Bigger than Life

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A few weeks ago I was contacted by a buyer for One Kings Lane about partnering up to do a sale for them. They gave me a couple options about how it could work. I'm at max printing capacity for a couple holiday shop requests, and being pregnant I knew my limits were even lower this year than other years. They, however, offered to partner me up with an outside printer who would both take care of the printing and frame the pieces for sale! How could I say no?

A few things they have right now that I love: Orange Camp Stool,  Jen Garrido print, Archipelago Havana candles,  Vintage West German Cachepot, Better Homes and Gardens Garden Book, Oberon Dining Table

I have to admit I hadn't really looked at One Kings Lane before being contacted by them...partly because I have a hard time saying no to a good deal, partly because my general first impression was they catered to a more formal style than my own. But since looking into them more, and finding their blog and stylistic, story-telling videos, you get the feeling they're much more into curating a collection of usable, albeit sometimes super fancy, goods. I think they pretty much have the old Domino and current House Beautiful readerships pegged.

Feel like you have too many pieces of art and no where left to hang 'em? Look! One Kings Lane shows you how to hang a gallery wall.

Party Hardy!

Little Sugar Creek, the community garden I help lead, is part of the Friendship Gardens network. Guess what!? Friendship Gardens is having a party this weekend! Part of the party is a silent auction, so I've donated 2 prints, printed on canvas and framed. I don't print on canvas very often, so it was a treat to see them on a different material, and all framed up they look pretty snazzy!  I wish I had actual photographs, maybe someone at the auction will get some?

Happy Birthday to Me!

I've been messing around with my website, trying to get the blog to look like the site to keep the "flow" of things, and now everything is all wonky. I'll get it sorted out...sometime.

In the meantime, my birthday is coming up and so I've been daydreaming about some luxurious** goods to add to my little world.

Any painting by Lulie Wallace. Since she's in Charleston, SC I would want to turn the purchase into a good excuse to take a road trip to pick it up, too.


Voluspa Golden Cypress Sawara and Illume Balsam and Cedar candles are my favorite scents. We don't burn candles often around our house {except maybe to cover up the stank of compost collecting in the sink one (or five) days too long} bur are more apt to warm up the space with a candle during winter. These are the most perfect fragrances to carry you from fall through winter, both reminiscent of freshly fallen leaves crunching under foot with a hint of a Christmas tree for good measure.

Tasty treats from Whimsy and Spice...especially anything pumpkin!

Bridgman Pottery egg cups:  After all, the pretty eggs from our hens deserve an equally pretty display during breakfast, don't you think? I think I'd like a mish mash of colors, too. They're all so tempting!


The reality? I've asked for a truck load of compost to be brought in. Oooo la la, talk about luxurious!



**By luxurious I just mean things we don't need. We actually don't really need anything right now, we have so much, so any addition seems like quite a luxury.

That quick little line drawing to share for coloring in turned into a little flame of inspiration. This weekend I worked on a new poster: Pumpkins!

What started from pencil drawings evolved into a colorful depiction of a variety of pumpkins found in notable seed catalogs such as Baker Creek,  D. Landreth, and Territorial. The result is a gritty but pretty identification poster with a few extra notes particular to each variety.

All shapes and sizes

There are times {times being the last 3 months} where I sit down to draw and nothing comes out. I just sit there and stare at the blank page, put down a few ugly, uncomfortable lines, put the pens away, and give the paper to Mabel to draw on.

Yesterday I decided I just had to do it, make the ugly lines and let it happen.

Everything kind of turned out alright! I mean, it's no life changing work of art, but sometimes you just have to work through it and finish something. Maybe coloring or doodling all over the pumpkins will help you work through a creative block of your own, or maybe you've got some down time at work...whatever the reason, coloring is fun, so print it and color it, then show me what you've done!

I turned the jpg into a PDF and posted it on the internet so you can print it out.