How to Stage a Book Shelf

This is a great example, thanks to Restoration Hardware, of staging a book shelf. What a really nice mix of items, different sizes, shapes and textures. Not too stuffed. Love it! You did it again, RH!

Remember their catalog for great decorating, accessorizing and staging ideas!

60's Style

so then. there. a photo. uploaded. not what i want. not any good. but an image uploaded. funny blog.
funny blog site. maybe another one is more user friendly? maybe some are better for writers and others cater more to those visual folks among us. like me.

can i call hot flashes misery flashes? or flashes of misery? or flash of miserableness. not so hot. but a wave of, well, uncomfortable miserableness. hmmm. go away please. f of m. that would be flash of misery. any other acronym is, er, troublesome.

so many creative people, ladies, making blogs. are we all more creative than we used to be? or are there just more creative crafty products available now so we can buy them, store them, manipulate them, and then publish them, post them, brag about them and try to sell them? to other crafty creative product buying ladies like ourselves?

sounding cynical today. sorry.

in austin. such a hotbed of creativity. should really have the creative juices flowing.....

where are they?

let's try another image.


aha. I did it. Did I? here's a pic from Maui '06 I think. I wanted to pick up the chair from beside the road, but no way to get it home! though now that I think about it, maybe it wasn't being discarded. Maybe someone put it there to sit in while they waited for the bus? hmmm? well. don't know.

ok. so . feeling better now. maybe the "no layout" option is what I want. see. Can tell I'm feeling better about all of this-transitioning into caps. ha.

learning to blog; am i ready?

So this is it. This is blogging. Hmmm. Not that exciting, I guess. If I could type fingers drumming on a table, that's what I'd type here. I suppose I should have something catchy to write about to be blogworthy. But I didn't really give it a lot of thought. Mostly I care about how it looks. But will have to figure all of that out....but til then...


Let's think about Pearl Fryar, I think is his name, topiary artist. I'm watching this show on HGTV about him, a self-taught fellow.. Amazing and inspiring. He has 3 acres he's gardened. Lovely. I think somewhere in South Carolina. Some special talent he has. Being a landscape architect, it has inherent appeal for me for sure.
Oh, it's Bishopville. Small town.I want to go there and see it. Seems like a God-fearing gentleman with a God-given talent. Awesome.

I wonder if I post this if I can edit it or delete it later? And I wonder, if I post it-well, when I post it-who will see it? Do people just look for random blogs? Wonder why.
I was reading some blogs today, mostly junk/antique/design/decorating type sites. But who really has time to read all of these? Is it people at work with boring jobs? Or, well, I don't know. Nice thing to do if you're sick or something. Or when the little ones are finally in bed. Yep, I would have done that if blogging had been around when mine were younger. Well, anyway.


I'm on a quest for a design occupation. Hah. Sounds funny saying it out loud. Well, or writing it for public view. Love old stuff. Love the junk. Love manipulating it/them into something even better. I do love landscape design, but want to do something else these days. Love collecting, as so many others do. But cannot keep all of these treasures. I would love to pass on to others. For the right price of course. Haven't found the best venue for this. Maybe online....just gonna keep thinking....