Beautiful Blends

I've had the pleasure of getting to know

so many wonderful dealers at

Fredericksburg Trade Days

over the past few years.

I consider most of these fines folks to be

good friends now,

and two of the finest are

Diane Schwartz and Roger Gallamore

of 

BLENDS in Georgetown, Texas.

I paid a visit to their dreamy shop recently,

and although I knew it would be stunning,

 it truly blew me away.

The lovely Diane, ever the gracious hostess!

 And Roger...what a character!

He knew full well I was snapping his photo,

and carried right on with lunch. Attaboy!

In addition to visiting my good friends Diane and Roger,

I was so happy to get to meet one of their customers Dana,

who is also a follower of my blog.
She brought along her sweet grandbaby, Ryan!

 Ryan posed handsomely for me

after we became buds.

Those eyes!

The great thing about Blends is that not only

do Diane and Roger have a marvelous collection

of vintage wares, but they also carry an absolutely

fabulous array of romantic clothing.

One of their most popular items are 

what Diane refers to as "dance pants"...

 { photo courtesy debra oliver }....me on Elizabeth Maxson's front porch!

 Here I am in the photos above and below

sporting my dance pants / bloomers in white

from Blends.

 { photo courtesy elizabeth maxson }...with cute little Debra Oliver!

They come in many different colors,

and are truly flattering on every body type.

And so affordable, too!

But back to the shop itself...

You can visit Blends in their brick and mortar store

at

4230 Williams Drive, Georgetown, TX

Open Wednesday-Saturday 10-5 

or at

Fredericksburg Trade Days 

third weekend of every month

next up... August 17th-19th.

 I'll be there next go-round...

see you there?

XO,

My FOLK Magazine Features

A lot of you already know,

but for those who do not, I was 

a contributor on the current issue of

FOLK Magazine.

Not only was I the author and photographer

of a piece titled "Old House Love",

but I was also the subject of a feature story

by celebrated stylist, writer, photographer, designer and artist

Debi Ward Kennedy.

 

 I encourage you to visit Debi's new blog,

HOMEward Found Decor.

She has been featured in Where Women Create, Somerset Life,

Porch, Retreat, and a whole host of other publications.

Debi's story on me is called

"A Life in Focus"...

Yes, I see the irony that much of the above photo

is OUT of focus. I blurred it intentionally.
Can't have y'all reading the whole article

and not rushing out and buying a copy, can we?

 Debi was thoughtful enough to want to include

a good deal of content on my precious mama,

who passed away this past September. 

Thank you Deb, that meant a lot.

But I was also able to contribute

a little story of my own in this same issue....

 It's titled "Old House Love", and is the first in what

I envision to be a series on what it's like for life-long

city dwellers to embrace the joys and simplicities

of life in a century old Victorian farmhouse.

Right now, it's available at

Smitten 

right here in Fredericksburg, Texas...

 And you can also grab a copy

via the FOLK website

HERE.

Thank you for all your kind words of support

and encouragement in this new endeavour,

I'm having a blast!

 some photos courtesy 

of

 Debra Oliver

and

Debi Ward Kennedy

Sister's Treasues, Saturday's Treasures

Today's post is once again brought to you

by my new go-to camera of choice,

my iPhone 4S.

I'm kinda sorta in love with it,

and also not having to lug around my

heavyweight, big-girl camera everywhere.

I wanted to share some recent pics I snapped

at Betsy and Elaine's space at

Fredericksburg Trade Days.

Betsy and Elaine are a pair of extremely talented

sisters who do business as

Sister's Treasures ,

and it's been my privilege to get to know these gals

the past year or so.

Getting to shop their always primo space 

has been an extra special added bonus!

 I hesitated and missed out on this fabulous decoupaged

suitcase made by Betsy.

She assures me more are on the way!

Great stuff, right?

And I was especially fortunate to score these 

most excellent gym lockers below from the

sweet Sister's...

 Be sure to visit Sister's Treasures

 at the next Fbg Trade Days, August 17th-19th.

Be sure to give the gals a hug from me!

On to yesterday's haul!

I seriously considered hitting snooze and sleeping in

yesterday morning, but I knew that my junker's cred

would seriously be in question if I missed yet another

Saturday morning of garage sale-ing.

Thank goodness I hit the garage sale trail!

Behold the loot and swag...

 Dress forms, tiny enamelware,

vintage silver ice bucket, old Mason and Ball jars....

The new gal in our bedroom.

 shiny, shiny, shiny!

Cool old signage, floral tole tray,

utterly fabulous enamelware measuring pitcher.

 Not one, but TWO vintage German dictionaries!

A must have in Fredericksburg, Texas.

And this nifty find....

a combination diary, address book,

and...well, commentary on 1930s life

in one small corner of the world!

Poor Clarence Hocker, apparently dead.

A good reason to always write your contacts

in pencil rather than pen.

And this darling, chippy typewriter table.

Looks right at home in the entry hallway

at the farmhouse.

Have a super duper week.

That's what I plan on doing!

Creatively Made Home

I am so excited to share a brand new,

upcoming e-course brought to you by some

of the brightest and best names in blogging.

Please allow me to present to you,

Creatively Made Home

 Creatively Made Home is an all new e-course 

about creating a home that reflects your heart in everyday living.  

It is about inspiring and encouraging you to create and style 

a home that you and your family love to live in...

This five week online course is hosted by 5 friends 

who want to help you to define your decorating style 

so that it is a true reflection of your heart.

Creatively Made Home is hosted by:

 Tracey Leber

Sara Duckett 

 Kimberly Taylor

 Jennifer Rizzo

and..... Jeanne Oliver

Here is the jam-packed schedule for the course:

* Each week you will have amazing truthful videos from not only the five teachers but other creative women.

* Each week we will take a room from one of YOU 

and all five women will give their suggestions telling you how 

they would transform the room with their style.

* There will be 50+ project videos.

These will be incredible videos that include everything from gardening, cooking, gift giving and decorating.

* There will be written tips from each woman telling you how she starts a room, picks paint, fabrics, etc.  

You will learn where to start when putting your own home together.

* Tons of beautiful house photos from each of the five women.

* Videos that truly reflect what life is like in each of their homes.  The stuff that life is really about. 

* Each woman will share their own truthful journey about 

how they started making their home a reflection of their hearts.

* Each person registered will get an easy entertaining e-book to download.

It will contain go to recipes for beautiful and easy entertaining (they do go together), 

photos of table settings that take the stress out of having people over, 

favorite drinks and so much more (and their funniest entertaining story).

* There will be a private Facebook group to connect with other class members.

* There will be a once a week live discussion with one of the teachers!

* You will get printables and pdfs to keep and use again and again.

This course is about loving your home, loving your family, and blessing those around you...and having fun doing it.

This course will lavish you with ideas, beauty, inspiration, joy and encouragement!

Come and play house with us.

Class begins October 22.

Registration is now open!

Early registration price is $48 for the next two weeks.

After August 6 the price will go to $58

To sign up for Creatively Made Home,
go *HERE*

Have a wonderful week!