green goodness and more

So thrilled to return with a pile of pretty Christmas

catalogues! Another slice of Anthro yum!

The new Anthropologie catalogue is so sweet and

the images are to die for.

Do I need this butter dish?

Green goodness. Step aside Red. Green!

I am dying over the cuteness that is these chairs.

Such a fun S. American Summer palette!

Off to get in the holiday spirit with sudden motivation to use

only green paper on my Christmas Cards.

Hopefully Anthro slows down on the cute catalogues.

Otherwise, I think my head will spin right off!

small time fun

Currently the sweeties are on a whirlwind trip to South America.

So, I leave you with some early holiday images to get you in the mood.

I fear I will not be able to get in the mood, seeing that I am caught in the

middle of the Summer here on the equator.

The Thanksgiving harvest..

And a special NorCal hometown weekend to ring in the holiday season.

Feeling thrifty and contemplating her first thrift

purchase of 'Pheasant in Snow'

And the main event, the Festival of Lights Parade.

Nothing like a small time Christmas parade to bring out the

holiday spirit.

Waving to the mayor..

Grandpa's train..

Shout out to the Mad Hatter..

Santa!

Happy Holiday Season! Let's get crafty!

like candy.

This one is for you, friendy.

I finally went onto the Linda Farrow Vintage website this

morning and it is full of amazing.

Linda Farrow is back in action producing her beautiful

sunglasses that she first made famous in the seventies.

We all know her from the slatted glasses image

of Kanye that overstayed its welcome over the

last two years, but she is so much more and

doing some very impressive collaborations with

some wonderful brands and designers.

Linda Farrow sunglasses are like, well, candy.

Above fabulousness from the Linda Farrow Luxe line.

The more important question is.. where can we get these

beautifully wacky designer collaborations?

for Bernhard Willhelm.

For Charles Anastase.

For Jeremy Scott.

For Sophia Kokosalaki.

And LF uses her projects collaborations to pair with some of our

faves.. Rodarte(above), House of Holland, and Opening Ceremony.

And, if you need more diamonds in your life(i do), there are always

these hot mamas.

from Linda Farrow Fine Jewelry Collection.

I am loving my new sunglasses.

Success!

Embroidered success!

Good work team.

See you in January for some new craftiness.

I will update the blog link when the new craft class

details come out.

The 'i've still got 20 minutes at the end of class' pencil case.

Sorry buddy. But the homemade tie dye looked amazing!

home grown holiday

Let's jog our memories back to April,

when I made clear my obsession for the

miniature Fungi farms from

Far West Fungi.

My fascination with the mini fungi garden is a long running

one that started about 8 years ago with trips to

the Ferry building in S.F.

How pretty are these mushrooms?

See their mushroom forest in the forefront?

Gorgeous! Effortless! Like a terrarium, but better.

So much better.

Thanks to Melvin, I received my very own Fungi farm over the summer.

In hindsight, perhaps I should have named him. Would that have

made him feel more nurtured?

At any rate, I ran out and purchased a large glass cloche,

the only one I could find was from Pottery Barn,

and gave him a nice, comfy and trés chic home.

And of course, I haven't mentioned him since.

Shattered dreams.

Halloween came and still nothing.

He did appear to be some groovy science experiment,

which helped the spooky decor some.

Our main problem here, so we think, was that it was still

80 degrees in October in Southern California.

Like the lagomorphs, shroomy likes a nice crisp 60

degrees. Lucky for him, the month of November has created

a buns-chilling atmosphere in our guest bathroom.

And that is where we moved him. The rabbits are so jealous.

And, wouldn't you know it, he responded.

Growth and more growth.

Shroomy checking himself out in the mirror..

(he's so vain)

New larger growth..

Original mini growth from the great hot spell of 2009.

New large growth next to old whimpy growth.. see the difference?

Even a few shroomy heads.

Well, I have been butt dragging on this post and this was a shot

of the shroomy heads on Friday..

This was shroomy head MADNESS on Sunday..

Finger high!

Shroomy reaching for the sky on Monday..

And mondo Alice in Wonderland shroomy status this morning.

I am totally a mushroom farmer. So my three shroom heads don't

really resemble the beauty of the Far West Fungi sample.

That's ok.

I have a strong desire to incorporate them into my

Thanksgiving cooking. Yet, somehow, I am not sure I have the

confidence to serve guest a fungus that I have grown in my

guest bathroom, that has been witness to lord knows what.

But, maybe I do.