Mad Men and Color

While lounging on the couch for the past 2-3 days (thanks Mr. Flu-Pants!), I was able to break my fever over a healthy dose of Mad Men. Oh, the glamour, the manners, and of course, the cocktails! All of that aside, Mr. Draper is a fine piece of Man Candy. What I would give to have a casual meeting with a tray of stylishly garnished Mai Tais or perhaps even a very dry Martini and a dozen oysters. Meanwhile, the colors of the lipstick and clothing got my wheels spinning. I'll likely be incorporating load of color in my winter line; which I hope to unveil at a local trunk show on 11/15. Details soon!

Fall is Upon us

Hooray! I am pleased to announce I am wearing boots today. Beautiful Downtown Portland is suppoed to reach a nice and pleasant 74 degrees today. I woke up this morning to darkness outside and realized that is one of my favorite things about summer; all of the light. I love waking up at 6am (okay, maybe not) and it being light outside and also being able to take the Pug for a walk after dinner. Now my light menu will consist of dark with a side of dark. Boo!
But, I will take however, the fabulous stuff that does come with fall. Let me just list them out, cause I like alot of things about fall:

-chai tea
-leaves changing color
-crisp air
-scarves
-boots and skirts
-curling up by the fire
-tea in general
-quiet mornings
-harvest time
-halloween candy!
-coffee drinks!
-new photo ops
-fall lines-I seem to buy alot of my clothes in the fall.
-having an excuse to hunker down inside

I think that about covers it. Happy Fall!


photo: Scientific American

Local Show: Crafty Wonderland

It's that time again!

Time to hit Oktoberfest this Saturday, September 12th at Widmer, sleep in the next day, get up, get your Voodoo Doughnut and then head on down to the Doug Fir Lounge to check out Crafty Wonderland on Sunday. You can't fit more Portland goodness than that into a 24 hour period, people! Crafty Wonderland will be open downstairs, from 11-4 on Sunday and I hear there will be a band out on the patio that day too! Doug Fir's FREE Summer concert series called Pickin' on Sundays will be rockin' from 3-7pm. You can check out hot music and cool drink specials out on the Doug Fir patio. What a perfect way to spend a sunny afternoon!!

I'll be peddling my wares with my new display and tons of items I am not listing in my Etsy shop until AFTER Crafty Wonderland. Why? Because I want to see your smiling face in person.

See you there.

Re-do!

(photo is from DesignSponge.com)

Well, I finally made up my mind on paint colors. It's a small miracle considering the long list I've built up from pouring over Design Sponge's Sneek Peeks. My inpiration came from my favorite Sneek Peek of Jessica Lynch's home. Her pad has similar wood floors and layout to our place and I love all of the art! I'm seriously in love with the grayish blue color paired with the olive green.

Wish me luck and heeps and heeps of patience!