you're getting sleepy.....very, very sleepy.....

Now you're mesmerized. (Can I just point out that it's really hard to hold something dangly, and take a crisp photo of it at the same time?)

But is it the the pretty handwriting on a silk cord?  Or the thrifted curtains dressing up my industrial shelving?

I just threaded an adjustable curtain rod through the openings on the top shelf.  It didn't even need to be zip-tied/duct taped/hot glued into place. Easy!

I think the large medallions look like Masai warrior shields.  Maybe flowers.  No, definitely defensive battle implements.

Don't you think?

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Stinky Pinky

I should start by clarifying that she doesn't stink, at all.  Anything pink that we've ever owned has gone by the name "Stinky Pinky".

Stephen won this particular pink couch several years ago at an auction.  At the time I wanted to love her, but try as I might, I couldn't get past the pink.  She was relegated to our downstairs office and covered with unflattering throw pillows.

Do you ever, all of a sudden, realize you love something you thought you hated?  That's what happened.  So, we moved her upstairs and painted the wall behind her a color that I've decided to call "storms a'brewin'".  (it's more gray on the wall than in this photo).

Right now I love our Duy Huynh and Elizabeth Soule pieces hanging there.  If I ever get tired of those (not likely), I might switch them out with our little skull collection.

delighted by: neon blossoms

Oh, Sassafras. I love your fireworks blooms.  And your mitten shaped leaves.  I love the way you and your sisters plant yourselves into little groves, little patches of neon sparklers in our woods.  If I ever have a chicken, I will name it after you, I promise.

working on.....

...these vintage postcard landscape pieces.  They are all one of a kind with made from scratch bezels and authentic bits of old postcards.  I'm fond of the gloaming sky and the stacks of haystacks, but I also like forgetting that I know there is imagery there and seeing them as pieces of tumbled stone with lovely layers of colorful sedimentation.

Here are a few more old postcards destined for my collage table:

That peachy horizon line is something, isn't it?  I love the hazy shades in painted black and white photos.

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I've also been knitting up a storm lately and was delighted that Quince & Co compared the colors in their Tern yarn palette to "vintage painted photographs".  I need to finish some of these knitting projects so I can make room for kelp, driftwood, and columbine.  Probably back bay, too!  And sea grass.

a little studio tour

These photos are from our open studio event way back in December. I loved all the twinkles and snowflakes.

So happy to invite you......

So many of you have asked if you could come by the studio when you're in Asheville.  And, until now, the studio was in my basement.  It's a really lovely basement, but since it was in my home I never felt like it could be open to the public.  Mostly because of the dog hair.

But now.........the studio is a whole 15 minutes away from my house!!  It's right behind Harvest Records in West Asheville.

My studio mate, Amber Mahler of Mani Designs, and I are hosting a Grand Opening this weekend, December 10-11th from 11-6 each day.   We'll have PBRs.  And a snowflake making station.  

Our neighbor, Mimi Strang, is hosting her Holiday Sale, as well.  She'll have Simone Wilson, Louann Jordan, Leslie Fay, Terry Taylor, Susan McBride and Stacey Budge-Kamison selling work in the adjoining studio.  And in the parking lot, we'll have The Pink Taco Truck, Ursa Minor Coffee, and Veggie Love.

And....and!!!!  Brooke Priddy of Ship to Shore is hosting her yearly sale on Saturday from 10-6.  Her handmade one of a kind dresses will be up to 70% off.

All of this!!  So awesome.  Please come!