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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Finally...St. Vincent Nursery Pictures

This past Spring I had the incredible honor of being asked by St. Vincent's Hospital to design a nursery for a deserving family. St. Vincent's partnered with ABC33/40 to host the contest. Out of all the entries three were chosen to share their story on Talk of Alabama. From there, viewers voted and one deserving family was picked. The Reed family lost their home during the January tornados that came through Alabama. They had to rebuild from the ground up. I am so, so grateful I was able to design the nursery...

Hello everyone! We had a nice sunny Autumn day for our last tour of the season. Why don't you come along with us and see the autumn colors in our garden. We did have a frost a couple of times but not a killing frost. This will be the last time this year for a big bus to roll...

A busy day today, but a glimpse at my autumn garden ... and not an orange leaf in sight!!I hope you're not fed up with my white dahlias, I just can't keep my eyes off them, and the more I pick, the more heads grow!This week it is all about grey and white -pumpkins in my potager this year are all creamy white. My little bit of garden fun for today. A grey and white vignette for a very grey day.From me to you with best blogging love! ...

Last weekend Susan and I decided we needed to hop in the truck and head over to California to find some good treasures for the store. As usual, we found so much goodness, the truck was busting at the seams as it hit the road back to Phoenix. Poor, me, I actually had to stay in California to head to the mart this week to do some apparel shopping with Mary. Rough life, I know. While we were in Newport, we had to hit up Pizzeria Mozza to try their raved about pizzas using Phoenix's own Chris Bianco's tomatoes. Mmmm,...

Last Friday, I had a great opportunity to mingle with some of the amazing bloggers. Thanks to Jessica from Me Sew Crazy who organized this amazing night. Even though I didn't attend the Sewing Summit, I felt like I was a small part of it.Most of these wonderful people I met for the first time, but having the same interest makes it so much easier to become friends with everybody. I had a great time!I attempted to take many pictures, but inside the restaurant was so dark and most of the pictures didn't turn out so great... Here are a couple pictures...

jeanne d'arc living

The latest issue has arrived and it is absolutely stunning, as always! Hurry in to pick yours up today! Or call the shop if you need one mailed to you! If I lived somewhere that was already chilly, I would be drooling over this wonderful magazine by the fire with my morning coffee. Instead I will just enjoy our lovely outdoor weather on the back porch with my copy of the latest Jeanne d'Arc. Here's to beautiful print magazin...

A few weeks ago I was talking with a girlfriend and the topic of blogs came up. Although many of my friends don't have blogs of their own, like me they like to read a few favorites and it occasionally sparks interesting conversation. During one conversation a friend remarked that a blogger had gone from being one of her favorites to one that she really disliked. Her frustration was that the author's writing style and content had changed.Obviously that conversation made me reflect on my own blog. But it also made me reflect on the relationship...

ALCS Game 3 Lineups

YANKEES (0-2)Brett Gardner LFIchiro Suzuki RFMark Teixeira 1BRobinson Cano 2BRaul Ibanez DHRussell Martin CEric Chavez 3BGranderson CFEduardo Nunez SSPhil Hughes RHPTIGERS (2-0)Austin Jackson CFQuintin Berry LFMiguel Cabrera 3BPrince Fielder 1BDelmon Young DHAndy Dirks RFJhonny Peralta SSAlex Avila COmar Infante 2BJustin Verlander ...

How often do you look at fashion shoots and think, "not for me!" .....I find that with my busy days, I'm more comfortable in trousers than skirts or dresses, and in the summer I tend to favour wide legged linen trousers that always fall well. But now we are heading back in to autumn and winter, I am happy for once to conform to current fashion and opt for the tighter fitting skinny jeans and trousers.This cut is all over Paris at the moment: it looks fun and feminine, and is really practical for rushing around all day. Easy...