Winter Wheat Decor

So much wheat, so much love. I almost cannot contain myself!

A Scandinavian-style wreath of boxwood and dried wheat.

A garland of pine and wheat drapes across the banister, just above a 200-year-old dowry chest from Lapland.

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Beautiful Mantle

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Yule

We're hoping to get our Yule decorations up this weekend. In the meantime, I'd like to share with you our decor from last year. All of the greenery was taken from the yard at our old house. We also used the green acorns that we purchased for the wedding, and everything but the stag was in our possession.

Ok, it's really an antelope but we thought we could use it to represent a stag. :)
Holly & mistletoe.

The goddess was purchased by mother about 38 years ago.

I loved making the cedar garland. The trees on the right were part of our table scape the year before. This was more of the direction I wanted to go in, but I missed that turn in Albuquerque and ended up in an entirely different place. I'll post that soon.

We're big on using Magnolia branches as decor elements. Never a wrong time of year to use them!

We were featured on Apartment Therapy last year.

Tiny World Pincushions

So much love.

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Oh yeah, I'm a day late.

{Photo credit: Evita Smith}

I hope everyone had a joyous Thanksgiving yesterday. I love our new glass acorns and I'm very excited to work them into our Yule display this year.

I am working on a couple of projects. It may take a couple of weeks to bring them to fruition so please stay tuned!

Psssst...the acorns are on sale at Pottery Barn. I would like to pick up a few more next week.

Doubleparlour

I stumbled across the work of Doubleparlour today.

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'Doubleparlour is an art collaboration between Ernie and Cassandra Velasco. Both are artists who like to explore a variety of subject matters with different mediums. Some works are done as a joint effort and others are solo works. Current work includes drawings, prints, paintings and polymer clay sculptures.'

Francine already has home. Lucky them!

Inspiring Calendars

Tiny calendar on a shipping tag.

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Wild Turkeys

One of the many wonderful things about the property we rent is that we have wild turkeys. On several occasions we have seen them come up to the cars in front of the house. This picture was taken a couple of weeks ago. The cats were out at the time.


Junior, who is our beloved grumpy old cat with no teeth, decided to walk out for a closer look. The turkeys were not impressed.

{Photo credit: Michael Judd}

MIA

Hello everyone.
I've been debating whether to post this or not, but you're going to see a some downtime from me for the next few weeks. My father is seriously ill and we're moving in the direction to manage his care in his final weeks. I would like to divert myself by maintaining an upbeat attitude here, but it may be difficult at times.

Thank you.
~ Evita.

BiPolar Tesla Coil

{Photo credit: Evita Smith}

This is one of my favorite coils that Michael has built. He started on a series last year that is inspired by a vintage aesthetic, something that people would want to keep on display. This one was finished just before we moved. I hope he starts to build these again.

The porthole in front of the spark gap is a beautiful green glass that came from a cache from my mother. She started making stained glass about 20 years ago but with her back/neck/wrist problems it became too difficult for her to manage. Some of her glass supplies came from the Blenko glass factory. My brother drove up to the factory to purchase it for her.