front page!

Etsy seller saratops made a sweet treasury, title: "Forest Friends" which included my vintage aqua ceramic planter. It hit the front page this afternoon. Always a treat to see somthing of yours on the front page. weee!

peach and blue...

fresh colors in the shop now. [here]

aqua love

the blog: modish, loving posted about the color aqua. My sweater from the shop was included. glee!

A little bedroom inspiration...

I found a great photo gallery on Martha Stewart.com about bedroom decorating. I love this blue/aqua oasis one! Its a dream. The lines of the wallpaper headboard are just so unique and inspiring.

I love the sunshine yellow glow to the wooden chair and the great aqua and yellow accents on the bedding. So fresh and clean and there is no frill and no fuss with the window treatment!Another inspiring color pallet! Gray, pink, light green and dark green. This is also another great headboard with amazing lines. This image is from the stenciling pillowcases article. Check out the steps for stenciling [here]Lastly, I love a good wall collage of frames. This one is particularly nice, with both oval and rectangle frames intertwined.

My only extra though, why is marthastewart.com's photo tag so ugly? [see above image] Is is so not a Martha Stewart typeface!

Feeling Inspired.

Staring at my lace and vintage fabric scraps today I became very inspired. I paged through the slips in my closet and chose this lovely number to embellish. It is not hard to create something so beautiful with a great base color, like this slip! The aqua is so bright and lovely and looks just down right sweet with the touches of pink lace.

Ezra Jack Keats

Ezra Jack Keats is one of my favorite illustrators. I have always adored this illustration from "The Snowy Day". This is a book to truly become lost in. As the pages turn the colors explode, textures abound, and Keats illustrations effortlessly portray the excitment of a snowy day.

I recently discovered a website that sells his illustrations in poster size! I am seriously considering this one for my living room. I find his art so inspiring and colorful with a delicious vintage feel. The patterns of the paper he used make me want to take up more print making.


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On a side note, I had my first lingerie sale in ItsBella. I am so thrilled to be packing up and shipping a piece of vintage lingerie. This piece in particular is a pair of panties that are the most beautiful shade of aqua blue/green. They are the high waisted style and have much class. [I always thought leaving more to the imagination was key] I hope my customer is as pleased with their purchase as I am sending it to them.

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Lastly, here is a photo of my Boston Terrier, Bella. She can be very difficult to capture in a photograph because she is always moving! I was enticing her during this photo with a treat. [thus the looking up expression] She was beginning to get very "barky" and annoyed when I wasn't giving it to her and the photos became worse and worse. So, this is the best one out of 20.




xo