A Must Read

If you haven't already read Joni's post on Caroline Lee Bouvier Canfield Radziwill Ross sister to icon Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis then I highly recommend you visit Cote De Texas for an amazing account of her life.

Image via Joni

Antique Show Encore.

Just in case you are like me and can't seem to get enough of the antique show, I took pics while exploring the Marburger Farms Antique Show in Round Top. Enjoy, Heidi

This is a fun booth, Rubbish is it's name and Mo, one of the owners is an absolute delight. She is a confessed hoarder and Barbie Doll collector. I bought the most fabulous hand painted vintage butterflies made from feathers from her. See ya in the fall, Mo.

Rubbish

Rubbish

Rubbish

Rubbish

Rubbish

Rubbish

Fluff

This booth has got to be my Number 1 pick for the spring show. The name of the company is Fluff and the owner, Stephanie Talley dresses just as cute as she decorates. She is out of Tyler, Texas and sets up for the Marburger Show twice a year.

Fluff

Fluff

Fluff

Fluff

These are just random pics I took at the Marburger Farms Antique Show.

Marburger Farms

Marburger Farms

Marburger Farms

Marburger Farms

Room Love

I love this room for the sheer fact that it is so simply compiled. There's no fuss about this room just collections of things loved against an all-white background...my favourite!

Image - Malin Ngoie Photographer

Stumbling Across Kim Parker

On Saturday night after dinner at our local Thai restaurant, Harry and I walked into Riverbend Bookshop on the way back to the car.

Whilst Harry headed for his section I plonked myself in front of my favourite section. I was scouring through the interiors books when I stumbled across a book by US artist Kim Parker.

I actually ended up purchasing a different book. However, it didn't stop me googling Kim Parker when we got home.

I must be a little behind the times as I didn't realize she was the artist behind one of my favourite rugs at The Rug Company!

She has also created some beautiful floral embroidered cushions which I think would be a beautiful addition to any cushion collection.

I think I might head back to Riverbend Books to pick myself up a copy of her book this week to flick through over Easter.

Atten Karl!

Karl, if you are following my blog, this will be of interest to you. For everyone else here's the scoop. Karl came into the restaurant in February looking for some glass and commissioned one of our multicolored raffinato pieces. He needed it to be as large as we could get it to be to fit the scale of his house. (big house!) He wanted the vase 30" tall. I told him, we never had done one that big before, but I knew we could eventually get it done. Since some of our operation is outside we try to avoid blowing some things when its cold for obvious reasons. We had some cold spells and wet spells and knowing we needed something bigger than we ever had blown before we waited for a better weather. Finally an almost decent day came and we started. The piece got too cold and cracked before we could even transfer. I figured out that in addition to needing a warmer day than what we had, we also needed a second large hand torch. I bought a second torch and waited for the perfect day. Today(Saturday) was that perfect day! We started at about 5:30 pm. It was going wonderful until the transfer (about 10-15 minutes from completing a beautiful 30 inch piece.) @ about 8:54 pm. The transfer was made and then after the transfer and on the way to the glory hole the piece fell off and busted on the concrete. Here are some photos. Hey, it was only Micah and I and Linda came and helped us man(in her case, "woman") the other torch and the camera. We saw Lino making pieces that big and he had some of the best glass blowers in the nation helping him, sometimes 3 or 4 assistants that had been helping him 12 -15 years. So considering everything, we did pretty good and are getting better. We are going to get the 30 inch piece completed! (Just not today). That pesky "Global Warming" that happens every year about this time is coming upon us again, which will give us perfectly warm glass blowing weather again and we will get that 30" piece done. You will notice the bright sunshine when we started and the darkness when we finished. That's the longest a piece has ever taken us! With all the multiple pick-ups and reheats it just takes us awhile. To give you an idea of the scale of the piece, the tool bench part of my glass blowing bench is 28' long, by the time we would have transfered it and stretched the neck out like we usually do, we could have easily gotten another 6' out of it! The last picture kinda says it all.(ha ha!) - I'm laughing to keep from crying.

Another Week Ends...

Thank you so much for your amazing comments this week. I'm so thrilled you all loved Jody's home!!

See you next week.

xx

Anna

Image - Nicolette Camille Flowers

Time to get down and dirty in the garden.

We got some rain and everything is greening up and blooming out. I am in love with these garden images and I couldn't wait to share them. I bought a new pair of gardening gloves, a bottle of ibuprofen and Zinfandel and I am ready to garden. Enjoy, Heidi

The Kitchen Garden at Monticello by Peter J. Hatch via Garden Rooms.

Image via Martha Stewert.

Kitchen Garden via The Inspired Room.


Image via Domino Magazine.