Today I am working like crazy to get these last patterns finished but thought I would share a tiny bit of what was around me as I worked....
I love fall. Just. Love. It.
... my favorite color combo right now.
... Love this wreath courtesy of TARGET.
... my favorite tree outside the studio window.
... a little deco on the dining room table.
... because I do, after all, still live in California LOL!
... the carpet that is my backyard right now.
Okay, back to work.
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I'm sure that I'm not the only for whom this is true but sometimes in my most overwhelming times and deadlines, I really, really need to do something else for a break. It makes everything else go faster, easier and better, it seems. So last weekend I decided I was finally going to give my very old and outdated hutch a little updo. The top of the hutch was oak and the original bottom was something I gave to a friend since I wanted something bigger with more presence and storage space. This bottom was a white piece that I had found at the flea market this summer. It had been sitting in my dining room since then, taking up space!
A little dark grey chalk paint for most of the hutch and some creamy white for the interior and we were done.
I can't even tell you how happy the end result is making me.
If I'm not doing what I am supposed to be at any given time... well, you might just find me with a cup of tea at my dining room admiring my "new" hutch.
I know, I know, I am easily pleased.
... my favorite chicken collection.
... my favorite new Weck Jars. Now if I just had the time to can something that would be even better!
... love that little touch of light green these days. Doesn't it look wonderful with the orange and bright yellow?
If there is a random little project that you have been wanting to do but haven't had the time... well, go for it. I think it will make you feel so accomplished!
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Had some wonderful old-fashioned orange soda & lollipops this weekend... well, the kids had them. I took pictures of them instead.
The colors were irresistable. Don't you think?
Hope you had a good weekend.
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In the absence of having enough energy to show you all something I'm working on right now, I thought I would share a few photos of an upcoming MODA line that is making me happy today.
OH DEER by MoMo is coming to a store near you in mid-August. Isn't it just yummy?
Come to think of it... maybe, just maybe, this fabric might inspire me to make something. Just maybe.
Makes me think of the ice cream truck. Who, by the way, was just here this afternoon. To be honest, he comes every day in the summer. In fact I think I will admit publicly that he stops in front of our house, leaves his jingle on and waits to see if we might come out. True confessions.
We are, if nothing else, creatures of habit who love ice cream :-).
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Sometimes all I want to do is take pictures of pretty flowers and share them with you.
Hope you had a wonderful Easter and possibly a little Spring Break. More on our version of that later. Its good to be home.
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For those of you who have followed me for a while, you might remember these beauties that bloom outside my studio windows every late winter. The color and feel and shape of them is just unbelievable.
Usually I try to photo them alongside my daughter as a way of seeing her change and the blooms stay the same every year. I still hope to do that this year but so far life has gotten a bit in the way.
Look at those petals?!
I don't know if you remember but last week I promised everyone another great reveal. I still plan on getting that reveal to you soon! Unfortunately I had to go out of town quite suddenly due to some urgent family health issues. Wish it wasn't happening. Wish I could make it all go away. Wish that instead I was working on another great reveal. But it is not to be so today. Maybe tomorrow. One day at a time they say.
I might write more later. Once we all wrap our heads around what "it" is.
For today, however, I am hoping that Magnolias might make you happy. They are certainly bringing a ray of sunshine to our world. Even if I am not at home to see them right this very moment.
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Since I did such a non existent job of sharing our holiday decorations with you as they went up, I thought I might share them with you as they go down [actually... saying that they are going down is my way of hoping that I manage to actually get them down this week! What are the odds of that actually happening?]
Question for you? What is the longest you have ever kept up your decorations?
Happy "Holiday Decoration Take Down" Day. Now THAT should be a holiday!
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December has seriously flown by around here at both Fig Tree and at home. Our kids vacations have been staggered this year and we have thoroughly enjoyed some great one on one time, cousin time skating in the city, chocolate covered pretzel making time, cookie eating and even some neighborhood caroling! You gotta love the looks on the neighbor's faces that have never been "caroled" before!
Since we have spent most of our family time off line, I just realized yesterday that I did't even share any pictures of our house decorated for Christmas!
I don't think I can finish December without sharing some of it even if it is a bit on the tardy side....
As a part of slowing down and enjoying each day this month, I have sat with a cup of tea in front of my Christmas tree. Now I know its just a tree and not even close to the real meaning of this season, but there is something so magical about sitting in my living room with the only lights those on the tree, the smell of pine in the house and maybe even a bit of Christmas Carols playing in the background. Preferably Bing or Ella. Cheeseball... I know.
And so I have spent a part of each evening, in front of my tree, having some quality quiet time. I love this time of the year. And I am officially cheeseball.
Here are just a few of my favorites....
Merry end of December.
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Working on some author review for my upcoming book today and couldn't resist sharing the view from my dining room table where I am currently working. It might also be that I am procrastinating just a tiny bit.
If this is my editor reading.... I am definitely not procrastinating. Just gathering inspiration :-).
Geez, I love fall.
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Looney cakes, you are thinking to yourself. Or crazy cakes as is the term "du jour" around our house. Who could possibly be inspired by bowls? But I have to admit that I am hopelessly addicted to bowls. Any color. Any size. Any style. Old, new and in between. Small and tiny. In fact, lately, the tinier the better. Functional and decorative alike. You would be scared to see how many different bowls I have squirreled away over the years. And usually I don't squirrel. But bowls, I squirrel.
And so in general I try not to be so attached to my little things, but when my dear husband breaks one [as he often does]... I get a little, well, a little crazy. Not crazy cakes crazy but definitely on this side of a little overly upset about my lost bowl.
So this past weekend, he did indeed break one. Again. Just saying. I did indeed go a little crazy and told him that we would be dragging the whole fam to the store where the bowl came from so that HE could replace it. He said that was just fine. He felt a little bad about the bowl. Although he does break them regularly. Just saying. I will admit that a large part of this is that in our house, he does the dishes. I know, what am I complaining about?!
Well, after just a few minutes in said store- yes with the whole fam in tow-, this is what we came home with.
... I'm telling you. Those little bowls call me like a siren song.
I guess I was ready for more than just one bowl. But in the past few months he has broken more little bowls than I care to remember. So these were just a replacement. Mostly.
Like I said, crazycakes!
BTW, The particular colors of these bowls.... well... they may or may not have been the inspiration palette for a recent something that I may or may not have had to turn in to a certain company I work for.
xoxo
Joanna
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