Showing posts with label favorite things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label favorite things. Show all posts

September 24, 2011

Inspiration And Practical Magic

Hello there Practical Magic Party goers! Unfortunately I did not have time to put a more elaborate party post together like I did last year. I just have a had a lot to do and things got away from me a bit. I did put together this Etsy treasury of things inspired by the movie which I would love to own! I hope you enjoy it.

According to the seller, the bath salts were actually created because of this very blog party!

For more parties head over to the Practical Magic Blog Party Page.

Here is the link.





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March 22, 2011

Storms And Super Excitement!

I am just bursting with excitement and I will tell you why! If you are a fan of Lauren over at Fair Rosamund then you will have seen the adorable cat painting she did for Cameron. As soon as I saw it I knew I had to have one of my two furries. I promptly asked Lauren if she does commissions and she said yes!

So today she sent me the pictures of the finished painting and I LOVE it. I am SUPER excited! She did such a wonderful job capturing the personalities of my kitties.


Eek! Isn't it wonderful? Thank you Lauren!

It was quite stormy here yesterday and the day before. A nice change, we even got a little rain.



You know when it is cloudy and stormy in the evening and there is that yellowish tinge to the air from the diffused light? I love that. Anyway I tried to take a picture, but of course you can't tell at all in the photo. I guess it is more of a human eye sort of thing.


The rain made the plants happy. Oh and remember my sprouting garlic cloves that I planted? They have taken off quickly!


Grow little garlic sproutlings, grow like the wind! (Sproutlings, I think that is a Fanciful Twist word that has worked its way into my vocabulary!)


Oh and I managed to take a photo of someone using the hummingbird feeder. It wasn't actually a hummingbird, but still a cutie.


Until next time!
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January 12, 2011

Tea And Vintagey Goodness

First I wanted to share my tea from today because I got some new things, yay! All from the tea room I work at of course.


A cute chicken creamer.


Drip catchers for my teapot! So classy.


Scones from work and jam and Devon cream to put on them. (The chocolatey looking things are rum balls that I made.)





A certain lap monster knew she was going to get a treat.



Tea choice today was Monk's Blend: black tea with vanilla and grenadine flavor, yum.

Now on to the store Toni (see last post) works and sells stuff at. I think the photos speak for themselves.













So lovely right?! I could (and did) spend hours looking at everything. And the best part is usually really cute stores are super expensive, but everything there was so reasonably priced I could buy lots of things, and I am a poor student! So if you are ever in Redmond, Oregon, The Back Porch is definitely worth a visit.
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December 31, 2010

Curiouser And Curiouser

I am back from my lovely holiday spending Christmas with my friends and family. Sorry about the lack of postage, but the internet situation was not conducive to blogging. My parents are in the middle of moving so everything was in a bit of an uproar, but I am here now and ready to share all the things I have saved up!

More from all of my break later, but for now here are a few curious things I am excited about, to ring in the new year....

The first is that today at work (I work at the most adorable English style tea room called Chantilly) a group came in for tea and one of the girls (who was not a little kid) was dressed up like the Mad Hatter! And we are not talking just a hat here people, she had a full out costume including hat, wig, coat, and accessories. Unfortunately I did not get a picture, but that girl is my hero!

Second, I bought a vintage tea cup today (also from where I work) that will blow your mind. I had never seen one like it before so I had to buy it.




The little bridge across the top of the cup is to protect one's moustache when they are drinking tea! Is that not the funniest, randomest, I have to have that tea-cupiest thing ever? I almost wish I had a moustache just so I could get the full benefit. I love it.

The third and fourth curious things are two vintage items I got at this adorable store in Redmond, OR (more on that later). Look at this table cloth...



Notice anything strange? Now I haven't been to Florida much, but I am pretty sure they do not have saguaro cactus. It is like someone from far away who had never actually been to Florida made a tablecloth using whatever idea they had in their head of what Florida might be like. Love it! And I love the colors. And it works well here in the AZ because of the cacti. (One other curious thing: why my candles will never stay standing upright.)

And let us not forget the awesomest pillow there has ever been in the history of the world. I also bought this item because I had never seen anything like it. I believe the words "what the...!" sprung instantly to mind.


Is it just me or is it almost slightly threatening? Loves, loves, loves it!

Last, but not least, after returning from Oregon where it was cold and snowing, I was looking forward to the warmer weather of Arizona. However, I was a bit disappointed and also surprised, to find that it is cold and snowing here too! I mean I know AZ gets snow and I wasn't too shocked to see it on the mountains behind our house, but I was surprised when it was actually snowing at our house here in Tucson! Crazy weather.




Have a happy New Year lovely bloggy friends!

ps. I almost forgot one last, very curious, thing. In my hometown Bend, OR there is a house that has the whole front yard decorated with bones.




A little creepy, but I am totally on board as I have had a thing for bones ever since I was a little kid.
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