23.10.08

Gifted. It's a Wrap.


Another little bit from our table for
"Holidays on a High Note."

The purple ribbons are tied around a
cheery jangle of bracelets with tiny bells,
sure enough to please any recipient...
wouldn't it be fun if the box
contained a pair of chic vintage gloves?
Happy hands!

22.10.08

Happy Places III





















Another quick trip
around the heavenly cottage
[see happy places one]:


these are just snapshots, &
taken spur of the moment;
simple & by the lake, the cottage is a
most wondrous space, the creation of
an exceedingly talented designer. For
more of his magnificent work,
go to red|bar.





Happy Places I








I hope that our incredibly talented 
man in the hamptons 
doesn't mind that I've posted these...
it's just that, as we cruise into fall, 
and summer fades to a glimmer on the far horizon...
well, I wanted to take one more look. 
You can see why. 

This heavenly place: isn't it amazing?
Don't you want one? 
If it looks like the cottage of your dreams, 
I can verify that it most certainly is...

Cheers to a very gifted KB 
(another strange coincidence--see below--all the marvelous KB's in our lives...I'm even married to one. Two of the others are in these photos, as are the birthday girls from St. Barbara's day, and St. Barbara + one).

Next happy place? 
Surely, we will visit Hawaii, again, on the blog. 
With Mom and Dad. 
Magical.
Just like them.



21.10.08

Six Degrees of St. Barbara


Of course, you know that St. Barbara is 
the patron saint of the Artillery (go Dad!). 

But did you know that her feast day is on 
December 4th? 
Imagine.
A lovely day it is, as is the day after.

These are the dates, respectively, 
of my daughter's and my sister's birthdays. 
It often amazes me that St. Barbara
 shares her name (and date)
with many of the dearest friends and family in my life. 
Happy Birthday, a few days late, to 
Barbara Catherine. 
This coincidence of Barbaras has often caused me to wonder 
if there are, really, any coincidences.

And, I promise, there will be more pictures of flowers soon. 
It's just that, tonight, I am floral-ed out, 
having been madly arranging for days now. 
Exhausting, exhilarating, enlightening--
I adore flowers, working with them, looking at them...and, 
golly, 
I surely would love to cultivate 
a sweet little quarter-acre of some...
the gardener in me, 
perhaps she is just 
late 
bloomer? 



19.10.08

Dear Eloise! "Oh my Lord I am absolutely so busy I don't know how I can possibly get everything done"


Like Eloise, I am scampering around this weekend preparing a table design for the luscious "Holidays on a High Note" event in Atherton at the venerable Circus Club. So, please be patient and wait for further postings...some of which are sure to include, happily, the finished table: "A Birthday at the Little House."

There will be egg cups.
And, as you know,


Leaving you with
a lovely pic of Clara Bow,
who looks...well,
not that busy.
But awfully stylish.