9/26/11 9/26/11

FYI

I personally believe, that these are a super fun invention in the clock world and wanted to share the love. I typically {no comments from my family!} am the get out of bed when the alarm goes off kind of gal and never hit the snooze..... ever, but think it would be funny to watch others in my household chase their little clock around as it rolls and jumps and gurgles and chirps the whole time. You can even pre record messages on it..say what?!...now that is just some nutty fun right there! I already have some great phrases I would like to leave on the hubs clock! {wink!}

Check out the you tube video, it is really cute...and then head over to Nanda Home to partake in more.

xo,

Barb

9/25/11 9/25/11

Introductions...

This piece of awesomeness is one that I picked up from an antique dealer friend, and it has a matching short and wide little chest that goes with it, but I'll show you that goodness next week! :)

This piece, after a few days in my presence, became miss "Tilly" and she just screamed green to me. As soon as I mixed the paint and started painting, it just felt so right.....too sweet to be sour....woman of the hour, kinda right! I chose to keep all of the original knobs since they were a nice wooden knob, but decided they needed a little swipe of color love, and painted them a very pale blue.

Love this "Tilly" to pieces, one of my favorite finishes to do. Visit the Etsy shop if you would like to see more of her!

Have an awesome day today!

xo,

Barb

9/22/11 9/22/11

Etcetera....

I am still reminiscing about my wonderful and amazing trip to New York......it was so good, that it has taken me some time to unpack it all from my little brain. So, bear with me as I continue to revel in the New York goodness.

I want to tell you about the super lovely Samantha Hahn. I had the privilege of meeting Samantha at Holly Becker's book signing party. Samantha is as cute as they come, has the sweetest smile and the humblest spirit about her. While we were all standing there in the Anthropologie store chatting about life, and dreams and books....I was introduced to Samantha's wonderful world of illustration and design......and then she very shyly told me that one of her books was over on the shelf for sale! Say what!? I totally checked it out, and it is so great ....."think, write, create" is a sweet calendar/journal that is beautifully illustrated the whole way through. The very last page states "create every day".......with words like that, you and I will be fast friends forever.

Yes, I bought the book {pictured below}, yes I had Samantha sign it for me, and yes I will be using it on my own book projects that are going down.

Loved meeting so many sweet ones on this latest trip to the city that I love so much.

Have a fantastic weekend!

xo,

Barb

9/21/11 9/21/11

Found Goodness...

One of the shops that I FOUND, and stands out in my mind as a favorite from my latest trip to NY, is Catbird. It is just one of those stores that is small, but packed to the gills with handpicked and perfectly curated goodness in every price range. I came home with this "B" necklace, and have not taken it off yet....well, because it is tied on, and I can't........but I love it so much I like it that way.

....and then some of you probably spotted this garland in my introduction post on Monday, but I could not resist bringing one home with me.....so. stinkin'. great.

....I definitely recommend a visit here when you are in the Brooklyn way.

xo,

Barb

9/20/11 9/20/11

Quotage...

YEP!

xo,

Barb

9/19/11 9/19/11

FYI

image credit song of style

I run across these ornate frames so very often, and I think this is one of the prettiest projects I have seen using one. Head over to Song Of Style for full directions, and a super fun blog to boot.

Next time, I won't look at these and think "nah....you see those everywhere". Instead I will say " those look good enough to eat, and I'll take all 10 please".

xo,

Barb

9/18/11 9/18/11

Introductions...

This piece was so hopeless in many people's eyes.....but here at knack we look at pieces like this a little differently! I'm tellin' ya...there is nothing better than taking a piece from here: