'tis the season

...working away like one of Santa's elves for the big show

Unique LA is this weekend! There will be over 300 vendors selling their Made in America items and food for every single taste bud. I Heart Pies is one of my very favorites, I've been craving a chicken pot pie from them since Spring. I will be at Table 49 with glittered acorns, prints, cards, garlands, jewelry and ornaments.

11.28 to 11.30

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long

weekend.

A beautiful family photo shoot on Friday and Unique LA preparations the other minutes, hours and days. Hope to see you there! Purchase your tickets early and get in right away to get the goods.

11.25 to 11.27

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so very

new cards to be added to the shop this weekend

thankful.
today and everyday.


11.22 to 11.24

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november

beauty

11.19 to 11.21


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new!

sweet cozy banners in the shop now

The "sleep in" one is my personal favorite, I'll be hanging one for the better part of December.

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november

chilly bright mornings that go by too fast and an unbelievable amount (for november!) of holiday
commercials to hear and see while I work away on the shop and show preparations...

11.14 to 11.17

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weekend

A nice surprise for me when I attended the vendor meeting for the upcoming Unique LA holiday show...my new deer cards are featured on the promotional postcard!  And that was in addition to being inspired by Sonja's talk and getting a delicious glazed donut while waiting in the lobby of the Grammy museum. If you are in the LA area or within a couple hours driving distance this show is very much worth it. The focus is quality unique handmade in America items! I do most all of my own holiday shopping just at this one event and sometimes you see celebrities, too! Spread the word....


Today Hermie and I snuggled and watched Big and then later E.T. which pretty much made it a perfect day...Hermie snuggles and good movies.

11.12 to 11.13

turnips!

...they look as if they've been watercolored in shades of fuchsia, almost too pretty to eat

This was my first time growing turnips. I learned that their leaves get very large and even if you think you thinned them out enough early on you may not have. Some had room to grow very big and round but for
the most part they were tiny and all those big leaves shaded the garden bed too much. Onto beets...

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thursday night

Yes, that's Grace Bonney from Design Sponge!

A few scans of me and Pam at the Smilebooth!

My craft from the night.

Tonight Pam and I went to the Design Sponge event at West Elm. Grace was perfectly adorable from her black heeled booties to her lovely smile...just as you'd expect. I've been a fan of her work for many years, what a treat to get to see her in San Diego on her Design Sponge Book Tour. We made a craft, ate tiny cupcakes, met fellow Design Sponge fans, smiled in the Smilebooth and chatted with Grace while she signed our books.

Going to bed inspired and happy from such a wonderful evening.

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home

Sweet holiday tags for baked goods or any item, I was thinking "from our home to yours."

charming house stamps from Stamps for Life

charcoal, maraschino and peapod twine from The Twinery

For more holiday projects with The Twinery twine + Stamps for Life stamps hop over to Understand Blue
and leave comments along the way to win an Ultimate Color Sampler Pack of twine or 2 stamp sets of your choice. Oh my, November is zooming by fast...

good old fashioned oatmeal from Quaker, maple and brown sugar...yes please

warm tea in the morning, something I don't do often enough but so glad when I do

**Today is the last day to enter my print giveaway over at Knack!! Good luck.**

11.07 to 11.09

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hello

rainy days.

Visit me over at Knack, a place of frabjous furniture and found goodness to see my guest post with
my favorite photography tips, a photograph giveaway and of course all of Barb's beautiful and inspiring creations. She breathes new life into furniture and wood of all shapes and sizes...I love these new
ornaments that she dreamed up.

11.03 to 11.06

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autumn

she's a beauty.

Enter Little Gray Pixel's Birthday Bash giveaway...win glittered acorns and holiday cards from my shop!! Details are all right here.

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hip hip

hooray!

Ladybug took a bath.
A basket of fall veggies (from the grocery store) made me feel like a real gardener.
I made my 600th Etsy sale.

Good times.

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