visions of sugar plums

must have been some what nice.......................santa came over....................lovin the shades

hope you have a great christmas day!

XXOO

patrice

good times

a pictures worth a 1000 words..................here's me and my mom she rolled into gr today we went to a local micro brew she is throwing back a pale ale...........me i am a hop head....ipa all the way.................had a great time.................she's 80.........................wow i wanna be cool.......

breakfast at the choo choo.....

more to come...

savor the holiday

xx oo

patrice

retail order...................

these are on a great lamp at a great store.....I love having just the right places carry my stuff....
I am out the door right now gotta x mas shop...........ho ho ho ho

will post more later I have a great photo to share.

xx oo

patrice

beautiful day

this is NOT today but i love these images on gray michigan days...this is in oregon ashland to be exact.................

wish i was there today................but the reality is i am loading and taking things to the store......

maybe i will sit here by the fountain for a few minutes before i go......................

have a great day

xx oo

patrice

whos who

love pictures with people i know.....this is me and my bff from the 7th grade....maybe 8th grade
holy rosary class of 83........we get together for a yearly outing of giggles and shopping and drinks..


this is annhata katakin...love her name and love her style.........she is a great artist plan to have some of her product at my shoppe

the ever cool amy hanna whos baubles are really one of a kind art creations........she is a fellow michigan girl but left us for cally..........(wonder why)

hope you take photos of you and your peeps.......they are fun to have later as wonderful memories.....

have a great weekend

more to come....

xxoo

patrice

inspire

i love my new baby...........she is going to be my studio muse to help me on the gray winter days
she needs a name.....something regal..........it will come to me soon i am sure she is from the great husband and wife team cart before the horse sewed muslin hand painted the detail and quality are AMAZING...........

her face makes my heart melt.....

what inspires you ? ................

have a happy day

xxoo

patrice

space

lovin my new space..........brick....high ceilings.......wood floors....yummy.... big plans for studio space and occasional sales.........

look for more as this space is layered up with great fabrics......chippy furniture and more....

will keep you posted as the "after" comes to life....

xxoo

patrice

changes...............

I really hate technology..........tried to play with my template in the blog designer...hated it but accidently change and picked it......took forever to sorta get back what I had...will need to have my daughter re center my bee graphic at the top.........(which will take her all of 1 minute....)
MORAL: leave well enough alone....(which I new already.....)

hope you have a happy monday.
bundling up here to brave the many elements

xxoo

patrice

out and about

gotta luv a BAR ............

with giant paintings of vintage barbie on the walls.....................

luv this retro girl.....(she'd be better as a brunette.....)

a good time was had by all....

happy friday...............

cleaning in the morning.............wish me luck....

xx

patrice

a few more.......

could not help it.... few more shots of my space....

love this one..........

zzz zzz nighty night

uica

had a great night seeing everyone and meeting some fun new people at the art show....

love the paper weights on the wood stool.....

THE highlight I was voted best booth display.....THANKS

xxoo

patrice

breakfast @ the choo choo and then back at the uica hope to see you!

beneath the tree

gray prize ribbons on wolf dress form childs 10 circa 1965 {year i was born if you are quick...you can know my age}

prize ribbons displayed on french bottle rack....{really from france...gotta luv ebay...}

wall art displayed beautifully in this home....

paper wreaths made with ledger paper...

several similar items will travel with me to the uica this weekend friday night and saturday hope to see you there...

xx oo patrice

craigslist

the ad was for 3 doors...........20.00 for all....must take all 3.....

they are on their sides here in my yard they have the most beautiful chippy blue paint and i love them... drove 30 minutes away to get them....met a gentleman at his barn...thought oh hope i don't die they will never find me.....(watch too many murder shows...)

felt almost bad taking them for 20.00 they are really great workhorses for table tops, wall dividers people are even making cabinets out of them....

the garage on this property had great carriage doors attached.....with baby windows they have great chippy paint and beautiful wood inside they are on the barn silver sliders.....told they guy i loved them he told me in the spring he will replace them with a new garage door.....so i am waiting to snag them! they are too cool....

i love old beat up things.....wonder why?

happy monday

xxoo

patrice

uica

have been working on a series of blocks....they are 5.5 x 3.5 I love them all together...cracked painted...old laces...old papers....tin types...words...they will be travelin with me to the uica show this friday and saturday....this is my fourth year at this show and i love that i have a good crowd of loyal collectors come for my work

the paper weights are a functional art thing i love seeing the old papers and photos pop under the domed glass...

more in the block series.....hope you can see them up close and personal at the show....

have a wonderful week.....

i have not forgotten the craigslist teaser...just been too cold to go outside for the photo shoot maybe in the morning

hope you ease in the the holidays........

xxoo

patrice

thankful.........

this fall has been a great fall....meeting curious sofa d.d. who is too cool....

wendy addison.................who well is WENDY ADDISON

and Nancy S. former Country living magazine editor...humble gracious good people....

snagging wholesale orders for the trophy wife...and planning for future brick and motar(that would be round 2...)

probably the very craziest my life has ever been but i am loving it....

i am thankful: for happiness... creativity... joy... friends... family...

will post tommorrow...new addiction CRAIG'S LIST and my BIG score!

xxoo

patrice

travlin

why can't we have a trader joes....i know they read my blog so maybe after the second post they will consider it.....we have to travel 2 hours......this t.j. is in illinois not michigan met my bestie there.....

lovin the articokes.......

IKEA....................frosted glass panel lights love them really major love....got 2 of the letter ones...they need to be right and left of a sink.....yummy

they have great sinks at ikea.....

swank kitchens.......

me and chris..................ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. we have been friends since the 7th grade...both survived catholic school.....

starting to get ready for the UICA market hope to see you there.

xxooooo

patrice

beer

not wine if that was your quess.......beer

the livery and old horse place now ......a beer haven benton harbor michigan great building

the brew tanks on the private tour.....filled with micro brew sticker....

yumm

hope all is well for you

xxoo

patrice

the chocolate garden

a perfect fall day..... a great get away

majestic clouds...........

there is only one answer to this question.........

truffles......the best truffles........

what goes well with this? I will post this next time it was part II of the trip

happy monday

xxoo

patrice