summerish

Early summer. Cool nights and fresh, warm [makeup free!] days.
So looking forward to the roadside stands with squashes and sweet corn.
  

Pretties for home

A few pretty pieces of furniture for your viewing pleasure...

1. Swing chair for Paola Lenti
2.  Lepel chair by Luca Nichetto for Casamania
3. Stuart Melrose
4. So want to paint this one a cheery color.  The Parrish Collection by Emeco.

reminding

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I am older

On Monday I officially added another year to the tally.

The older I get the less hoopla there is with each birthday. (I think this is standard and I'm totally ok with that) This year was kinda different though. For the ease of everyone's schedules, Keith and I decided to combine our birthdays and have one small party w the fam on May 5. Him celebrating late while I celebrated early.
Sounds good, right?
Just get the obligatory cake out of the way.
However, what's funny is that by doing it like this it has actually stretched our birthdays out.

For the past several weeks people have randomly handed me gifts.
And I like it.
I like it a lot.

Because a good portion of those gifts have been PYREX! Note all the stars!

eeep!
The people in my life are so good too me!

The bottom, blue and white round casserole dish is actually a Glasbake piece that I gifted to myself. I love that Pyrex makes solid color pieces but Fire King and Glasbake sure have some awesome patterns.
Speaking of patterns, UNawesome is Old Orchard and Forest Fancies by Pyrex. Yuck! I really hate those two. There is nothing as disappointing as looking at a stack of dishes at the thrift store, seeing the cinderella bowl shape, pulling the bowl from the heap and realizing it is the nasty, speckled mushrooms. Rage.
Glasbake did mushes much better, in my humble opinion....

Cute and adorable mushroom print by Glasbake
from Sentimental Favorites

As I was accumulating all these wonderful gifts, arranging and re-arranging them, it came to my attention that I might have out-grown my cabinet. And that I might have to re-imagine a couple spaces around to apartment so as to nonchalantly include a bowl or two in the living room. This thought lead me think that I might do have the most awesome husband in the world.
I wrote him a note.
He got a kick out of it.

:)

rhinocervs

The other day Keith and I were up in Fort Wayne.
Among other things, we popped onto the IPFW campus to take a gander. Unfortunately, since the semester is over, most of the student art had been taken down and sent home but this master piece was still up. TOTALLY blew my mind! It's a reinterpretation of Albrecht Durer's iconic rhinocervs (if I might borrow directly from the official brief) that also happens to be a collaboration between, oh, a dozen different artists. I find it absolutely stunning in its diversity and cohesion.

T-shirt sneek peaks

Hey chick-a-dees! In my last post I mentioned that there was some t-shirt designing going on in these parts. Would you like to take a peek?

To give you a little background, these are for a not-for-profit, cross denomination, Christian event that is basically a retreat weekend for high school students. Several years ago I had the privilege of attending the weekend so I was thrilled when they asked us to do the designing.

The shirts have already been through one round of approval so there won't be any editing unless they ask for it BUT do you have any feedback? Ya know, for next time? We need the opinion of your fresh eyes! Our eyes have seen these so many times.

** Personally, my favorite is the chalkboard one. I loved doing the hand lettering!
 

white tail

A beautiful, antique Christmas decoration has come to join my collection! My grandma passed this mercury glass deer to me and I am beyond thrilled to have it! So dainty and sweet.
It was pretty much the last thing I expected to find inside when my mom handed me the box.
It smells like grandma's house. The packaging, I mean.  :)

After doing a bit of research, I've learned that it's Germany made and from 1920's - 1930's. My mom was thinking that a bit of family history that pertained to the deer came in the mailing package, but she didn't have it on her when she gave me this little pretty.

Currently, it is carefully tucked away but I am already itching for December to roll around so I can pull it out and set it with this snazzy German ornament.

eep!