'november'...

saturday shopping list, november 19th...

€45,000 eur 

the sword. skinny tie necktie (cranberry red), by underthepyramids

"it's mornings like this;

the stingy sun trying to hold back

even the warmth of its reflection

flashing coldly in the lake.

when november leaves drop in sudden gusts,

like a red and yellow flock of birds

swooping at once to ground.

or even nights:

when winds reach wet hands

to take you spinning with random paper

down back street gutters, under straining bridges

to clogged rivers.

it's this:

the time of year, along with spring,

when poets must take care

not to sing the same old songs

stolen from tribal memory."

~  'autumn caveat' , thomas r. drinkard

   { click on the price below each picture to view the listing on etsy, and on the shop names to see what other lovelies you may find!}

$57

deluxe - i am here - your neighborhood custom map play mat, by boardstiff

$99 

toddler bedding set - white. light grey little houses print. ivory ribbon, by colettebream

$38 

girl's legwarmer leggings... grey with black and white stripes, by lillipopsdesigns

$12.50 

festive holiday flour sack towel with christmas trees, by besty

$60 

large antique frame chalkboard, by rigandtwig

$350 

original painting fine art painting portrait original art drawing, by thehauntedhollowtree

$20 

prep bowl in white, by clamlab

$59 

flower girl dress in natural ivory. eco wedding. fleur (organic cotton). hand crocheted, by purepixie

$5 

greeting card - lady with village on her head, by sandraeterovic

$130 

a n t i q u e  german hymnbook of 1885, from mablum

$26 

small set of royal china dishes with classic sherwood design, from timevalley

$7

writing with sylvia journal, by literaryluxe

175.00 chf

sewing pattern lamp, by umbu

$20 

totoro - pendant necklace, by munieca

happy saturday

weekend thrifting...

yesterday, my sister and i made our way over to junktique, a favorite annual event for thrifting... which, once again, did not disappoint.  so, i thought i'd share a few captures i took this morning of some of the weekend thrifting finds (and a few from around the house)...

above:  two never-used restoration hardware lampshades (two for $2) ; a pair of glass bottles, which apparently were salvaged from the river thames ($1 a piece) ; and a lovely framed antique photograph ($5)

i'd been searching for a glass house terrarium for quite a while now, and was excited to find this lovely yesterday ($10)... i will try very, very hard not to neglect (and murder) any and all future plants it may hold.  in the meantime, i think i will put in a few of my textile plants... honestly, it seems a safer alternative for a serial plant-killer such as myself

a laundry hamper has also been on my list of must-haves... this old hamper, with just the right amount of character, was only $8!

and then, as if these treasures were not fulfilling enough, i stumbled upon this wooden ikea bar table on my walk home from the farmer's market this morning... with a big free sign on top!  it's exactly what i've been needing in the kitchen, so i quickly ran up the street, threw my bag of produce in the car and sped around the corner before it could be claimed by someone else.  not only free, but already assembled as well!!...  saving me from losing my mind and yelling inappropriate things at an inanimate object (which is just an inevitable part of assembling ikea furniture?  right??)

with the bar table in place in the kitchen, i was able to move this table (a junktique find from two years ago, ironically) into my studio space, to be used once again as a desk...

a quick hanging of an ikea lantern (which may or may not have involved me standing on a a rather unsteady pile of objects to reach the tall ceiling) over the table, for light

and just a few more pictures from around the house (i'll share more images of the overall progress soon), including a newly sewn kitchen curtain (made from an old curtain panel and vintage buttons)

 the bottles fit in nicely with my ever-changing collection on the mantle

the large, old, black-framed beveled mirror was a thrilling thrifting find from a few weeks ago ($12.50)

and a little peak of what the world is looking like just outside the house, here in atlanta in mid-november

happy sunday

listening...

{ 'lion's mouth' ; young rebel set ; facebook ; twitter }


perhaps it's the november air 
temperatures rising and falling, pulling me out. pushing me back in. 
as the sun teases with unexpected warmth...
only to dance around the clouds that float in on northerly winds; 


but it feels, lately, as if i'm constantly in some state between savoring the coziness of home and a desire to travel the open roads.  maybe a longing for something... that's leaving me unsettled? or just the cycling nature of a changing season? who knows...  it's in these little moments, however, that i find myself turning on music and diving into a new project.  pulling out a few fabrics and a needle and thread, and setting off on an unknown journey into something new


sooooo, after that bit of rambling, here are some of the sounds of my night... lovely rhythms for my fingers to move to.  i can't even begin to express how much music inspires and influences my creative process as an artist

{ 'sorry soldier' ; 1,2,3 ; facebook ; twitter }

{ 'the trawlerman's song' (vashti bunyan cover) ; daniel martin moore ; facebook }

{ 'prescription' ; peasant ; facebook ; twitter }

happy monday

saturday shopping list, november 5th...

