did I happen upon? hmmmmmm........

This is the AFTER picture! I had to scrub that thing for-ev-er. Of course once again I did take a BEFORE picture withouth the card in the camera!! Canon will you please have an alarm go off if someone is taking pictures with no card in the camera! So here is Eddie's in all of its Rat Pack Glory!

Here's mine:

We're having family friendly martinis! Just use Sparkling Cider with Pom pomegranite juice! Delicious, good for you, the kids can have some, and it is a beautiful red color for valentines day!
Here is another way, for a fancy treat:

Cookies and milk anyone?
I'm telling you the best chocolate milk ever is shaken in a stainless steel martini shaker with ice. Try it!
Eddie would be so proud!