Showing posts with label In the Shop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label In the Shop. Show all posts
I'll be heading over to the Jersey side on Sunday for Home Goods' special India event. Only select stores are participating, so if you have a HG near you, check the site before hauling yourself over bright and early.
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Carmen Miranda....
So latin. So outrageous. How can you not smile when you listen to this?
So latin. So outrageous. How can you not smile when you listen to this?
Print available through lilcoletterpress.
The Sassy Sarah Vaughan says it best, I think.
How can you listen to this song and not imagine yourself in Havana or Panama?
How can you listen to this song and not imagine yourself in Havana or Panama?
image from covet garden magazine. headline quote by helen keller.
I'm moving today.
Where, you ask?
Nowhere in particular, I think.
Lazy, so very lazily making my way South.
Thomas and I are flying one-way down into Costa Rica and making our way to Ushuaia, Argentina. We've given ourselves one year to make it happen!
Thomas and I are flying one-way down into Costa Rica and making our way to Ushuaia, Argentina. We've given ourselves one year to make it happen!
(Here's hoping there's more time for blogging in my future. And I promise to be safe Mom & Dad.)
"Consider the following. We humans are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others' actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others' activities. For this reason it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others." -H.H. the Dalai Lama
Thomas and I are the sort of couple who do not have kids, but totally feel superior to others in our potential parenting skills. Obnoxious, huh? (And fast forward 10 years...my how things change!)
So I was tickled when I stumbled up on this trailer for a documentary showing the first year of life for four children from very different societal backgrounds. No matter how different we think we are, at our very core we are a small group of beings dependent on each other's love.
Thomas and I are the sort of couple who do not have kids, but totally feel superior to others in our potential parenting skills. Obnoxious, huh? (And fast forward 10 years...my how things change!)
So I was tickled when I stumbled up on this trailer for a documentary showing the first year of life for four children from very different societal backgrounds. No matter how different we think we are, at our very core we are a small group of beings dependent on each other's love.
from ABC Carpet & Home"Be The Change You Want To See In The World." -Ghandi
I've returned from a short business trip and sluggishly returning to real life. This is the kick I needed to feel when I started shopping at ABC Carpet & Home today.
I’m so excited to finally finish my latest batch of footstools! Poor Thomas has lived with my piles of cotton for too long.
Colorful patchwork poufs – footstools – moodas – purchased on my last trip to India from villages in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Both areas are known for beautiful embroidered saris/kurtas as well as the famous use of patchwork piecing from vintage saris and textiles.
Some of the poufs are machine-made, but most are handmade; all pieced together from handmade textiles/saris. The sizes range from 14” to 19” diameters and up to 19” tall.
I’ve filled these with recycled cotton – literally. It seemed I searched for stuffing options for months until I finally caved in to shredding cotton myself. What a chore! Thrift stores and hand-me-downs have provided an endless supply of cotton t-shirts and sweats, which I washed in hot water then manually shredded. In order to achieve a dense, heavy weight, I’ve filled with these remnants allowing the pouf to be firm enough to be used as a seat, ottoman or possibly a table. Now all I need is a pad big enough to keep 'em all.
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