$195

antique rustic small farm table, from enhabiten

"the sky is streaked with them

burning hole in black space -

like fireworks, someone says

all friendly in the dark chill

of newcomb hollow in november,

friends known only by voices.

we lie on the cold sand and it

embraces us, this beach

where locals never go in summer

and boast of their absence. now

we lie eyes open to the flowers

of white ice that blaze over us

and seem to imprint directly

on our brains. i feel the earth,

rolling beneath as we face out

into the endlessness we usually

ignore. past the evanescent

meteors, infinity pulls hard."

~ 'leonids over us' ; marge piercy

   { click on the price below each picture to view the listing on etsy, and on the shop names to see what other lovelies you may find!}

$70

little christmas deer in wool and linen, by littleloveblue

$15

city night / country night mini print set, by ybryksenkova

$95

1980's red plaid dress with pockets, from tomorrowisforever

$14

linen white stripe half yard (59 x 18 inches), from cottonholic

$200

farmhouse quilt cotton colorful and charming, by chasinglightningbugs

$38

vintage wooden sock stretchers or forms, from oldschoolfarm

$22

milk bottle wall vase in classic whitewash, by maryober

$79

ready to hang made to order quotable canvas wall art, by nativevermont

$20

2012 calendar wall art, by bookhouathome

$8

oswood cookie molds sweden, from albrechtsantiques

$75

hand carved copal wood deer bowl set, by mexchic

$6

the best pencil set, by oneupdesigns

$8

brown bag cookie art cookie mold sheep, from plumkrazy

$125

matryoshkas cloth nesting dolls set of 5 / hand embroidered, by sewnnatural


happy saturday

happy day of thanks...

happy day of thanksgiving to everyone... a wee bit early.

just finished baking a loaf of cranberry orange walnut bread.  not sure, anymore, where this recipe originally came from?  it is one which was hand written several thanksgivings ago into my special notebook of favorite recipes (it is quite a select group... only recipes that result in at least a few dozen enthusiastic "mmmmm"s when served will see the inside of this book)

it was six years ago today that i first tried out this recipe... for a road trip thanksgiving in boston.  that loaf was carried in mittened hands, as we walked through the blustering cold winds.  quite different from this seventy degree weather we're having down here this year, south of the mason-dixon line

cranberry orange walnut bread:

1/4 c. butter

1/2 c. honey

2 eggs, beaten

1/2 c. orange juice

1 tsp. grated orange rind

1 1/2 c. whole wheat flour

2 tsp. baking powder

3/4 c. chopped cranberries

1/2 c. chopped walnuts

preheat oven to 350.  butter and flour loaf pan.  in large bowl, cream butter and honey.  add eggs, o.j., and rinds.  mix flour with baking powder.  add to butter mixture 1/3 at a time, blending after each.  stir in cranberries and walnuts.  pour into pan.  bake 50 to 60 minutes.

** mine is always done a bit earlier... around 40 to 45 minutes

well, i'm thankful for many, many things as this whirlwind year winds down... many new and old thanks this holiday, which i hope never to take for granted.  and the biggest thanks, as always... spending a simple day of cheer with family (and these two kiddos, my niece and nephew, who always keep things ridiculously interesting and comical!)

happy holiday!

november lovelies...

as promised, some of my november thrifting and handmade finds... 

how lovely when various treasures come together to create a perfectly harmonious collection of prettiness

various vintage bottles and pitchers, with little twigs of wildflowers, all lined up

the lovely mushroom and bird?  two pieces from my ever growing collection  of cary's (littlelovblue) creations

the pretty johnson brother's pitcher and stoneware ink bottle?  two pieces snatched up from my aunt tricia's vintage shop (ladysneezeweed)

most of the other bottles were thrifting finds... how does one pass up old medicinal bottles with labels such as 'sutherland sisters hair grower' and 'hamlin's wizard oil'?  especially when several were on sale for $4 each!

the antique chapel chair i picked up on clearance while thrifting...

i've been slowly collecting various vintage and antique wooden chairs to create a perfectly mismatched set of dining chairs... ready to place around the lovely antique dining table which i've yet to acquire!  i've been determined to hold off buying a table, until i find the right one (trying so hard to avoid buying the inexpensive ikea table to tide me over)

and here is another lovely i just grabbed from my mom's vintage shop (imsovintage)... an old metal watering can.  i have so many ideas for this one

happy sunday