PoSt HoLiDaY SALE

Everything up to 40% off... now until January 4th (or until stock runs out!). 

And then it's (finally) a short break for me ~ at least for a couple of days.

Stop on by~*

A healthy and happy new year to you...

Enjoy...

This poem, posted in one of my favorite blogs, is really hitting the spot for me today.  And that last line... perfect.

SWEET DARKNESS
When you eyes are tired
the world is tired also.
When your vision has gone
no part of the world can find you.
Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize it own.
There you can be sure
you are not beyond love.
The dark will be your womb
tonight.
The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.
You must learn one thing.
The world was made to be free in.
Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.
- DAVID WHYTE -

Happy Holidays, everyone.  Enjoy a safe, healthy and blissfully creative new year... ♥

Last giveaway of the year...

One reader will win one of these *Winter Frolic*  hair adornments (choose from the black, purple or ivory cream).  Here's how you make a go of the gettin' the prize... (Deadline- December 30th)

1. Leave a message in the comment section below this post.  Tell me your hope for the new year, but in just THREE WORDS..

2. I will announce the winner of the most creative answer on December 31st here on my blog.

3. Ready, Set, Go!

A little help...

To get me out of my funk ('cause, damn, this feeling sucks)...

and this...

(charm by Waxing Poetic.  bunny by Make It Awesome)

Ahhhhhh.  Better.

What's making me happy today...

I'm a little obsessive lately with wanting a new kitchen.  Ours is in the limbo stage of new sassy stainless appliances but with older 1980's cabinetry... not particularly aesthetically pleasing, but still functional.  So I let myself have my dreams with ideas for the someday new remodeled space.  This photo is a good indicator of exactly what would bring a smile to my face each time I stepped into the room, but the husband is a lover of all things stainless steel and wants the entire kitchen made up of just that- stainless appliances with stainless rack shelving and stainless countertops.  I think we'll find a happy medium in there somewhere.
But today on this unusually rainy and dreary and chilly wintery California day, I wish for this kitchen.

Plushie Art Show

 Steph and I hit an adorable exhibit on Saturday night...  "Go Ask Alice" a doll and plush art show at Paul Cumes Gallery.  I needed to take home every one of these- most especially the ones with the black and white striped legs and black shoes.  This is a tiny selection of my long list of favorites.

Pretty cute coupling.  I'm a fan of those eye patches and their shirt.

 

This rabbit by Lana Crooks wooed us.  And that's the (beyond) talented and sweet as heck Steph somewhat color coordinated with the rabbit- a fact that I didn't notice until just now.

Stephanie is Stephanie Bodine, proprietress of great and wonderful embellishments for designers/artists/stylists/costumers at Bocage. Hop to here to read a feature I did on her and Bocage and here to check out her site.  Totally worth perusing through and grabbing some incredible treasures.

 

 

My favorite... Alice's legs mounted on the wall.  Really awesome.  And me, not two minutes after spilling a delicious hot chai tea on the floor just a few feet away.  I am NOT a multi-tasker.  This includes my inability to walk- nay- stroll slowly- while drinking (or talking on the phone, or waving) without tripping over nothing.