I am really looking forward to what 2009 brings!  Happy New Year! 

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We had a really wonderful holiday this year.  After weeks of snow it is now all the consistency of a slushy.  We got our last good snowfall Christmas morning, what timing!  Here are some of my favorite pictures, and no I didn’t get a polaroid camera, but quite possible something better.  I have been eagerly […]

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Well, we made it downtown yesterday via the max train and were treated to nearly empty stores and Santa all to ourselves.  Seriously, we were it.  It was almost funny to see how long we could make the poor guy come up with things to talk with the kids about.   The snow is expected to keep falling […]

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We have an unusual amount of snow outside keeping us at home.  We are venturing out this morning to go downtown to visit Santa (wish us luck!).  We spent the better part of the day yesterday sledding and gave me the chance to finish up some holiday decorating.  Here are a few peeks around.

a vintage […]

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I am happy to announce I am offering 20% off all orders placed by Christmas, this includes my etsy shop as well as portraits.  Just type ‘discount’ in the message to seller or comments section at checkout and I will refund your 20% via paypal.  Also please note, I will ship prints asap,  but I can’t […]

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My last big thing can now be checked off!  I made these mini calendar cards, now just need to get them sent off.  I’m really happy with how they turned out.

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This year I decided to stream line my gift wrapping.  I bought two papers, two ribbons.  All of my wrapping will be done in some combination of these (with the exception of Santa gifts, we don’t want a repeat of the ‘you’re santa aren’t you, that’s your bakers twin’ gate of 2007)…

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The last of my holiday orders went out this morning and I am settling in for the snow and ice (eek!).  The kids are out of school probably the whole week, and I am finally sitting down to plan our holiday cards.  

I went and got a nice stack of movies for the kids and magazines for […]

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I book marked this a bit ago knowing it would be the perfect teacher gift.  The kids and I made a couple yesterday and it’s a really fun and easy project.  You can find step by step directions at Cheeky Magpie.  We used a little green paper leaf instead of the ribbon.  Of course in the […]

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All the white outside inspired me to show you my favorite bits of white inspiration from inside…

1.  Snow globe by Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz  2.  Feinedinge Butterfly Magnets at Olio United  3.  Ribbon, Martha Stewart  4.  new piece I’ve been working on  5.  Innermost Ltd Delight Drum Shade from Velocity  6. installation piece at […]

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Who has a bigger smile on their face, the kids or the dog?

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We may see a little snow around here this weekend!  The kids are beyond excited.  We get just enough snow here each year to look forward to it with great anticipation.  Usually it amounts to a few days of flurries, and maybe if we’re lucky, enough to sled down dead mans hill.

 Happy weekend!

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We have done a little decorating around here for the holidays, but I am waiting until I finish up all my orders before I really tackle it.  My favorite spot so far this year is the mantle.  I put these cute little toad stools under glass and wound this really lovely ribbon (from Martha Stewart […]

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Thank you to Brittany over at Tangled and True for her sweet mention of my wallpaper panel art yesterday! 

ok, back to work!

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A quick little post today as I am busy, busy, busy getting all my work done.  If you’re waiting on a painting, no fear, I am hoping to get scans out this week of the pieces I am working on.
 On a side note, just got these today…

super cute, practical and now I can pretend I […]

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We are off to get our tree tonight!  I’m keeping it rather simple this year but I think we will be making good use of this sparkly stuff

Happy weekend!

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true…
the following is a true story of how I maintain my afternoon energy level:
see the empty grande strbx cup

empty no more

yes, I buy a latte, drink and refill at home.  The good news, I like the one I make better!

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My mom always said she wanted to be a window display designer when she was growing up.  I never quite got that, til now…
 

Totally get it.  I want to be a window to be a window designer now, TOO!
anthropologie windows (via black eiffel)

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I usually try to have all my holiday shopping done by Thanksgiving, after poring over internet sites and searching through local stores to find the perfect presents for the kids.  Well, that didn’t happen this year.  The kids are older and in Ian’s case he knows exactly what he wants (think star wars) and in […]

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