CleverGirlies

oh my GOODness. i have been absent & remiss, & in that time, several of the lovely women from the wonderful Julie Arkell summer course at Briancon have or have started their own blogs!


i am drooling.
i had to share, immediately.

danielle the wonderful.....(& her frightfully creative daughter)

miz jone herself, who sips chai in Santa Fe & is very good about keeping in touch...

gentle joanna
and her lovely family...

the ever clever taylor who so generously shares color....

rebekka who's photographs make me happier than i can even begin to express....

sam who inspires us all, and set up the blog that we all share, Pantry Violets!

Homemade Circus

Anyone heading to the Rosen Show in Philadephia this weekend?
Well if you are, then you are in LUCK, because my great friend Tammy is having her debut show there. If not, well, there are other ways to collect her amazing sculptures, wall pieces & general fabulousness. Try her Etsy Shop, Homemade Circus.

ok, i'm back.

Hello...
Now that I have more blogging friends, I obviously have to step up & actually POST. SO! I promise to. Here are some images from our walk tonight...balmy, nice, a slight breeze, and....Cooper's first puddle!!! (ok, mom was really excited by the fabric on the sofa left on the curb. But I was vetoed.)






Have a lovely evening, all!

perfect thing for a sunday afternoon

i have a favorite antique-y spot in KC, naturally. It's 4 floors of cramped & creaky stalls in a fabulously shabby old furniture factory. and it's just 2 blocks from the fabulous farmers market, previously mentioned. sunday afternoon we decided to go poke around...as it was a perfect day for it & we needed a family outing.



lookit this! it was a set of hats & a uniform shirt for a long disbanded TWA baseball team. Very fabulous,...love that someone saved it.


plastic everywhere, from plain to multi colored. stacks & stacks.


a floor patch..

who wouldn't want these?!

bright & fun

clean & sophisticated..


something for everyone.


these are what we took home.....


one more great little vignette...

and Cooper even found something he liked!

Not hard to do at the Riverfront Antique Mall. Ask for Donnie, his booth is the best. And if he's not at Round Top, Walnut or Brimfield, he'll help you find just what you are looking for.