I'M IN THE PEARL DISTRICT...WELL, PART OF ME ...

one of my very very favorite things to do is to plant unusual objects. and in my store, I carried a variety of these plantings.
so...having closed the store, I shut out a part of my life that gave me great joy.
so...
talking to Cindy from Flutter (if you haven't been to her shop on NE Mississippi, you are really missing out)...she asked me if I would do some plantings for her new store in the Pearl District in Downtown Portland...(new store is called EDEN)...
and I am sure some of you heard me shouting for joy!
so...
having moved my paper creations studio from my outdoor studio back indoors, I have been able and willing and ecstatic to relaunch my greenhouse as, well, a greenhouse!
where I can be my creative, dirty fingernailed self!
so...here are some of the creations from last week, many of which Cindy choose for her store...












I hope you all have a great week!

what is it about cows?

I kid you not, if I had more land I would own a cow. Not to eat...but to have as a pet.
we used to travel to Garibaldi every weekend when my hubby and I first got married (23 years ago)...
he used to have a side job as a skipper on his very own 35 foot fishing vessel...
and as we cruised through Tillamook, if the cows were any where close to the fence on the back roads...I would stop and pet them.
I am not sure he ever got used to me wanting to do that...
so...
no surprise that two of my favorite paintings have cows in them,..





what do they say? I need three for a collection?



so...always on the hunt for just one more...

pillowcase heaven...

ok...a couple of weeks ago, while preparing for the studio sale, I realized that I own about 5 huge totes of linens...
so I swore to myself that I will not buy another piece of linen as long as I live...
so...that very next Saturday, at a garage sale, I found a smooshed up bag of hand towels with the coolest crochet trim (at least, she told me it was hand towels)...it was sealed up tight as a drum.
so being the linen hog that I am, I bought it (completely and purposely forgetting my promise to NEVER buy linens again.)

well, 2 weeks went by, and I finally got around to the now piling up laundry. And next to the washer, on the floor, was this bag of hand towels.
so i opened it...
and lo and behold they weren't hand towels...
so...true to my "promise"...
I have washed them, and they are all at STARS antique mall now. Most of them were never used. ever.
wow...














so...if you need any pillowcases...

tired...

catching up on my blog reading...realize that I am not the only one feeling tired.
I think perhaps a little sunshine would rejuvenate me...
(can you hear me up there, God?)

hope you all catch a day off soon...
working on a small estate sale for this Friday and Saturday. Not lots of old stuff, but the nicest people in the whole world...
makes it all worthwhile!

hope you all have a great week...I will be back next week!

studio sale...

a couple of months ago I posted that I was cleaning out my studio...
and ten of you responded that you would like to come to that...
so I sent out an email to those that commented...
and 9 of you were able to make it...

so Wednesday night,
9 determined shoppers shopped in the pouring rain...
and since the sale was at 6 pm...I figured I would supply food...
so to all that came...
thanks so much!
and what a super nice time I had visiting with you all!
it was like a party!



I will be doing this again in the summer...still have about 25-30 more boxes to go...

If roses grow in Heaven...

If Roses grow in Heaven,
Lord please pick a bunch for me,
Place them in my Mother's arms
and tell her they're from me.
Tell her I love her and miss her,
and when she turns to smile,
place a kiss upon her cheek
and hold her for awhile.
Because remembering her is easy,
I do it every day,
but there's an ache within my heart
that will never go away.


to my mom, and to all those moms out there...
Happy Mother's Day...
all my love.

not sure who wrote this...have had it for awhile...

did I do that on purpose? nope...

as I was cleaning my house yesterday... I noticed a few things that looked rather...well...odd...


and I wondered...did I really move that there?


and this one? well, the big huge aspirin used to be on my desk at my store...
but here? It looks like the Easter bunny has a great big huge headache...

really, didn't stage these...
really.

antique books...

as I filter through my book collection...I am filling my studio shelves...


I am having to make brutal decisions- there is only so much room! (this couple is a "keeper"- my grandparents...)


It is the old books that I am having troubles parting with...


I have purged quite a few...some are headed to SPLENDID on Tuesday...(more if I can bear it...)


I am having a really hard time parting with the antique ledgers and kids books...or encyclopedias...or antique anatomy books...or antique bird books...or books with old etchings...

size really does matter...I was thinking much smaller...

told my hubby a few weeks ago to keep his eyes out at garage sales for a bookshelf...

this arrived this morning...







was thinking of a bookshelf for next to my bed...